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MIT's intercollegiate sports teams

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FieldValue
nameMIT Engineers
logoMIT Engineers logo.svg
logo_width180px
universityMassachusetts Institute of Technology
associationNCAA
conferenceNEWMAC (primary)
divisionDivision III (main)
Division I (women's crew & men's water polo)
directorDr. G. Anthony Grant
locationCambridge, Massachusetts
teams33
stadiumHenry G. Steinbrenner '27 Stadium
basketballarenaRockwell Cage
baseballfieldFran O'Brien Field
softballstadiumBriggs Field
soccerstadiumSteinbrenner Stadium
lacrossestadiumRoberts Field
sailingvenueWalter C. Wood Sailing Pavilion
rowingvenueRichard J. Resch Boathouse
mascotTim the Beaver
nicknameEngineers
fightsongThe Beaver Call
pageurlhttps://mitathletics.com
altlogo[[File:Mit engineers logo.png
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| name = MIT Engineers | logo = MIT Engineers logo.svg | logo_width = 180px | university = Massachusetts Institute of Technology | association = NCAA | conference = NEWMAC (primary)

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's intercollegiate sports teams, called the MIT Engineers, compete mostly in NCAA Division III. MIT has won 22 Team National Championships and 42 Individual National Championships. MIT is the all-time Division III leader in producing Academic All-Americans (302) and ranks second across all NCAA Divisions. MIT athletes have won 13 Elite 90 awards, ranking MIT first among NCAA Division III programs and third among all divisions. Most of the school's sports compete in the New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC), with sports not sponsored by the NEWMAC housed in several other conferences. Men's volleyball competes in the single-sport United Volleyball Conference.

One MIT sport, women's rowing, competes in Division I in the Patriot League. Men's water polo, a sport in which the NCAA holds a single national championship for all three of its divisions, competes in the Collegiate Water Polo Association (CWPA) alongside Division I and Division II members. Three sports compete outside NCAA governance: men's rowing competes in the Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges (EARC), sailing in the New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association of ICSA and squash in the College Squash Association. In April 2009, budget cuts led to MIT's eliminating eight of its 41 sports, including the mixed men's and women's teams in alpine skiing and pistol; separate teams for men and women in ice hockey and gymnastics; and men's programs in golf and wrestling.

Varsity sports

::data[format=table] | MIT Engineers|border=1|color= white}}"| Men's sports | MIT Engineers|border=1|color= white}}"| Women's sports | |---|---| | Baseball | | | Basketball | Basketball | | Crew-Heavyweight | Crew-Openweight | | Crew-Lightweight | Crew-Lightweight | | Cross country | Cross country | | | Field Hockey | | Football | | | Lacrosse | Lacrosse | | Rifle | Rifle | | Soccer | Soccer | | | Softball | | Squash | | | Swimming and diving | Swimming and diving | | Tennis | Tennis | | Track and field | Track and field | | Volleyball | Volleyball | | Water polo | | | MIT Engineers}}; text-align:center" | Co-ed sports | | | Fencing – Sailing | | | MIT Engineers|border=1|color= white }}"| – includes both indoor and outdoor | | ::

Mascot

The beaver, "nature's engineer", was adopted as mascot at the annual dinner of the Technology Club of New York on January 17, 1914 by a group of MIT alumni. The late President Richard Maclaurin formally accepted the proposal, and at this dinner a group of beavers shown in natural surroundings was presented to the Institute. Lester Gardner, a member of the Class of 1898, provided the following justification: "The beaver not only typifies the Tech, but his habits are particularly our own. The beaver is noted for his engineering and mechanical skills and habits of industry. His habits are nocturnal. He does his best work in the dark."

The beaver has since been nicknamed Tim the Beaver, Tim being MIT spelled backwards.

Nickname and song

The initial MIT football team was nicknamed the Techmen. After being discontinued in 1901 and self-reinstated by a group of students in 1978, the team called themselves the Engineers, which then become tradition until now. The team also revived the old fighting song, now dubbed as "The Beaver Calls". The lyric reads:

I'm a beaver, you're a beaver, we are beavers all. And when we get together, we do the beaver call. e to the u, du / dx e to the x, dx Cosine, secant, tangent, sine; 3.14159 Square root, integral, mu dv Slipstick, slide rule, MIT! GO TECH!

NCAA championships

Team

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::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/7b/M.I.T.'s_1922-1923_Basketball_Team.jpg" caption="MIT basketball team for the 1922–23 season"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f2/4th_of_July_2012_in_Boston_(7511442888).jpg" caption="MIT sailing team in 2012"] ::

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Women's Outdoor Track and Field (1)NCAADivision III2025Washington U.56–47
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Individual

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Kimmy McPhersonWomen's Track and FieldHigh JumpDivision III2022
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Individual teams

Ice hockey

MIT's men's ice hockey team was one of the earliest collegiate hockey programs in the United States. It "was organized in the winter of 1899 to introduce the Canadian game of Hockey in the Institute". The team has played almost continually since.

Facilities

Sources:

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/49/MIT_Z_Center.jpg" caption="Zesiger Sports and Fitness Center"] ::

::figure[src="https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/72/Wood_Sailing_Pavilion_(MIT_Building_51).jpg" caption="Wood Sailing Pavilion"] ::

::data[format=table] | MIT Engineers|border=1|color= white }}"| Venue | MIT Engineers|border=1|color= white }}"| Varsity sport(s) | MIT Engineers|border=1|color= white }}"| Club/Intramural(s) | |---|---|---| | Zesiger Sports and Fitness Center | Squash | Dodgeball, Floor hockey, Soccer, Squash, Triathlon, Water polo | | Swimming and diving | | | | Water polo | | | | Alumni Pool & Wang Fitness Center | – | Triathlon | | Johnson Athletic Center | Fencing | Cricket, Figure Skating, Ice Hockey, Soccer | | Tennis | | | | Track and field | | | | Rockwell Cage | Basketball | Archery, Badminton, Basketball, Volleyball | | Volleyball | | | | duPont Athletic Center | Basketball | Air Pistol, Cheerleading, Golf, Gymnastics, Martial Arts, Sport Pistol, Table Tennis, Wrestling | | Fencing | | | | Rifle | | | | Volleyball | | | | Henry Steinbrenner Stadium | Football | Rugby, Soccer, Ultimate Frisbee | | Men's Lacrosse | | | | Soccer | | | | Track and field (outdoor) | | | | Jack Barry Field | Field Hockey | Cricket, Rugby, Soccer, Softball, Ultimate Frisbee | | Women's Lacrosse | | | | Fran O'Brien Field | Baseball | – | | Briggs Field | Softball | – | | duPont Tennis Courts | Tennis | Tennis | | J.B. Carr Tennis Bubble | Tennis | Tennis | | Walter Wood Pavilion | Sailing | – | | Richard Resch Boathouse | Crew | Rowing | | Briggs Practice Fields | – | Rugby, Soccer, Ultimate Frisbee | ::

References

References

  1. "CoSIDA Academic All-America All-Time Recipients".
  2. "NCAA Elite 90 Award All-Time Recipients".
  3. Cohen, Rachel. (May 18, 2010). "MIT the No. 1 jock school? You're kidding, right?".
  4. Powers, John. (April 24, 2009). "MIT forced to cut 8 varsity sports". The Boston Globe.
  5. (1998). "Tim the Beaver Mascot History". MIT Division of Student Life.
  6. (19 November 2014). "From cancelled to champions: The strange history of MIT Football".
  7. Cohen, Ben. (2014-11-23). "How Players at MIT Engineered a Football Team". [[The Wall Street Journal]].
  8. "The MIT Beaver Call".
  9. "MIT, Wisconsin-La Crosse win 2023 DIII track & field championships | NCAA.com".
  10. Rosado, Laura. "MIT Women Become Fifth Team to Win NCAA Division III Swimming & Diving Title".
  11. (1988). "1988 NCAA Division III Women's Swimming and Diving Championships". [[SwimSwam]].
  12. (1989). "1989 Women's N.C.A.A. Division 3 Swimming and Diving Championships". [[SwimSwam]].
  13. (1990). "1990 NCAA Division III Women's Swimming and Diving Championships". [[National Collegiate Athletic Association.
  14. (2005). "2005 NCAA Division III Women's Swimming and Diving Championships". [[National Collegiate Athletic Association.
  15. (2007). "2007 NCAA Division III Women's Swimming and Diving Championships". [[National Collegiate Athletic Association.
  16. (2013). "2013 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships". [[SwimSwam]].
  17. (2016). "2016 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships". [[SwimSwam]].
  18. (2019). "2019 NCAA Division III Men's Swimming and Diving Championships". [[SwimSwam]].
  19. (2022). "2022 NCAA Division III Swimming and Diving Championships". [[SwimSwam]].
  20. "1902 Technique". Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
  21. [https://mitathletics.com/sports/2021/4/20/information-facilities-home.aspx Facilities] on Mitathletics.com
  22. Dept. of Athletics. (Aug 2012). "2012–13 Quick Facts". MIT.

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