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Louisiana-Monroe Warhawks

Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks
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University University of Louisiana at Monroe
Conference Sun Belt Conference
NCAA Division I (FBS)
Athletic director Brian Wickstrom
Location Monroe, Louisiana
Varsity teams 15 (6 men, 9 women)
Football stadium Malone Stadium
Arena Fant–Ewing Coliseum
Baseball stadium Warhawk Field
Mascot Ace the Warhawk
Nickname Warhawks
Fight song Cheer for ULM Warhawks
Colors Maroon and Gold
         
Website www.ulmwarhawks.com

The Louisiana–Monroe Warhawks (ULM Warhawks) are the sports teams of the University of Louisiana at Monroe in 14 sports. The athletic director for the Warhawks is Brian Wickstrom, who took the position on July 2, 2013. Since 2006, the ULM has competed as a full member of the Sun Belt Conference.

On January 30, 2006, university president James Cofer announced officially that ULM would be retiring the 75-year-old "Indians" mascot in light of new NCAA restrictions against American Indian-themed mascots, which the NCAA considers "hostile and abusive" to Native Americans, despite issuing an appeal to the NCAA to keep the name after the NCAA's ruling allowing FSU to keep their Seminoles nickname. This came a few days after a mascot committee voted unanimously in favor of the change. The university accepted suggestions for the new mascot through February 28, 2006. The mascot committee then selected 12 semifinalists.

An online poll, available to students, faculty, staff, alumni, donors and the public, yielded three semifinalists: "Warhawks," "Bayou Gators" and "Bayou Hawks." The school's mascot committee passed a single recommendation to the university president, who made the final decision. Warhawks was announced as ULM's new mascot on April 5, 2006 and implemented on June 26, 2006. The new nickname honors Maj. Gen. Claire Lee Chennault, an LSU alumnus, and his Air Force unit from World War II, which utilized the Curtiss P-40 Warhawk in battle, although the logos primarily use bird imagery.

ULM sponsors teams in seven men's and ten women's NCAA sanctioned sports:

Men's Intercollegiate Sports

Women's Intercollegiate Sports

As of April 4, 2016, Louisiana Monroe has 1 NCAA team national championship.

The baseball team is coached by Bruce Peddie, and won the 2008 Sun Belt Conference Championship. The team's home field is Warhawk Field. In 2012, the Warhawks won the Sun Belt Conference Baseball Tournament and earned the conference's automatic bid to play in the NCAA Division I Baseball Tournament.


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