Hampton University
- Athletics

School Spirit

Most of the students in my high school are involved in sports, some students are involved in sports all three seasons. The sports that are offered at our school include the following; basketball, football, track, volleyball, wrestling, cheerleading, crew, soccer, baseball, softball, and tennis.

Echo Echo Echo

All the teams are pretty decent. Averagely good teams if not better, but the problem is no one attends the games. Go to a girls basketball game for the first half you might be able to hear your own echo. It's hard to be great on a team that nobody shows up to watch play. Hampton has their good days where games are packed, usually football (to show off your new outfit) or men's basketball (because that's the time killer before the move of the night). I give a C+ because the teams are good, but the fans don't come through

Our Pirate Pride! (Pirate Is Our Mascot at Hampton University)

Our Pirate pride for every one of our athletic teams no matter what sport is none like the rest. We are always at every football game and try to make as many away games as possible. Our basketball team, both men and the women, are phenomenal and are also MEAC tournament championship teams as well as having the opportunity in playing in the NCAA tournament. Our Bowling team has done an excellent job on a consistent basis and so has our vollyeball team. We have a pep squad that is called Blue Lightning and they are at every game for every team at school and represent the Hampton University Student Body as a whole when everyone is not there physically. They are always painted from head to toe in our beautiful school colors of royal blue and white. Our cheerleading team, Blue Thunder hype up the crowd for every event as well and never look as if they're tired. Plus our Alumni love to come out to our games as well as if they still attend Hampton. The Greer Dawson Wilson Student Leadership Training Program includes a selected group of individuals to represent our school and uplift its name all while being ambassadors of the University and they are at every game as well and participate in hosting halftime games and chances for people in the audience to win great prizes that range from BOSE speakers to LCD widescreen plasma TVS. I love my H-I-U!!! ( Hampton was formerly known as Hampton Institute before it became Hampton University hence the "I" in "H-I-U")