Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers


The Mount St. Mary's Mountaineers are the athletic teams that represent Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Maryland. Their 22 teams include men and women's basketball, cross country, lacrosse, swimming & diving, tennis, and track and field; women's-only rugby, soccer, and softball; and men's-only baseball. The Mountaineers compete in the NCAA Division I and are members of the Northeast Conference.

Men

SportHead coachMain venueVarsity since
BaseballScott ThomsonE.T. Straw Family Stadium
BasketballDan EngelstadKnott Arena
Cross CountryJay PhillipsMorgan Track
GolfKevin Farrell
LacrosseTom GravanteWaldron Family Stadium
SoccerBryan Cunningham1953 / 2018
Swimming & DivingNeil YostMount St. Mary's Swimming Pool2016–17
TennisSamantha PinchoffMount St. Mary's Tennis Courts
Indoor Track & FieldJay PhillipsMorgan Track
Outdoor Track & FieldJay PhillipsMorgan Track

Women

SportHead coachMain venueVarsity since
BasketballBryan WhittenKnott Arena
BowlingKenneth DeGraaf2018
Cross CountryJay PhillipsMorgan Track
GolfKevin Farrell2018
LacrosseLauren SchwarzmannWaldron Family Stadium
RugbyFarrah Douglas
SoccerWaldron Family Stadium
SoftballAnna NagroOur Lady of the Meadows Field
Swimming & DivingNeil YostMount St. Mary's Swimming Pool
TennisSamantha PinchoffMount St. Mary's Tennis Courts
Indoor Track & FieldJay PhillipsMorgan Track
Outdoor Track & FieldJay PhillipsMorgan Track

Men's basketball

In 1962, Mount St. Mary's won the Division II championship at the NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Tournament by defeating the Sacramento State Hornets 58–57. In 2008, the Mountaineers defeated the Coppin State Eagles in the play-in game of the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament. This was the first Mount Saint Mary's win in the Division I tournament.

Men's soccer

The Mountaineers men's soccer team represented Mount St. Mary's University from 1953 and in the Northeast Conference of NCAA Division I college soccer from 1988 through 2012. The sport was discontinued for financial reasons following the 2012 season. On August 29, 2016, the university and the NCAA announced the return of the sport for the 2018 season.

Olympians

OlympicsAthleteSportCountry
1984Dave Lishebo400 metersZambia
1984Bill MottiDecathlonFrance
1984Fred Owusu400 metersGhana
1984Trond SkramstadDecathlonNorway
1984, 1988Charles Cheruiyot5000 metersKenya
1984, 1988Kip Cheruiyot1500 metersKenya
1988Carlos O'ConnellDecathlonIreland
1988Peter Rono *Gold Medalist*1500 metersKenya
1988Georg WerthnerDecathlonAustria
1992Bill MottiDecathlonFrance
1996Cliff Wong4 × 400 m relayGuyana
2008Dita KrumbergaWomen's BasketballLatvia