Editing Georgetown University (section)

==Athletics==
{{Main|Georgetown Hoyas}}
[[File:Roy Hibbert in 2006.jpg|thumb|[[Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball|Georgetown basketball]] players, including [[Roy Hibbert]], pictured in December 2006, have led the Hoyas to eight [[Big East Conference]] championships|alt=A African-American teenage basketball player wearing a gray uniform looks over his shoulder at another playing in a blue uniform. Behind them are fans and a basketball hoop with the word "HOYAS" on it.]]

Georgetown fields 23 varsity athletic teams and an additional 23 athletic club teams. The university's varsity teams participate in the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]]'s [[Division I (NCAA)|Division I]]. The school competes in the [[Big East Conference]] in most sports. Exceptions include the [[Georgetown Hoyas football|football team]], which competes in [[Division I FCS]]' [[Patriot League]], the sailing team, which competes in the [[Middle Atlantic Intercollegiate Sailing Association]], and the rowing teams, which competes in the [[Eastern Association of Rowing Colleges]].{{citation needed|date=January 2024}}

In March 2002, ''[[U.S. News & World Report]]'' listed Georgetown's athletics program among the 20 best in the nation.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/usnews/culture/articles/020318/archive_020363.htm |title=Why they're not just about winning and losing anymore |author=Witkin, Gordon and Jodi Schneider |work=[[U.S. News & World Report]] |date=March 10, 2002 |access-date=July 26, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050507164916/http://www.usnews.com/usnews/culture/articles/020318/archive_020363.htm |archive-date=May 7, 2005 }}</ref> Georgetown's student athletes have a 94% graduation success rate,<ref>{{cite web|url=https://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/inst2011/251.pdf|title=Graduation Rates Report|work=[[NCAA]]|date=October 21, 2011|access-date=February 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121130120315/https://web1.ncaa.org/app_data/inst2011/251.pdf|archive-date=November 30, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> and over 100 have gone on to play at some level of professional athletics.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/features/012304/features3.cfm|title=Glory Days|work=[[The Hoya]]|first=Jon|last=Shoup-Mendizabal|date=January 23, 2004|access-date=August 27, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070314091240/http://www.thehoya.com/features/012304/features3.cfm|archive-date=March 14, 2007}}</ref>

The school's teams are called "Hoyas", which originated sometime prior to 1893, when students invented the mixed [[Greek language|Greek]] and [[Latin]] chant of "[[Hoya Saxa]]", translating roughly as "what (or such) rocks". The [[Georgetown Hoyas baseball|school's baseball team]], then called the Stonewalls, began in 1870, and football began in 1874; the chant likely refers to one of these teams.<ref>{{harvnb|O'Neill|Williams|2003|pp=54, 62–63}}</ref> By the 1920s, the term "Hoyas" was used to describe groups on campus, and by 1928, campus sports writers started using it instead of the older team name, the "Hilltoppers".<ref name=hoia>{{cite web|url=http://www.hoyasaxa.com/sports/hoia.htm |title=What's A Hoya? |work=HoyaSaxa.com |date=August 17, 2005 |access-date=April 30, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090227101708/http://www.hoyasaxa.com/sports/hoia.htm |archive-date=February 27, 2009 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://library.georgetown.edu/dept/speccoll/dogs.htm|title=The Dogs of Georgetown|work=Georgetown Magazine|date=September–October 1983|first=Jon K.|last=Reynolds|publisher=Georgetown University Library|access-date=June 30, 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080517075540/http://www.library.georgetown.edu/dept/speccoll/dogs.htm|archive-date=May 17, 2008|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Georgetown Hoyas men's basketball|men's basketball]] team, which won the [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship|NCAA championship]] in [[1984 NCAA Division I men's basketball tournament|1984]] under coach [[John Thompson (basketball)|John Thompson]], is among the university's most successful athletic programs. The team holds the record for the most [[Big East men's basketball tournament|Big East conference tournament]] titles with eight, and has made thirty [[NCAA Men's Division I Tournament Bids By School|NCAA tournament appearances]].<ref name=espn>{{cite news|url=http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=270690046|title=Hoyas claim their first Big East tourney title since 1989|agency=[[Associated Press]]|work=ESPN.com|access-date=July 10, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070323020437/http://scores.espn.go.com/ncb/recap?gameId=270690046|archive-date=March 23, 2007|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.9news.com/news/article/188150/613/Rams-hope-to-charge-past-Hoyas-in-Southwest-Regional-clash|title=Rams hope to charge past Hoyas in Southwest Regional clash|work=9news|date=March 18, 2011|access-date=May 1, 2011|agency=[[The Sports Network]]|archive-url=https://archive.today/20120716222822/http://www.9news.com/news/article/188150/613/Rams-hope-to-charge-past-Hoyas-in-Southwest-Regional-clash|archive-date=July 16, 2012}}</ref> Georgetown's [[NBA]] alumni are collectively among the highest earners from a single program.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204136404577209391406607120|title=Basketball's Alumni Loot Index|date=February 8, 2012|access-date=February 7, 2012|first=Jared|last=Diamond|work=[[Wall Street Journal]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150109090154/http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204136404577209391406607120|archive-date=January 9, 2015|url-status=live}}</ref>

The sailing team has won 14 national championships and one world championship in match racing since 2001.<ref>{{cite news |url= http://wearegeorgetown.com/a-national-championship/ |title= A National Championship |date= November 13, 2013 |access-date= August 11, 2014 |work= We Are Georgetown |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140812203036/http://wearegeorgetown.com/a-national-championship/ |archive-date= August 12, 2014 |url-status= live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url= http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2014/07/05/georgetown-wins-world-university-match-racing-championships/ |title= Georgetown wins World University Match Racing Championships |date= July 5, 2014 |access-date= July 7, 2014 |work= Scuttlebutt Sailing News |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140714124223/http://www.sailingscuttlebutt.com/2014/07/05/georgetown-wins-world-university-match-racing-championships/ |archive-date= July 14, 2014 |url-status= live }}</ref> Over this time, the sailing team has graduated 79 All-Americans and six College Sailors of the year.

Georgetown has been nationally successful in both [[cross country running|cross country]] and [[track and field]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/georgetown-s-track-program-quietly-dominates-1.1890913|title=Georgetown's Track Program Quietly Dominates|first=Nicolas|last=Jammet|date=November 23, 2004|work=[[The Hoya]]|access-date=May 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118212303/http://www.thehoya.com/georgetown-s-track-program-quietly-dominates-1.1890913|archive-date=January 18, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2011, the women's cross country team won Georgetown's second team NCAA championship.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/story/2011-11-21/wisconsin-georgetown-cross-country-championshpis/51338198/1|title=Wisconsin men, Georgetown women earn cross country titles|first=Matt|last=Owings|work=[[USA Today]]|date=November 21, 2011|access-date=February 10, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107091734/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/story/2011-11-21/wisconsin-georgetown-cross-country-championshpis/51338198/1|archive-date=January 7, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/experience-leadership-and-vision-propel-hoya-crew-to-national-prominence-1.1882929|title=Experience, Leadership and Vision Propel Hoya Crew to National Prominence|first=Moises|last=Mendoza|work=[[The Hoya]]|date=May 20, 2005|access-date=May 1, 2011|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119064613/http://www.thehoya.com/experience-leadership-and-vision-propel-hoya-crew-to-national-prominence-1.1882929|archive-date=January 19, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref>

[[Georgetown Hoyas men's lacrosse|The men's]] and [[Georgetown Hoyas women's lacrosse|women's lacrosse teams]] have both been ranked in the top ten nationally,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://guhoyas.cstv.com/sports/m-lacros/spec-rel/042407aaa.html|title=Georgetown Men's Lacrosse Moves Up to No. 4 in National Rankings|work=Georgetown University Official Athletic Site|date=April 24, 2007|access-date=April 26, 2007|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081210205338/http://guhoyas.cstv.com/sports/m-lacros/spec-rel/042407aaa.html|archive-date=December 10, 2008}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/ford-hubschmann-lead-gu-to-big-east-crown-1.1894877|title=Ford, Hubschmann Lead GU to Big East Crown|first=Samantha|last=Bohbot|date=April 21, 2009|access-date=May 1, 2011|work=[[The Hoya]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120119023302/http://www.thehoya.com/ford-hubschmann-lead-gu-to-big-east-crown-1.1894877|archive-date=January 19, 2012|url-status=live}}</ref> as have both soccer teams, with the men winning Georgetown's third team national championship in 2019,<ref>{{cite news |url= https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/dcunited/georgetown-wins-ncaa-title-beating-virginia-on-penalty-kick/2019/12/15/4fde43ea-1fac-11ea-b034-de7dc2b5199b_story.html |title= College Cup soccer: Georgetown outlasts Virginia in penalty kicks to win its first NCAA title |newspaper= The Washington Post |first= Steven |last= Goff |date= December 15, 2019 |access-date= December 16, 2019 |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20191217042244/https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/dcunited/georgetown-wins-ncaa-title-beating-virginia-on-penalty-kick/2019/12/15/4fde43ea-1fac-11ea-b034-de7dc2b5199b_story.html |archive-date= December 17, 2019 }}</ref> and the women making the national quarterfinals in 2010<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/25/AR2010112502732.html |title=Georgetown women's soccer has reached new heights |first=Tarik |last=El-Bashir |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |date=November 26, 2010 |access-date=January 10, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110124064455/http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/11/25/AR2010112502732.html |archive-date=January 24, 2011 |url-status=live }}</ref> and the semifinals in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/2016-womens-college-cup:-preview_aid41104|title=2016 Women's College Cup: Preview {{!}} College Soccer|work=TopDrawerSoccer.com|access-date=November 26, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201034515/https://www.topdrawersoccer.com/college-soccer-articles/2016-womens-college-cup:-preview_aid41104|archive-date=December 1, 2017|url-status=live}}</ref>

The [[Georgetown University Rugby Football Club|rugby club team]] made it to the Division II Final Four in 2005 and 2009.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thehoya.com/hoyas-finish-off-undefeated-season-1.1895609|title=Hoyas Finish Off Undefeated Season|first=Dave|last=Finn|date=November 17, 2009|access-date=February 10, 2012|work=[[The Hoya]]|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140227081917/http://www.thehoya.com/hoyas-finish-off-undefeated-season-1.1895609|archive-date=February 27, 2014|url-status=live}}</ref> In 2019, Georgetown won the women's team championship at the [[United States Intercollegiate Boxing Association]] national tournament held at [[Syracuse University]].<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/4595780-grand-forks-woman-wins-boxing-title-georgetown |title=Grand Forks woman wins boxing title for Georgetown |date=April 6, 2019 |access-date=August 25, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190825221348/https://www.grandforksherald.com/sports/4595780-grand-forks-woman-wins-boxing-title-georgetown |archive-date=August 25, 2019 |url-status=live }}</ref>

Former Georgetown tennis coach Gordon "Gordie" Ernst, one of several people implicated in the [[2019 college admissions bribery scandal]], is alleged to have facilitated the admission to Georgetown of as many as 12 students through fraudulent means while accepting bribes of up to $950,000.<ref>{{Cite web |url= https://www.mvtimes.com/2019/03/13/marthas-vineyard-tie-college-admissions-scandal/ |title= Martha's Vineyard tie to college admissions scandal |last= Brennan |first= George |date= March 13, 2019 |website=[[The Martha's Vineyard Times]] |access-date=March 13, 2019}}</ref> Ernst had relocated to the [[University of Rhode Island]], where he was placed on administrative leave after he was charged and arrested. He later pled guilty to conspiracy to commit federal programs bribery, three counts of federal programs bribery, and to filing false tax returns for failing to report many of the bribery payments.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.providencejournal.com/story/news/courts/2021/10/25/ri-tennis-legend-gordon-ernst-pleads-guilty-varsity-blues-scandal/6175908001/|title=RI tennis legend 'Gordie' Ernst pleads guilty in Varsity Blues college admissions scandal|first=Mark|last=Reynolds|publisher=Providence Journal|date=October 25, 2021|access-date=November 6, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2021/09/15/georgetown-tennis-coach-plead-guilty/|title=Former Georgetown tennis coach to plead guilty following college admissions scandal|first=Lauren|last=Lumpkin|newspaper=Washington Post|date=September 15, 2021|access-date=September 21, 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/09/15/us/georgetown-tennis-coach-guilty-varsity-blues.html|title=Former Georgetown Tennis Coach Agrees to Plead Guilty in Admissions Scandal|first=Anemona|last=Hartocollis|work=[[The New York Times]]|date=September 15, 2021|access-date=September 21, 2021}}</ref>