IUP Crimson Hawks
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| University | Indiana University of Pennsylvania |
| Conference | Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference |
| NCAA | Division II |
| Athletic director | Frank Condino |
| Location | Indiana, Pennsylvania |
| Varsity teams | 19 |
| Football stadium | George P. Miller Stadium |
| Basketball arena | Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex |
| Baseball stadium | Owen Dougherty Field |
| Soccer stadium | South Campus Soccer Field |
| Other arenas | Podbielski Field (softball) S&T Bank Arena Kovalchick Convention and Athletic Complex (opening 2011) |
| Mascot | Norm |
| Nickname | Crimson Hawks |
| Fight song | Crimson Express Hail IUP |
| Colors | Crimson and Gray |
| Website | www |
The Indiana University of Pennsylvania Crimson Hawks, commonly known as the IUP Crimson Hawks and formerly called the IUP Indians are the varsity athletic teams that represent Indiana University of Pennsylvania. The university and all of its teams compete in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference within the NCAA Division II. The university sponsors 19 different teams, including eight teams for men and eleven teams for women: baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, women's field hockey, football, men's golf, women's lacrosse, women's soccer, softball, men's and women's swimming, women's tennis, men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field, and women's volleyball.
IUP originally dubbed its sports teams the "Indians", in reference to the town and school's name, and used a costumed student as a mascot. Following movements to eliminate Native American-related mascots, the university eliminated the Indian mascot in 1991, replacing it with an American black bear named Cherokee - deriving from the name of the university's fight song, though it retained the Indian nickname.
In the early 2000s, the university actively moved to change the nickname as well. A campus poll in 2002 indicated the students favored the "Fighting Squirrels" as a nickname. In May 2006, the NCAA ruled that IUP would be prohibited from hosting postseason championship games and using the Indian nickname in postseason events, a year after the university was placed on a list of 18 schools whose mascots were non-compliant with NCAA policies. Suggestions following the NCAA ruling included hellbenders, "Ridge runners", and mining-related nicknames, all relevant to the university's location in Western Pennsylvania.
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