Le Moyne Dolphins

Le Moyne Dolphins
University	Le Moyne College
Conference	Northeast Conference
NCAA	Division I
Athletic director	Mike Lindberg (interim)
Location	DeWitt, New York
Varsity teams	21
Basketball arena	Ted Grant Court in the Le Moyne Events Center
Baseball stadium	Dick Rockwell Field
Softball stadium	Softball Complex
Soccer stadium	Ted Grant Field
Aquatics center	Vincent B. Ryan, S.J
Lacrosse stadium	Ted Grant Field
Nickname	Dolphins
Colors	Green and gold[1]
Website	lemoynedolphins.com

The Le Moyne Dolphins are the athletic teams that represent Le Moyne College, located in DeWitt, New York, in NCAA Division I intercollegiate sporting competitions. The Dolphins compete as members of Northeast Conference. Le Moyne had been a member of the NCAA Division II Northeast-10 Conference since 1996.^[2][3] At the end of the 2022–23 academic year, Le Moyne began the transition to NCAA Division I as a new member of the NEC.^[4]

More than 75 percent of students are estimated to participate in some form of athletics at Le Moyne. Le Moyne student-athletes have combined to post term cumulative grade-point averages of at least 3.0 in 42 consecutive semesters dating back to 2003 (through spring 2024).^[5] Dolphin student-athletes routinely combine for term GPAs of at least 3.3 in addition to completing more than 2,500 hours of community service each year as part of The Le Moyne Way program.

As early as the second century, Christians associated the dolphin with love and tenderness. A dolphin appears on the seal of the Bishop of Syracuse, just as it was on the seal of the ancient See of Siracusa. Le Moyne named its teams the Dolphins to encourage students to look to the future, because the dolphin is a sign of comfort and union and fraternal charity. The Dolphin is a constant reminder that Le Moyne is steeped in centuries-old tradition and philosophy.^[6]

The Le Moyne men's basketball team gained national attention when it defeated Division I powerhouse Syracuse 82–79 in a November 2009 exhibition game.^[7] Le Moyne's women's basketball team nearly pulled a similar shocker before falling to Syracuse 73–70 in an exhibition game at the JMA Wireless Dome on November 3, 2022.

Le Moyne has long been a lacrosse power at the Division II level, earning seven men's and women's national championships in the sport. The Dolphins' men's lacrosse team captured its sixth national crown in 2021, under the leadership of head coach Dan Sheehan. Le Moyne registered its lone women's lacrosse national title in 2018.

Following a long career in senior administration at the West Point, Bob Beretta was named director of athletics on January 7, 2021. He is only the fourth director of athletics in the college's history.^[8] On June 4, 2024, Beretta resigned to become the athletics director at his alma mater, St. Bonaventure. Beretta's resignation is effective June 21, and the college planned to name an interim director, as the search for a permanent replacement is conducted.^[5] Mike Lindberg, a Le Moyne alumnus from the class of 1979, became the Dolphins' interim athletic director on June 20, 2024. Mike served as the athletic director at Wells College in Aurora, New York from 2014-2023. Under his watch Mike was vital in the creation of the state of the art multi-purpose turf field. Along with the improvement in facilities, Lindberg also saw the Express win a few North Eastern Athletic Conference titles. Previously, he was the associate director of intercollegiate athletics at Ithaca College from 1998 to 2013 where he was a part of various conference championship and NCAA DIII National Championship teams. ^[9]