The Colorado Mesa Mavericks (formerly Mesa State Mavericks) are the athletic teams that represent

Colorado Mesa University Colorado Mesa University (CMU or Mesa) is a public university in Grand Junction, Colorado, United States. Originally established in 1925 as Grand Junction Junior College, the school was renamed to Mesa College in 1940. The college began offerin ...

, located in

Grand Junction, Colorado Grand Junction is a List of municipalities in Colorado#Home rule municipality, home rule municipality that is the county seat and largest city of Mesa County, Colorado, United States. Grand Junction's population was 65,560 at the 2020 United St ...

, in

NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates College athletics in the United States, student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and Simon Fraser University, 1 in Canada. ...

Division II intercollegiate sports. The Mavericks compete as members of the

Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC), commonly known as the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) from approximately 1910 through the late 1960s, is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (N ...

for all 28 varsity sports.

Varsity sports

Teams

Beach volleyball is a fully sanctioned NCAA sport which had its first national championship in the spring of 2016. The Colorado Mesa team competes as an independent.

Club sports

In addition to varsity sports, CMU has a large number of club sports which include alpine skiing, nordic skiing, cycling, ice hockey, e-sports, rodeo, and women's rugby.

Facilities

* Bus Bergman Sports Complex ** CMU Football Practice Field ** CMU Softball Field – Softball ** The Diamond at Hamilton Ballpark – Baseball (primary) ** O'Brien Track & Field Complex – Track & Field * Brownson Arena – Basketball, Volleyball, Wrestling * CMU Rugby Pitch – Rugby * Community Hospital Unity Field – Soccer, Lacrosse * Elliott Tennis Complex – Tennis * El Pomar Natatorium – Swimming & Diving *

Ralph Stocker Stadium Ralph Stocker Stadium is owned by the city of Grand Junction, Colorado. Its current tenants are Colorado Mesa University Mavericks football and Mesa County Valley School District 51 high school football, though it hosts other local events as wel ...

– Football *

Sam Suplizio Field Sam Suplizio Field is a baseball park in the western United States, located in Grand Junction, Colorado.

– Baseball (secondary)

Program notes

Since 1958, Grand Junction has co-hosted the NJCAA Junior College World Series at

Suplizio Field Sam Suplizio Field is a baseball park in the western United States, located in Grand Junction, Colorado.

, unassociated to the CMU Athletic Department CMU plays host to several summer sports camps and clinics including baseball, football, cross country, cheerleading, lacrosse, swimming, soccer, track and field, volleyball, and wrestling, as well as the largest summer basketball camp west of the Mississippi River.

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