UC Davis Aggies

The UC Davis Aggies (also referred to as the Ags, Cal Aggies, or Aggies) are the athletic teams that represent the University of California, Davis.

UC Davis Aggies
UniversityUniversity of California, Davis
ConferenceBig West (primary)
Big Sky (football)
America East (field hockey)
ECAC (equestrian)
Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (women's gymnastics, women's indoor track & field, women's swimming & diving)
Western Water Polo Association (men's water polo)
Pac-12(women's lacrosse)
NCAADivision I (FCS)
Athletic directorRocko DeLuca
LocationDavis, California
First year1915
Varsity teams25
Football stadiumUC Davis Health Stadium
Basketball arenaUniversity Credit Union Center
Outdoor track and field venueToomey Field
MascotGunrock the Mustang
NicknameAggies
Fight songAggie Fight, Sons of California, Big C (fight song)
ColorsYale blue and gold
   
Websitewww.ucdavisaggies.com

Seventeen of the school's 25 intercollegiate sports - baseball, men's basketball, men's cross country, men's golf, men's soccer, men's tennis, men's track & field, softball, women's basketball, women's beach volleyball, women's cross country, women's golf, women's soccer, women's tennis, women's track & field, women's volleyball and women's water polo - compete in the Big West Conference.

The Aggies' football team compete in Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) (formerly known as Division I-AA), and are members of the Big Sky Conference, granting UC Davis the distinction of being one of only three UC campuses to field a football team (Cal and UCLA being the other two).

The Aggies are also members of the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation in women's indoor track and field, women's gymnastics, and women's swimming and diving, the America East Conference in field hockey, the Eastern College Athletic Conference for equestrian and the Western Water Polo Association for men's water polo. The Aggies women's lacrosse team will join the Pac-12 Conference as an affiliate member.

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