Cal State Bakersfield Roadrunners

CSU Bakersfield Roadrunners
University CSU Bakersfield
Conference Western Athletic Conference
MPSF (water polo)
Pac-12 (wrestling)
Big West Conference (beach volleyball)
NCAA NCAA Division I
Athletic director Kenneth "Ziggy" Siegfriend (Interim)[1]
Location Bakersfield, CA
Varsity teams 15 (7 men's, 8 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
Colors
     Royal Blue       Gold
Website www.gorunners.com

The CSU Bakersfield Roadrunners (also known as CSUB Roadrunners, and sometimes as the Bakersfield Roadrunners[2]) are the intercollegiate athletic teams of California State University, 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 in July 2010.[3] Following a period as one of a tiny number of Division I independents, CSU Bakersfield joined the Western Athletic Conference in July 2013 for most sports.[4]

Sports

Cal State Bakersfield sponsors teams in eight men's and eleven women's NCAA sanctioned sports:[5]

Men's teams

Women's teams

Baseball

On May 17, 2007, CSUB announced that Bill Kernen would be the school's first baseball coach,[8] with the school's first official season beginning in Spring of 2009.[9] The Roadrunners played their first baseball game on February 20, 2009 against Saint Louis University in an 8-7 loss,[10] and recorded the first win in program history on February 21 with a 4-2 win against the Billikens.[11] On September 20, 2011, the Roadrunners were invited to join the Western Athletic Conference as an affiliate member in baseball.[12] On October 5, 2012 the Western Athletic Conference extended an invitation to the Roadrunners to join on July 1, 2013 as full members.

Basketball

Wrestling

CSUB Wrestling competes in the Pac-12 conference since the WAC does not sponsor the sport. CSUB wrestling is the institution's original Division-I sport and since 1988 has placed as high as 3rd (1996) and 8th (1997 & 1999) in the NCAA D-I Wrestling Championships.[13][14] The Roadrunner Wrestling team has produced 7 individual NCAA DI Champions beginning in 1980. Stephen Neal (156, 1996-99) is the all-time winningest wrestler at CSU Bakersfield with a record of 156-10 (the most wins of any CSUB wrestler), the most pins with 71 total, only 1 of 5 Roadrunner Wrestlers to be a 4-time All-American, as well as being a 2-time Division-I Champion in 1998 & 1999.[15] CSUB alum Mike Mendoza is the current head coach since the 2010-11 season. The wrestling team practices on campus in the John B. Antonino Sports Center (specifically for wrestling) and competes at the Icardo Center also on campus.[16] Former Roadrunner wrestler and former UFC Champion Tito Ortiz set multiple UFC Light Heavyweight records.[17]

Championships

National Division II Championships

CSUB has won 30 national championships and received the Sears Directors Cup in 1998.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "Siegfried Named Interim Athletics Director". GoRunners.com. Retrieved June 5, 2015.
  2. ↑ Although the school brands itself athletically as "CSU Bakersfield", its current primary conference, the Western Athletic Conference, uses "Bakersfield".
  3. ↑ "The Move To NCAA Division I". Cal State Bakersfield. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
  4. ↑ http://espn.go.com/mens-college-basketball/story/_/id/8482600/western-athletic-conference-adds-cal-state-bakersfield-utah-valley
  5. ↑ http://www.gorunners.com/
  6. ↑ "NCAA DII, DIII membership approves Sand Volleyball as 90th championship". NCAA. January 17, 2015. Retrieved April 5, 2015.
  7. ↑ "Big West Conference Adds Beach Volleyball To Sports Lineup" (Press release). Big West Conference. June 26, 2015. Retrieved December 18, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Bill Kernen Bio". GoRunners.com. Retrieved March 21, 2008.
  9. ↑ Kelly, Mason (August 6, 2007). "New CSUB baseball coach building foundation, future schedule". Bakersfield Californian. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
  10. ↑ "CSUB Baseball: St. Louis University at CSU Bakersfield (Game 1)". CSU Bakersfield. Feb 20, 2009. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
  11. ↑ "Billikens Drop Both Games of Doubleheader at CSU Bakersfield". St. Louis University. Feb 21, 2009. Retrieved June 4, 2011.
  12. ↑ "WAC adds Bakersfield and Dallas Baptist as Baseball schools". Las Cruces Sun-News. September 20, 2011. Retrieved September 21, 2011.
  13. ↑ http://www.wrestlingstats.com/ncaa/pdf/brackets/NCAA%201996.pdf
  14. ↑ http://www.wrestlingstats.com/ncaa/pdf/brackets/NCAA%201999.pdf
  15. ↑ "History and Records Handbook" (PDF). CSUB Wrestling. Retrieved 2014.
  16. ↑ "CSUB Athletics Facilties". CSUB Wrestling. Retrieved 2014.
  17. ↑ "Titio Ortiz Cal State Bakersfield". Retrieved 2014.
  18. ↑ Loveless, Jaclyn. "AD is 4th CSUB Wang winner". Cal State Today. Retrieved March 21, 2008.

External links

This article is issued from Wikipedia - version of the Friday, January 08, 2016. The text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution/Share Alike but additional terms may apply for the media files.