Hartford Hawks | |
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University | University of Hartford |
Conference |
America East Conference Big Sky Conference (men's golf) Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (women's golf) Missouri Valley Conference (men's tennis) |
NCAA | Division I |
Athletic director | John Carson (interim) |
Location | West Hartford, Connecticut |
Varsity teams | 18 |
Basketball arena | Chase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion |
Baseball stadium | Fiondella Field |
Soccer stadium | Al-Marzook Field at Alumni Stadium |
Lacrosse stadium | Al-Marzook Field at Alumni Stadium |
Mascot | Howie the Hawk |
Nickname | Hawks |
Fight song | "Fly High" |
Colors | Scarlet and White |
Website | www |
The Hartford Hawks are the athletic teams of the University of Hartford, located in West Hartford, Connecticut. The school sponsors 18 NCAA Division I varsity sports (nine men/nine women). All but three sports are members of the America East Conference. The men's golf team is a member of the Big Sky Conference, the women's golf team is in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference, and the men's tennis team is in the Missouri Valley Conference.
A member of the America East Conference, Hartford sponsors teams in nine men's and nine women's NCAA sanctioned sports:
Men's intercollegiate sports
Women's intercollegiate sports
America East Conference Champions: 1988, 1989, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2007
America East Conference Champions: 2005
America East Conference Champions: 2011, 2016
America East Conference Champions: 1999
America East Conference Champions: 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2006, 2014 (regular season champions)
America East Conference Champions: 1989, 1990, 1994–1995, 2001–2002
America East Conference Champions: 1993
From Hartford's athletic website: "Hartford, which has posted a combined GPA of 3.0 or higher in each of the last 15 semesters, saw an average of 70 percent of its student-athletes record a 3.0 in one or both semesters last year. In addition, 43 percent of Hawk student-athletes notched at least a 3.5 while five percent registered perfect 4.0 GPA's for the 2012–13 academic year." "The University of Hartford clinched its second-straight America East Academic Cup in 2012–13 after posting the highest grade-point average of any school in the 18-year history of the award. Compiling a 3.24 GPA in 2012–13, the Hawks won their third Academic Cup all-time."