Editing Simon Fraser University (section)

== Athletics ==
{{Main|Simon Fraser Red Leafs}}
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The university's varsity sports teams are called the Simon Fraser Red Leafs, and the mascot is a [[Scottish Terrier]] named McFogg the Dog. In sports and other competitions, there tends to be a strong rivalry between SFU and [[The University of British Columbia]].

The team is the first and currently the only athletic program from outside of the United States that competes in the [[National Collegiate Athletic Association]] (NCAA).<ref name="GlobeandMail">{{cite news|first=Monte|last=Stewart|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/more-sports/ncaa-paves-way-for-simon-fraser-to-become-first-international-member/article4459441|title=NCAA paves way for Simon Fraser to become first international member|date=2012-08-02|work=[[The Globe and Mail]]|agency=[[The Canadian Press]]|access-date=2017-09-11|archive-date=2016-09-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160918115217/http://www.theglobeandmail.com/sports/more-sports/ncaa-paves-way-for-simon-fraser-to-become-first-international-member/article4459441/|url-status=live}}</ref> Before joining the NCAA, the team used to compete in both the [[U Sports|Canadian Interuniversity Sports]] (CIS, now U Sports) and the [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics]] (NAIA). In total, SFU has 15 varsity sport teams and 300 athletes. All varsity teams compete for their respective NCAA national championships, except for the Women's Wrestling team which competes for the National Collegiate Women's Wrestling Championship ([http://www.ncwwc.com www.ncwwc.com]).

Beside the varsity teams, SFU also houses various competitive club teams, including Men's Lacrosse, who currently competes in the [[Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association]], and Men's Hockey, who currently competes in the [[British Columbia Intercollegiate Hockey League]]. Other club teams include rugby, cheerleading, rowing, quidditch, and field hockey.

SFU has won the NAIA [[NACDA Director's Cup]] five times, among others.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.sfu.ca/athletics/|title=SFU.ca|publisher=Simon Fraser University|access-date=2011-02-20|archive-date=2007-08-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070825125536/http://www2.sfu.ca/athletics/|url-status=live}}</ref>{{failed verification|date=September 2017}} On Friday, July 10, 2009, the [[NCAA]] announced that it had accepted SFU as a Division II member and would begin after a two-year transition period. SFU later competed in the [[Great Northwest Athletic Conference]].<ref>{{cite magazine|url=http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/basketball/ncaa/07/10/simon.fraser.ap/index.html |title=Canadian college granted entrance into NCAA DII|magazine=[[CNN/Sports Illustrated]]|publisher=[[Time Inc.]] (which owns Sports Illustrated)|date=July 10, 2009 |archive-date=July 15, 2009|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090715023917/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/basketball/ncaa/07/10/simon.fraser.ap/index.html }}</ref> It is the first Canadian university to be accepted as a member of the [[NCAA]] at any level.<ref>{{cite news |title=Simon Fraser application accepted |first=Gary|last=Brown|website=[[NCAA]] |date=July 10, 2009|url=https://www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?key=/ncaa/ncaa/ncaa+news/ncaa+news+online/2009/division+ii/simon+fraser+application+accepted_07_10_09_ncaa_news|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091201141108/http://www.ncaa.org/wps/ncaa?key=%2Fncaa%2Fncaa%2Fncaa+news%2Fncaa+news+online%2F2009%2Fdivision+ii%2Fsimon+fraser+application+accepted_07_10_09_ncaa_news |archive-date=December 1, 2009 }}</ref> In 2012, the team was accepted as the first international full member of the NCAA.<ref name="GlobeandMail"/>

Many former team athletes later represented Canada during the [[Olympic Games]], including gold medalists [[Carol Huynh]] and [[Daniel Igali]], and Olympic medalists [[Sue Holloway]] and [[Hugh Fisher (canoeist)|Hugh Fisher]]. Other team alumni include: [[Jay Triano]], [[Chris Rinke]], wrestler [[Ari Taub (wrestler)|Ari Taub]], and [[Carolyn Murray]].