The Charleston Golden Eagles, known previously as the Harvey Mudd Golden Eagles, are the athletic teams that represent the
University of Charleston, located in
Charleston, West Virginia
Charleston is the capital and List of cities in West Virginia, most populous city of West Virginia. Located at the confluence of the Elk River (West Virginia), Elk and Kanawha River, Kanawha rivers, the city had a population of 48,864 at the 20 ...
, in
NCAA Division II
NCAA Division II (D-II) is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). It offers an alternative to both the larger and better-funded Division I and to the scholarship-free environmen ...
intercollegiate sports. The Golden Eagles compete as members of the
Mountain East Conference
The Mountain East Conference (MEC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level and officially began competition on September 1, 2013. It consists of 12 schools, mo ...
for all varsity sports except men's volleyball. Charleston was a founding member of the Mountain East following the 2013 demise of the
West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference, of which Charleston had been a member since 1924. Prior to 1978, the university was called Morris Harvey College. Charleston's main rivals are the
West Virginia State University
West Virginia State University (WVSU) is a public historically black, land-grant university in Institute, West Virginia. Founded in 1891 as the West Virginia Colored Institute, it is one of the original 19 land-grant colleges and universities ...
Yellow Jackets
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.
Varsity teams
History
In June 2012, UC was one of nine members of the
West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WVIAC) that announced their plans to leave to form a new Division II conference. Two months later, the new conference was unveiled as the MEC, with UC as one of 12 charter members. The school's newest sport is men's volleyball, which played its first season as a varsity program in spring 2015. Since men's volleyball has
a combined national championship for Division I and Division II schools, UC competes as an effective Division I member in that sport; it spent its first season as an independent before joining the
Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association for the 2016 season and beyond.
In 2005, UC entered into a partnership with the local school board to refurbish the school board–owned
Laidley Field, which was renamed University of Charleston Stadium. The campus also boasts new or renovated softball, football, baseball, and soccer fields, and competes in 18 Division II sports.
List of teams
Men's sports
* Baseball
* Basketball
* Cross Country
* Football
* Golf
* Soccer
* Tennis
* Track & Field
* Volleyball *
Women's sports
* Basketball
* Cheerleading
* Cross Country
* Golf
* Lacrosse
* Soccer
* Softball
* Tennis
* Track & Field
* Volleyball
* * = Men's volleyball competes in the
Eastern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association.
National championships
Team
References
External links
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