Hartford Hawks


The Hartford Hawks are the NCAA Division I athletic teams of the University of Hartford, located in West Hartford, Connecticut. A member of the America East Conference, Hartford sponsors teams in eight men's and nine women's NCAA sanctioned sports with the men's golf team competing as an affiliate member of the Big Sky Conference, and the women's golf team as an associate member of the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference. The men's and women's tennis teams were discontinued at the end of the 2016 season, and women's lacrosse was added.

Sports sponsored

Men's golf

Women's golf

Men's soccer

Women's soccer

Volleyball

Rivalries

As a newer member to division 1 athletics and the conference landscape changing it has been difficult for Hartford to establish a rivalry with other division 1 programs. A new rivalry is starting to emerge between the Central Connecticut Blue Devils and Hartford, with most sports teams playing each other annually.

Discontinued sports

Men's tennis

Athletic facilities

SportFacilityCapacity
BaseballDunkin' Donuts Park
Fiondella Field		6,121
1,000
BasketballChase Arena at Reich Family Pavilion4,017
Cross CountryElizabeth Park, Hartford
GolfMen–Gillette Ridge Golf Club
Women–Wampanoag Country Club
LacrosseAl-Marzook Field at Alumni Stadium2,500
SoccerAl-Marzook Field at Alumni Stadium2,500
SoftballHartford Softball Field1,000
Track & Field No home field house
Track & Field No home stadium
VolleyballHartford Volleyball Arena500

Academics

From Hartford's athletic website: "Hartford, which has posted a combined GPA of 3.0 or higher in each of the last 15 semesters, saw an average of 70 percent of its student-athletes record a 3.0 in one or both semesters last year. In addition, 43 percent of Hawk student-athletes notched at least a 3.5 while five percent registered perfect 4.0 GPA's for the 2012–13 academic year." "The University of Hartford clinched its second-straight America East Academic Cup in 2012–13 after posting the highest grade-point average of any school in the 18-year history of the award. Compiling a 3.24 GPA in 2012–13, the Hawks won their third Academic Cup all-time."

Mascot and nickname

From Hartford's athletic website: "Howie is well known among the University of Hartford community and fans, and has been known for his on court antics during basketball games. The current version of Howie the Hawk began its tenure during the winter of 2008–09." "The nickname originated in the late 1940s when the school competed as Hillyer College. It is believed that the nickname stemmed from spectators having to climb four flights of stairs in the old Chauncey Harris School on Hudson Street in Hartford to the "Hawk's Nest" to watch basketball and wrestling events."

Notable Hawks