Bethany Swedes

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Bethany Swedes
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University Bethany College
Conference Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference
NAIA Region IV
Athletic directorLaura Moreno
Location Lindsborg, Kansas
Varsity teams22
Football stadium Lindstrom Field (2,500)
Basketball arenaRay D. Hahn Gym (1,500)
Baseball stadiumPhilip Anderson Baseball Field (2,500)
NicknameSwedes
ColorsBlue and gold [1]
   
Website www.bethanyswedes.com
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The Bethany Swedes (historically the Bethany Terrible Swedes) are the athletic teams that represent Bethany College, located in Lindsborg, Kansas, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference (KCAC) since the 1902–03 academic year.

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Varsity teams

Bethany competes in 18 intercollegiate varsity sports:

Men's sportsWomen's sports
BaseballBasketball
BasketballCross country
Cross countryGolf
Football Soccer
GolfSoftball
SoccerTennis
TennisTrack and field1
Track and field1Volleyball
Wrestling
Co-ed sports
Esports [a]
1 – includes both indoor and outdoor

Football

Former coach Ted Kessinger was named to the College Football Hall of Fame in 2010 [2] and former coach Bennie Owen was inducted in 1951. [3]

Tennis (men's)

Despite having a school population under 1,000, the Bethany men's tennis team has received national recognition. Bethany men's tennis team won 52 Kansas Collegiate Athletic Conference championships, including a streak of 26 KCAC titles in a row. The Bethany College men won 97 straight KCAC matches in a row under head coach Vic Bateman, undefeated in 11 straight years of KCAC Conference play. Under Bateman the men's tennis team reached the Elite 8 at the NAIA nationals and was ranked one of the top tennis programs in the country. [4]

Notes

  1. ↑ Gaming competitions such as Call of Duty , League of Legends , Overwatch , Rocket League , and Valorant .

References

  1. ↑ "Bethany College Brand Manual 2022". July 1, 2022. Retrieved August 29, 2022.
  2. ↑ ESPN.com "College Football" May 11, 2010
  3. ↑ Bennie Owen at the College Football Hall of Fame
  4. ↑ Davidson, Bob (March 27, 2015). "Bethany tennis coach resigns". Salina Journal. Archived from the original on December 11, 2018.
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