categories.” Moorings Moorings, the Mount's undergraduate critical humanities journal, published its first issue in 2016. Moorings accepts essay submissions primarily in History, English, Communications, Art, Music, and Theater. The journal attempts to maintain a balance in subjects while remaining dedicated to a high quality of academic work. Moorings also accepts student art submissions for cover artwork and provides a monetary prize for best essays and artwork. Although Moorings has an interdisciplinary panel of faculty advisors, the journal is almost entirely student-run with its editor-in-chief position passed down among students, making it unique among the Mount's journals. It also offers a double-blind peer review processes which both grades and edits written submissions. Athletics Mount St. Mary's (MSM or The Mount) athletic teams are the Mountaineers. The university is a member of the Division I level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), primarily competing in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) since the 2022–2023 academic year. The Mountaineers previously competed in the Northeast Conference (NEC) from the 1989–90 season to 2021–22, the Mason–Dixon Conference at the NCAA Division II level: the first variation of it from 1940–41 to 1977–78; and the second variation from 1983–84 to 1987–88. The Mount competes in 22 intercollegiate sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse, soccer, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field and water polo; while women's sports include basketball, bowling, cross country, golf, lacrosse, rugby, soccer, softball, swimming & diving, tennis, track & field and water polo. On April 27, 2022, Mount St. Mary's announced that they would be joining the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC) starting in July 2022. Notable people Faculty Jim Phelan, basketball head coach until 2003. Phelan had 830 career wins (currently 18th on the all-time list), and coached a college basketball record 49 seasons at the same school. At the time of his retirement, Phelan had coached more NCAA games than any other coach in collegiate history. He was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008. Alumni Francisco I. Madero, democratic president of Mexico from 1911 to 1913; boarding school graduate John Baer, journalist Geno Baroni, civil rights and anti-poverty activist Agnus Berenato (1980) head women's basketball coach at the University of Pittsburgh Rory Bourke (1964) songwriter, co-wrote the No. 1 hit song "The Most Beautiful Girl"; inducted into the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1989 Todd Bowles (2022) American Football