Editing Fort Lewis College (section)

==Athletics==
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The college's athletic teams, the Skyhawks, compete in the [[NCAA]] at the [[NCAA Division II|Division II]] level as a member of the [[Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference]] (RMAC); as well as the [[Western Intercollegiate Lacrosse Association]] (WILA) for women's lacrosse and a nationally ranked cycling program that competes at the Division I level of [[USA Cycling|USA Collegiate Cycling]].<ref name="FLCcyclingmodel">{{cite news|last=Meyer|first=Matt|publisher=Gran Junction Sentinel|url=http://www.gjsentinel.com/special_sections/articles/mavericks-modeling-cycling-program-after-fort-lewi|title=Mavericks modeling cycling program after Fort Lewis|date=October 6, 2012|access-date=January 20, 2013|archive-date=July 30, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140730200851/http://www.gjsentinel.com/special_sections/articles/mavericks-modeling-cycling-program-after-fort-lewi|url-status=dead}}</ref> In 2017, FLC's cycling program won its 23rd national championship at the 2017 [[USA Cycling]] Collegiate Mountain Bike National Championships in [[Missoula, Montana]].<ref>{{cite news|last1=Livingston|first1=John|title=Fort Lewis College cycling claims 23rd national championship|url=https://durangoherald.com/articles/190618|access-date=19 December 2017|work=The Durango Herald|issue=23 October 2017|publisher=Ballantine Communications|archive-date=22 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222052105/https://durangoherald.com/articles/190618|url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== Ray Dennison Memorial Field and foundational use of "student-athlete" ===
Home football games and lacrosse matches are hosted at Ray Dennison Memorial Field, which can accommodate 4,000 - 6,000 spectators.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Ray Dennison Memorial Field, City of Durango |url=https://cityseeker.com/durango-co/1147268-ray-dennison-memorial-field |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=cityseeker |language=en}}</ref> The field was named in honor of Fort Lewis A&M College football player Ray Dennison, a 26-year-old married father of three who died as a result of an on-field collision while playing in a football game vs. Trinidad Junior College in September of 1955. Following his death, his widow filed a claim for death benefits with the Colorado Industrial Commission. The commission approved the claim which was affirmed on appeal by a Colorado district court. However, Fort Lewis College together with the State Compensation Insurance Fund appealed the claim to the Colorado Supreme Court. In 1957, the court ruled that his widow was not entitled to death benefits because football players are "student-athletes" and the employer-employee relationship does not exist. This ruling was foundational to defining the legal relationship between the colleges and their athletes and one of the earliest known uses of the term student-athlete.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Slothower |first=Chuck |title=Fort Lewis’ first ‘student-athlete’ |url=https://www.durangoherald.com/articles/fort-lewis-first-student-athlete/ |access-date=2024-01-16 |website=Durango Herald |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last=Branch |first=Taylor |author-link1=Taylor Branch |date=October 2011 |title=The Shame of College Sports |url=https://www.theatlantic.com/magazine/archive/2011/10/the-shame-of-college-sports/308643/?single_page=true |accessdate=January 7, 2022 |publisher=[[The Atlantic]]}}</ref>{{Col-begin|width=auto}}

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Men's sports:
* [[College basketball|Basketball]] 
* [[Cross country running|Cross country]]
* [[Cycle sport|Cycling]]
* [[College football|Football]] 
* [[Golf]] 
* [[College soccer in the United States|Soccer]]

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Women's sports:
* [[Women's college basketball|Basketball]]
* [[Cross country running|Cross country]]
* [[Cycle sport|Cycling]]
* [[College lacrosse|Lacrosse]]
* [[College soccer in the United States|Soccer]]
* [[Softball]]
* [[Volleyball]]
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