UMBC Retrievers
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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 | 19 |
| Football stadium | UMBC Stadium |
| Basketball arena | Retriever Activities Center |
| Baseball stadium | The Baseball Factory Field at UMBC |
| Mascot | True Grit |
| Nickname | Retrievers |
| 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 19 varsity sports; nine men and 10 women. UMBC competes in the America East Conference, but has separate affiliations in two sports not sponsored by that league. The men's swimming and diving team competes in the Coastal Collegiate Sports Association through the 2016–17 season, after which it will leave for the America East when that conference reinstates men's swimming and diving as a sponsored sport. The men's tennis team continues to play in the Missouri Valley Conference.
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 nine men's and ten women's NCAA sanctioned sports:
Men's Sports
Women's Sports
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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