New Hampshire Wildcats | |
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University | University of New Hampshire |
Conference | America East Conference |
NCAA | Division I |
Athletic director | Marty Scarano |
Location | Durham, New Hampshire |
Varsity teams | 19 sports |
Football stadium | Wildcat Stadium |
Basketball arena | Lundholm Gymnasium |
Ice hockey arena | Whittemore Center |
Mascot | Wild E. Cat, Gnarlz |
Nickname | Wildcats |
Fight song | On To Victory |
Colors | Navy Blue and White |
Website | www |
UNH Blue | |
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Color coordinates | |
Hex triplet | #001D52 |
sRGBB (r, g, b) | (0, 29, 82) |
CMYKH (c, m, y, k) | (100, 64, 0, 67) |
HSV (h, s, v) | (219°, 100%, 32%) |
Source | UNH Visual Guidelines |
B: Normalized to [0–255] (byte) H: Normalized to [0–100] (hundred) |
The New Hampshire Wildcats, or 'Cats, are the NCAA Division I athletic teams of the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire, United States. The wildcat is the school's official mascot, the colors are UNH Blue and white. The University of New Hampshire sponsors teams in seven men's. eleven women's and one coed NCAA sanctioned sports. A full member of the America East Conference, New Hampshire also fields teams in five sports not sponsored by the America East. The men's and women's hockey teams are members of Hockey East, the gymnastics team is a member of the East Atlantic Gymnastics League (EAGL), and the ski team is a member of the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association (EISA). The football team plays as an associate member of the Colonial Athletic Association in the Football Championship Subdivision, the second tier of Division I formerly known as Division I-AA.
The ice hockey teams are both perennial national powerhouses. Former Wildcat standout Rod Langway '79 was the first Wildcat ever to receive hockey's highest honor when he was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame. He won a Stanley Cup with the Montreal Canadiens in 1979 and joined the Washington Capitals in 1982, where he was captain for 11 years and was known to Capitals fans as the "Secretary of Defense". Langway was the first American in National Hockey League history to win the Norris Trophy as the NHL's best defenseman. The football program has consistently ranked as one of the stronger teams on the Division I FCS level. The Wildcats have two NCAA National Championships, won in 1985 in women's lacrosse, and 1998 in women's hockey. UNH won the women's lacrosse national championship game 6-5 over Maryland, and the women's hockey national championship 4-1 over Brown University.