Massachusetts Institute of Technology
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...
's intercollegiate sports teams, called the MIT Engineers, compete mostly in
NCAA
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...
Division III
In sport, the Third Division, also called Division 3, Division Three, or Division III, is often the third-highest division of a league, and will often have promotion and relegation with divisions above and below.
Association football
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. It has won 22 Team National Championships, 42 Individual National Championships. MIT is the all-time Division III leader in producing
Academic All-Americas (302) and rank second across all NCAA Divisions. MIT Athletes won 13
Elite 90 awards and ranks first among NCAA Division III programs, and third among all divisions. Most of the school's sports compete in the
New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference
The New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference (NEWMAC) is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in the northeastern United States in the states of Connecticut and ...
(NEWMAC), with sports not sponsored by the NEWMAC housed in several other conferences. Men's volleyball competes in the single-sport
United Volleyball Conference
The United Volleyball Conference is a National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III men's volleyball conference located in the northeastern United States. Formed in August 2010 with play starting in January 2011, the conference operates o ...
. One MIT sport, women's rowing, competes in
Division I in the
Eastern Association of Women's Rowing Colleges The Eastern Association of Women's Rowing Colleges (EAWRC) is a college athletic conference of eighteen women's college rowing crew teams. The conference is an affiliate of the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC).
Members
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(EAWRC). Men's water polo, a sport in which the NCAA holds a single national championship for all three of its divisions, competes in the
Collegiate Water Polo Association
The Collegiate Water Polo Association is a conference of colleges and universities in the Eastern United States that sponsor 19 men's teams and 17 women's teams that compete in varsity water polo. The winners of the conference tournaments earn one ...
(CWPA) alongside Division I and
Division II members. Three sports compete outside NCAA governance: men's rowing competes in the
Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges The Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges (EARC) is a college athletic conference of eighteen men's college rowing crews. It is an affiliate of the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC).
Members
Eighteen colleges and universities are member ...
(EARC), sailing in the
New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association
The New England Intercollegiate Sailing Association (NEISA) is one of the seven conferences affiliated with the Inter-Collegiate Sailing Association (ICSA) that schedule and administer regattas within their established geographic regions.
NEISA i ...
of
ICSA and squash in the
College Squash Association. In April 2009, budget cuts led to MIT's eliminating eight of its 41 sports, including the mixed men's and women's teams in alpine skiing and pistol; separate teams for men and women in ice hockey and gymnastics; and men's programs in golf and wrestling.
Mascot
The
beaver
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, the "nature's engineer" was adopted as
mascot
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at the annual dinner of the Technology Club of New York on January 17, 1914 by a group of MIT alumni. The late President Richard Maclaurin formally accepted the proposal, and at this dinner a group of beavers shown in natural surroundings was presented to the Institute. The beaver has since been named TIM as
MIT
The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the m ...
spelled backwards. Thus,
Tim the Beaver
The traditions and student activities at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology encompass hundreds of student activities, organizations, and athletics that contribute to Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MIT's distinct culture.
Tradit ...
(or MIT the Beaver) was born.
Lester Gardner, a member of the Class of 1898, provided the following justification: "The beaver not only typifies the Tech, but his habits are particularly our own. The beaver is noted for his engineering and mechanical skills and habits of industry. His habits are nocturnal. He does his best work in the dark."
Nickname and song
The initial MIT football team was nicknamed the Techmen.
After discontinued in 1901 and self-reinstated by a group of students in 1978, the team called themselves the Engineers, which then become tradition until now. The team also revived the old fighting song, now dubbed as "The Beaver Calls". The lyric reads:
I'm a beaver, you're a beaver, we are beavers all.
And when we get together, we do the beaver call.
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Cosine, secant, tangent, sine;
3.14159
Integral
In mathematics
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, radical
Radical may refer to:
Politics and ideology Politics
*Radical politics, the political intent of fundamental societal change
*Radicalism (historical), the Radical Movement that began in late 18th century Britain and spread to continental Europe and ...
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Slapstick
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, slide rule
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, MIT!
GO TECH!
National championships
Team
Individual teams
Ice hockey
MIT's men's ice hockey team was one of the earliest collegiate hockey programs in the United States. It "was organized in the winter of 1899 to introduce the Canadian game of Hockey in the Institute". The team has played almost continually since.
Facilities
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Zesiger sports and fitness center — Squash, Swimming and Diving, Water Polo teams
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Alumni Pool — Swimming and Diving
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Wang Fitness Center — Squash
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Johnson Athletic Center — Fencing, Tennis, Track and Field teams
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duPont's Athletic Center — Basketball, Fencing, Rifle, Volleyball
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J.B. Carr Tennis Bubble — Men and Women's Tennis (indoor)
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duPont Tennis Courts — Men and Women's Tennis (outdoor)
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Rockwell Cage — Basketball and Volleyball
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Henry G. Steinbrenner '27 Stadium — Football, Men's Lacrosse, Soccer, Outdoor Track and Field
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Bob and Eveline Roberts P'10 Field — Lacrosse
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Jack Barry Field — Field Hockey, Women's Lacrosse
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Fran O'Brien Field — Baseball
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Briggs Field — Softball
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Walter C. Wood Sailing Pavilion — Sailings
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Harold W. Pierce Boathouse — Rowing.
References
External links
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{{Massachusetts Sports