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Northern Arizona University (NAU) is a public research university based in Flagstaff, Arizona, United States. [8] Founded in 1899, it was the final university established in the Arizona Territory. [9] NAU is one of the three universities governed by the Arizona Board of Regents and accredited by the Higher Learning Commission. [10]
The team is head coached by Michael Smith. Since 2016, the Northern Arizona men's team is widely considered as the nation's leading program in the NCAA Division I. The team has been constantly ranked in the top 2 nationally of the USTFCCCA coach's poll since the start of the 2017 season. [3]
In 1915, the school's first mascot, a live desert bobcat named "Tom Easter" was brought to campus. He was later renamed "Rufus Arizona" after then U of A president Rufus B. von KleinSmid . [ 1 ] For the next fifty years, the school used live mascots, a practice which was discontinued in the 1960s.
Victor E. Huskie – mascot of the Northern Illinois Huskies; Victor E. Tiger – mascot of the Fort Hays State Tigers; Victor E. Lion – mascot of the Molloy Lions; Victor E. Viking – mascot of the Northern Kentucky Norse, the Portland State Vikings, and the Western Washington Vikings; Victor E. Hawk – mascot of the Viterbo V-Hawks
In 1961, the school was renamed Mississippi State University and the nickname was changed to the "Bulldogs". [99] NC State Wolfpack – North Carolina College of Agriculture and Mechanic Arts (North Carolina A&M) was known as the "Aggies" or "Farmers". The school changed its name to the current North Carolina State University in 1917. [192]
The team was runner's up at the NCAA Men's Division I Cross Country Championship in 1988, 1995, 2013, 2019, and 2023. [4]Since 2016, the Northern Arizona men's team has been considered as the nation's leading program in NCAA Division I, winning a three-peat National Championship run from 2016 to 2018 and being undefeated in the regular season.
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and Arizona Game and Fish Department have confirmed the tragic death of Hope, a Mexican gray wolf (F2979) who had been living west of Flagstaff, Arizona, since June.
2015 Northern Arizona University shooting; 2015–16 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball team; 2015–16 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball team; 2016 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks football team; 2016–17 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks men's basketball team; 2016–17 Northern Arizona Lumberjacks women's basketball team