Academy of Art Urban Knights | |
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University | Academy of Art University |
Conference | PacWest |
NCAA | Division II |
Athletic director | Brad Jones |
Location | San Francisco, California |
First season | 2006 |
Varsity teams | 13 (5 men's, 8 women's) |
Basketball arena | Kezar Pavilion |
Softball stadium | Mission Blue Field |
Soccer field | Paul Goode Field CCSF Field |
Tennis venue | Bay Club Tennis San Francisco |
Nickname | Urban Knights |
Colors | Red and black [1] |
Website | artuathletics |
Team NCAA championships | |
2 | |
Individual and relay NCAA champions | |
29 [2] |
The Academy of Art Urban Knights are the 13 varsity athletic teams that represent Academy of Art University, located in San Francisco, California, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Urban Knights compete as members of the Pacific West Conference.
The university's athletic department was established in 2006 with the hiring of Jamie Williams as Athletic Director. [3] In July 2009, Academy of Art began the three-year transition process to become a member of the NCAA. At that time, they joined the Pacific West Conference in Division II. This process was completed successfully with the Urban Knights being granted full membership privileges by the NCAA in July 2012. [4]
In the 2014–2015 season, the men's cross country team had a second-place finish and the women's team had a record fourth-place finish, earned at the Pacific West Conference Championships. Valentin Pepiot, their third NCAA Nationals individual qualifier, was one of the top finishers from the PacWest in the postseason finale. [5] Academy of Art earned a record 10 PacWest postseason honors.
For the 2015 indoor and outdoor track and field seasons, they had seven All-American honors and one NCAA individual champion in Jordan Edwards. [5]
The men's basketball team earned their first victory against a Division I team on November 28, 2021 when they beat the UC Davis Aggies 79–60. [6]
A number of Academy of Art's athletes and staff have participated in professional sports and in the Olympic Games. They include:
The Urban Knights also fielded a baseball program from 2009 to 2023. [10]
Men's sports
| Women's sports
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Association | Division | Sport | Team/Individual | Year |
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NCAA | Division II | Women's outdoor track & field | Team | 2013 [12] |
NCAA | Division II | Women's indoor track & field | Team | 2013 [13] |
NCAA | Division II | Men's long jump & triple jump | Johnny Carter | 2013 [14] [15] |
NCAA | Division II | 400m Outdoors | Jordan Edwards | 2014 [16] |
NCAA | Division II | 400m Outdoors | Jordan Edwards | 2015 [16] |
NCAA | Division II | 400m Indoors | Jordan Edwards | 2016 [16] |
NCAA | Division II | Women's golf | Anahi Servin | 2022 [17] |
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