- 2014
- 2019
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2014 First College World Series Champs
Vanderbilt won the 2014 College World Series, the school’s first national championship in any men’s sport. The team returned to the national championship series in 2015, finishing as runners up to Virginia. -
2nd Commodores College World Series Champs 2019
Vanderbilt’s 2019 baseball team compiled a 59-12 record and won the 2019 College World Series in addition to the SEC regular-season and tournament titles. Freshman Kumar Rocker was named the Most Outstanding Player of the College World Series and Freshman of the Year.
History of the Commodores
The Vanderbilt Commodores are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Vanderbilt University, located in Nashville, Tennessee. Vanderbilt fields 16 varsity teams (6 men's teams and 10 women's teams), 14 of which compete at the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level as a member of the Southeastern Conference (SEC). Vanderbilt's women's lacrosse team plays in the American Athletic Conference. The bowling team plays in the Southland Bowling League. The University of Tennessee Volunteers are Vanderbilt's primary athletic rival, and the only other SEC team in Tennessee.
Vanderbilt has a number of football traditions: the "Commodore Creed" in the football locker room; the "Corridor of Captains" that honors Vanderbilt's athletics history; the "Star Walk" with fans, cheerleaders, and the Spirit of Gold Marching Band; the "Star V," an on-field formation by the marching band; the "Admiral", a foghorn from a U.S. Navy battleship that blows after every Vanderbilt score; "Mr. C," the mascot; the "Anchor Dash" by first-year students rushing the football field before the kickoff of each season's home opener; the "Victory Flag" that is raised over Dudley Field after home wins; and the singing of the "Alma Mater" at the conclusion of a game (in most sports), win or lose.
College Sports Established
1895
Location
Nashville, Tennessee
College Name
Vanderbilt University
Collegiate History
1973 - Present / NCAA Division 1
1921 - 1973 / University Division of the NCAA
1907 - 1921 / Athletic Association of the United States
Conference History
1932 – Present / SEC Conference
1922 – 2032 / Southern Conference
1895 - 1922 / Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association
Nickname
Commodores - Vanderbilt’s nickname is a tribute to university founder Cornelius Vanderbilt. Though the shipping and railroad mogul was not a member of the Navy, he did donate a steamship to Union troops during the Civil War.
NCAA Championships
Baseball 2
2019, 2014
Men's Basketball 0
Women's Basketball 0
Football 0
Soccer 0
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