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| Georgetown Hoyas | |
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| University | Georgetown University |
| Conference | Big East Conference (primary) Patriot League (football, women's heavyweight rowing) EARC (men's rowing) EAWRC (women's lightweight rowing) MAISA (sailing) CSA (women's squash) |
| NCAA | Division I (FCS) |
| Athletic director | Lee Reed |
| Location | Washington, D.C. |
| Varsity teams | 29 (13 men's, 15 women's, 1 co-ed) |
| Football stadium | Cooper Field |
| Basketball arena | Capital One Arena (men's) McDonough Gymnasium (women's) |
| Baseball stadium | Shirley Povich Field |
| Softball stadium | Washington Nationals Youth Academy |
| Soccer stadium | Shaw Field |
| Lacrosse stadium | Cooper Field |
| Rowing venue | Thompson's Boat Center |
| Sailing venue | Washington Sailing Marina |
| Other venues | Yates Field House |
| Mascot | Jack the Bulldog |
| Nickname | The Hoyas |
| Fight song | There Goes Old Georgetown |
| Colors | Blue and gray[1] |
| Website | guhoyas |
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The Georgetown Hoyas are the collegiate athletics teams that officially represent Georgetown University, located at Washington, D.C. The Georgetown's athletics department fields 24 men's and women's varsity level teams and competes at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level as a member of the Big East Conference, with the exception of the Division I FCS Patriot League in football and women's heavyweight rowing. The University also fields 5 non-NCAA varsity teams in men's have that the heavy weight and lightweight rowing, women's lightweight rowing, women's squash, and sailing. In late 2012, Georgetown and six other Catholic, non-FBS schools announced that they were departing the Big East for a new conference.[2] The rowing and sailing teams also participate in east coast conferences. The men's basketball team is the school's most famous and most successful program, but Hoyas have achieved success in a wide range of sports.
The team name is derived from the mixed Greek and Latin chant "Hoya Saxa" (meaning "What Rocks"), which gained popularity at the school in the late nineteenth century. The name "Hoyas" came into use in the 1920s. Their mascot is an anthropomorphic bulldog. Most teams have their athletic facilities on the main campus of Georgetown University. The men's basketball team plays most of their home games at the Capital One Arena in downtown Washington, D.C., and the baseball team plays at Capital One Park in Tysons, VA. Lee Reed took over as the school's athletic director in April 2010.
- ^ "Colors & Visual Identity". Georgetown Athletics Brand & Visual Identity (PDF). September 18, 2019. Retrieved December 25, 2019.
- ^ "Seven schools leaving Big East". ESPN. December 15, 2012. Archived from the original on December 15, 2012. Retrieved December 16, 2012.