Virginia Cavaliers

The Virginia Cavaliers are the athletics teams of the University of Virginia. It has won 19 recognized national championships, tied for the second-highest total of national titles (to UNC) in the prolonged 12-program Atlantic Coast Conference.University's athletic team is generally referred as Virginia, and the mascot is a mounted swordsman, or "Cavalier". (This mascot is a historical reference to the time when Virginia earned its nickname, the "Old Dominion". The Commonwealth was a hotbed of persons loyal to the English crown, called cavaliers in the days of the English Civil War and Interregnum.) An unofficial name, the Wahoos, or 'Hoos for short, based on the University's rallying cry "Wah-hoo-wah!" is also commonly used. Though originally only used by the student body, both terms Wahoos and Hoos have come into wide use by media too.