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The nickname is a back-formation from the school's yell, "wa-hoo-wa." Official University of Virginia sports documents explain that Washington and Lee baseball fans first called University of Virginia players "a bunch of rowdy Wahoos," and used the "Wahoowa" yell as a form of derision during the in-state baseball rivalry in the 1890s, presumably after hearing them yell or sing "wa-hoo-wa."
The Cavaliers compete at the NCAA Division I level (FBS for football), in the Atlantic Coast Conference since 1953. Known simply as Virginia or UVA in sports media, the athletics program has twice won the Capital One Cup for men's sports (in 2015 and 2019) after leading the nation in overall athletic excellence in those years.
The other respect in which the triumph of the Roundheads in England affected Virginia was that it caused a small number of Cavaliers to emigrate from England to the colony, bolstering the Cavalier elite led by Berkeley; whose political power was disproportionate to their number (estimated at approximately 10% of the population of Virginia.) [2] [3]
CavMan – mascot of the Virginia Cavaliers; Cecil the Crusader – mascot of the North Greenville Crusaders; Cecil the Sagehen – mascot of the Pomona-Pitzer Sagehens [3] Champ the Bobcat – mascot of the Montana State Bobcats; Champ the Bulldog – live bulldog mascot of the Minnesota Duluth Bulldogs; Champ the Husky – mascot of the ...
The school is named for Norborne Berkeley, 4th Baron Botetourt, the governor of Virginia from 1768 to 1770. Athletic teams are known as the Cavaliers, and the school colors are scarlet and silver. [5] As of 2023, LBHS had 63 faculty members serving 980 students in grades 9 through 12. [4]
The unofficial nicknames listed here have been in use for a long time or have gained wide currency. Ashland – The Center of the Universe [3] Bristol – The Birthplace of Country Music (shares this nickname with Bristol, Tennessee) [4] Charlottesville. Cville; Colonial Beach – Oyster Capital of the Potomac [5] Fredericksburg. America's Most ...
We come from old Virginia, where all is bright and gay: Let's all join hands and give a yell for the dear old UVA. Chant Wah-hoo-wah, wah-hoo-wah! Uni-v, Virginia! Hoo-rah-ray, hoo-rah-ray, ray, ray—UVA! Verse 2 [5] What though the tide of years may roll, and drift us far apart: For alma mater still there'll be a place in every heart.
The Virginia Department of Education is the state education agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia.It is headquartered in the James Monroe Building in Richmond. [1] The department is headed by the Secretary of Education (currently Aimee Guidera), who is a member of the Virginia Governor's Cabinet, and the Superintendent of Public Instruction (currently Lisa Coons), a position that is also ...