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60-464: The Catamounts have won six national championships, all in skiing. The program's mascot is Rally and colors are green and gold. Vermont is one of only four NCAA Division I schools that do not sponsor volleyball or baseball. The other three are Boston University , Detroit Mercy , and Drexel . The men's basketball team won the 2003 , 2004 , 2005 , 2010 , 2012 , 2017 , 2019 , 2022 , and 2023 , America East Conference Championships, qualifying for

120-499: A 20-year lease just $ 1 per year. On June 28, 2012, Oakland extended its minor league player development contract through the end of the 2014 season. In the announcement Athletics vice president and general manager Billy Beane was quoted as saying, "The baseball history and community support in Burlington makes it a very special place. We look forward to this partnership growing for many years to come." In 2003, 2005, and 2006,

180-619: A 3:49.44 mile to become the second-fastest indoor mile runner of all-time. Soccer and lacrosse are played on the artificial surface of Nickerson Field . Field hockey competes at New Balance Field. Rhett the Boston Terrier is the official costumed mascot of Boston University and the Boston University Academy . In November 1922, the Boston Terrier dog breed was chosen as the university's mascot in

240-667: A committee to consider renaming the mascot based on complaints that Rhett Butler's character associated with the Confederate States of America and sexual assault . Centennial Field Centennial Field is the name of the baseball stadium at the University of Vermont in Burlington, Vermont , and is the home of the Vermont Lake Monsters . Beyond the left-field fence is the former home of

300-453: A history of national success in men's and women's soccer , women's tennis, field hockey , and women's lacrosse . The men's and women's rowing teams compete in the EARC and EAWRC respectively, the oldest and most competitive conference in collegiate rowing . The women's tennis team has won the most conference titles of any varsity sport at Boston University, holding 28 conference titles across

360-465: A mascot. The choices offered up by ballot were a tomcat , camel , cow , or catamount . By a vote of 138–126 the catamount became the first University of Vermont Mascot, Charlie Catamount. For a brief time between 1968 and 1969 UVM had a live mascot named "Rink". Rink was a puma cub born in captivity at a Peoria, Illinois zoo and owned by avid hockey fans Nancy and Robert "Tiny" Leggett, of South Burlington, VT. As Rink grew from 10 lbs to over 100 lbs

420-601: A native of South Burlington who also was the coach of the UVM baseball team at the time. Future major league pitchers Kirk McCaskill and Mike Rochford hurled for the Expos during the summers. The Lake Monsters joined the Futures Collegiate Baseball League for the 2021 season. The Vermont Division for Historic Preservation erected a marker at the ballpark in 1997. It reads, Named to commemorate

480-771: A new affiliation agreement with the Chattanooga Lookouts . The Seattle Mariners had themselves been affiliated with Chattanooga and signed with Agganis and the Burlington franchise. The Vermont Reds became the Vermont Mariners . The team finished second in the Eastern League behind the Glens Falls Tigers . Vermont made the playoffs but lost to the Albany-Colonie Yankees in the finals. Mariners manager Rich Morales

540-442: A pool and diving well for the swim teams. The 200-meter indoor track is modeled on the previous high-banked Armory track, which attracted programs looking to run fast times. The turns, banked up to 18.5 degrees help runners push through turns at normal speed and rhythm, and can produce many personal indoor bests. The Track and Tennis Center hosts the annual BU Invitational. At the 2018 BU Valentine Invitational, Edward Cheserek ran

600-549: A student vote, winning over the alternatives of a bull (male) moose or elephant . Aside from the breed's longtime association with the city of Boston, the breed was first bred in the United States in 1869, the year of Boston University's chartering. In October 1925, the Boston University football team adopted a terrier pup named Pep to serve as its mascot, though it was referred to as "Kappa" by BU News ,

660-593: A student vote. In 1956, Boston University acquired its next Boston Terrier mascot dog, which was initially named Fumbles before being renamed to Touchdown. In 1969, the current mascot dog, Terrier III, died without a replacement being purchased until 1980. When Boston University unveiled a costumed mascot at a home football game in November 1983, it was named Rhett, referencing Rhett Butler's affection for Scarlett O'Hara in Margaret Mitchell 's Gone with

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720-625: Is known as the Green Line Rivalry or the Battle of Commonwealth Avenue. Under long-time coach and former player, Jack Parker , Boston University excelled in the 1990s, winning six Hockey East regular season titles, four Hockey East tournament titles, the 1995 National Championship and three National runner-up trophies. Boston University missed the Frozen Four for 11 consecutive seasons beginning in 1998 but returned to glory by winning

780-550: Is one of 15 remaining specimens of her species. She also has multiple student-run Instagram pages ( @greta_uvm , @officialgretathecatamount ). In a rebranding of mascots, Rally Cat was introduced in 2003. As of 2020, Vermont is in the process of replacing Patrick Gym . The new arena named the Tarrant Center is being constructed next to Gutterson Field House and will have a capacity of 3,200 people. Boston University Terriers The Boston University Terriers are

840-614: The EARC . On July 1, 2013, Boston University left the America East Conference and joined the Patriot League . Boston University is one of 4 NCAA Division I schools to not sponsor at least one of women's volleyball or baseball (The other 3 being Detroit Mercy , Drexel , and Vermont ). Boston University's ice hockey team is the most successful sports program at the school, with five national championships (1971, 1972, 1978, 1995, 2009) and 21 appearances in

900-771: The Pittsburgh Pirates and Agganis signed a four-year agreement with the Cincinnati Reds . The club was renamed the Vermont Reds . The club finished in fourth-place in 1984 and 1985, and in second-place in 1986. The Reds excelled in the post-season and won the Eastern League championship each of these three years. Vermont finished fourth again in 1987 but lost in the League finals. Barry Larkin , Jeff Montgomery , Rob Dibble , Kal Daniels , Chris Sabo , and Norm Charlton all starred in Burlington and became

960-542: The Pittsfield Mets but more than 5,000 fans attended the game. In the franchise's second season in Burlington, the Expos won the 1995 McNamara Division title and in 1996, it repeated as division champs and captured its only New York Penn League championship. The Expos passed one million in cumulative attendance during the 2002 season. The team changed its name to the Lake Monsters in 2006, one year after

1020-470: The 100th anniversary of the University of Vermont's first graduating class, Centennial Field has been the home of UVM athletics since 1906. The three ballparks that have stood on this site have hosted semi- professional and minor league baseball, as well as exhibitions by visiting Major League and Negro League ballclubs. The current grandstand, constructed in 1922, is one of the oldest still in use. Among

1080-637: The 1988 season, affiliated with Cleveland , and became the Canton–Akron Indians . Minor league baseball returned to Centennial Field in 1994. Burlington businessman Ray Pecor, owner of Lake Champlain Transportation Co. in Burlington since 1976, purchased the franchise rights of the Jamestown Expos and brought minor league baseball back to Burlington. The Vermont Expos debuted at Centennial Field on June 16, 1994. They lost 6–5 to

1140-732: The 1988 season. He played in 17 games for the Mariners and hit two home runs. In 2016, Griffey was enshrined in the National Baseball Hall of Fame, joining Larkin. Future major league star shortstop Omar Vizquel spent the bulk of the 1988 season with the Mariners hitting .254 with 30 stolen bases, before he was called up to Triple A in early August, prior to Griffey becoming active. Vizquel that year showed glimpses of his outstanding fielding that would earn him 11 Gold Gloves throughout his big league career, second-most among shortstops in major league history. By September 1988, with

1200-484: The 1989 postseason when UVM advanced to the NCAA Men's Soccer Championship East Regional Finals with wins over Yale and UConn. Vermont hosted the long-running Smith Barney Men's Soccer Classic at Centennial Field that featured many national powers including UCLA, Stanford, Old Dominion, San Francisco, New Mexico and North Carolina. Its recent women's soccer tournament has featured Indiana, Notre Dame and Villanova. During

1260-608: 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. 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. The men's soccer team has appeared in

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1320-555: The America East and Patriot League Conferences. In 1991 and 1992 the women's rowing team won back-to-back national championships. From 1884 to 1997, the Terriers also had an American football team . Men's conference championships Women's conference championships In 2005, Boston University opened Agganis Arena for hockey and basketball, named after alumnus and Boston Red Sox first baseman Harry Agganis . The facility

1380-533: The Frozen Four. The Terriers have also been the national runners-up five times, and have won five ECAC tournament championships and seven Hockey East tournament championships. Many of Boston University's hockey players have gone on to successful careers in the NHL. Since 1984 the Terriers have played in the Hockey East conference, along with crosstown arch-rivals Boston College (BC). The series with Boston College

1440-734: 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. The men's ice hockey team appeared in the NCAA Tournament Frozen Four in 1996 and 2009 . They also qualified for the NCAA Tournament in 1988 , 1997 , 2010 , and 2014 . UVM's men's hockey team has produced 18 NHL players in its history. UVM alumni currently in

1500-496: The NCAA Tournament twelve times, including trips to the NCAA Tournament Quarterfinals in 1989 and 2022. 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

1560-549: 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

1620-680: The Second and nicknamed as Artoo. Rhett's nemesis is Baldwin, the Boston College eagle. Rhett has participated in several ESPN " This is SportsCenter " commercials and competed three times in the Universal Cheerleading Association's mascot nationals, placing as high as fourth in 2002. He was also named an All-American in 1996 and "Boston's Top Mascot" in 1998. During the 2020 George Floyd protests , Boston University President Robert A. Brown appointed

1680-474: The Stedler Division pennant on the final day of the regular season. Since the franchise moved to Vermont in 1994, 68 former Expos/Lake Monsters have reached the major leagues (as of July 2015) including future standouts Addison Russell , Orlando Cabrera , Jamey Carroll , Milton Bradley , Jorge Julio , Jason Bay , Ian Desmond , Jordan Zimmermann , Tommy Milone , and Danny Espinosa . After

1740-714: The Terriers have won 29 of 58 Beanpots and 12 of the last 16. For most other sports, Boston University competes in the Patriot League . The men's basketball team earned post-season berths in the NCAA tournament or NIT four straight seasons between 2002 and 2005 and also in 2011. They are known to have a rivalry with the Albany Great Danes and the Vermont Catamounts. The program is notable for grooming big name college coaches such as Rick Pitino , Mike Jarvis , and Patrick Chambers . The Terriers also have

1800-410: The University of Vermont's men's and women's soccer teams, which also served as home field for its men's and women's lacrosse teams, and its college football team (1900–1974). The facility takes its name, Centennial Field, from the fact that the land on which it was built was dedicated to its current purpose on July 6, 1904, at the conclusion of the three-day celebration of the 100th anniversary of

1860-615: The Wind since Boston University's primary color is scarlet . The mascot costume has been changed in 1996, 2004, and 2008. In 2008, alumnus Calvin Iwanicki named his Boston Terrier pet dog Rhett, often showcasing him across campus buildings as the university's unofficial mascot. After Rhett's death in March 2020, Iwanicki purchased another Boston Terrier pup in August 2020, which he named Rhett

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1920-660: The big league parent franchise Montreal Expos moved to Washington and became the Nationals. The 2005 Vermont Expos are the last professional team to be named the Expos. In 2011, Vermont changed its major league affiliation from the Washington Nationals (National League) to the Oakland Athletics (American League). That season Vermont returned to the NYP postseason for the first time in 15 seasons by capturing

1980-543: The cancelled 2020 minor league season, Major League Baseball took direct control of Minor League Baseball and discontinued short-season play. The Lake Monsters were not invited to remain in affiliated baseball. The team was in discussions to continue as a professional baseball team for 2021 but ended up joining the Futures Collegiate Baseball League . The summer collegiate Northern League (baseball, 1934–1952) Burlington Cardinals played at Centennial Field from 1935 to 1941 and from 1946 to 1952. The league disbanded when it

2040-536: The championship to the Quebec Braves , four games to one. Two of the 1955 Athletics, pitcher Bob Davis and outfielder Bill Kern would reach the major leagues. The Provincial League was not financially sustainable and disbanded prior to the 1956 season. Affiliated minor League baseball returned to Centennial Field in 1984 when Mike Agganis moved his AA Eastern League Lynn Pirates from Lynn, Massachusetts to Burlington. The club had been affiliated with

2100-427: The completion of the 2009 season. Corran said at the time that he expected that the university would continue to maintain the baseball field before Bramley stepped in by leasing it to the Lake Monsters for 20 years starting in 2012. The UVM baseball team played its last home game of the 2009 season at Centennial Field on May 12, 2009, when they hosted Bryant University in a midweek non-conference doubleheader. With

2160-553: The core of the 1990 World Champion Cincinnati Reds . Larkin had the most distinguished career of all of the Vermont Reds alumni playing for Cincinnati from 1986 to 2004. A 12-time National League all-star and three-time Gold Glove Award winner, he was the 1995 National League Most Valuable Player and was inducted into the National Baseball Hall of Fame in 2012. After the 1987 season, Cincinnati signed

2220-573: The couple became unable to care for him and were reported plans to donate him to Canada's Granby Zoo. Kitty Catamount joined Charlie as a "Catamount Couple" and the two mascots were married at a UVM hockey game in the 1970s. A taxidermied catamount named Greta is kept on display in the UVM Dudley H. Davis Student Center , as of 2023. Prior to her restoration in 2021, she was kept in the UVM Marsh Life Science building. Greta

2280-414: The era that Catamounts had a football team , Centennial Field had stands on both sides of the gridiron. UVM's game with UMass in 1966 had a record crowd of 10,000 fans. That season, Vermont featured Little All-American halfback Bobby Mitchell and UMass had future NFL quarterback Greg Landry . The football field was also the home to several Vermont high school state championship games. The baseball park

2340-415: The fall of 1954. The 1955 Burlington Athletics attracted 51,267 fans to Centennial Field for the season, the second highest attendance in the League. Burlington went 65–64 to finish in third-place, 20.5 games behind the first-place St. Jean Canadians . Burlington pitcher Jack Hale tied for the league-lead in wins with 17. In the playoffs, Burlington beat first-place St. Jean in the first round but lost

2400-502: The field hosted the America East Conference baseball tournament . In the past, it also hosted American Legion Baseball and was home to the American Legion Northeast Regional tournament in 2007. On February 20, 2009, it lost its longest tenant with director of athletics Dr. Robert Corran announcing the University of Vermont would discontinue the varsity baseball (and varsity softball) program following

2460-478: The first World Series game ever played at Fenway Park , and Kirk McCaskill , who won 110 games during his Major League career. Vermont had a varsity football team that competed from 1886 until 1974. They were members of the Yankee Conference from 1947 until the program was disbanded. On February 6, 1928, The Vermont Cynic asked the University of Vermont undergraduates if they would like to have

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2520-413: The first graduating class of the University of Vermont (UVM). Its first baseball game was on April 17, 1906, with UVM's 10–4 victory over the University of Maine . Larry Gardner was the first batter for UVM. Future- Boston Red Sox pitcher Ray Collins started the game for Vermont and threw the first pitch at the ballpark. Gardner and Collins are among 11 former Catamounts to reach the major leagues,

2580-548: The first pitch in honor of the 50th anniversary of the 1955 Brooklyn Dodgers World Series championship . The collegiate Northern League was revived in the late 1970s through the 1980s and Centennial Field was the home of the Burlington Expos, Burlington A's and the Queen City Royals. The first edition of the Burlington Expos collegiate team was led by current Clemson head baseball coach, Jack Leggett ,

2640-457: 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. After the 2009 season, the Vermont baseball program, which played at Centennial Field , was cut along with softball as a part of

2700-608: The latest being Matt Duffy , who played for UVM during 2008–2009 and for the Houston Astros during 2015–2016. In addition to the baseball field, the adjacent soccer field was used by UVM's college football team until 1974, and UVM's men's and women's lacrosse teams in the 1990s through 2006. The school's men's soccer team played there from 1975 to 2011 and the women played there from 1995 to 2011 before moving to Virtue Field on campus. The Centennial Field soccer stands had 5,000 seats and drew America East record crowds during

2760-479: The movement of UVM's soccer facility to Virtue Field after the 2011 season, baseball became the primary sport played at Centennial Field. In addition to the Lake Monsters, the Vermont Principals' Association 's four state championship games returned to Centennial Field in 2012 after a two-year absence. Centennial Field has been home to affiliated minor league and summer collegiate baseball teams through

2820-472: The national championship in 2009. Boston University has dominated the annual Beanpot tournament, which has been contested by the four Boston metro area-based collegiate teams – the others being BC, Northeastern and Harvard – since the 1952–53 season. The televised tourney is a local institution, played in front of annual sellouts at the TD Garden, and is a fierce battle for bragging rights. As of 2010,

2880-428: The park, including the area where the grandstand currently stands. In the summer of 2005, Centennial Field was the Vermont stop on ESPN 's "50 States in 50 Days" tour. In 2007, it was recognized by ESPN.com 's Jim Caple as one of the top 10 ballpark destinations in the U.S. It is also featured in the 2008 book 101 Baseball Places To See Before You Strike Out by Josh Pahigian . Centennial Field showed its age and

2940-576: The team in the Eastern League playoffs, Agganis had decided to move the franchise to Canton, Ohio . Canton was building a brand-new ballpark, Thurman Munson Memorial Stadium , which would have a capacity of 5,700. More so, the Canton metropolitan area offered twice the population of Burlington. Agganis told The New York Times , "Our attendance has averaged out to about 85,000 over five years in Burlington. In Canton, we can probably do between 225,000 and 300,000 attendance." The franchise moved to Canton after

3000-505: The ten men's and fourteen women's varsity athletic teams representing Boston University in NCAA Division I competition. Boston University's team nickname is the Terriers, and the official mascot is Rhett the Boston Terrier . The school colors are Scarlet and White. The majority of Boston University's teams compete as members of the Patriot League , with the ice hockey teams competing in Hockey East and rowing competing in

3060-422: 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

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3120-525: The university's newspaper, in an October 1927 issue. In 1933, Boston University students purchased another terrier named Danny to become the new mascot. Following Danny's death from drowning in the Charles River , another terrier named Danny II was purchased in November 1935. After Danny II ran away, a terrier pup was donated to Boston University Dean Atlee L. Percy in October 1949 and named Gulliver in

3180-717: The years. Dr. Clarence Beecher, a one-time mayor of Burlington and dean of the UVM College of Medicine , led a group that brought the Philadelphia Athletics' Provincial League Class C team to play at Centennial Field in 1955, Vermont's first affiliated minor league team. The Provincial League was founded in 1935 and based in Quebec . The League was affiliated with the National Association from 1940 to 1943 and 1950 to 1955. Between 1950 and 1955, it

3240-931: Was a Class C minor-league; the Philadelphia Athletics had an affiliate during this time. In 1954, the American League Athletics were based in Philadelphia and their Provincial League club in Drummondville , Quebec . Beecher had been president of the Burlington Cardinals during the Northern League's final season and assumed the same position with the new club when the Provincial League Dummondville club became available in

3300-798: 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

3360-441: Was designed as a hockey arena : a departure from Boston University's Walter Brown Arena which had the smallest playing ice in Division I. Depending on its configuration, Agganis Arena can seat up to 8,000 people, so it is sometimes utilized for events that would be too small for the 18,624-seat TD Garden . Other facilities include the indoor Track and Tennis Center and the Fitness and Recreation Center ("FitRec"), which includes

3420-484: Was in need of repair in 2010 to meet minor league baseball ballpark standards. Much needed upgrades began in earnest after that season with Vermont Lake Monsters owner Ray Pecor investing in over $ 1 million in improvements prior to the start of the 2012 season, and another $ 1 million prior to 2013. Pecor made these improvements -including new lights, a state-of-the-art video scoreboard and many field-surface improvements after agreeing with then-UVM president John Bramley on

3480-456: Was named Eastern League Manager of the Year and Jim Wilson and Omar Vizquel were Eastern League All-Stars. Ken Griffey Jr. was selected by the Seattle Mariners with the first pick of the 1987 Major League Baseball draft . Griffey played for the Bellingham Mariners in 1987 and spent most of the 1988 season with the Class A California League San Bernardino Spirit . Griffey was promoted to Burlington and played at Centennial Field late in

3540-403: Was not sanctioned by ECAC and NCAA member institutions due to its semi-professional status. Collegiate summer leagues since can include only amateur players. Among the many future major leaguers who played for the Cardinals, Johnny Podres made his professional debut at Centennial Field in 1950 pitching for Cardinals. In 2005, the Vermont Expos invited Podres back to Centennial Field to throw out

3600-431: Was part of the sports complex constructed as part of the UVM Centennial celebration. The original wooden baseball bleachers burned on March 12, 1913. The current concrete and steel main grandstand was erected in 1922. Today, it seats 4,415 for baseball. The first UVM ice hockey game was played on the football portion of Centennial Field. The field's large foul territory comes from the running track that at one time circled

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