The Haverford Fords are the athletic teams Haverford College , who compete at the NCAA Division III level in the Centennial Conference . Haverford boasts the only varsity cricket team in the United States. Its men's and women's track and field and cross country teams are perennial powerhouses in their division. The outdoor track and field team won the first 16 Centennial Conference championships, and men's cross country has won all but two Centennial Conference championships. The soccer team is among the nation's oldest, having won its first intercollegiate match in 1905 against Harvard College . The lacrosse team has placed well nationally in the NCAA championships, while Haverford's fencing team has competed since the early 1930s.
29-519: Haverford has a long tradition of producing great tennis players. Recently, the team has been known for recruiting the most athletes from the state of Hawaii out of all NCAA varsity athletic teams. Ann Koger was the longtime coach of the women's team from 1981 to 2016. Haverford boasts the only varsity cricket team in the United States, and ESPN Magazine has called Haverford "the epicenter of Philadelphia 's cricket craze". The team, which
58-502: A private , non-sectarian, all-boys college preparatory day school , junior kindergarten through grade twelve. Founded in 1884 as The Haverford College Grammar School, it is located in Haverford, Pennsylvania . The school was founded in 1884 at the request of Alexander and Lois Cassatt, niece of President James Buchanan , as The Haverford College Grammar School. Affiliated initially with neighboring Haverford College until 1903,
87-467: A 25-meter, eight-lane pool with two dive wells, four international-size squash courts, three regulation-sized basketball courts, a three-mat wrestling room with panoramic windows, an athletic training center, and an advanced fitness center. Outdoor facilities include three turf fields, one grass field, a four-lane track, an outdoor basketball court, and four tennis courts. The school also owns a boathouse in nearby Conshohocken . Before its 2015 construction,
116-433: A decade between 2006 and 2016, the longest streak between either school. A newer, friendly rivalry exists between Haverford and Garnet Valley High School 's lacrosse teams. When Kip Taviano, a Concord Township -native and Haverford School lacrosse and football player, was killed in a 2013 car accident, the two schools came together to establish the #10ve Foundation in his memory. Haverford School and Garnet Valley compete in
145-579: A year, which can be earned through participation on an inter-scholastic athletics team or extracurricular activities, such as mock trial or jazz band. Additionally, this requirement can be satisfied by any role in one school theatrical production. Recent graduates are known to attend prestigious post-secondary institutions, including the Pennsylvania State University , University of Pennsylvania , Villanova University , Boston College , and Harvard University . The Haverford School
174-633: A young player, she faced racial segregation on the courts of Druid Hill Park in Baltimore. She was the first African American to win the Maryland State Tennis Championships. In 1968, she won the American Tennis Association (ATA)'s National Women's Doubles Championship. In college, she was a multi-sport athlete, including a member of Morgan State 's men's tennis team from 1969 to 1972. She
203-429: Is Hunter R. Rawlings III , the former president of Cornell University . The New York Times called Haverford a pipeline to a front-office career in professional baseball, with a focus on sabermetrics (advanced statistics). As of summer 2015, it notes, "there are about 15 to 20 Haverford graduates working in prominent baseball-related jobs, as front-office executives, agents and talent evaluators." The current head coach
232-508: Is Kamran Khan , former player for the United States national cricket team from 1979 to 1990 and President of the United States of America Cricket Association from 1999 to 2000. He has coached Haverford's cricket team since 1974. The men's and women's track and field and cross country teams are perennial powerhouses in their division. The men's outdoor track and field team won the first 16 Centennial Conference championships, while
261-475: Is Dave Beccaria, an alumnus of and former junior varsity head coach at Johns Hopkins. Haverford used to have a football team, starting in 1879. The team was rivals with Swarthmore . Ann Koger Ann Koger (born 1950) is an American former tennis player and coach. An African-American tennis pioneer, she was the coach of Haverford College 's women's tennis team from 1981 to 2016. Born in Baltimore in 1950, Koger took up tennis at age seven or eight. As
290-669: Is a member of the Inter-Academic League , the country's oldest inter-scholastic athletic conference. With eighteen interscholastic sports, Haverford ranks among the top 20% of private high schools in Pennsylvania for amount of sports offered. The Haverford School lacrosse team gained national fame when the Fords won national championships in 2011 and 2015 after undefeated seasons. The 2015 team won USA Today 's All-USA Boys' Lacrosse Team honors. The Fords lacrosse team
319-790: Is an alumnus of the College. Former head coach Mike Murphy is now the head coach of the Penn Quakers men's lacrosse . The fencing team has competed since the early 1930s and is a member of both the Middle Atlantic Collegiate Fencing Association (MACFA) and the National Intercollegiate Women's Fencing Association (NIWFA). Recently retired coach, David Littell, fenced in the 1988 Olympics in Seoul , South Korea . In 2007,
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#1732797415605348-598: Is the most awarded team in the Inter-Ac League, having won two national championships, ten state championships, and eighteen Inter-Ac titles. The Haverford School squash team won the U.S. high school national championship in 2017. In 2018–19, Haverford captured the Inter-Ac's Heyward Cup for overall excellence in athletic competition. The Fords have won the Heyward Cup 18 times, more than any other school in
377-616: The #10ve Cup, an annual lacrosse event to benefit the Kip Taviano '13 Scholarship Fund. All of the Haverford School's academic buildings and athletic fields are located at its original 30-acre campus. There are five significant buildings: the Upper School, Middle School, Lower School, Field House, and Dining Hall. In addition, there is a small building home to the school store and cafe. The athletic facilities include
406-542: The 2008, 2009 and 2010 NCAA tournaments, advancing to the 2010 NCAA tournament quarterfinals (where it took Salisbury University into overtime) and registering other high profile wins, the team has in recent years struggled. The current head coach is Nick Taylor who has been at the helm for three seasons. Former head coach Brendan Dawson is now the head coach of the Haverford School . Former head coach Colin Bathory
435-416: The 2010 Rhodes Scholarship . Three Haverford runners have won individual Division III men's cross country national championships: Seamus McElligott in 1990, JB Haglund in 2001, and Anders Hulleberg in 2010. Haverford 's soccer team, the nation's oldest, won the first match of the newly-formed Intercollegiate Soccer Football League in 1905, beating Harvard College . It is of interest that Harvard 's team
464-584: The Haverford fencing team fenced an undefeated MACFA season (a school record, since repeated in 2010) and won its third championship. Other championships were won in 1983 and 2004. The current Haverford coach is Chris Spencer, formerly head coach of Mount Holyoke College . Under Spencer the Haverford team has become a top Division III program, defeating Division I teams such as New York University and UNC . Haverford won three consecutive MACFA championships in 2010-2012. The women's volleyball team competed in
493-644: The NCAA tournament in 2006 and 2007 after winning its first Centennial Conference titles. In 2007, the team hosted the regional NCAA tournament, where it advanced to the regional championship, ultimately losing to the defending national champion, Juniata. The first intercollegiate basketball game played east of the Mississippi River occurred in Ryan Gym (now a lounging area for students) in 1895 between Haverford and Temple University . A former varsity star
522-540: The first (and only) Division III athlete to run a four-minute mile, clocking 3:57.6. The history of Haverford track also includes former team captain Philip Noel-Baker 1908, who later captained Great Britain 's 1924 Olympic team, upon which the movie Chariots of Fire is based, and became a Nobel peace prize winner years later in 1959. Also of note is former captain Andrew Lanham, a winner of
551-695: The humanities and sciences. Among the humanities, some well-liked electives are European Dictators, Modern Black Lives: 1964- Present, Latin Poetry & Prose, and Music Production & Recording. Common science electives are Advanced Topics in Chemistry, Macro- and Micro-economics, Environmental Science, and Theoretical Physics. Summer study programs are in place with laboratories at the University of Pennsylvania and its hospital system . Furthermore, Upper School students are required to gain two sports credits
580-461: The incumbent champion. Each year's winner earns the "Sweater". The Sweater is made from parts of uniform sweaters from each school, cut in half and sewn down the middle. Each school has a side, indicated by its colors, onto which years of victory are embroidered. Since the inception of the Sweater in 1987, Haverford has led Episcopal Academy with 18 Haverford/EA Day wins. Haverford held the Sweater for
609-453: The late 19th and early 20th centuries (1881–1924), and Haverford won its championship 19 times (1884, 1890 (tie), 1892 (tie), 1893, 1895, 1896, 1898, 1902, 1903 (tie), 1904, 1905, 1906 (tie), 1910, 1915, 1916, 1919, 1922 (tie), 1923, 1924). Haverford 's current team has a heavy contingent of students of South Asian heritage, and the XI team regularly travels to Oxbridge for games. The current coach
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#1732797415605638-404: The league. Haverford is known for its long-running rivalry with fellow Inter-Academic League member Episcopal Academy . The two schools have competed annually since 1889 on Haverford-EA Day, a day of competition occurring each November. The winner is determined by who wins more of the day's five events: cross-country, water polo, soccer, golf, and football. In the event of a tie, victory goes to
667-630: The men's and women's soccer teams were crowned Centennial Conference Champions. While the men's team defeated Wesleyan College in the first round of the 2013 NCAA tournament, the women's team lost to MIT in the first round. The 2015 season was the most successful in the history of Haverford men's soccer, as the team won the Centennial Conference championship and advanced to the NCAA playoff's Elite Eight. The Haverford men's lacrosse team has fallen from its national power status. After defeating Gettysburg College in 2009 and 2010, qualifying for
696-435: The men's cross country team has won all but two Centennial Conference championships, reclaiming the title from Dickinson in the 2010 fall season. In the 2010 NCAA National Cross Country Championship, the men's team finished first, its highest finish ever and the only NCAA championship ever won by any Haverford team. The women's team recently captured at least four consecutive conference titles. In 1997, Karl Paranya '97 became
725-490: The official colors were changed to maroon and gold out of national pride since the colors of the Spanish flag were the same red and yellow. All Upper School students must take four years of English, three years of history, mathematics, and science, and two consecutive years of foreign language and fine arts. Many students elect to take four years of history, foreign language, and fine arts. Dozens of electives are offered in
754-469: The school became independent, changed its name to The Haverford School, and moved to its current location across Railroad Avenue from the college. The school was Quaker during its affiliation with the college but is now non-sectarian. Haverford's original school colors were red and yellow for the first decade of the school's existence. However, after the outbreak of the Spanish–American War in 1898,
783-560: Was founded by a Haverford alumnus during his graduate education there. Haverford soccer squads were named national intercollegiate champions three times by the Intercollegiate Soccer Football Association in 1911, 1915 and 1917. This was well prior to the NCAA's inaugural post-season national championship tournament, which began in 1959. The men's soccer team won its first NCAA playoff game in 1980, defeating Elizabethtown College 4-3. In 2013, both
812-528: Was one of the first African Americans to play on the Virginia Slims Circuit (the precursor of the WTA Tour ), where she played from 1973 to 1977. Koger was hired to coach Haverford's women's tennis team in 1981. The program won multiple conference championships during her tenure. In 2016, she retired after 35 years in the position. Haverford School The Haverford School is
841-501: Was started in 1833, is generally accepted as the first cricket club exclusively for Americans. Haverford has a strong rivalry with the University of Pennsylvania 's club team. The first match in this series was played in 1864 and has been believed to be the third-oldest intercollegiate contest in America, after the 1852 Harvard - Yale crew and 1859 Amherst - Williams baseball matches. The Intercollegiate Cricket Association existed in
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