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97-599: The athletic teams at Lehigh University were founded in 1865. They were known as the Engineers until the 1995–96 academic year. Some believe that this nickname was a reference to the Lehigh Valley Railroad , not to the school's academic engineering program. However, there was also a logo of a giant Lehigh Engineer looking through a surveyor's transit while an airliner flew over him and a diesel passenger train steamed beneath his feet in use at Lehigh during

194-723: A semester system . Based in Maginnes Hall, the College of Arts and Sciences offers a variety of humanities courses and visual arts programs and many music programs, including a marching band, the Wind Ensemble, and the Philharmonic orchestra. It has a dedicated Humanities Center, which is the site for many literature and other arts-based programs, including the Drown Writers Series. Lehigh also has

291-615: A women's lacrosse championship in 1982. Lacrosse has grown into 127 NCAA Division I women's lacrosse teams organized into 15 conferences. Only 13 programs are located outside the Eastern Time Zone — Denver, Lindenwood , Marquette , Northwestern , Vanderbilt , six schools that left the Pac-12 Conference in 2024, and two other California schools. Of these 13 schools, only Denver and Marquette also sponsor varsity men's lacrosse; Lindenwood dropped men's lacrosse after

388-517: A 15–2–3 overall record and became the first Patriot League team to go a perfect 7–0 in league play. They advanced to the third round of the NCAA play-offs before losing to the number-one seed. Both teams are sponsored by Nike as well. The head coach of the men's team is Dean Koski, and he is assisted by Ryan Hess and goalkeeper coach Matt Deming. This past season (2016), the Lehigh men's soccer team posted

485-484: A 7–10–1. However, they won the Patriot League Championship in 2015, earning them an automatic berth to the NCAA tournament. Leading the women's team is Eric Lambinus, assisted by Lauren Calabrese, Madi Morgan, and Bill Moukoulis. In their 2016 season, they went eight games without giving up a single goal, putting them at first in the country for goals against. They're overall record in that season

582-465: A Lehigh wrestling alumnus, is a former won a gold medal in wrestling at the 1984 Summer Olympics . In 2006, the wrestling team marked its fifth straight EIWA championship. In 2018, they won the EIWA championship again, snapping the 11-year streak of Cornell University , the team's biggest rival. Lehigh's current head wrestling coach is Pat Santoro, a Lehigh wrestling alumnus and former EIWA champion, and

679-496: A band. The band only grew from there and started to perform in halls such as Drown Hall and Carnegie Hall . The Marching 97 allowed women to join as cheerleaders in 1969. They were considered to be part of the band, but women were admitted as musicians in 1973. In the 1970s, Professor Rich Aaronson asked if the Marching 97 could play in his Economics 001 class. The 97 enjoyed doing this and has taken requests for other classes. This

776-536: A change of possession. Division II lacrosse is made up of 77 teams, mainly located in the Northeast and Southeast . The USILA conducted a "small college" lacrosse championship tournament in 1972 and 1973. Division II men's lacrosse held its first NCAA tournament in 1974 with an eight-team bracket. The format remained the same until 1980, when the field dropped to just two teams as the Division III tournament

873-458: A doctorate degree or the highest degree in their field. Faculty members are required to have a minimum of four office hours per week. Lehigh's average class size is 28 students; the student-to-faculty ratio is 10:1. The university offers undergraduate enrollment to all its colleges except its College of Education. Students are permitted to take courses or major and minor in subjects outside of their respective college. The university operates on

970-675: A five-year course in Industrial engineering and business, as well as graduate courses for Master of Business Administration degrees and was expanded to include Master of Science degrees by 1964. In 1957 the College moved from Coppée Hall to the purpose-built Drown Hall. More than 7,000 students have received master's, education specialist, Pennsylvania Department of Education teaching certificates and certifications, doctoral degrees, and professional certificates from Lehigh's College of Education as of 2018 . Graduates of Lehigh's P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science invented

1067-727: A full member and Lindenwood as an affiliate. Hartford began a transition from Division I to Division III in the 2021–22 school year; the 2023 season was its last in Division I before joining the Commonwealth Coast Conference in July 2023. Le Moyne started a transition from D-II to D-I in the 2023–24 school year, joining the NEC and playing as an independent in 2024 before the reinstatement of NEC men's lacrosse in 2025. As noted earlier, Lindenwood dropped men's lacrosse after

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1164-532: A governing body for undergraduate students, though it is empowered only to offer recommendations to the university's board. Still, the student senate still has an impact as it determines which clubs receive funding and which are authorized to be listed as official university clubs. A separate student senate exists for graduate students , known as GSS, which focuses on advocacy for grant procurement and graduate student travel costs to visit sites. As of 2022 , Lehigh has 584 full-time faculty members, with 95% holding

1261-593: A post season championship called the NAIA National Invitational. Each conference and A.I.I group receive one automatic qualifier with the remaining four bids going to the highest remaining teams from the NAIA national ranking. NAIA programs also regularly compete against NCAA DII and DIII teams. The Wolverine-Hoosier Athletic Conference (WHAC) announced on January 27, 2012, the addition of lacrosse for both men and women as conference sports effective

1358-428: A program called ArtsLehigh, oriented towards enhancing interest in the arts on campus. Lehigh introduced business and economics classes in 1893, with the first dedicated classes in economics being offered in 1897 and the first professor of economics being hired by the school, John L. Stewart, in 1898. Stewart is credited with creating the College of Business in 1918, establishing its original courses and teaching most of

1455-654: A regular season match. In 1928 he won the NCAA Men's Tennis Championship in singles, to become Lehigh's first individual national champion. He won 66 straight matches, before losing in the 1930 NCAA finals. He won the NCAA indoor singles championship in 1928, 1929, and 1930. Lehigh's wrestling team competes in the EIWA and has a strong tradition in the sport dating back to 1910. Over its history, Lehigh has won 34 EIWA team championships and 203 Lehigh wrestlers have won EIWA individual championships. The team regularly places among

1552-592: A strong tradition in lacrosse, but have only appeared twice (2012, 2013) in the present NCAA championships since its formation in 1971. Lehigh has accumulated seven national lacrosse titles under the former USILA national title format and strongly contributed to the growth of lacrosse in Pennsylvania . Lehigh men's and women's soccer are NCAA Division I programs that compete in the Patriot League. Both teams are highly competitive. The 2006 men's team had

1649-826: A yield rate of 28%. Of the 33% of incoming students in 2023 who submitted SAT scores, the interquartile range was 1370–1480; of the 10% of incoming students in 2023 who submitted ACT scores, the interquartile range was 31–33. U.S. News & World Report 's Best Colleges Ranking ranked Lehigh tied for 46th among "National Universities", tied for 25th for "Best Undergraduate Teaching", 26th for "Best Value Schools", 51st for "Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs", and 45th for "Most Innovative Schools" in its 2024 edition of "Best Colleges". In 2015, The Economist ranked Lehigh seventh among national universities in its ranking of non-vocational U.S. colleges ranked by alumni earnings above expectation. In its 2024 ranking of best U.S. colleges, The Wall Street Journal ranked Lehigh

1746-463: Is classified among "Doctoral Universities R2: High Research Activity". Lehigh University is located in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania , in the historically industrial Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania . Lehigh encompasses 2,350 acres (9.5 km ), including 180 acres (0.73 km ) of recreational and playing fields and 150 buildings comprising four million square feet of floor space. It

1843-441: Is a private research university in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania , United States. The university was established in 1865 by businessman Asa Packer . Lehigh University's undergraduate programs have been coeducational since the 1971–72 academic year. As of 2022 , the university had 5,911 undergraduate students and 1,781 graduate students . Lehigh has five colleges : the P.C. Rossin College of Engineering and Applied Science,

1940-610: Is a prominent part of Lehigh's athletic offerings, with both men's and women's teams competing at the Division I level. The men's team and women's team compete in the Patriot League . The men's lacrosse team has achieved historic success over the years, including four Patriot League Championships . The team earned an automatic bid to the NCAA Tournament in 2024 after rallying to defeat Boston University 11-10 in

2037-534: Is classified as "more selective" by the Carnegie Classification of Institutions of Higher Education . The Princeton Review gives Lehigh an "Admissions Selectivity Rating" of 95 out of 99. In 2023, the university received 18,415 applications. It extended offers of admission to 5,389 applicants, or 29%, after holistic review that includes examination of academic rigor, performance and admissions test scores. 1,531 accepted students chose to enroll,

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2134-415: Is different than a head-count sport, where every member of the team is guaranteed a full-ride scholarship. Combining an academic merit scholarship with athletic performance scholarships is how students have the opportunity to achieve a full ride in equivalency sports. Schools Athletes Athletes Male Scholarship Female Scholarship Scholarships The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)

2231-468: Is how the popular "Eco-flame" was created and it is done every year on the week Lehigh faces its rival, Lafayette College . Similar to the Eco-flame, if asked, the 97 will gather volunteering members to "flame" events on Lehigh. These events could be away football games, events organized by Lehigh, or Alums who ask to play at one of their events on Lehigh. The Marching 97 play at every home game and follow

2328-470: Is not public information, so players must communicate with coaches about whether they are eligible and will be awarded an athletic scholarship Ivy League schools do not provide athletic scholarships in any capacity. Lacrosse, along with most other Division I sports and all Division II sports, is an equivalency scholarship sport, meaning that coaches pool the scholarship money they are provided and award it to both new recruits and current players. This model

2425-510: Is organized into three contiguous campuses on and around South Mountain , including: In May 2012, Lehigh was the beneficiary a gift of 755 acres of property in nearby Upper Saucon Township, Pennsylvania from the Donald B. and Dorothy L. Stabler Foundation. The gift from the estate of the long-time benefactor allowed the university to expand to its current size of 2,350 acres across all its campuses, and to consider new long-term potential uses for

2522-725: Is the largest association and governing body of collegiate athletics in the United States. The NCAA holds lacrosse championships for all three Divisions in men's and women's lacrosse. As of the 2023 season (2022–23 school year), the NCAA has 398 men's lacrosse programs and 528 women's lacrosse programs. In the 2024 season, Division I men's lacrosse had the smallest number of teams compared to the Division II and Division III levels. The most recent 2024 NCAA lacrosse season involved 78 NCAA Division I men's lacrosse teams organized into 10 conferences. These teams are heavily concentrated in

2619-657: Is the most amongst league members. The program has also enjoyed seven FCS playoff appearances: 1980, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2010 and 2011. Lehigh is also part of the most played rivalry in college football. The Mountain Hawks have met the Lafayette Leopards 159 times. Lafayette leads the all-time series 82–72–5. The game is traditionally played on the Saturday before Thanksgiving. Football games are well-attended at Lehigh's Goodman Stadium , which has been voted

2716-660: The American Association of Engineering Societies . Lehigh's College of Health offers classes in biostatistics, epidemiology, population health data science, and others related to population health. The college opened on August 21, 2020, and was the first in the world to offer undergraduate, graduate, and executive degrees in population health. It is based at the Health, Science, and Technology (HST) building which opened in January 2022. Admission to Lehigh University

2813-722: The Boston College Eagles . Conferences : A total of 113 programs compete at the Division II level. Division II women's lacrosse is one of the newest championships sponsored by the NCAA. The first Division II women's lacrosse championship was held in 2001, when C.W. Post beat West Chester 13–9. Since then, the Division II level has been dominated, much like its men's counterpart, by Adelphi University with nine national championships, most recently in 2019. The 114 NCAA Division II women's lacrosse programs are organized into 10 conferences, as well as independent programs. The defending Division II national champions are

2910-483: The Clery Act , which requires that colleges reveal information regarding crime on their campuses. Notable alumni include: Notable past or present faculty members include: 40°36′25.8″N 75°22′44.4″W  /  40.607167°N 75.379000°W  / 40.607167; -75.379000 College lacrosse Women College lacrosse is played by student-athletes at colleges and universities in

3007-648: The Colonial States Athletic Conference and United East Conference merged under the United East banner. The defending Division III national champions are the Tufts Jumbos . Conferences: Women's college lacrosse differs significantly from men's lacrosse in terms of rules and equipment. The NCAA holds lacrosse championships for all three divisions and currently has 528 women's lacrosse programs. Women's collegiate lacrosse

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3104-672: The NCAA tournament in 2012 proved to be their most notable to date, thanks to its first-round game as a #15 seed on March 16, 2012, against the #2 seed Duke Blue Devils . Despite being a heavy underdog, thanks to CJ McCollum 's 30-point heroics, the Mountain Hawks pulled off the stunning upset, defeating the Blue Devils 75-70 and making it only the sixth time that a 15th seed had defeated a second seed. Lehigh University and nearby Lafayette College are rivals in sports. Since 1884,

3201-634: The National Collegiate Athletic Association began holding an annual championship tournament. Cornell took the first title over Maryland , 12–6. Syracuse has 11 Division I titles (*one vacated later), Johns Hopkins 9, Virginia (7) and Princeton 6. The NCAA national championship weekend tournament normally draws over 80,000 fans. The most recent national champions from 2024 are the Notre Dame Fighting Irish . The most recent change to

3298-742: The National Football League , Major League Baseball , Major League Soccer , and the National Basketball Association as players, scouts, coaches, and owners. Lehigh graduates have competed in the Super Bowl and won gold medals for the U.S. at the Olympic Games . While it is not a school sport, a number of Lehigh alumni, including Roger Penske , Al Holbert , and John Fitch , went on to successful careers in auto racing . Lehigh's fifth trip to

3395-778: The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) and a growing number of National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) four-year small college programs. As of 2016–17, there were 184 collegiate men's club teams competing through the Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA), including most major universities in the United States without NCAA men's programs, organized into two divisions and ten conferences. Schools that feature an NCAA Division I FBS football team must play in Division 1, while most other teams compete in Division 2. There are 225 collegiate club teams for women organized by

3492-704: The Northeast and Mid-Atlantic regions, and only four teams are not in the Eastern Time Zone (Air Force, Denver, Marquette, and Utah; a fifth school with that distinction, Lindenwood, dropped men's lacrosse after the 2024 season). From 1936 through 1970 the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (USILA) selected the Wingate Memorial Trophy winners as national champions based on regular season records. Beginning in 1971 ,

3589-591: The Tampa Spartans . Conferences : The NCAA Division III level is made up of 288 women's lacrosse teams. It is the largest women's lacrosse division and also the largest NCAA lacrosse division, surpassing the number of men's Division III teams by 43 members. As noted in the Division III men's lacrosse section, the number of conferences dropped by two in the 2024 season, with the New England Collegiate Conference disbanding and

3686-661: The United Kingdom sponsored by British Universities and Colleges Sport (BUCS) and programs in Japan . In the U.S., as of the 2021–22 academic year , there were 74 NCAA-sanctioned Division I men's lacrosse teams, 75 Division II men's lacrosse teams, and 247 Division III men's lacrosse teams. There are 120 Division I women's lacrosse teams, 114 Division II women's lacrosse teams, and 291 Division III women's lacrosse teams. There were also 21 men's programs and 11 women's programs at two-year community colleges organized by

3783-527: The Women's Collegiate Lacrosse Associates (WCLA). The first intercollegiate game in the United States was played on November 22, 1877 between New York University and Manhattan College . Lacrosse had been introduced in upstate New York in the 1860s. Lacrosse was further introduced to the Baltimore area in the 1890s. These two areas continue to be hotbeds of college lacrosse in the U.S. An organizing body for

3880-492: The early-2020s conference realignment , led to the NEC and Southern Conference dropping men's lacrosse after the 2022 season, although as noted the NEC's elimination of men's lacrosse proved to be temporary. Two men's lacrosse schools started transitions from Division II to Division I in July 2022. Lindenwood and Queens (NC) are playing men's lacrosse in the Atlantic Sun Conference (ASUN), with Queens as

3977-573: The escalator and founded Packard Motor Car Company and the companies that built the locks and lockgates of the Panama Canal . Other notable alumni include Roger Penske , Lee Iacocca , John W. Fisher , and Terry Hart . Tau Beta Pi , the engineering honor society , was founded at Lehigh. In 2005, George Tamaro , a Lehigh University master's degree in civil engineering alumnus, was the John Fritz Medal award recipient, issued by

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4074-1037: The 14th-best overall. Along with three other Pennsylvania colleges, Dickinson College in Carlisle , Lafayette College in Easton , and Muhlenberg College in Allentown , Lehigh was a 2020 recipient of the Campus Sustainability Achievement Award issued by the Association for the Advancement of Sustainability in Higher Education in commemoration of its participation in the Solar Collaboration Project. In 2018, U.S. News & World Report ranked Lehigh's part-time MBA program 20th in

4171-427: The 1950s and 60s. As the university expanded following the advent of coeducation in 1971, while the number of engineering students remained steady, the percentage of students enrolled in engineering declined from 50% to about 30%. As a result, during the school's 1988 appearance in the men's NCAA basketball tournament, TV commentators were encouraged to refer to the school by its colors, Brown and White. Beginning in

4268-519: The 1979 season, with separate tournaments being conducted in both 1980 and 1981 for Divisions II and III teams. The Division II tournament then was discontinued until returning in 1993. Michael Brown, LSM/D, holds record for attending every NJCAA school besides for Onondaga CC. Lacrosse is one of the fastest growing sports in America, at the collegiate level. Across both men’s and women’s collegiate athletic programs, lacrosse experienced greater growth in

4365-554: The 1980s and until 1995, the team used a logo of a train locomotive with an "L" on the front. In November 1995, the school introduced the Mountain Hawk as a mascot , replacing the "L train", which stemmed from a student-based movement to come up with a suitable mascot; the Mountain Hawk was officially voted in as the new mascot by the Lehigh Student Senate soon after. Controversy arose the following year, when

4462-424: The 2024 season (along with eight other NCAA sports). In September 2018 the NCAA rules committee implemented an 80-second shot clock that begins upon possession. A team must advance the ball across midfield within the first 20 seconds, and then 60 seconds to shoot the ball once across midfield. The clock will only reset if the ball hits the goalie or the post. Failure to score before the shot clock runs out results in

4559-576: The 2024 season. The most recent change to the lineup of women's lacrosse conferences came during the 2024–25 offseason. The Pac-12, which had sponsored the sport with six full members and two affiliates, collapsed , with 10 of its 12 full members (including all full members with women's lacrosse teams) leaving for other conferences. With the impending collapse of the Pac-12 as a backdrop, the Big 12 Conference announced it would start sponsoring women's lacrosse in

4656-459: The 24th- best undergraduate college for entrepreneurship. In 2024, The Princeton Review ranked Lehigh 2nd on its "Where Students Study the Most" list. A large majority of Lehigh's social fraternities and sororities have their own university-owned houses; most of the fraternities and sororities are located along Upper and Lower Sayre Park Roads in a region known as "The Hill". Lehigh has one of

4753-687: The Adelphi Panthers. Conferences : The majority of schools playing NCAA men's lacrosse play in Division III, with 245 in all. Most Division III lacrosse teams are located in the Northeast , with only seven programs west of the Mississippi River (with two others in cities on that river's east bank). Only two of these schools are west of the Central Time Zone . The USILA conducted a "small college" championship in 1972 and 1973. The NCAA Division III championship originally

4850-495: The College of Arts and Sciences, the College of Business, the College of Education, and the College of Health. The College of Arts and Sciences is the largest, with 38% of the university's students. The university offers Interdisciplinary Studies , Bachelor of Arts , Bachelor of Science , Master of Arts , Master of Science , Master of Business Administration , Master of Engineering , Master of Education , Doctor of Philosophy , and Doctor of Education degrees. The university

4947-766: The Colonial States Athletic Conference merging into the United East Conference. The defending Division III national champions are the Middlebury Panthers . Conferences: As of October, 2016, There are a 39 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) schools that offer men’s and/or women’s varsity lacrosse, Lacrosse is an officially recognized sport by the NAIA. NAIA programs are currently in year two of NAIA invitational sport status. During this phase of recognition, teams compete to participate in

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5044-547: The Inter-University Lacrosse League (IULL) began play using slightly different rules. The two leagues merged in December 1905 to form the 8-team United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse League. The USILL was a closed-membership league, which excluded several lacrosse powers, such as the U.S. Naval Academy . The national championship was officially bestowed only upon teams that were included in

5141-593: The NCAA playoffs. More recently, the Lehigh softball team won the 2022 Patriot League Softball Tournament and advanced to the Washington regional in the NCAA Tournament. Lehigh is also competitive in men's and women's basketball . Both teams play in Stabler Arena . The men's and women's teams both won the Patriot League championship in 2010. The Men's team went on to the NCAA Tournament , losing in

5238-632: The Pac-12 joined conferences that sponsored the sport; California and Stanford moved to the ACC , and Oregon and USC joined the Big Ten . Three schools will start Division I play in the 2025 season. All will compete in their current all-sports homes— Charlotte and South Florida in The American, and Rhode Island in the Atlantic 10 Conference . The current Division I national champions are

5335-1340: The Patriot League Honor Roll, having a 3.2 GPA or higher during the fall semester (Women: 15, Men: 9). Men's Roster 2016: Ian Marshall, Will Smith, Joe Bogan, Alex Greene, Matt Morana, Zarin Tuten, Calum Bishop, Doyle Tuvesson, Jack Miskel, Danny Gonzalez, Mark Forrest, Gio Giammatteo, Oscar Greene, Justin Worley, Nolan Coulter, Tatsu Otani, Nick Jewell, Tommy Dokho, David Zipkin, Kevin Klinkenberg, Matthew Peralta, Nick Facendo, Danny Leszczynski, John Marc Charpentier, Jacob Gottwald, Paul Steingraber Women's Roster 2016: Lidia Breen, Sam Miller, Kylie Ginsberg, Alyssa Riporti, Maggie Wadsworth, Laura Courtney, Tori Pantaleo, Kalin Ojert, Kat Jacobellis, Clare Severe, Kayla Arestivo, Jess Sacco, Sabrina Mertz, Amanda Stratton, Becca Sherry, Madeline Walsh, Adrian Vitello, Lexi Chang, Annika Jansa, Grace Correll, Ashley Maziarz, Sidonie Warnecker, Erin Racano, Mary Casey Julius Seligson played collegiate tennis at Lehigh University, graduating in 1930. He never lost

5432-446: The USA and currently oversees 21 men's and 11 women's lacrosse programs predominately in the Northeastern United States . The NJCAA lacrosse programs do not compete in their regular conferences, but instead are ranked within their NJCAA Regions. The NJCAA has sponsored a men's lacrosse championship since 1970 and a women's lacrosse championship since 2004. There are also new lacrosse programs at community colleges that are not members of

5529-418: The United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association voted for its first playoff tournament to determine a national champion. In 1971, the NCAA began sponsoring men's lacrosse and began holding an annual championship tournament for Division I schools. The USILA conducted a small college tournament for non-Division I schools in 1972 and 1973. In 1974, the NCAA took over the sponsorship of this tournament through

5626-604: The United States and Canada. In both countries, men's field lacrosse and women's lacrosse are played at both the varsity and club levels. College lacrosse in Canada is sponsored by the Canadian University Field Lacrosse Association (CUFLA) and Maritime University Field Lacrosse League (MUFLL), while in the United States, varsity men's and women's lacrosse is governed by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) and National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). There are also university lacrosse programs in

5723-403: The University of New Hampshire in the first round of the 2016 FCS playoffs, where they lost 21 to 64. The senior captains for the 2016 season were quarterback Nick Shafnisky, linebacker Colton Caslow, offensive center Brandon Short, and offensive tackle Zach Duffy. After the 2016 season, Nick Shafnisky was named Patriot League Offensive Player of the Year and Lehigh football Head Coach Andy Coen

5820-486: The best place to watch a Patriot League football game for the past six years. Tailgate parties are a big part of the experience, attracting many students and alumni who attend the games. In the Lehigh Mountain Hawks 2016 football season they finished with 9 wins and 3 losses, and made the playoffs for the first time since 2011. They went undefeated in the Patriot League winning all 6 games, while winning 3 games and losing 2 games against out of conference opponents. They played

5917-446: The championship game. On April 5, 1986, Jeanne Clery , a 19-year-old Lehigh freshman, was raped and murdered in her Lehigh dorm room; the perpetrator, a Lehigh student, was apprehended, tried, and sentenced to death. In 1990, the backlash against unreported crimes on numerous campuses across the country led the United States Congress to pass the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, known as

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6014-427: The classes himself. The College's inaugural class of 1922 numbered just 77. Through the 1930's the College of Business Administration stayed consistent, with around 10 professors and 350 students, and in 1938 was accredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business , with enrollment that year jumping to 465, or 25% of the total student body. In 1952 the College of Business Administration began offering

6111-508: The collegiate level. As of 2017, the total college player population of both men and women increased from 253,931 in 2001 to 826,033 in 2016. The linear growth can be seen in the graph right side. According to NCAA, 51% of student athletes receive athletic aid in some capacity. The NCAA limits the number of scholarships that can be awarded to any athletic team. Not every team is fully-funded, and for teams that are not fully funded, even fewer scholarships can be awarded. The funding per team

6208-445: The conference lineup was announced in October 2023, when the Northeast Conference (NEC), which had dropped the sport after the 2022 season, reinstated the sport effective with the 2025 season. The last previous change was announced during the 2022 NCAA tournament, when the Atlantic 10 Conference (A-10) made official its widely-rumored sponsorship of men's lacrosse effective in the 2023 season. This move, along with other moves during

6305-498: The drinking age was increased to 21, fraternities started to run into frequent hazing incidents and disciplinary issues which resulted in many of them being forced by the school to disband in the 1990s. Many of their former houses were transitioned to sorority houses and a few were demolished to make way for more dorms. As of 2024, some of the houses on "The Hill" remain vacant. Lehigh students have several lasting traditions. Lehigh's school colors, brown and white, date back to 1874, and

6402-400: The fall of 2012. The WHAC was the first conference in the NAIA to offer lacrosse as a conference championship sport. The Appalachian Athletics Conference and the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference recognized lacrosse as a conference sport in the Fall of 2015. The National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) is the primary governing body of community college athletic programs in

6499-528: The first 12 years it was held from 1980–1991, and appeared in the championship game 15 times. The 12 consecutive championships are an NCAA record but Hobart has not won again since 1993, and now plays at the Division I level. NCAA Division III lacrosse programs are organized into 22 conferences and over 20 independent programs. The number of conferences dropped by two after the 2023 season; the New England Collegiate Conference , with only four full members in that season, disbanded as an all-sports conference, while

6596-422: The first round to top-ranked University of Kansas . The Mountain Hawks men's basketball team is best known for its first-round game in the 2012 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament as a #15 seed on March 16, 2012 against the #2 seed Duke Blue Devils . Despite being a heavy underdog, due in large part to future NBA player CJ McCollum 's 30-point game, the Mountain Hawks defeated Duke 75–70 making it only

6693-456: The football team whenever possible. Today, the Marching 97 is entirely student-ran and is one of the country's only marching bands to do so. The band has performed at Carnegie Hall, Drown Hall, and at the New York World's Fair, as well as at Yankee Stadium in 2014 for the 150th meeting of the Lehigh-Lafayette game. In 2017, the Marching 97 was invited to march in London's New Year's Parade. Lehigh University Lehigh University ( LU )

6790-466: The game features traditional festivities, including decorating fraternity houses, parties, rallies and the Marching 97 performing unexpectedly during classes the Friday before the game. The most storied athletic program at Lehigh is its wrestling team, which began in 1910. Over the past several decades, the Lehigh wrestling team has produced 158 All-Americans and had numerous squads finish with Top 20 NCAA national rankings, including finishing second in

6887-538: The highest levels of student participation in fraternities and sororities ; approximately 34% of undergraduates are members of a fraternity or sorority. During new member education, Greek life membership rises to almost 45%. There are 10 fraternities, all of which are housed on campus, and eight sororities, all of which are housed on campus. Lehigh's "golden age of fraternities" came in the mid-1980s when there were 36 fraternities on campus, all located on "The Hill". Sororities were notably forced to operate off campus. When

6984-476: The mascot was given the name "Clutch." The name was chosen after a long contest of name suggestions and voting. Lehigh is especially known for its football rivalry with Lafayette College , the most frequently-played matchup in college football history. Known as The Rivalry , as of 2023 both teams have met 159 times. Lehigh has very successful programs in both baseball (men) and softball (women), having won both Patriot League titles in 2015 and advancing to

7081-468: The membership of these organizations. In 1912, the USILL established Northern and Southern Divisions and began conducting a post-season playoff. Harvard defeated Swarthmore, 7–3, in the first formal playoff. This system continued through 1925. As Navy was not a member of the USILL, its teams were not eligible for the championship, even though Navy had the best collegiate record in many of those years. Navy

7178-608: The nation in 1939. In 2008, the athletic department hired Pat Santoro, a two-time national champion and two-time winner of the EIWA Coach of the Year (2009, 2012) as Lehigh's head wrestling coach. Home dual meets and tournaments take place in Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall, on the university's main campus. Commonly known as "The Snake Pit", it has been the home of Lehigh wrestling since 1942. In 2013, Grace Hall

7275-400: The nation. In 2012, BusinessWeek ranked Lehigh's College of Business 31st in the nation among undergraduate business programs. In 2012, BusinessWeek ranked Lehigh the seventh-best overall undergraduate finance program in the nation, and ranked its undergraduate accounting program the 21st-best in the nation. In 2012, Entrepreneur Magazine and The Princeton Review named Lehigh

7372-481: The national rankings. The team that achieved the highest point total each year, however, was not guaranteed a solo national championship. The system served as guidance to the USILA executive board, who chose co-champions on frequent occasions. This point system prevailed with modifications until the NCAA in the early 1970s established the playoff system for determining champions. At its 1969 annual meeting in Baltimore,

7469-412: The number of teams than any other sport. The number of women’s lacrosse teams more than doubled between 2003 and 2023, rising from 256 to 541 teams. Men’s lacrosse experienced nearly a 70% increase during the same 20-year period, increasing from 236 to 398 teams. The growth across all three NCAA lacrosse Divisions has increased the scholarships available to students seeking to continue playing lacrosse at

7566-617: The roster of Division II men's lacrosse conferences came in 2017–18 when the Great Lakes Valley Conference began sponsoring men's lacrosse. On December 2, 2014; the University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) announced the addition of men's and women's lacrosse programs. These programs began competition with the 2016 season, initially as independents. The most recent Division II men's national champions are

7663-498: The school newspaper, The Brown and White , has been continuously published since 1894. As a member of the Patriot League , Lehigh competes in 25 different NCAA Division I sports. Lehigh's 2006 student-athlete graduation rate of 97% ranked 12th among all 326 NCAA Division I institutions. In 2002, it won the inaugural USA Today /NCAA Foundation Award for having the nation's top graduation rate of all Division I institutions. Lehigh graduates have gone on to professional careers in

7760-462: The school's nickname was changed to the Mountain Hawks. Many alumni and students, including various members of Lehigh's Marching 97, still object, though the school's athletes were cited as being strong supporters of this change. The school still lists all three nicknames (Engineers, Brown & White, and Mountain Hawks) in its media guides. In November 2008, just before the 144th game against Lafayette,

7857-516: The sixth time that a 15th seed has defeated a 2nd seed. The varsity football team competes at the Division I FCS level. Lehigh is a highly respected FCS program with a rich tradition. Lehigh won the 1977 Division II National Championship by defeating Jacksonville State 33–0 in the Pioneer Bowl. The Engineers were 1979 1-AA National Runners-up after falling to Eastern Kentucky in the title game. Lehigh has ten Patriot League championships, which

7954-630: The sport, the U. S. National Amateur Lacrosse Association, was founded in 1879. The first intercollegiate lacrosse tournament was held in 1881, with Harvard beating Princeton , 3–0, in the championship game. New York University and Columbia University also participated. In 1882 three colleges formed a league called the Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association (ILA), which four other colleges soon joined. From this point through 1931, collegiate lacrosse associations chose an annual champion based on season records. In 1894,

8051-650: The spring 2025 season. While its pre-2024 membership featured only one sponsoring school ( Cincinnati ), it picked up two lacrosse schools from the collapsing Pac-12 ( Arizona State and former full member Colorado ). The Big 12 reached the six sponsoring schools required for an automatic NCAA tournament bid by bringing in three affiliates: Florida , previously a women's lacrosse member of the American Athletic Conference (The American); and San Diego State and UC Davis , which had previously been Pac-12 affiliates. The other lacrosse schools that left

8148-568: The team's home is Leeman-Turner Arena at Grace Hall, often referred to as "The Snakepit", with a capacity of 2,200. Lehigh's marching band is known as the "Marching 97". The number "97" represents the number of people who are in the marching band. It is composed of 12 ranks of 8 members and one drum major to conduct the entire band. The Marching 97 is known for its antics, silliness, and tradition in Lehigh University. First created in 1906 under direction of E.E. Ross with only 15 men as

8245-553: The three divisions, dependent upon their records, schedules, and success for the preceding five years, and a point system was created. Any team of the three divisions was eligible to win the national championship, but this was virtually impossible for non-Division I teams. A Division II team, playing several Division I teams, might have been able to achieve it. A team's record was required to include six games against teams in its own division. Teams were realigned every three years, again reflecting their records. All schools were eligible for

8342-785: The top 10 at the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships and is considered one of nation's best collegiate wrestling programs. In addition to its EIWA successes, Lehigh has had 28 national NCAA individual champions, 137 NCAA All-Americans , and 16 top five NCAA team finishes. Its last national champion was Darian Cruz in 2017. Among Lehigh wrestling alumni are several coaches of the sport at other universities and colleges, including Jason Kutz (1998) at East Stroudsburg University , Chris Ayres (1999) at Princeton University , Cory Cooperman (2006), assistant wrestling coach at Rutgers University , and Troy Letters (2006) and Derek Zinck (2006), assistant wrestling coaches at Princeton. Bobby Weaver ,

8439-503: The two football teams have met over 150 times, making the game between the two programs, known as The Rivalry , the most played in the history of college football . The rivalry between Lehigh and Lafayette is also the longest uninterrupted rivalry in college football ; the teams have played annually since 1897. For the 150th meeting, the teams played before a sold-out Yankee Stadium in New York City . The week leading up to

8536-409: The university's new properties. As a private institution, Lehigh University is governed by its board of trustees, established 1866. The board can have no less than 18, nor more than 35 members at any given time. The board selects the university president, as well as their vice presidents who operate as "executive agents" of the board. In 1988, a student senate was created at the university to act as

8633-507: The upcoming 2017 football season the Lehigh Mountain Hawks will be looking towards defending their 2016 Patriot League Championship, and hope to repeat. Lehigh will kick off their season with a home game against Villanova. They have dropped Princeton from their schedule and will be facing Wagner instead for their fifth game of the season. Lehigh's lacrosse team competes in the nine-team Patriot League. The Mountain Hawks have

8730-500: Was 11–5–2. Both teams play on Ulrich Field, located in Ulrich Sports Complex on Goodman Campus at Lehigh University. The field is grass with stands that hold about 1,300 fans. Locker rooms and practice fields (Kauffman Fields) are located a short distance from the game field. There are three grass fields with an irrigation/sprinkler system to keep up maintenance. Combined between the two teams, 24 student athletes made

8827-401: Was combined with Division II from 1974–1979, before the NCAA split the non-Division I schools into separate Division II and III tournaments in 1980. Salisbury University shares the record for most D-III championships with 13, and has sole possession of the record for most championship game appearances with 18. The other holder of the record for most championships, Hobart , won the championship

8924-538: Was converted into the Caruso Wrestling Complex, including a visiting area and Lehigh's College Wrestling Wall of Fame. In March 2017, Lehigh wrestler and Bethlehem native Darian Cruz won the NCAA Division I national wrestling tournament , becoming Lehigh's first national champion since Zach Rey , Lehigh's current assistant wrestling coach, won the title in the heavyweight division six years earlier, in 2011. Lehigh University's lacrosse program

9021-559: Was established in the memory of a Baltimore sportswriter to recognize annually the most outstanding teams. From 1936 through 1972, the USILA executive board awarded the Wingate Memorial Trophy to the national champions. From at least 1951 if not earlier, lacrosse divisions were named after legendary lacrosse men. These included the Cy Miller , Laurie D. Cox , and Roy Taylor Divisions, commonly referred to as A Division, B Division and C Division . All college teams were placed in one of

9118-584: Was inaugurated. From 1982 through 1992, a Division II playoff was not conducted. In 2001, a four-team bracket was instituted. The Division II men’s lacrosse championship bracket expanded from four to eight teams starting with the 2013 season. Adelphi University currently holds the record for the most D-II championships, with eight; it also has the most appearances in the championship match with 12. NCAA Division II lacrosse programs are organized into eight conferences, as well as independent programs consisting of mainly new D-II lacrosse teams. The newest addition to

9215-634: Was named Patriot League Coach of the Year. Lehigh also received nine first team honors for senior quarterback Nick Shafnisky, sophomore running back Dom Bragalone, junior wide receiver and return specialist Gatlin Casey, junior wide receiver Troy Pelletier, senior offensive tackle Zach Duffy, sophomore place kicker and punter Ed Mish, and senior linebacker Colton Caslow. Lehigh also earned four second team honors for junior offensive tackle Tim O'Hara, senior offensive tackle Brandon Short, junior defensive lineman Tyler Cavenas, and senior defensive back Brandon Leaks. In

9312-413: Was originally governed by the U.S. Women's Lacrosse Association , which joined with the Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) to determine an annual champion. The USWLA and AIAW conducted championships from 1978–1982 before being usurped by the NCAA. The NCAA began sponsoring a Division III championship in 1985 and added a Division II championship in 2001. The NCAA began sponsoring

9409-535: Was undefeated from 1917 through 1923, a stretch of 40 games with one tie. The USILL was replaced by the United States Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association in March, 1926, as an open-membership governing body. Six more teams became new USILA members, in addition to the former USILL teams. The USILA bestowed gold medals upon the teams that it selected as national champions through the 1931 season. No official champions were named from 1932 through 1935. In 1936, an award

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