Calvin Knights
University	Calvin University
Conference	MIAA (primary) MCVL (men's volleyball)
NCAA	Division III
Varsity teams	22
Basketball arena	Van Noord Arena[1]
Soccer stadium	Zuidema Field[2]
Aquatics center	Venema Aquatic Center[3]
Lacrosse stadium	Zuidema Field[2]
Tennis venue	Strikwerda Tennis Center[4]
Outdoor track and field venue	Zuidema Field[2]
Volleyball arena	Van Noord Arena[5]
Mascot	Joust the Knight
Nickname	Knights
Colors	Maroon and gold[6]
Website	calvinknights.com

TheCalvin Knights are theCalvin University athletics teams. Calvin University fields 11 men's and 11 women's varsity intercollegiate teams that participate in theMichigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association at theNational Collegiate Athletic AssociationDivision III level.^[7] Men's volleyball is the newest varsity sport, having been added for the 2024 season (2023–24 school year); since the MIAA sponsors volleyball only for women, that team plays in the single-sportMidwest Collegiate Volleyball League.^[8]

Between 1920–21 and 1926–27, the school's athletic teams were known as the "Calvin-ites.^[9] The first reference to the "Calvin Knights" appeared in 1926–27.^[9] In addition to their long-standing participation in the MIAA, the Calvin Knights have competed at the national level in various sports, earningconference titles and participating innational tournaments. The university has invested in athletic facilities, including the Spoelhof Fieldhouse Complex, which opened in 2009 and serves as the primary venue for several of the university's sports programs.^[10] Calvin’s athletic programs incorporate elements offaith, academics, andcompetition, consistent with the university’s stated mission.^[11]

There are currently both men's and women's varsity athletic teams participating inbasketball, football,cross country,golf,lacrosse,soccer,swimming anddiving,^[a]tennis,track and field (indoor and outdoor),^[7][b] andvolleyball. There are also men's varsitybaseball and women's varsitysoftball teams.^[7]

Calvin also fields a club-level men'sice hockey team in theAmerican Collegiate Hockey Association.^[7]

• Spoelhof Fieldhouse Complex is home to the combined health, physical education, recreation, dance and sport department. In Spring 2007, the college began a $50 million construction project to renovate and expand the Calvin Fieldhouse. The fieldhouse reopened in Spring 2009 as the Spoelhof Fieldhouse Complex. The 362,000 square feet (33,600 m²) facility includes a new 5,000-seat arena (Van Noord Arena) which is currently the largest arena in a Division III school, an Olympic-regulation swimming pool (Venema Aquatic Center) which seats about 550, a tennis and track center (Huizenga Tennis and Track Center) containing 4 tennis courts and a 200-meter track, 14,000 square feet (1,300 m²) of weight training rooms and a custom made rock climbing wall.^[12]
• Zuidema Field: home to the men's and women's soccer, lacrosse, and track and field teams.^[2]
• Hoogenboom Health and Recreation Center: contains the original renovated gym that is now used for basketball, volleyball, PE classes, intramurals, and many concerts. The Hoogenboom Center also has two dance studios as well as racquetball courts and exercise science laboratories.

In 2005,ESPN polled its staff about what they thought were the nation's greatest college basketball rivalries, and the Calvin–Hope rivalry was voted fourth in all college basketball.^[13][14]

Calvin has won 11 NCAA Division III national championships and one club sport (ACHA Division III) national championship.^[7]

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