St. Bonaventure Bonnies

St. Bonaventure Bonnies
University St. Bonaventure University
Conference Atlantic 10 Conference
NCAA Division I
Athletic director Tim Kenney
Location St. Bonaventure, NY
Varsity teams 14 (7 men's, 7 women's)
Basketball arena Reilly Center
Baseball stadium Fred Handler Park at McGraw-Jennings Field
Soccer stadium Tom and Michelle Marra Athletics Field Complex
Lacrosse stadium Tom and Michelle Marra Athletics Field Complex
Mascot The Bona Wolf
Nickname Bonnies
Fight song "Unfurl the Brown and White"
Colors
     Brown       White       Light Brown
Website www.gobonnies.com

The St. Bonaventure Bonnies (formerly the St. Bonaventure Brown Indians, from 1927 to 1992[1]) are the varsity intercollegiate athletic programs of St. Bonaventure University, based in Allegany, New York, USA. The Bonnies compete in the National Collegiate Athletics Association's Division I Atlantic 10 Conference,[2] of which it has been a member since 1979.[3] The school's athletic director is Tim Kenney, who was hired in early 2015. [4] The programs' mascot is the Bona Wolf and colors are brown and white.[5]

Teams

A member of the Atlantic 10 Conference, St. Bonaventure University sponsors teams in seven men's and seven women's NCAA sanctioned sports:[6]

Men's Intercollegiate Sports

Women's Intercollegiate Sports

In addition, the Bonnies field an ice hockey team in the American Collegiate Hockey Association ("club" level hockey). The hockey Bonnies play at the William O. Smith Recreation Center in Olean and are members of the Northeast Collegiate Hockey League, primarily playing other area colleges' second-tier club squads.

Men's basketball

The men's basketball program has enjoyed success on and off throughout its history, including an NCAA Final Four appearance in 1970,[7] and an NIT Championship in 1977.[8] St. Bonaventure's most recent NCAA Tournament appearance was in 2012, a 66-63 loss to Florida State. Currently, St. Bonaventure's head men's basketball coach is Mark Schmidt.[9]

NBA Hall of Famer Bob Lanier played at St. Bonaventure, leading them to the 1970 Final Four.[7] The men's and women's basketball teams play at the 6,012-seat Reilly Center.[10] The playing surface was renamed Bob Lanier Court in a dedication ceremony on October 12, 2007. Lanier attended along with his mother, sister, and daughter.[11]

Men's golf

The Bonnies men's golf team is coached by John Powers, a 2010 graduate of Bowling Green University. Powers took over the team in the summer of 2011.[12] The team hosts the annual Leo Keenan Invitational at Bartlett Country Club in Olean, New York, where it has been held since the late 1980s.[13]

Women's basketball

In the 2011–2012 season, the Bonnies women's basketball team had the best season in their history. They accumulated a record of 31-4 in the regular season, including a perfect 14-0 record in the Atlantic 10 conference. They were ranked as high as 16th in the national polls and earned a 5th seed in the NCAA Tournament. They beat Florida Gulf Coast and Marist in the Tallahassee Regional to advance to the Sweet 16, where they lost to eventual national runner-up Notre Dame.

Former sports

Football

St. Bonaventure fielded an American football team sporadically from 1895–1970.

Wrestling

The Brown Indians had a wrestling team in 1927, led by player-coach Ed George,[14] and again in 1954, coached by Mike Green. They were winless each season, going 0-2 in 1927 and 0-1 in 1954. Due to their lopsided loss to Alfred Ag Tech in 1954, they discontinued the sport.[15]

Mascot and colors

The school's current mascot is the Bona Wolf, the third mascot in school history.[5] From 1927-1992, St. Bonaventure's mascot was the Brown Indian. As part of an ongoing debate over Native American mascots, however, this was changed to the Bona Fanatic.[16] This new mascot was poorly received, so much so that costume wearers were assaulted by St. Bonaventure fans. After only a few years (1996–1998) in existence, the Fanatic was dropped in favor of the current Bona Wolf.[17]

The school's colors, brown and white, reflect the colors of Franciscan friar robes. The university is closely affiliated with this religious order.[18]

Facilities

Source:[19]

Sport Facility
Baseball Fred Handler Park
Basketball Reilly Center
Golf Bartlett Country Club
Lacrosse McGraw-Jennings Field
Soccer McGraw-Jennings Field
Softball St. Bonaventure Softball Diamond
Swimming & Diving Reilly Center Pool
Tennis St. Bonaventure Outdoor Tennis Courts

Accolades

All-Americans

Men's basketball

Conference championships

Fight song

The school fight song is "Unfurl the Brown and White," the lyrics of which are shown below.[28]

Unfurl the Brown and White
Into the breeze;
Snow of the mountain height;
Brown of the trees!
Emblem of loyalty,
Manhood, and might,
We love thy shining folds of Brown and White!

Hark! The trumpets are calling.
Drums like thunder resound.
Feet in rhythm are falling-
Armies shaking the ground!
Rise to the march.
Fill the sky with a throaty cheer. Rah!

Unfurl the Brown and White
Into the breeze;
Snow of the mountain height;
Brown of the trees!
Emblem of loyalty,
Manhood, and might,
We love thy shining folds of Brown and White!

The song was written by St. Bonaventure graduates L.G. O'Brien (Class of 1925) and C.R. Kean (Class of 1924).[28]

References

  1. ↑ Patt, David (4 April 2008). "The St. Bonaventure Brown Indian". SBU.edu. Archived from the original on 2012-03-11. Retrieved 11 March 2012. The Brown Indian represented St. Bonaventure University athletics from Fall 1927, its earliest mention in The Laurel, to 1992.
  2. ↑ "St. Bonaventure University". NCAA. Archived from the original on 06-01-2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011. Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)
  3. ↑ "About Atlantic 10". Atlantic 10. Archived from the original on 06-01-2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011. Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)
  4. ↑ "St.Bonaventure Athletics Staff". Go Bonnies. Archived from the original on 06-01-2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011. Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)
  5. 1 2 Patt, David. "The Athletic Symbols of St. Bonaventure University". The Symbols of St. Bonaventure University. Archived from the original on 06-01-2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011. Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)
  6. ↑ "St. Bonaventure Bonnies". St. Bonaventure University Department of Athletics. Retrieved August 6, 2013.
  7. 1 2 "1970 Final Four team to be honored on Jan. 16". Go Bonnies. January 11, 2010. Archived from the original on 06-01-2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011. Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)
  8. ↑ "NIT Champions". Sports Illustrated. Archived from the original on 06-01-2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011. Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)
  9. ↑ "2010-11 Men's Basketball Roster". Go Bonnies. Archived from the original on 06-01-2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011. Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)
  10. ↑ "Reilly Center". Go Bonnies. Archived from the original on 06-01-2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011. Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)
  11. ↑ "New Reilly Center Court To Be Named For Bob Lanier". CSTV. July 25, 2007. Archived from the original on 06-01-2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011. Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)
  12. ↑ "John Powers". Go Bonnies. St. Bonaventure University. Archived from the original on 2011-11-15. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  13. ↑ "Golf Opens Season Sunday at St. Bonaventure Leo Keenan Invitational". Cornell Big Red. Cornell University Athletic Department. September 16, 2011. Archived from the original on 2011-11-15. Retrieved 15 November 2011.
  14. ↑ "1926-1927 St. Bonaventure Wrestling". Armdrag. August 26, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-08-26. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  15. ↑ "1953-1954 St. Bonaventure Wrestling". Armdrag. August 26, 2015. Archived from the original on 2015-08-26. Retrieved 26 August 2015.
  16. ↑ Patt, David (April 4, 2008). "The St. Bonaventure Brown Indian". The Symbols of St. Bonaventure University. Archived from the original on 06-01-2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011. Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)
  17. ↑ Patt, David (March 23, 2005). "The Bona Fanatic". The Symbols of St. Bonaventure University. Archived from the original on 06-01-2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011. Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)
  18. ↑ Patt, David (April 27, 2010). "Franciscan Friars and University Colors". The Symbols of St. Bonaventure University. Archived from the original on 06-01-2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011. Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)
  19. ↑ "St. Bonaventure Athletic Facilities". Go Bonnies. Archived from the original on 06-01-2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011. Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)
  20. 1 2 3 "1960's Men's Basketball All-Americans". Hickok Sports. Archived from the original on 06-01-2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011. Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)
  21. ↑ "1970 Men's Basketball All-Americans". Hickok Sports. Archived from the original on 06-01-2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011. Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)
  22. ↑ "Nicholson, Watt on All-America list". The Buffalo News. March 26, 2012. Retrieved 2012-03-27.
  23. 1 2 3 "Sean McNamee". Go Bonnies. Archived from the original on 06-01-2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011. Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)
  24. 1 2 3 "A-10 Swimming & Diving Championships Set For Feb. 15-18". Atlantic 10. Archived from the original on 06-01-2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011. Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)
  25. 1 2 "Men's Tennis Set For A-10 Championship Action Beginning Friday". Go Bonnies. Archived from the original on 06-01-2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011. Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)
  26. ↑ "Larry Sudbrook". Go Bonnies. Archived from the original on 06-01-2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011. Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)
  27. ↑ "St. Bonaventure Captures 2012 A-10 Men's Hoops Crow". atlantic10.com. Retrieved 11 March 2012.
  28. 1 2 "Cheers and Fight Songs". The History of St. Bonaventure University Football. September 6, 2004. Archived from the original on 06-01-2011. Retrieved 1 June 2011. Check date values in: |archive-date= (help)
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