the night. WMWC is the school's unlicensed student run campus radio station. Athletics UMW Athletics' 23 teams compete in the NCAA Division III Coast 2 Coast Conference. Known as the UMW Eagles, 308 of these student-athletes have been named to All-American teams. The university's women's rugby team won the 2014 USA Rugby Division II National Championship. UMW's men's rugby team won the USA Rugby's D1AA Fall Championship in 2017. The UMW ultimate frisbee teams have both made names for themselves as national contenders. The men’s team, Mother of George, competed for the USAU Division III College National Championship in the spring of 2018 and fall of 2021, while the women’s team, Mary Massacre, qualified for the Championship in the spring seasons of 2011, 2012, 2013, 2019, and 2022. Clubs The University of Mary Washington has 150 clubs these include anything from sports to hobbies. Clubs are very prominent on campus and bring a sense of community to the students of the University of Mary Washington. Examples of clubs are Ultimate Frisbee and Soccer. In the year 2021, the Men's Ultimate Frisbee team made it to the collegiate nationals in Norco, California. There are also clubs that are based on Social Justice and community outreach in the Fredericksburg area. There are also cultural-based clubs such as the Latino Student Association. The University of Mary Washington is also home to clubs that do performances such as the Eagle Bagpipe Club. Rankings In 2018, Peace Corps named UMW was a Top Volunteer-Producing Colleges and Universities for the tenth year in a row, ranking it fourth among small schools. A total of 261 UMW alumni have served in the Peace Corps since the agency's founding in 1961. UMW became a Peace Corps Prep Program partner in 2017. UMW was ranked among the top 382 colleges in the nation by The Princeton Review, which featured UMW in its 2018 issue of "The Best 382 Colleges." UMW was unranked nationally for U.S. News & World Reports 2018 college rankings, but ranked 17th in the South region. Forbes included UMW in its 2018 "America's Top Colleges," ranking the university 276th of 660 undergraduate institutions. In 2017, the school's debate team was ranked 43rd by the Cross Examination Debate Association. In 2009, the team ranked third overall in the National Debate Tournament. Notable people Alumni Eric Axelson, musician Karen Olsen Beck, former First Lady of Costa Rica Marguerite