West Virginia Mountaineers

West Virginia Mountaineers
Logo
UniversityWest Virginia University
ConferenceBig 12 (primary)
Sun Belt (men's soccer)
Great America Rifle Conference (rifle)
NCAADivision I
Athletic directorWren Baker
LocationMorgantown, West Virginia
Varsity teams18
Football stadiumMilan Puskar Stadium
Basketball arenaWVU Coliseum
Baseball stadiumMonongalia County Ballpark
MascotThe Mountaineer
NicknameMountaineers
Fight songHail, West Virginia (official)
Fight Mountaineers (official)
Take Me Home, Country Roads (unofficial)
ColorsGold and blue[1]
   
Websitewww.wvusports.com
Big 12 logo in West Virginia's colors

The West Virginia Mountaineers are the athletic teams that represent West Virginia University in Morgantown, West Virginia. The school is a member of National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I. The Mountaineers have been a member of the Big 12 Conference since 2012.[2][3] The men's soccer team now competes as an affiliate member in the Sun Belt Conference.[4]

Currently, WVU sponsors seven men's sports, ten women's sports, and one coeducational sport (rifle). Men's golf was the latest sport to be added in the 2015–16 school year.[5]

  1. ^ "West Virginia Mountaineers Athletic Identity Logoslick" (PDF). April 15, 2019. Retrieved April 16, 2019.
  2. ^ Barnhouse, Wendell (July 1, 2012). "TCU, West Virginia Officially Join Big 12". Big 12 Conference. Retrieved April 17, 2019.
  3. ^ "Big 12 adding WVU, will stay 10 strong". ESPN.com. 28 October 2011.
  4. ^ Post, Submitted to The Dominion (2022-04-06). "WVU men's soccer program set to join rekindled Sun Belt Conference". Dominion Post. Retrieved 2023-04-29. {{cite web}}: |first= has generic name (help)
  5. ^ "WVU Men's Golf Reintroduced" (Press release). West Virginia Mountaineers. July 1, 2013. Retrieved February 9, 2015.