Athletics
St. Thomas's school colors are purple and gray, and the athletic teams are called the Tommies. The mascot for these teams is "Tommie" the tomcat. The name Tommy was changed to Tommie with an 'ie' when girls were accepted as full-time students to be more inclusive of the women. UST is a member of the Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (MIAC), which performs at the NCAA Division III level. Since 1885 athletics have been present on St. Thomas' campus. The first sports teams that became popular were intramural. The top intramural baseball teams in the 1890s were the "Blues" and "Grays", which is where the Tommies' school colors come from. Varsity sports did not begin until 1904. UST celebrated its 100th year of varsity athletics in 2003–2004.
UST's longtime archrival is Saint John's University from Collegeville, Minnesota. Recent national titles include men's basketball in 2011, men's baseball in 2009 and 2001, women's softball in 2004 and 2005, men's lacrosse in 2009, 2010, and 2012, women's volleyball in 2012, and dance team in 2011, 2010, 2008 and 2006. St. Thomas also won national championships with women's basketball in 1991, men's cross country in 1984 and 1986, men's indoor track in 1985, and women's cross country in 1982, 1984, 1986, and 1987.
WCCO broadcasts radio coverage of Tommies football games.
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