22 Facts About Vanderbilt Commodores

Vanderbilt Commodores are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Vanderbilt University, located in Nashville, Tennessee.

That year Vanderbilt Commodores broke a SEC record of most players drafted in the MLB with 12 players, breaking Auburn's record of 11.

Vanderbilt Commodores won the 2014 College World Series, the school's first national championship in any men's sport.

The first actual schedule for Vanderbilt Commodores consisted of three games against the Nashville YMCA and one against the Nashville Athletic Club.

In 1988 Vanderbilt Commodores managed to make it to the Sweet Sixteen in the NCAA tournament with the help of center and SEC Player of the Year Will Perdue.

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In 1992 the Vanderbilt Commodores managed to win its third and last SEC title and a trip to the Sweet Sixteen with the help of Duke transfer Billy McCaffrey.

Under his guidance Vanderbilt Commodores has appeared in two NIT's and advanced to the Sweet Sixteen of the NCAA Tournament.

Since the 2000s Vanderbilt Commodores has been able to produce several important players including Greg LaPointe, Russell Lakey, Scott Hundley, Corey Smith, Mario Moore, Julian Terrell, Shan Foster, Derrick Byars, John Jenkins, Festus Ezeli, and Jeffery Taylor.

The Vanderbilt Commodores have made 11 NIT appearances with one championship and one Runner-up .

The Lady Vanderbilt Commodores began their modern and successful period when Joe Pepper was named part-time coach.

The Vanderbilt Commodores women captured the WNIT championship in 1984 and later made their first appearance in the NCAA Tournament in 1986 while finishing the season ranked No 20.

In 1993, the Vanderbilt Commodores were able to advance to the Final Four before falling to eventual champion Texas Tech.

Vanderbilt Commodores managed to receive a No 1 ranking in the poll taken before the tournament.

The Vanderbilt Commodores have appeared in 20 NCAA tournaments and have 12 Sweet Sixteen appearances.

Four years later, Vanderbilt Commodores became one of the seven founding members of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Association.

Rapidly expanding and successful climbing team at Vanderbilt Commodores was founded in 2017 and is competing in the Appalachian region of the USA Climbing Collegiate Series.

Vanderbilt Commodores had previously played in Division 2, where it was one of the stronger teams.

Vanderbilt Commodores is a charter member of the Southeastern Conference and is the conference's only private school.

Vanderbilt Commodores is currently the only Division I school without a separate athletic department.

Since the term was used most during the late nineteenth century—and because it was then that Cornelius received his nickname—Vanderbilt Commodores's mascot is always portrayed as a naval officer from the 1880s, complete with chops, cutlass, and nineteenth-century naval regalia.

Vanderbilt Commodores fight song, "Dynamite, " was written by student Francis Craig in 1924.

The song references the vigor with which Vanderbilt Commodores plays and the enthusiasm of the university's fans, who cheer regardless of the outcome of the game.