True Grit (mascot)
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| University | University of Maryland, Baltimore County |
| Conference | America East |
| NCAA | Division I |
| Athletic director | Tim Hall |
| Location | Baltimore, Maryland |
| Varsity teams | 17 |
| Football stadium | UMBC Stadium |
| Basketball arena | Retriever Activities Center |
| Baseball stadium | The Baseball Factory Field at UMBC |
| Mascot | True Grit |
| Nickname | Retrievers Dawgs |
| Fight song | UMBC Riser |
| Colors | Black and Gold |
| Website | www |
The UMBC Retrievers represent the University of Maryland, Baltimore County in NCAA Division I athletics. The official colors of the Retrievers are black and gold (PMS 123). The Retrievers field 17 varsity sports, eight for men and nine for women. UMBC competes in the America East Conference (AmEast). Prior to the 2017–18 season, that swim and dive team competed in the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association.
The retriever mascot is a Chesapeake Bay Retriever, the state dog of Maryland. There is a statue of a retriever known as True Grit that stands in front of the Retriever Activities Center (RAC). UMBC's costumed mascot has been known both as True Grit and Fever. UMBC also once had a live mascot named Campus Sam. Today, there is a live mascot named Gritty. In 2007, True revealed he had a sister, Trudy Grit, at the volleyball pep rally. She was used as a mascot as well.
To commemorate the 40th anniversary of UMBC in 2006, the University held the "March of the Retrievers," a procession of 40 Chesapeake Bay Retrievers from the True Grit statue to the University Commons and then on to the UMBC Soccer Stadium, site of the Homecoming soccer match.
A member of the America East Conference, UMBC sponsors teams in eight men's and nine women's NCAA sanctioned sports, competing in the America East Conference.
The most recent change to the roster of supported sports was the dropping of the men's and women's tennis teams after the 2015–16 season. At the time of the tennis program's demise, the men competed in the Missouri Valley Conference and the women in the America East.
UMBC Retrievers baseball competes at the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The team is led by Bob Mumma, and plays its home games at The Baseball Factory Field at UMBC on campus in Baltimore. The Retrievers are members of the America East Conference.
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