The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's intercollegiate sports teams, called the MIT Engineers, compete mostly in NCAA Division III.

[4][5] The beaver, "nature's engineer", was adopted as mascot at the annual dinner of the Technology Club of New York on January 17, 1914 by a group of MIT alumni.

The late President Richard Maclaurin formally accepted the proposal, and at this dinner a group of beavers shown in natural surroundings was presented to the Institute.

Lester Gardner, a member of the Class of 1898, provided the following justification: "The beaver not only typifies the Tech, but his habits are particularly our own.

Wyatt Ubellacker, Chraig Cheney Kyri Chen, Alex Ellison Kyri Chen, Alex Ellison MIT's men's ice hockey team was one of the earliest collegiate hockey programs in the United States.