Army Black Knights
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| Army Black Knights | |
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| University | United States Military Academy |
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| Conference(s) | Independent (football) Patriot League Atlantic Hockey Collegiate Sprint Football League Eastern Intercollegiate Gymnastics League Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association National Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association |
| NCAA | Division I |
| Athletics director | Kevin Anderson |
| Location | West Point, NY |
| Varsity teams | |
| Football stadium | Michie Stadium |
| Basketball arena | Christl Arena |
| Baseball stadium | Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field |
| Other arenas | Tate Rink |
| Mascot | Mule |
| Nickname | Black Knights |
| Fight song | On Brave Old Army Team |
| Colors | Black and Gold
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| Homepage | GoArmySports.com |
Army Black Knights is the name of the athletics teams of the United States Military Academy. They participate in NCAA Division I-A as a non-football member of the Patriot League, a Division I Football Bowl Subdivision independent school, and a member of Atlantic Hockey, the Collegiate Sprint Football League (men), the Eastern Intercollegiate Gymnastics League (men), the Eastern Intercollegiate Wrestling Association, and the National Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association. Army is also one of approximately 300 members of the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC).
The three major service academies (Army, Air Force, and Navy) compete for the Commander-in-Chief's Trophy, which is awarded to the academy that defeats the others in football that year (or retained by the previous winner in the event of a three-way tie).
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[edit] History
Since 1899, Army's mascot has officially been a mule because of the animal's historical importance in Army operations.[1][2] The academy's football team was nicknamed "The Black Knights of the Hudson" due to the black color of its uniforms.[3][4] This nickname has since been officially shortened to "Black Knights".[5] The Army Black Knights also inspired a book The Black Knight's God: Horror Anthology.
U.S. sports media use "Army" as a synonym for the academy. "On Brave Old Army Team" is the school's fight song.[6] Army's chief sports rival is the Naval Academy, due to its long-standing football rivalry and the inter-service rivalry with the Navy in general. Fourth class cadets verbally greet upper-class cadets and faculty with "Beat Navy", while the tunnel that runs under Washington Road is named the "Beat Navy" tunnel. In the first half of the 20th century, Army and Notre Dame were football rivals, but that rivalry has since died out.[7][8]
[edit] Men's sports
[edit] Men's baseball
- See footnote.[9] See also: Johnson Stadium at Doubleday Field
[edit] Men's basketball
Main article: Army Black Knights men's basketball
[edit] Football
Main article: Army Black Knights football
[edit] Men's gymnastics
[edit] Men's ice hockey
Main article: Army Black Knights men's ice hockey
See also: Atlantic Hockey and Tate Rink
[edit] Men's lacrosse
Main article: Army Black Knights men's lacrosse
[edit] Men's sprint football
See also: Collegiate Sprint Football League
[edit] Men's wrestling
[edit] Women's sports
[edit] Women's basketball
[edit] Women's fencing
[edit] Longest-running annual international sporting event
Every year, Army faces the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC) Paladins in the annual West Point Weekend hockey game.[10] This series, conceived in 1923, is the longest-running annual international sporting event in the world.[11]
[edit] Awards
- Lt. Raymond Enners Award (national men's lacrosse award; named for a member of the Class of 1967)
- Maggie Dixon Award (national women's basketball rookie coach award; named for Army women's basketball coach)
- NCAA Award of Valor:
- 2007 - Derek Hines (Class of 2003), who demonstrated valor in Afghanistan before being killed there.
- 2008 - Emily Perez (Class of 2005), who died after an improvised explosive device exploded near her vehicle in Iraq and whose U.S. Army unit recognized her for her leadership after her death.
- NCAA Theodore Roosevelt Award:
- 1967 - Dwight D. Eisenhower (football)
- 1973 - Omar Bradley (baseball)
[edit] Alumni
[edit] Facilities
[edit] See also
[edit] Footnotes
- ^ "Army Mules". GoArmySports.com. http://www.goarmysports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=11100&KEY=&ATCLID=576516. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
- ^ "Army Mules". The Historical Marker Database. http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?marker=7434. Retrieved 4 February 2009.
- ^ Edson, James (1954). The Black Knights of West Point. New York: Bradbury & Sayles.
- ^ "Army plans games for home gridiron". The New York Times. 15 January 1947. http://select.nytimes.com/gst/abstract.html?res=F30D16FC345B157A93C7A8178AD85F438485F9&scp=2&sq=army%20football,%20black%20knights%20of%20the%20hudson&st=cse. Retrieved 4 February 2009.
- ^ "Quick Facts". Go Army Sports.com. http://www.goarmysports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=11100&KEY=&ATCLID=323967. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
- ^ "On Brave Old Army Team". GoArmySports.com. http://www.goarmysports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=11100&KEY=&ATCLID=576489. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
- ^ Crowley and Guinzburg, pp. 243–245.
- ^ Lapointe, Joe (8 September 2005). "Notre Dame and Army to Wake Up the Echoes". New York Times. http://www.nytimes.com/2005/09/08/sports/ncaafootball/08irish.html?_r=1&scp=2&sq=army+%22notre+dame%22+1946&oref=slogin. Retrieved 4 February 2009.
- ^ Baseball. GoArmySports.com. Retrieved 2010-05-28.
- ^ "Army-RMC Rivalry". Go Army Sports.com. http://www.goarmysports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=11100&KEY=&ATCLID=576395. Retrieved 1 January 2009.
- ^ Crowly, R, and Guinzburg, T: "West Point: Two Centuries of Honor and Tradition" (ISBN 0-446-53018-2), page 234. Warner Books, 2002.
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