Happy Monday, Hoos! Today, we’re covering one of my favorite topics,
sports. UVa is an NCAA Division 1 Varsity School, and we have 27 Varsity
programs, including two who are national champions. Since most of us are
not varsity athletes, this blog will tell you everything you need to know to be
a Virginia fan.
The Virginia Cavaliers
Our school colors here are blue and orange, and on game day, you’ll see them
everywhere. People will wear shirts, pants, dresses, shoes, hats, bags, jackets,
and EVERYTHING navy and orange to our games. Our mascot is a Cavalier,
a soldier (complete with a sword and a tri-tipped hat) riding into battle on a horse.
We call our mascot “CavMan,” and he is played by students across the University,
and attends most of our sports games. At our football games, we even have a real-
life Cavalier come out of the athlete entrance and ride around the stadium.
Cavaliers are our mascot, but we also call ourselves the “Hoos,” or the “Wahoos.”
Though we don’t quite know the origin of the name, we think it comes from when
Virginia rivals called our fans “just a bunch of Wahoos,” and we took that name
and ran with it. When you come to one of our games, you’ll hear people cheering
out for both the Cavaliers and the Hoos, but they’re all cheering for Virginia!
CavMan in action - via news.virginia.edu.
The real CavMan - via Twitter (#cavman).
Student Tickets
At UVa, every single varsity home game has free admission for students. YES.
This means all games, all sports, are all free. You get to sit in what we call the
student section, which are groups of seats especially for students of the University.
This means you’ll get to be surrounded by other UVa fans, and by your friends!
At most games, all you have to do is show up with your student ID, swipe it, and
you’re in. The only exception to this rule is our Men’s Basketball team, and those
tickets are still free, but due to limited seating at John Paul Jones Arena, there’s a
lottery system for tickets.
Student Section - via virginiasports.com.
To get to Men’s Basketball games, you enter online that you would like a ticket,
and then wait and see what happens. BUT, there is an easy way to increase your
odds of getting a ticket: earning what we call Sabre Points. When you go to any
sports game outside of Men’s Bball, you accumulate these Sabre Points on your
Virginia Sports online account. Every football game earns you five points, while
other sports can earn you even more. The more points you have, the more likely
you are to get a ticket. On top of that, if you have more points, you get to enter
JPJ earlier. Basically the more games you go to, the more likely you are to get a
really got seat to see our basketball team.
Not at School?
There are plenty of ways to keep up with the Hoos if you’re not at school, or if
you’re a prospective student and not at UVa yet. Our student news outlet WUVA
will have footage and recaps online, including footage of all games and of the
student sections. The Cavalier Daily, our daily student newspaper, will also report
scores and recaps the next day. Outside of UVa’s student publications, there are
plenty of national news sources to watch on! UVa’s Athletic Conference, the ACC
(Atlantic Coastal Conference), is about to get its own network in September 2019.
The ACC Network (ACCN) is an ESPN affiliate and will cover all sports games
across the conference. This includes Virginia’s games! Be sure to check out if your
cable provider is offering the ACCN when it launches later this year.
ACCN affiliates - via Clemsonsports.com.
Why sports?
I said earlier that this was one of my favorite things about being a student at UVa.
Sports have always been important to me, whether I was playing sports as a kid or
watching football with my family (go Ravens CAW). Coming to UVa, sports can be
a great way to bond with your friends and to meet new people who are interested in
the same things as you. You can cheer with the whole school at our bigger games like
Men’s Basketball and Football, or you can explore allthe cool sports we have here and
view a swim meet, a lacrosse game (with our ACC and NCAA National Championship
winning Men’s Team), or explore from one of our many 27 NCAA programs. Sports
can be a great way to come together, rock your orange and navy, and cheer on your team
and your friends.
Student Section for UVa Football.
UVa the night of the Men’s Basketball NCAA Championship win, 2019.
Sports are a fantastic part of UVa, and they really bring us all together. When you
come to UVa, make sure to catch some of our sports games, and have fun cheering
on the Hoos!
Signing of,
Signing of,
Abby S.
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