Calvin Knights
| Calvin Knights | |
|---|---|
 | |
| University | Calvin University |
| Conference | Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association |
| NCAA | Division III |
| Varsity teams | 21 |
| Nickname | Knights |
| Colors | Maroon and gold[1] |
The Calvin Knights are the Calvin University athletics teams. Calvin University fields are ten men's and eleven women's varsity intercollegiate teams that participate in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association at the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division III level.[2]
History of the name[]
Between 1920–21 and 1926–27, the school's athletic teams were known as the "Calvin-ites.[3] The first reference to the "Calvin Knights" appeared in 1926–27.[3]
Teams[]
There are currently both men's and women's varsity athletic teams participating in basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, swimming, diving, tennis, and track and field.[2] In addition, there is a men's varsity baseball team and women's varsity softball and volleyball teams.[2]
Calvin also fields an American Collegiate Hockey Association men's ice hockey team.[2]
Athletic facilities[]
The Spoelhof Fieldhouse Complex is home to the combined health, physical education, recreation, dance and sport department. In Spring 2007, the college began a $50 million construction project to renovate and expand the Calvin Fieldhouse. The fieldhouse reopened in Spring 2009 as the Spoelhof Fieldhouse Complex. The 362,000 square feet (33,600 m2) facility includes a new 5,000 seat arena (Van Noord Arena) which is currently the largest arena in a Division III school, an Olympic-regulation swimming pool (Venema Aquatic Center) which seats about 550, a tennis and track center (Huizenga Tennis and Track Center) containing 4 tennis courts and a 200-meter track, 14,000 square feet (1,300 m2) of weight training rooms and a custom made rock climbing wall.[4] The Hoogenboom Health and Recreation Center contains the original renovated gym that is now used for basketball, volleyball, PE classes, intramurals, and many concerts. The Hoogenboom Center also has two dance studios as well as racquetball courts and exercise science laboratories.
Calvin–Hope rivalry[]
In 2005, ESPN polled its staff about what they thought were the nation's greatest college basketball rivalries, and the Calvin–Hope rivalry was voted fourth in all college basketball.[5][6]
Championships[]
Calvin has won 11 NCAA Division III national championships and one club sport (ACHA Division III) national championship.[2]
| Year | Sport | Association |
|---|---|---|
| 2016 | Women's Volleyball | NCAA III |
| 2013 | Women's Volleyball | NCAA III |
| 2010 | Women's Volleyball | NCAA III |
| 2006 | Men's Cross Country | NCAA III |
| 2004 | Men's Cross Country | NCAA III |
| 2004 | Men's Ice Hockey | ACHA III |
| 2003 | Men's Cross Country | NCAA III |
| 2000 | Men's Cross Country | NCAA III |
| 2000 | Men's Basketball | NCAA III |
| 1999 | Women's Cross Country | NCAA III |
| 1998 | Women's Cross Country | NCAA III |
| 1992 | Men's Basketball | NCAA III |
References[]
- ^ "CALVIN COLLEGE". Retrieved November 12, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e "Calvin Knights". Calvin College. Retrieved 2014-09-11.
- ^ a b "Why the Knights?". 125th Anniversary Year Celebration. Calvin College. Retrieved 2010-03-19.
- ^ "Athletic Facilities". calvin.edu. Retrieved 2019-04-05.
- ^ Behm, Jon (February 26, 2010). "The Calvin–Hope Rivalry: from obscurity to national limelight". Chimes. Calvin College Student Newspaper. Archived from the original on 2011-07-19. Retrieved 2010-03-18.
- ^ Reynolds, Lauren (July 24, 2007). "No hate, just heat in Hope-Calvin rivalry". ESPN. Retrieved 2010-03-11.
External links[]
- Calvin Knights