Michigan State University

The Michigan State Spartan Spitfires are the official Muggle Quidditch team of Michigan State University. It is a leading team in the International Quidditch Association's Midwest US region.

Michigan State Quidditch was founded by Ryan Duffy in Fall 2009 and quickly gained popularity across campus. In Spring 2010 Will Hack was elected the first Coach of the Michigan State Spartan Spitfires and the team played its first intercollegiate matches.

On October 10, 2010, Michigan State hosted and won its first Quidditch tournament, the Spartan Spectacular. The team attended the 4th annual Quidditch World Cup in New York City, going 2-1 in pool play and holding reigning champions Middlebury to their closest match of the tournament. As the 20th seed, they were soundly defeated in the first playoff round by Texas A&M.

Since, the Michigan State Spartan Spitfires won Eastern Michigan's "Tournament that Shall not be Named," going 3-0. They went 3-3 at the Ball State/Purdue tournament.

Michigan State won 3rd place out of 18 teams at the Midwest Cup. MSU lost in the semifinal on a snitch snatch, 100-70 to Kansas.

Michigan State won its pool and attained the 12th seed at the World Cup, going on to defeat Marquette in the playoffs before falling to UCLA in the Swag Sixteen. MSU will host the first annual Michigan Quidditch Cup on March 31st, 2012.