View source for Mount Allison Mounties

{{Short description|Mount Allison University athletic teams}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=December 2024}}{{Infobox college athletics
 | name = Mount Allison Mounties
 | logo = Mount allison athletics monogram.png
 | logo_width = 120
 | university = [[Mount Allison University]]
 | association = U Sports
 | conference = [[Atlantic University Sport]]
 | director = 
 | location = [[Sackville, New Brunswick|Sackville]], [[New Brunswick]]
 | teams = 
 | stadium = Alumni Field
 | arena = Tantramar Veterans Memorial Civic Centre
 | othersite label = 
 | othersite = 
 | arena2 = 
 | mascot = Duck
 | nickname = 
 | fightsong = 
 | colour1 = Garnet
 | hex1 = 660000
 | colour2 = Gold
 | hex2 = CFB53B
 | colour3 = 
 | hex3 = 
 | pageurl = http://mountiepride.ca/
| altlogo = [[File:Mount allison mounties wmark.png|250px]]
}}

The '''Mount Allison Mounties''' are the varsity athletic teams that represent [[Mount Allison University]] in [[Sackville, New Brunswick]], Canada.

The Mounties sports teams play their matches at Alumni Field which seats 2,500.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.worldstadiums.com/north_america/countries/canada/new_brunswick.shtml |title=World Stadiums - Stadiums in Canada :: New Brunswick<!-- Bot generated title --> |access-date=2006-11-11 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061111145824/http://www.worldstadiums.com/north_america/countries/canada/new_brunswick.shtml |archive-date=2006-11-11 |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.atlanticuniversitysport.com/mens/football/stats/2007/SFXMTA~1.HTM |title=StFX vs Mount Allison (2007 Home Coming Game boxscore) |date=September 22, 2007 |publisher=Atlantic University Sport Football|url-status=dead |archive-date=July 8, 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080708235632/http://www.atlanticuniversitysport.com/mens/football/stats/2007/SFXMTA~1.HTM }} </ref>

==Athletics and recreations==
The Mount Allison University Athletics & Recreation is led by Pierre Arsenault.  Arsenault came to Mount Allison from the New Brunswick Golf Association, where he served as executive director for seven years. Prior to this, Arsenault worked with Hockey Canada's Atlantic Centre of Excellence, the Saskatchewan Hockey Association, and with the University of Ottawa's Gee-Gees Varsity Hockey Team. He holds a Bachelor of Physical Education (concentration in sports administration) from the University of New Brunswick and a master's degree in sport administration from the University of Ottawa.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mta.ca/news/news_display.php?id=2048 |title=Mount Allison announces new Director of Athletics and Recreation |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609194552/http://www.mta.ca/news/news_display.php?id=2048 |archive-date=June 9, 2011|publisher=Mount Allison University }}</ref>

==Varsity teams==
{| class="wikitable"; style= "text-align: "
! width= 150px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Mount Allison Mounties|border=1|color= white }}"| Men's sports
! width= 150px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Mount Allison Mounties|border=1|color= white }}"| Women's sports
|-
| Badminton || Badminton 
|-
| Basketball|| Basketball
|-
| [[Mount Allison Mounties football|Football]] || [[Mount Allison Mounties women's ice hockey|Ice hockey]]
|-
| Soccer || Soccer
|-
| Swimming || Swimming
|-
| || Volleyball
|}

===Football===
{{Main|Mount Allison Mounties football}}
[[File:Mount Allison Football Team (HS85-10-23265).jpg|thumb|Early Mount Allison football team of 1910]]
The Mounties football program has been in operation since 1955. The team has made two appearances in the [[Vanier Cup]], first in [[20th Vanier Cup|1984]], and then in [[27th Vanier Cup|1991]]. The team has won six [[Jewett Trophy]] conference championships in their 14 appearances,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.atlanticuniversitysport.com/sports/fball/records/pastchamps |title=Atlantic University Sport Football Past Champions |publisher= [[Atlantic University Sport]] |access-date=April 19, 2020}}</ref> most recently during the team's undefeated [[2014 CIS football season |2014 season]].

The program has also featured a [[Hec Crighton Trophy]] winner, [[Éric Lapointe (Canadian football)|Éric Lapointe]], who won the award twice and was elected into the [[Canadian Football Hall of Fame]] based on his university career with the Mounties.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cbc.ca/sports/football/cfl/allen-heads-2012-cfl-hall-of-fame-inductees-1.996985 |title=Allen heads 2012 CFL Hall of Fame inductees |publisher= [[Canadian Broadcasting Corporation]] |date=October 16, 2011 |access-date=April 19, 2020}}</ref>

==Former teams==

===Men's ice hockey===
{{main|Mount Allison Mounties men's ice hockey}}
The men's ice hockey team was active from 1896 through 1998 before being dropped as a varsity sport. [[World War II]] forced the team to stop playing for a time but they returned as soon as the fighting was over.

The program experienced a revival in the early 80s, winning two division titles, but that success was short-lived. In 1998, citing a need to reallocate funds to other programs as well as gender equality necessities, [[Athletic Director]] Jack Drover terminated the ice hockey program.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cisblog.ca/2009/06/mount-athletic-director-retires-after.html |title=Mount A athletic director retires after 35 years  |work=The CIS Blog |accessdate=January 16, 2024}}</ref>

==Club teams==
The Mount Allison Mounties also field club teams in:
* [[Curling]] (w)
* [[Cross country running|Cross country]] (mixed)
* [[Competitive Dance|Dance]] (mixed)
* [[Field Hockey]] (w)
* [[Field Lacrosse]] (m)
* [[Ringette]] (w)
* [[Rugby football|Rugby]] (m/w)
* [[Ultimate frisbee]] (mixed)

==Logo==
In 1977, [[Garney Henley]], a former Canadian Football League player with the Hamilton Tiger-Cats, became Athletics Director at Mount Allison and changed the logo from the "Double-Winged" A to the famous "Flying A" which remained the Mounties' logo until 2011. The Flying A became synonymous with Mounties athletics, and was arguably the most recognizable aspect of the department and the university.

In 2011, the university's administration undertook a re-branding initiative that would be campus-wide, stretching into the athletics department as well. Adopting a new, more modern look became the goal, and thus the current logo with an "A" adorned with a flame/torch was born. Taken from the university's crest, the flame, which also forms a stylized "A", along with the slanted font spelling "MOUNTIES" below the logo became the new look for the Mounties. Along with a new partnership with popular brand UnderArmour, it introduced the Mounties to the 21st century, and spearheaded by Athletics Director Pierre Arsenault became the one identity among all of the Mounties' varsity sports teams.

During the 2012 AUS Women's Hockey Playoffs, a new movement emerged on the Social Media website Twitter, when it is believed the phrase #MountiePride was first used in a popular fashion. Since then, the movement has leaped to new heights, and is now considered to be a part of this new identity, and a trademark of the Mounties teams.

==Athletes of the Year==
''This is an incomplete list''

{|class="wikitable" width= ""
|- align="center"  style=" "
! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Mount Allison Mounties|border=1|color= white }}"| Year
! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Mount Allison Mounties|border=1|color= white }}"| Female Athlete
! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Mount Allison Mounties|border=1|color= white }}"| Sport
! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Mount Allison Mounties|border=1|color= white }}"| Male Athlete
! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Mount Allison Mounties|border=1|color= white }}"| Sport 
! style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Mount Allison Mounties|border=1|color= white }}"| Ref. 
|- 
|2014–15|| Gillian Tetlow ||Badminton  || Brandon Leyh  ||Football
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=March 27, 2015 |title=Mount Allison honours top athletes |url=https://www.mta.ca/Community/News/2015/March_2015/Mount_Allison_honours_top_athletes/ |access-date=2021-04-18 |website=mta.ca |language=en}}</ref>
|- 
|2015–16 ||Allison Loewen||Swimming||Te Nguyen ||Football
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=April 1, 2016 |title=Mount Allison honours top student athletes at Night of the Mounties |url=https://www.mta.ca/Community/News/2016/April/Mount_Allison_honours_top_student_athletes_at_Night_of_the_Mounties/ |access-date=2021-04-18 |website=mta.ca |language=en}}</ref>
|- 
|2016–17|| Kiersten Mangold || Basketball  || Jakob Loucks ||Football
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=2017-03-31 |title=Top student-athletes honoured at annual Night of the Mounties |url=https://www.mta.ca/Community/News/2017/March/Top_student-athletes_honoured_at_annual_Night_of_the_Mounties/ |access-date=2021-06-15 |website=mta.ca |language=en}}</ref>
|- 
|2017–18|| Kiersten Mangold ||Basketball||Geraint Berger||Swimming
|<ref>{{Cite news |title=Mount Allison honours top student-athletes at annual Night of the Mounties |url=https://mountiepride.ca/sports/general/releases/awards_night_17-18 |access-date=2021-04-18 |website=mta.ca |language=en}}</ref>
|- 
|2018–19|| Rachel McDougall||Volleyball || Nate Rostek||Football
|<ref>{{Cite news |title=Mount Allison honours top student-athletes at annual Night of the Mounties |url=https://mountiepride.ca/sports/general/releases/awards_night_18-19 |access-date=2021-06-18 |website=mountiepride.ca |language=en}}</ref>
|- 
|2019–20 || Rachel McDougall || Volleyball || Noah Mascoll-Gomes || Swimming   
|<ref>{{Cite news |date=2020-04-09 |title=Mount Allison honours top student-athletes |url=https://www.mta.ca/Community/News/2020/April/Mount_Allison_honours_top_student-athletes/ |access-date=2021-04-18 |website=mta.ca |language=en}}</ref>
|}

==See also==
* [[U Sports]]

== References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

== External links ==
* {{oweb}}

{{Mount Allison University}}
{{New Brunswick Sports}}
{{Atlantic University Sport}}
{{U Sports women's ice hockey}}
{{U Sports soccer}}

[[Category:U Sports teams]]
[[Category:Sports clubs and teams in New Brunswick]]
[[Category:Mount Allison University]]