Texas–Arlington Mavericks
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| University | University of Texas at Arlington |
| Conference | Sun Belt |
| NCAA | Division I |
| Athletic director | Jim Baker |
| Location | Arlington, Texas |
| Varsity teams | 14 |
| Basketball arena | College Park Center |
| Baseball stadium | Clay Gould Ballpark |
| Softball stadium | Allan Saxe Field |
| Other arenas |
Maverick Stadium UTA Tennis Center |
| Mascot | Blaze |
| Nickname | Mavericks |
| Fight song | UTA Fight Song |
| Colors | Royal Blue, White, and Orange |
| Website | www |
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The Texas–Arlington Mavericks (abbreviated UT Arlington, UTA, and Mavs) are the athletic teams that represent the University of Texas at Arlington in Arlington, Texas. The Mavericks currently compete in the NCAA Division I Sun Belt Conference in 14 varsity sports. That number will rise to 15 in the fall of 2017 as the University announced women's golf will begin competition that year.
Jim Baker is the current Athletic Director. Prior to his stint at UTA, he was an associate athletic director for events, operations and sports programs for the Texas Longhorns at the University of Texas at Austin. Baker replaced Pete Carlon, who headed the Athletic Department from 1996 to 2012, and is currently the Senior Athletics Director for Administration.
UTA was a founding member of the Southland Conference in 1963 and participated in the league until the end of the 2011–12 athletic year. They joined the Western Athletic Conference for one year before they moved to the Sun Belt.
UT Arlington won the Southland Conference's Commissioners Cup three times since the award was first instituted in 1998. The Commissioner's Cup is awarded to the athletics program with the highest all-around performance in all conference events, including all men's and women's events.
When the school transitioned from junior college to University status in 1959, the schools athletic teams were known as the Rebels. Controversy would surround the name after a decades time. A series of events would occur that lead to a change in mascots to the current version. The Mavericks' name selection was made in 1971, predating the National Basketball Association's expansion franchise Dallas Mavericks' starting choice in 1980.
The Mavericks compete in the Division I varsity sports listed below:
Men's sports
Women's sports
Home games are played at College Park Center, located on University of Texas at Arlington's campus in Arlington. The team appeared in the 2008 NCAA tournament, losing against the #1 seed Memphis in the first round. Later, Memphis had to forfeit their win for "ineligible competition, impermissible benefits and failure to monitor its athletics programs."
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