Claim: Hampton Pirates and Lady Pirates (former member of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference) sponsors teams in eight men's and nine women's NCAA sanctioned sports; additionally, the school also sponsored an LGBT varsity team.
Evidence: The Pirates were previously members of the Mid-Eastern Athletic Conference between 1995 and 2018. A member of the Big South Conference, Hampton sponsors teams in eight men's and nine women's NCAA sanctioned sports. The school also sponsors a co-ed varsity sailing team, but sailing is not an NCAA sanctioned sport.