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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), [2] most of which compete in the NCAA Division I America East Conference (AEC), of which the school has been a member since 1979. [3]
The University of Vermont was founded as a private university in 1791, the same year Vermont became the fourteenth U.S. state. The university enrolled its first students ten years later. Its first president, Daniel C. Sanders, was hired in 1800, and served as the sole faculty member for seven years.
In some cases, the nickname may be better known than the formal name. For example, "West Point" for the United States Military Academy or "UCLA" for the University of California, Los Angeles . This list of colloquial names for universities and colleges in the United States provides a lexicon of such names.
The Burlington Free Press' list of Vermont high school girls hockey players to watch for the 2023-24 season. ... with championship tilts scheduled for early March at the University of Vermont's ...
This is an incomplete list of U.S. college nicknames. If two nicknames are given, the first is for men's teams and the second for women's teams, unless otherwise noted.
Middlebury College was chartered in 1800 and was Vermont's first college to grant an academic degree in 1802. Castleton University, which today is a campus of Vermont State University, was considered to be the oldest institution of higher learning in Vermont, having been originally chartered as a grammar school in 1787.
Athletic team description (short school name and nickname), with a link to the school's athletic program article if it exists. When only one nickname is listed, it is used for teams of both sexes. (Note that in recent years, many schools have chosen to use the same nickname for men's and women's teams even when the nickname is distinctly ...
Hartford High School, White River Junction; Mid Vermont Christian School, Quechee; Okemo Mountain School, Ludlow; River Valley Technical Center, Springfield;