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IUPUI first sponsored [[intercollegiate athletics]] in 1972, when the men's [[college basketball|basketball]] team began play as the IUPUI Metros. Women's sports were first sponsored in 1975, when the women's basketball, [[college softball|softball]], and [[volleyball]] teams first competed. In 1978, the Metros joined the [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics|NAIA]]. They joined [[NCAA Division II]] in 1993 and moved up to [[NCAA Division I]] in 1997. Also in 1997, IUPUI joined the Mid-Continent Conference (now known as the [[Summit League]]), and officially changed their nickname to the Jaguars. In 2000, the men's [[College soccer in the United States|soccer]] team became the first Jaguar team to compete in an NCAA tournament.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.iupuijags.com/Media/MSOC_2006.pdf |title=Archived copy |website=www.iupuijags.com |access-date=13 January 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928121042/http://www.iupuijags.com/Media/MSOC_2006.pdf |archive-date=28 September 2007 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
On August 12, 2022, the boards of trustees of both the [[Indiana University|IU]] and [[Purdue University system|Purdue]] systems announced that IUPUI will split into two separate universities, with completion of the split to be finished by the fall 2024 semester. Administration of the athletic program will fall to the new Indiana University Indianapolis.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.indystar.com/story/news/education/2022/08/12/indiana-university-purdue-indianapolis-iupui-split-separate-schools-colleges/65401042007/|access-date=12 August 2022|title=Indiana University, Purdue to split IUPUI into 2 separate schools}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insideindianabusiness.com/articles/purdue-iu-agree-to-transform-iupui-rebrand-school-as-iu-indianapolis|title=Purdue, IU agree to transform IUPUI, rebrand school as IU Indianapolis|access-date=12 August 2022}}</ref> The official athletics website is using '''IU Indy''' as the main brand name, with the Jaguars nickname remaining in place.
==Sports==
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