The Colorado Mesa Mavericks (formerly Mesa State Mavericks) are the athletic teams that represent

Colorado Mesa University Colorado Mesa University is a public university in Grand Junction, Colorado. The university's other locations include Bishop Campus, which houses Western Colorado Community College in northwestern Grand Junction, and a regional campus in Mon ...

, located in

Grand Junction, Colorado Grand Junction is a home rule municipality that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of Mesa County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 65,560 at the 2020 United States Census, making Grand Junction the 17th mo ...

, in

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Division II intercollegiate sports. The Mavericks compete as members of the

Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC), commonly known as the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) from approximately 1910 through the late 1960s, is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (N ...

for all 21 varsity sports.

Facilities

* Bergman Practice Fields ** Baseball ** Football * CMU Softball Field – softball * Elliott Tennis Complex – tennis * Two intramural athletic fields * Brownson Arena – basketball, volleyball, wrestling * El Pomar Natatorium – swimming and diving * Maverick Pavilion – indoor athletic courts (Fall 2011) * Ralph Stocker Stadium – football, track and field *

Suplizio Field Sam Suplizio Field is a stadium in Grand Junction, Colorado, United States.Facilities ...

– baseball * Walker Field – soccer, lacrosse

Varsity sports

Teams

Men's sports *

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* Basketball * Cross Country * Football * Golf * Lacrosse * Soccer * Swimming & Diving * Tennis * Track & Field * Wrestling Women's sports * Basketball * Beach volleyball * * Cross Country * Golf * Lacrosse * Soccer * Softball * Swimming & Diving * Tennis * Track & Field * Volleyball * Wrestling Emerging sports * Men's Hockey * Cheerleading * Cycling * Rodeo * Rugby * Skiing – Alpine * Skiing – Nordic * * = Beach volleyball is a fully sanctioned NCAA sport which had its first national championship in the spring of 2016. The Colorado Mesa team competes as an independent.

Non-varsity sports

In addition to varsity sports, CMU has a large number of emerging sports, men's hockey, cheer-leading, cycling, rodeo, Alpine skiing, Nordic skiing, and rugby, Club sports include, men's and women's soccer, men's rugby, men's volleyball, and water polo 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.

Program notes

Since 1958, Grand Junction has co-hosted the NJCAA Junior College World Series at

Suplizio Field Sam Suplizio Field is a stadium in Grand Junction, Colorado, United States.Facilities ...

, unassociated to the CMU Athletic Department 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.

References

External links

* {{Colorado-sport-team-stub