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Vermont Catamounts

athletic programs of the University of Vermont

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 3, 2026
Entity authorityQ7921687 ↗
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The Vermont Catamounts are the varsity intercollegiate athletic programs of the University of Vermont, based in Burlington, Vermont, United States. The school sponsors 18 athletic programs (8 men's, 10 women's), most of which compete in the NCAA Division I America East Conference (AEC), of which the school has been a member since 1979. The men's and women's ice hockey programs compete in Hockey East. The men's and women's alpine and Nordic skiing teams compete in the Eastern Intercollegiate Ski Association (EISA). The school's athletic director is Jeff Schulman.

The Catamounts have won seven national championships, six in skiing (the latest in 2012) and one in men's soccer (2024). The program's mascot is Rally and colors are green and gold.

Sponsored sports

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.

Basketball

The men's basketball team won the 2003, 2004, 2005, 2010, 2012, 2017, 2019, 2022, 2023, and 2024 America East Conference Championships, qualifying for the NCAA Tournament in each of those seasons.

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The public source identifies “Vermont Catamounts” as athletic programs of the University of Vermont. This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Vermont, Catamounts and athletic.

Editorial reviewA strong contextual entry point for chronology, institutions and public events when official records are distinguished from later interpretation. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1979, 2012, 2024, 2003—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Vermont, Catamounts and athletic providing the first useful test.
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Contemporary correspondence, administrative files and participant testimony can test how later narratives organized the event or institution. The source revision retrieved here is dated Sep 3, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q7921687. None of the 2 selected statements returned an explicit reference. The first chronological checks are 1979, 2012, 2024 and 2003.

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This entry incorporates text from “Vermont Catamounts” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.