Cal Poly Humboldt Lumberjacks

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Cal Poly Humboldt Lumberjacks
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UniversityCalifornia State Polytechnic University, Humboldt
Conference CCAA (primary)
GNAC (rowing)
NCAA Division II
Athletic directorDr. Nick Pettit
Location Arcata, California
Varsity teams13 (5 men's, 8 women's)
Football stadium Redwood Bowl
Basketball arenaLumberjack Arena
Softball stadiumHumboldt Softball Field
Soccer stadiumCollege Creek Soccer Field
Nickname Lumberjacks
ColorsGreen and gold [1]
   
Website humboldtathletics.com
Team NCAA championships
6 [2]

The Cal Poly Humboldt Lumberjacks are the 12 varsity athletic teams that represent California State Polytechnic University, Humboldt, located in Arcata, California, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Lumberjacks compete as an associate member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association for all sports except women's rowing, which competes in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference and women's triathlon, which competes unaffiliated.

Contents

Varsity sports

Men's sportsWomen's sports
BasketballBasketball
Cross countryCross country
Rowing
SoccerSoccer
Softball
Track and fieldTrack and field
Volleyball
† – Cal Poly Humboldt only sponsors outdoor track & field for both men and women.

Basketball

Recently the men's basketball team achieved its first-ever West Region title and advancement to the semifinals of the NCAA Division II for the first time in the program's 81-year history.

The men's head coach is Chris Tifft, and the women's head coach is Michelle Bento-Jackson.

Softball

CPH's softball team has qualified for the NCAA post-season 18 times between 1990 and 2008, capturing the national championship in 1999 and in 2008.

Rowing

The women's rowing team claimed the NCAA Division II national rowing championship title in 2012 and 2014. In 2012 they took first in both the varsity 8 and varsity 4 boats. In 2014 the varsity 8 was first, and the varsity 4 took third. [3] In 2011 the team finished third overall at the national championships, placing second in the varsity 4 and third in the varsity 8. [4] The women's rowing program advanced both its varsity 4 and varsity 8 boats to the NCAA Championships in 2004, with the varsity 4 earning the individual boat national title and the varsity 8 placing second at nationals. Women's rowing became an intercollegiate sport at Cal Poly Humboldt in 1994. [5]

1994 Club Sport Emerges as an NCAA Division II Intercollegiate Team

2003 NCAA Division II National Championships ~ Finalist

2004 Division II National Championships ~ Finalist / National Champions 4+

2010 WIRA Team Champions

2011 NCAA Division II National Championships ~ Finalist

2012 NCAA Division II National Champions

2014 NCAA Division II National Champions

2015 NCAA Division II National Championships ~ Finalist

2017 WIRA Team Champions

2018 WIRA Team Champions

2019 WIRA Team Champions

Track and field

The Lumberjacks have produced national champions and All-Americans in cross country and track and field. In 1980, the school's first year in Division II, the CPH men's cross country team claimed a national title. A year later, cross country runner Mark Conover earned the individual crown and later represented the US as a marathoner in the 1988 Summer Olympic Games. [6] The women's track and field team, led by future 1928 Olympic sprinter, Elta Cartwright, won the 1926 national championship meet conducted in telegraphic form by the Women's National Collegiate and Scholastic Track Association. [7]

Football

Cal Poly Humboldt won the Great Northwest Athletic Conference in 2011 and 2015. The championship in 2015 led them to the Division II playoffs, during which they made it to the second round before losing to eventual champion Northwest Missouri State. The Lumberjacks played their home games in the Redwood Bowl. Their biggest rivals in football were Western Oregon and Azusa Pacific. The university dropped football in 2018.


2015 season

The 2015 season was one of the most successful in Cal Poly Humboldt history. The Lumberjacks won 10 games, 9 in the regular season, en route to a perfect 6–0 GNAC record, and the conference championship. For the first time in school history, CPH hosted an NCAA Division II home playoff game, played against Augustana University. The Lumberjacks defeated Augustana by a score of 45–31 to secure the first DII playoff victory since 1960. They lost their second round matchup with top seed and eventual champion Northwest Missouri State 54–7.

The season saw individual success as well, as running back Ja'Quan Gardner was named an All-American and finished as the runner-up in the Harlon Hill Trophy, the Division II version of the Heisman Trophy. Gardner rushed for 2,266 yards on 337 carries, both GNAC records. Gardner also led the country in rushing yards per game (188.8) and rushing touchdowns (25). Gardner won the GNAC Offensive Player of the Year award, and set a school record for single-game rushing yards by running for 305 yards against Azusa Pacific. Offensive Lineman Alex Cappa was named the conference Offensive Lineman of the Year award for the second straight season, and was a second-team All-American.

Conferences

Discontinuation of football program

In July 2018, the university announced that the football program would be discontinued after the 2018 season. [8]

Championships

NCAA appearances

The Cal Poly Humboldt Lumberjacks competed in the NCAA Tournament across 12 sports (5 men's and 7 women's), 113 times at the Division II level. [9]

Team

NCAA

During the program's existence as Humboldt State, the Lumberjacks earned 5 NCAA team championships at the Division II level. [10]

Results

School yearSportOpponentScore
1980–81Men's cross country UNC Pembroke 115–120
1998–99 Softball Nebraska–Kearney 7–2
2007–08Softball Emporia State 1–0
2011–12Rowing Western Washington 20–13
2013–14Rowing Nova Southeastern 16–15

Other national

  • Women's Track & Field (1): 1926, [7] at the highest level

Below is one national club team championship:

  • Women's disc golf (1): 2014 (NCDGU)

Individual

Cal Poly Humboldt has had 39 athletes win NCAA individual championships at the Division II level. [10]

NCAA individual championships
OrderSchool yearAthlete(s)SportSource
11967–68Gary TuttleMen's outdoor track and field [11]
21968–69Bill ScobeyMen's outdoor track and field [11]
31968–69Gary TuttleMen's outdoor track and field [11]
41971–72Mike BettigaMen's outdoor track and field [11]
51972–73Chuck SmeadMen's outdoor track and field [11]
61973–74Frank LoganMen's swimming and diving [12]
71973–74Chuck SmeadMen's outdoor track and field [11]
81980–81Mark ConoverMen's outdoor track and field [11]
91981–82Mark ConoverMen's cross country [13]
101981–82Dan GrimesMen's outdoor track and field [11]
111984–85Eric LessleyWrestling [14]
121990–91Luke ParhamWrestling [14]
131998–99Trinity DavisWomen's indoor track and field [15]
142003–04Jolie Smith
Winnie Bell
Jessica Lev
Lisa McDonnell
Melanie Rowsey
Rowing [16]
152011–12Kaitlyn Shanle
Amanda Nelson
Shenae Bishop
Julia Smith
Ka'ena Sado
Rowing [16]
162011–12Katie Lepley
Molly Fisher
Anna Wagner
Alex Torquemada
Ashley Frakes
Edi Sullivan
Jacki McPherson
Chyna Balonick
Katie Harris
Rowing [16]
172013–14Jamie Larrabee
Ripley McChesney
Maggie Wilhelm
Kayley Weber
Maddy Guillaume
Samantha Morford
Katie Dedrick
Mariah Smihter
Katrina Rehrer
Rowing [16]
182016–17Marissa McCayWomen's outdoor track and field [17]

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