Ohio University Bobcats
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| University | Ohio University |
| Conference | Mid-American Conference |
| NCAA | Division I (Bowl Subdivision) |
| Athletic director | Jim Schaus |
| Location | Athens, Ohio |
| Varsity teams | 16 |
| Football stadium | Peden Stadium |
| Basketball arena | Convocation Center |
| Mascot | Rufus the Bobcat |
| Nickname | Bobcats |
| Fight song | "Stand Up and Cheer" |
| Colors | Hunter Green and White |
| Website | www |
The Ohio Bobcats are the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I Intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Ohio University, located in Athens, Ohio, United States. Ohio University is a charter member (1946) of the Mid-American Conference (MAC), is currently in the East Division of that conference, and sponsors teams in six men's and ten women's NCAA sanctioned sports. The football team competes in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), the highest level for college football.
Ohio's baseball and fastpitch softball teams have storied programs.
The Ohio baseball program has won 14 MAC regular season titles in 1947, 1948, 1953, 1954, 1956, 1960, 1964, 1965, 1968, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, and 1991. The team has also won MAC tournament titles in 1997 and 2015, and has made a College World Series appearance in 1970. There have been a total of 23 Bobcats in the major leagues, and hundreds more in the minors. Most notably, hall of famer Mike Schmidt was a Bobcat, selected 30th in the 1971 Major League Baseball draft following his senior season.
Although softball at Ohio University began earlier than the 1970s, records were not well kept. Upon the creation of the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW), the current program began to take shape. The 1974 team, led by Head Coach Joyce King, went undefeated, boasting a record of 11-0-1. It was not until 1975 that the program made the switch from slow-pitch to fast-pitch. In that 1975 season, the team went 16-1 and made it to the AIAW Women's College World Series for the first time in program history. The early success continued as the 1976 team earned a spot in the Ohio State Invitational.
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