Athletics
CMU's athletic teams are known as the Mavericks, their mascot is symbolized by a rearing bull's head with flaring nostrils. Official colors are maroon, white, and black. Student body fans are known as The Herd.
The Colorado Mesa Mavericks have 19 varsity teams that compete in NCAA Division II athletics, as part of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. CMU fields teams in football, baseball, men's and women's basketball, women's volleyball, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's outdoor track and field, men's and women's golf, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's lacrosee, women's softball, men's and women's swimming, men's and women's tennis, and men's wrestling.
In addition to varsity sports, CMU has a large number of club sports including cheerleading, men's and women's soccer, men's and women's rugby, men's volleyball, water polo, cycling, rodeo, skiing, and formerly hockey, as well as active outdoors and intramural programs. The intramural sports include flag football, ultimate frisbee, indoor soccer, dodgeball, tennis, volleyball, and basketball, among many others.
CMU plays host to several summer sports camps and clinics including baseball, football, cross country, cheerleading, lacrosse, swimming, soccer, track and field, volleyball, and wrestling, as well as the largest summer basketball camp west of the Mississippi River.
Since 1958 CMU has co-hosted the Junior College World Series at Suplizio Field.
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