Athletics
Dr. Gregg Michel (NCAA Faculty
Rep.),
Dr. Gage Paine
(VP - Student Affairs),
Lynn Hickey
(Athletics Dir.)
and
Elizabeth
Dalton
(Assoc. Athletics Dir./
Senior Woman Admin.)
receive
the
2008 Southland
Conference
Commissioner's Cup
and Men's
All-Sports Trophy.
UTSA is a member of the Southland Conference and San Antonio's only NCAA Division I institution.
The university sponsors 16 sports, fielding teams in baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's golf, men's and women's indoor and outdoor track and field, women's soccer, softball, men's and women's tennis and women's volleyball. Athletics also sponsors cheer and dance squads.
In 2008, UTSA won the Southland Conference Commissioner's Cup as the league's top overall athletics program and captured its second Men's All-Sports Trophy in the past three years. Athletics Director Lynn Hickey is entering her second year on the NCAA Division I Men’s Basketball Committee, one of the most prestigious appointments in all of intercollegiate athletics.
UTSA Athletics teams have qualified for more than 30 NCAA championship events since the department's inception in 1981:
- 1985, 1989, 1992, 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2007 Women's Outdoor Track
- 1988, 1989, 1990, 1996, 1997, 1998 and 2006 Women's Indoor Track
- 1995, 1996, 1997, 2002, 2004, 2007 and 2008 Men's Outdoor Track
- 2004 and 2005 Men's Indoor Track
- 1988, 1999 and 2004 Men's Basketball
- 1994 and 2005 Baseball
- 1996 Women's Cross Country
- 1997 Men's Cross Country
- 2000 Women's Volleyball
- 2002 Men's Tennis
- 2002 Women's Tennis
- 2004 and 2006 Softball
- 2008 Women's Basketball
NOTE: for track, only NCAA appearances when individuals score points (top-eight finish) are listed.
UTSA has captured 15 Southland Conference championships since 2004:
- 2003-04 Men's Basketball Regular Season
- 2004 Men's Basketball Tournament
The UTSA baseball team
captured its second consecutive
Southland Conference regular
season crown in 2008 - 2004 Softball Regular Season
- 2004 Softball Tournament
- 2005 Softball Regular Season
- 2005 Baseball Tournament
- 2006 Men's Indoor Track
- 2006 Softball Regular Season
- 2006 Softball Tournament
- 2007 Men's Indoor Track
- 2007 Baseball Regular Season
- 2008 Men's Indoor Track
- 2008 Women's Basketball Tournament
- 2008 Baseball Regular Season
- 2008 Men's Outdoor Track
Not only are the teams performing well on the playing field, but the student-athletes are performing well in the classroom. UTSA has had 14 ESPN The Magazine/CoSIDA Academic All-Americans, more than 30 academic all-district honorees and 15 Southland Conference Student-Athletes of the Year. During the 2007-08 academic year, 95 student-athletes were named to the Southland Conference Commissioner’s Honor Roll (3.0 gpa) and 14 were selected to the league’s all-academic team.
UTSA has served as host institution for 11 NCAA Championship events during the past 12 years.
- 1997 Men's Basketball Midwest Regional
- 1998 Men's Final Four
2008 Homecoming Basketball game. - 1998 Men's Golf Central Regional
- 2001 Men's Basketball Midwest Regional
- 2002 Women's Final Four
- 2003 Men's Basketball South Regional
- 2004 Men's Final Four
- 2005 Women's Volleyball Championship
- 2006 Women's Basketball San Antonio Regional
- 2007 Men's Basketball South Regional
- 2008 Men's Final Four
UTSA will host the 2010 Women’s Final Four at the Alamodome and San Antonio is a finalist to host future NCAA Men’s and Women’s Basketball events in the years 2012-16, with those announcements coming in Fall 2008.
For the latest information on UTSA Athletics, please visit http://goUTSA.com.
Last modified Aug. 21, 2008
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