Alabama-Huntsville

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The University of Alabama in Huntsville is a state-supported university located in Huntsville, Alabama. It has an enrollment of 7,500. The school competes in 14 sports at the varsity level; 13 at the Division II level and 1 (ice hockey) at the Division I level.

Its ice hockey team won the NCAA Division II national championship in 1996 and 1998 and now competes in Division I as a member of College Hockey America. UAH houses the only NCAA ice hockey program south of the Mason-Dixon Line. In 2012, UAH will host the NCAA Hockey Frozen Four championship finals, which will play at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, Florida. UAH was selected as host of the "Frozen Four", as being the closest collegiate hockey program to Florida. In 2007, UAH won the College Hockey America Tournament in a win over Robert Morris University. The victory granted them an automatic bid to the NCAA Division I Tournament as the 16th seed. They were pitted against first seed Notre Dame, losing 3-2 in a double overtime heartbreaker; it was one of the longest games in NCAA Tournament history.

Basketball and hockey games are regularly scheduled as part of alumni returning for homecoming, and carpets are rolled out on the rink between periods for the homecoming court walk.

UAHuntsville also sponsors soccer (men's and women's), women's volleyball, cross country (men's and women's), basketball (men's and women's), tennis (men's and women's), men's baseball and women's softball at the Division II level as a member of the Gulf South Conference. UAH competes in track and field (men's and women's) as an independent member of Division II. Although this is a new part to UAH, it has become one of the most competitive UAH sports.

UAH's men's cross country team won its first Gulf South Conference championship in 2007 and qualified to the NCAA Division II National Championship in 2007 and 2008. The women's team won conference titles in 1999, 2003 and 2004 and made its last appearance at the national championships in 2007. [edit] Pep Band

UAH also has an athletic Pep Band. A very vocal section of fans in their own right, the pep band has claimed to have the World's Longest Cheer. The leader of the cheer instructs the crowd to "Gimme a T!" (to which the crowd replies "T!"), "Gimme an H!" (to which the crowd replies "H!"), and so on until "The University of Alabama in Huntsville" has been spelled (with the crowd even instructed to "Gimme a space!"). After this, the cheer continues with "Now say it like an engineer! UAH!" (with UAH! repeated several times). In hockey games, it is common for this cheer to be interrupted by a goal, and in such an event, the pep band will resume where it left off after playing the fight song.

Contents 1 Traditions 2 Stadiums 3 Hockey 3.1 Staff 3.2 History 4 Basketball 4.1 Staff 4.2 Roster 4.3 History 5 Baseball 5.1 Staff 5.2 History

[edit] Traditions

• Colors - Blue and White
• Fight Song(s) - We Are Chargers
• Significant rivals- Bemidji State (hockey)

[edit] Stadiums

• Hockey - Von Braun Center
• Basketball - Spragins Hall
• Baseball - Joe W. Davis Municipal Stadium

[edit] Hockey

Main Article: Alabama-Huntsville ice hockey

[edit] Staff

Head Coach - Danton Cole
Assistant Coach - Chris Luongo
Assistant Coach - John McCabe
Volunteer Asst. Coach - Tyler Eaves

[edit] History

• National Championships:
  • Club Level: 1982, 1983, 1984
  • NCAA D-II: 1996, 1998
• NCAA D-I Tournament appearances: 2007

[edit] Basketball

[edit] Staff

Head Coach - Lennie Acuff
Assistant Coach - David Ivey
Assistant Coach - Jason Parrish

[edit] Roster

[edit] History

• NCAA D-II Tournament Appearances - 3 (2000, 2003, 2006)

[edit] Baseball

[edit] Staff

Head Coach - Lowell Mooneyham
Assistant Coach - Hunter Royer
Volunteer Asst. Coach - Eddie Dorning

[edit] History

• NCAA D-II Tournament Appearances - 4 (?, ?, ?, 2001)