San Francisco State Gators

San Francisco State Gators
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UniversitySan Francisco State University
ConferenceCCAA (primary)
RMAC (men's wrestling)
NCAADivision II
Athletic directorStephanie Shrieve-Hawkins
LocationSan Francisco, California
Varsity teams12 (6 men's, 6 women's)
Basketball arenaMain Gym at Don Nasser Family Plaza
Baseball stadiumMaloney Field
Softball stadiumSFSU Softball Field
Soccer stadiumCox Stadium
NicknameGators
Fight song"State Victory Song"
ColorsPurple and gold[1]
   
Websitesfstategators.com
Team NCAA championships
1
Individual and relay NCAA champions
19

The San Francisco State Gators are the athletic teams that compete at San Francisco State University in San Francisco, California. The nickname applies to the college's intercollegiate NCAA Division II teams. The nickname was published in the student newspaper, "The Leaf",[2] but was long referred to in media alternatively as the "Staters"[3] and the "Golden Gaters".[4] The use of Gaters eventually evolved into the Gators as known today.

The Gators have had a total of 275 athletes earn All-American honors and 34 athletes earn Academic All-American honors. 14 Gators have earned an individual national title in their respective sport.[5]

Most teams compete in the California Collegiate Athletic Association, except for wrestling, which competes in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. The university also offers a number of club sports.

Sports sponsored

Men's sports Women's sports
Baseball Basketball
Basketball Cross country
Cross country Soccer
Soccer Softball
Wrestling Track and field†
Track and field Volleyball
† – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor

Baseball

San Francisco State Baseball has a long history going back well into the 1930s when coached by Hal Harden and having a "record-breaking" season in 1938 according to the Berkeley Daily Gazette[6] Maloney Field, which opened in 1984, saw extensive upgrades ahead of the 2017 season that included field work including the construction of a new pitcher's mound, new windscreens, and the installation of new foul poles. The 2018 team made the program's first-ever CCAA Championships appearance.[7]

Basketball

In 2016–17, the men's basketball team advanced to the NCAA Division II National Championships for the first time since the 1993–94 season. The Gators won 25 games, were ranked as high as No. 13, and finished ranked No. 22 in the nation.[8] Junior guard Warren Jackson was named a D2 Bulletin All-American Honorable Mention.[9]

In the late 1970s and early 80s, the women's basketball team had a string of nine straight postseason appearances.[5]

Track and field

In 2019, San Francisco State reopened the men's track and field program after 15 years of discontinuation.[10]

In 2018, the San Francisco State women's track & field team captured the program's first-ever CCAA Championship.[11] Atiya Harvey and Destiny Mack-Talalemotu were named All-Americans during the 2018 indoor season.[12]

At the 2017 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championships, the quartet of Atiya Harvey, Vanessa Koontz, Kennedy Hardemion, and Timarya Baynard ran a time of 3:37.80, the second fastest time in program history, and captured the National Championship in the 4x400. Additionally, Baynard finished the 400m in sixth place with a time of 54.18 to earn All-American honors. Harvey also earned individual All-American honors in the 200m dash with a fourth-place finish and time of 23.75.[13]

At the 2017 NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships on Saturday, March 11 at the Birmingham CrossPlex, the SF State 4x400 relay team garnered All-American Honors, taking sixth place with a time of 3:44.58.[14]

In 2014, Tiana Wills earned All-American honors in the high jump at the 2014 NCAA Division II Indoor Track and Field Championships.

The women's track and field team won back-to-back CCAA Championships in 2018 and 2019.[15]

Wrestling

Wrestling competes in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. With the announcement of California Baptist moving to NCAA Division I,[16] SF State becomes the only Division II wrestling program in California. The Gators wrestling program has seen success over the years, having sent a qualifier to the NCAA Division II National Championships from 1965 to 2017.[17] In 1997, Head Coach Lars Jensen led the first-ever NCAA Division II national championship team at SF State.[18]

Soccer

The men's soccer team matched its best start in program history in 2017 with a 5–0 start[19] and advanced to the postseason for the first time since 1978.[20] The women's soccer team has been more successful reaching the NCAA postseason in recent years (2002, 2008, 2010).

Football

San Francisco State fielded a football program from 1931 until it was discontinued in 1994.[21] The SF State Men's Football team were Far Western Conference Champions in '51, '54, '56, '57, '58, '59, '62, '63, '65, and 1967.[22]

Championships

Appearances

The San Francisco State Gators competed in the NCAA Tournament across 11 active sports (5 men's and 6 women's) 113 times at the Division II level.[23]

  • Baseball (6): 1979, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1989, 1995
  • Men's basketball (10): 1960, 1963, 1965, 1969, 1971, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1994, 2017
  • Women's basketball (4): 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985
  • Men's cross country (1): 2012
  • Men's soccer (3): 1972, 1977, 1978
  • Women's soccer (3): 2002, 2008, 2010
  • Softball (3): 2004, 2005, 2006, 2019
  • Women's indoor track and field (7): 2001, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 (canceled due to COVID-19)
  • Women's outdoor track and field (19): 1982, 1984, 1986, 1988, 1990, 1991, 1995, 2000, 2001, 2004, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019
  • Women's volleyball (3): 1987, 2009, 2012
  • Wrestling (50): 1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020 (canceled due to COVID-19)

Team

The Gators of San Francisco State earned 1 NCAA team championship at the Division II level.[24]

Results

School year Sport Opponent Score
1996–97 Wrestling Omaha 95–81

Below is one national club team championship:

  • Women's judo (1): 1988 (NCJA)

Individual

San Francisco State had 19 Gators win NCAA individual championships at the Division II level.[24]

NCAA individual championships
Order School year Athlete(s) Sport Source
1 1964–65 Jim Burke Wrestling [25]
2 1973–74 Bob Parker Men's outdoor track and field [26]
3 1974–75 Alex Gonzales Wrestling [25]
4 1974–75 Lloyd Teasley Wrestling [25]
5 1981–82 Cindy Lazzarino Women's gymnastics [27]
6 1982–83 Cindy Lazzarino Women's gymnastics [27]
7 1982–83 Cindy Lazzarino Women's gymnastics [27]
8 1983–84 Morris Johnson Wrestling [25]
9 1985–86 Steve Koel Men's outdoor track and field [26]
10 1989–90 Matt Blevin Wrestling [25]
11 1996–97 Damon Broadbent Wrestling [25]
12 1996–97 Greg Jackson Wrestling [25]
13 1996–97 Lee Lofton Wrestling [25]
14 1999–00 Terry Tuzzulino Wrestling [25]
15 2001–02 Mauricio Wright Wrestling [25]
16 2002–03 Mauricio Wright Wrestling [25]
17 2004–05 Pacifico Garcia Wrestling [25]
18 2012–13 Naveed Bagheri Wrestling [25]
19 2016–17 Atiya Harvey
Vanessa Koontz
Kennedy Hardemion
Timarya Baynard		 Women's outdoor track and field [28]

Club sports

Rugby

San Francisco State has fielded a co-ed club rugby side, the Gators Rugby Football Club, founded in 2005.[29] The Gators side hope to be accepted into the Northern California Rugby Football Union division, needing to play every weekend with a full team, receive a unanimous vote in by all coaches in the division in order to be brought in. After meeting all the requirements thus far, with a current record of 16–2 this season,[when?] the side is expecting to be inducted into the Division II NCRFU. After a long effort to achieve activation through affiliation with the university as a club sport, competing at Ocean View Park,[30] both the men's and women's sides were able to attain affiliation by 2009.[31] The student-run clubs compete against both university and non-university sides, including the SF Fog, St. Mary's, USF, and Santa Clara.[32]

Sailing

In the 1980s, SFSU had a Sailing team that consisted of two Flying Junior FJ Collegiate racing boats made by Vanguard. The boats were kept on a trailer in the "Corp Yard", behind the arts building.

SFSU sailed as a member of the Pacific Coast Collegiate Sailing Conference

Sailing at SFSU was recognized as a "club sport". However the team was eligible to compete at the varsity level with other schools in the area and enjoyed strong representation from 1983 to 1988. Collegiate racing at the time had a rule that to race two boats in Varsity, one skipper had to be female. SFSU had a rotation of female skippers throughout the mid-1980s racing seasons.

SFSU participated in the "Northern Series" which included racing against UC Berkeley (CAL), California State University Maritime Academy (CMA), Stanford University, Sonoma State University, California Polytechnic State University, and UC Davis.

References

  1. ^ "Color System | Identity System | San Francisco State University". Retrieved September 5, 2016.
  2. ^ "SFSU Centennial History: 1931". Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  3. ^ "Dave Cox Resigns as Staters Coach". Berkeley Daily Gazette. Aug 31, 1935. Retrieved 5 May 2011.
  4. ^ UP (Dec 19, 1939). "San Jose Plans Casaba Tourney". Berkeley Daily Gazette. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  5. ^ a b "San Francisco State University Intercollegiate Athletics" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 25 July 2011. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  6. ^ "S.F. Staters Start Baseball Campaign". Berkeley Daily Gazette. Feb 22, 1939. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  7. ^ "BB | Historic Season Comes to Close on Second Day of CCAA Championships". SF State Athletics. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  8. ^ "MBB | Historic season concludes for No. 22 SF State at NCAA Tournament". SF State Athletics. Retrieved 2017-03-27.
  9. ^ "MBB | Jackson named D2 Bulletin All-American Honorable Mention". SF State Athletics. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
  10. ^ "San Francisco State Reintroduces Men's Track & Field". sfstategators.com. Retrieved 2020-04-24.
  11. ^ "TF | Gators Crowned CCAA Champions". SF State Athletics. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  12. ^ "TF | Harvey and Mack-Talalemotu Garner All-American Honors on Final Day of NCAAs". SF State Athletics. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  13. ^ "TF | Gators Soar to New Highs on Final Day of NCAA Championships". SF State Athletics. Retrieved 2017-06-01.
  14. ^ "TF | 4x400 Earns All-American Honors at Indoor Championships". SF State Athletics. Retrieved 2017-03-27.
  15. ^ "TF | Gators Crowned CCAA Champions". sfstategators.com. Retrieved 2020-08-24.
  16. ^ "CBU Announces D1, WAC Move". California Baptist University. Retrieved 2017-03-27.
  17. ^ "WRE | Season concludes at NCAA Regionals". SF State Athletics. Retrieved 2017-03-27.
  18. ^ "SFSU Wrestling DII". San Francisco State University Athletics. Retrieved 2016-09-05.
  19. ^ "MS | SF State matches best start in program's 75-year history". SF State Athletics. Retrieved 2017-10-26.
  20. ^ "MS | Historic run comes to end in CCAA Semifinals". SF State Athletics. Retrieved 2018-05-12.
  21. ^ "San Francisco St. (CA) Records by Year". Archived from the original on 18 February 2010. Retrieved 25 May 2011.
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  23. ^ "NCAA Championships Statistics". National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved 23 May 2018.
  24. ^ a b "Championships Summary" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved 20 May 2018.
  25. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m "Division II Wrestling Championships Records Book" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  26. ^ a b "Division II Men's Outdoor Track Championships Records Book" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  27. ^ a b c "NCAA Championships Records (Discontinued Sports)" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  28. ^ "Division II Women's Outdoor Track Championships Records Book" (PDF). National Collegiate Athletic Association. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  29. ^ McFadden, Matt (March 16, 2010). "Rugby team fights for union spot". Golden Gate Xpress. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  30. ^ Goldman, Chelena (October 29, 2008). "SFSU rugby lacks funding". Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  31. ^ Goldman, Chelena (May 6, 2009). "SF State rugby: Not just a boys' club". Golden Gate Xpress. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
  32. ^ Peoples, Katie (October 19, 2006). "Rugby Club Makes Contact at SF State". Goden Gate Xpress. Retrieved 6 May 2011.

External links

  • Official website
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