West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats
Athletic teams representing West Virginia Wesleyan College
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats and Lady Bobcats are the athletic teams that represent West Virginia Wesleyan College, located in Buckhannon, West Virginia, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Bobcats compete as members of the Mountain East Conference for all twenty-one varsity sports.[2][3]
| West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats | |
|---|---|
| |
| University | West Virginia Wesleyan College |
| Nickname | Bobcats |
| NCAA | Division II |
| Conference | Mountain East |
| Athletic director | Kyle Hoffman |
| Location | Buckhannon, West Virginia |
| Varsity teams | 21 |
| Football stadium | Cebe Ross Field |
| Basketball arena | Rockefeller Center |
| Baseball stadium | Hank Ellis Field |
| Softball stadium | Culpepper Field |
| Colors | Orange and black[1] |
| Website | wesleyanbobcats |
 | |
Varsity teams
| Men's sports | Women's sports |
|---|---|
| Baseball | Acrobatics and tumbling |
| Basketball | Basketball |
| Cross country | Competitive Dance |
| Football | Cross country |
| Golf | Golf |
| Soccer | Lacrosse |
| Swimming | Soccer |
| Tennis | Softball |
| Track and field | Swimming |
| Tennis | |
| Track and field | |
| Volleyball |
Individual sports
Football
One of the earliest sporting traditions at Wesleyan was football, which was introduced in the pre-college seminary in 1898. The school colors of orange and black go back to that very first game, when fullback and team captain Frank Thompson wore a turtleneck sweater in Princeton University's orange and black to honor two football greats of that university whom he especially admired. A more comprehensive athletic program was formally organized at the collegiate level in 1902. Early sports included football, baseball, basketball, and gymnastics, all for men only.
Many WVWC alumni have gone on to play professional sports. Among them, two alumni have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame - Earl "Greasy" Neale '15 of the Philadelphia Eagles in 1969 and Cliff Battles '33 of the Washington Redskins in 1968.[4][5]
National championships
Team
| Assoc. | Division | Sport | Year | Rival | Score |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Men's soccer (5)[6] | NAIA | Single | 1984 | Fresno Pacific | 3–2 (OT) |
| 1985 | Fresno Pacific | 4–3 (OT) | |||
| 1989 | Boca Raton | 1–0 | |||
| 1990 | Boca Raton | 3–1 | |||
| 1994 | Mobile | 4–2 |
