the 2010–11 academic year; in the Eastern Collegiate Football Conference for football; and as Independents for their men's and women's swimming & diving and track & field teams. The Bison previously competed in the Capital Athletic Conference from 1989–90 to 2009–10.
Their colors are buff and blue, which were chosen after Union soldiers' uniforms in the Civil War.
=== Women's basketball ===
Gallaudet women's basketball is most known for its 1999 season, with several notable players from the Minnesota State Academy for the Deaf. The team included Ronda Jo Miller, a three-time Division III All-America selection, as well as one of the top women's volleyball players.
Under coach Kitty Baldridge, the Bison went to the NCAA Tournament for the second time in three seasons. Receiving one of the lowest seeds as an at-large team into the Division III NCAA Tournament field, which numbered 48 teams, the Bison traveled to St. Mary's College (Md.), a school which had recently defeated them in the Capital Athletic Conference …
