Wheeling Jesuit Cardinals
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| University | Wheeling Jesuit University |
| Conference | Mountain East Conference |
| NCAA | Division II |
| Athletic director | Kevin Forde |
| Location | Wheeling, WV |
| Varsity teams | 21 |
| Basketball arena | McDonough Center |
| Baseball stadium | J.B. Chambers Baseball/Softball Complex |
| Soccer stadium | Bishop Schmitt Field |
| Mascot | Iggy the Cardinal |
| Nickname | Cardinals |
| Colors | Red, Gold, and Black |
| Website | athletics |
The Wheeling Jesuit Cardinals are the athletic teams that represent the Wheeling Jesuit University, located in Wheeling, West Virginia, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Cardinals compete as members of the Mountain East Conference for all 21 varsity sports. Wheeling Jesuit was an early member of the Mountain East following the 2013 demise of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, of which WJU had been a member since 1957.
Wheeling Jesuit University competes in NCAA Division II as part of the MEC. It had been a member of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) from 1957 to 2013, but in June 2012, the nine football-playing schools in the WVIAC announced their intention to break away and form a new conference, which eventually became the MEC. Although WJU was initially left out of the split, it would soon receive an invitation to become a charter member of the new conference, which was officially unveiled on August 20, 2012 with competition to begin in the 2013–14 school year. WJU is the only non-football school in the MEC.
WJU amassed 47 WVIAC titles during its tenure in that conference, and also boasts 40 Academic All-Americans. On Feb 28, 2009, WJU was televised nationally on CBS Sports against West Liberty University in a conference basketball match.
Men's sports
Women's sports
Rugby, formerly offered as a club sport from 1967 to 1994, was restarted after an 18-year hiatus in December 2011. The university restarted its rugby program in part because the increasing popularity of rugby in Jesuit high schools meant that offering college rugby would be one way to attract more students. The rugby team is a full varsity men's sport and provides scholarships for athletes. The team is coached by Eric Jerpe, who has previously held various leadership positions, including with the Pittsburgh Harlequins, as manager of the US U-17 national team, and as a member of the USA Rugby board of directors.
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