Vermont Catamounts

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University University of Vermont Athletic director Jeff Schulman		NCAA Division I Location Burlington, Vermont

Conference America East Conference (most teams) Hockey East Association (ice hockey) Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association (skiing) Varsity teams 18 (8 men's, 10 women's)

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The Vermont Catamounts are the varsity intercollegiate athletic programs of the University of Vermont, based in Burlington, Vermont, United States. The school sponsors 18 athletic programs (8 men's, 10 women's), most of which compete in the NCAA Division I America East Conference (AEC), of which the school has been a member since 1979. The men's and women's ice hockey programs compete in the Hockey East Association (HEA). The men's and women's alpine and nordic skiing teams compete in the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association (EISA). The school's athletic director is Robert Corran.

The Catamounts have won six national championships, all in skiing. The program's mascot is Rally and colors are green and gold.

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In February 1926, the student newspaper polled undergraduates on mascot names, including tomcat, camel, and cow. Catamount, named after a legendary large cat (the cougar, extinct in Vermont since the 19th century), won the vote. Only male students were allowed to vote.

Basketball

The men's basketball team has won the 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, and 2012 America East Conference Championships, qualifying for the NCAA Tournament in each of those seasons. In the 2005 NCAA Tournament, the team, seeded #13 in the Austin Regional, upset #4 Syracuse 60-57 in overtime. Sports Illustrated named the upset one of the top 10 NCAA Tournament upsets of the 2000s.

Ice hockey

The men's ice hockey team, coached by Kevin Sneddon, appeared in the 2009 Men's Frozen Four. It has also qualified for the NCAA Tournament in 1996, 1997, 2010, and 2014.

UVM's men's hockey team has produced 18 NHL players in its history. UVM alumni currently in the NHL include Viktor Stålberg '09 (New York Rangers), Torrey Mitchell '07 (Montreal Canadiens), Patrick Sharp '02 (Dallas Stars), Kevan Miller '11 (Boston Bruins), Connor Brickley '14 (Florida Panthers) and Michael Paliotta '15 (Chicago Blackhawks). Martin St. Louis '97, Eric Perrin '97, Sharp, Tim Thomas '97, and former NHL All-Star John LeClair '91 won the Stanley Cup in their careers. In 2004, St. Louis was awarded the Hart Memorial Trophy as the NHL's MVP, the Art Ross Trophy as the NHL's leading scorer, and the Lester B. Pearson Award as the league's most outstanding player in the regular season as judged by the members of the NHL Players Association. Thomas was awarded the Vezina Trophy as the NHL's top goaltender in 2009 and 2011, and the Conn Smythe Trophy as the most valuable player of the 2011 Stanley Cup playoffs. UVM is the only NCAA program in history to count alumni who have won both the Hart Trophy and the Vezina Trophy, as well as the only NCAA program to generate an Art Ross winner.

Skiing

The UVM ski team has won six national championships (1980, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1994, 2012) and 33 EISA titles, most recently in 2014. The team has had 54 individual national champions, over 273 All-Americans, and 66 US Ski Team members.

Soccer

The men's soccer team qualified for the 2007 NCAA Tournament, defeating Dartmouth in the first round on penalty kicks. In 1989, the team advanced to the East Regional Final, losing to Rutgers 2-1 in overtime.

Basketball

Vermont's women's basketball team has performed well in the America East Tournament. In 2013, it made a conference-record 18th appearance in the semifinals. It has the most wins in tournament play, with 35 (2013 field). It has advanced at least one round in 19 of the 24 tournaments.

The Catamounts were the first women's basketball program to go undefeated during the regular season in back-to-back seasons (1991-1992 and 1992-1993), a feat matched only by Connecticut (2008-2009 and 2009-2010).

In the 2012-2013 season, the program had a total attendance mark of 10,579.

Baseball

After the 2009 season, the Vermont baseball program, which played at Centennial Field, was cut along with softball as a part of the university's budget cuts. Prior to the cuts of 2009, Vermont baseball was the winningest program at UVM with a .532 winning percentage (1485-1306).

Ten Vermont baseball players reached the major leagues, including Larry Gardner, who started at third base for four World Series champions in his 17-year (1908–24) big league career, lefthanded pitcher Ray Collins, who won 87 games in seven MLB seasons and started the first World Series game ever played at Fenway Park, and Kirk McCaskill, who won 110 games during his Major League career.