| CSU Bakersfield Roadrunners | |
| University | Cal State Bakersfield |
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| Conference(s) | Independent, WWPA (Water Polo) Pac-12 (Wrestling) WAC (Baseball) Great West (Outdoor Track and Field, Women's Tennis) |
| NCAA | NCAA Division I |
| Athletics director | Jeff Konya[1]. |
| Location | Bakersfield, CA |
| Varsity teams | 17 (7 men's, 10 women's) |
| Basketball arena | Rabobank Arena (10,000) |
| Baseball stadium | Hardt Field (900) |
| Other arenas | Icardo Center (3,800) |
| Mascot | Rowdy the Roadrunner |
| Nickname | Roadrunners |
| Fight song | |
| Colors | Royal Blue and Gold
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| Homepage | GoRunners.com |
The Cal StateBakersfield Roadrunners (also known as CSUB Roadrunners or CSU Bakerfield Roadrunners) are the intercollegiate athletic teams of Cal State Bakersfield, located in Bakersfield, California. The university is currently a NCAA Division I school, after previously competing at the Division II level. The Roadrunners began the transition process in 2006 and became a full Division I member starting in the in July 2010.[2] CSUB is looking to join the Big West Conference, a primarily-Californian conference that includes several former rivals of the Roadrunners, but were denied a membership with the University of Hawaiʻi being the most recent addition.[3] However with UC San Diego planning a move to Division I in all sports except football, CSUB and UCSD hoped to have a chance to enter the conference simultaneously although the conference has shown no interest in expanding anytime soon. [4]
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The Cal State Bakersfield Athletic Department sponsors seven men's sports and ten women's sports:
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Men's teams |
Women's teams |
On May 17, 2007, CSUB announced that Bill Kernen would be the school's first baseball coach,[5] with the school's first official season beginning in Spring of 2009.[6] The Roadrunners played their first baseball game on February 20, 2009 against Saint Louis University in a 7-8 loss,[7] and recorded the first win in program history on February 21 with a 4-2 win against the Billikins.[8] On September 20, 2011, the Roadrunners were invited to join the Western Athletic Conference as an affiliate member in baseball.[9]
CSUB Wrestling competes in the Pac-12 conference. CSUB wrestling is the institution's original Division-I sport and has placed 3rd (1996) and 8th (1999) in the NCAA D-I Wrestling Championships.[10][11]
CSUB has won 29 national championships and received the Sears Directors Cup in 1998.[12]
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