Hoyas
| Georgetown Hoyas | |
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| University | Georgetown University |
| Conference |
Big East Conference Patriot League (football) EARC, MAISA |
| NCAA | Division I |
| Athletic director | Lee Reed |
| Location | Washington, D.C. |
| Varsity teams | 11 men's, 12 women's, 1 co-ed |
| Football stadium | Cooper Field |
| Basketball arena | Verizon Center |
| Baseball stadium | Shirley Povich Field |
| Soccer stadium | Shaw Field |
| Lacrosse stadium | Cooper Field |
| Other arenas | McDonough Gymnasium |
| Mascot | Jack the Bulldog |
| Nickname | The Hoyas |
| Fight song | There Goes Old Georgetown |
| Colors | Blue and Gray |
| Website | www |
The Georgetown Hoyas are the athletics teams that officially represent Georgetown University in college sports. Part of the NCAA's Division I, the Hoyas field 23 varsity level sports teams, most of which participate in the Big East Conference, with the exception of the Division I FCS Patriot League in football. In late 2012, Georgetown and six other Catholic, non-FBS schools announced that they were departing the Big East for a new conference. The rowing and sailing teams also participate in east coast conferences. The men's basketball team is the school's most famous and most successful program, but Hoyas have achieved success in a wide range of sports.
The team name is derived from the mixed Greek and Latin chant "Hoya Saxa" (meaning "What Rocks"), which gained popularity at the school in the late nineteenth century. The name "Hoyas" came into use in the 1920s. Most teams have their athletic facilities on the main campus of Georgetown University. The men's basketball team plays most of their home games at the Verizon Center in downtown Washington, D.C. and the baseball team plays at Shirley Povich Field in Cabin John, Maryland. Lee Reed took over as the school's athletic director in April 2010.
The University admits that the precise origin of the term "Hoya" is unknown. At some point before 1893, and likely before 1891, students versed in classical languages combined the Greek hoia or hoya, meaning "what" or "such", and the Latin saxa to form Hoya Saxa!, or "What Rocks!" This cheer may either refer to the stalwart defense of the football team, or to the baseball team, which was nicknamed the "Stonewalls", or to the actual stone wall that surrounds the campus. Father William McFadden, S.J., campus Jesuit and the team's in-house announcer at the Verizon Center, has disputed the Greek and Latin origin, suggesting the classical words were retroactively applied to a nonsensical cheer.
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