Virginia–Wise Cavaliers


The Virginia–Wise Cavaliers, nicknamed the "Highland Cavaliers" before 2017, are the athletic teams that represent the University of Virginia's College at Wise, located in Wise, Virginia, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Cavaliers compete as members of the South Atlantic Conference for all 13 varsity sports, having joined that league from the Mountain East Conference in 2019. UVA–Wise has also been a past member of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference.

Classifications

Conference affiliations

History

On April 23, 2012, the college was accepted as a provisional member of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference and announced it would begin competition as the G-MAC's seventh full member in the 2013-2014 academic year. UVA–Wise also announced it planned to submit the NCAA application prior to June 1, 2012. Once accepted by the NCAA, the college will begin the official transition from NAIA to NCAA and if the requirements are met would become an active NCAA Division II member for the 2015-16 academic year. However, UVA–Wise would play in the G-MAC for only one season; it announced on August 20, 2012 that it would become a charter member of the new Mountain East Conference, a conference made up mostly of former members of the West Virginia Intercollegiate Athletic Conference that ultimately launched in the 2013–14 academic year.

List of teams

Men's sports
Women's sports