University of New Mexico Lobos
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| University | University of New Mexico |
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Mountain West Conference USA (men's soccer) Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association (skiing) |
| NCAA | Division I |
| Athletic director | Paul Krebs |
| Location | Albuquerque, New Mexico |
| Varsity teams | 22 |
| Football stadium | Dreamstyle Stadium |
| Basketball arena | The Pit |
| Baseball stadium | Santa Ana Star Field |
| Soccer stadium | Soccer-Track Complex |
| Other arenas | Johnson Gymnasium |
| Mascot | Lobo Louie and Lobo Lucy |
| Nickname | Lobo |
| Fight song | Hail, New Mexico |
| Colors | Cherry and Silver |
| Website | www |
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The New Mexico Lobos are the athletic teams that represent the University of New Mexico. The university participates in the NCAA Division I in the Mountain West Conference (MW). The university's athletic program fields teams in 22 varsity sports. The only varsity teams that do not compete in the MW are in sports that the conference does not sponsor—men's soccer, which plays in Conference USA (C-USA); and skiing, which competes in the Rocky Mountain Intercollegiate Ski Association (RMISA).
UNM teams have won two national championships; the women's cross-country NCAA championship in 2015, and the Division I Skiing championship in 2004. The men's soccer team was National Runner-up in Division I Soccer losing in overtime to the University of Maryland in 2005 as the No. 2 seed, the highest ranking for a UNM soccer team in school history.
The school colors are cherry red, silver, and white. The official fight song is Hail, New Mexico.
The Lobos name began in 1920. A UNM Weekly student newspaper editor, George S. Bryan, came up with the teams' name, the "Lobos", which is the Spanish word for wolf. Previously the University's teams were referred to as the "University Boys" or "Varsities".
The University mascots are anthropomorphized wolves or "Lobos" named Louie and Lucy, they appear at every sporting and social event. For a brief period in the 1920s, a live wolf pup appeared at every football game, but UNM administrators were forced to cease the practice when a child teased the wolf and was subsequently bitten.
The University of New Mexico sponsors teams in ten men's and twelve women's NCAA sanctioned sports, primarily competing in the Mountain West Conference, with men's soccer a member of Conference USA.
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