St. Thomas Bobcats

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St. Thomas Bobcats
St Thomas Bobcats logo.svg
University St. Thomas University
Association NAIA
Conference The Sun (primary)
AAC (men's wrestling)
Mid-South (eSports)
Athletic directorBill Rychel
Location Miami Gardens, Florida
Varsity teams29 (14 men's, 14 women's, 1 co-ed)
Football stadiumAutoNation Field
Basketball arenaFernandez Family Center
Baseball stadiumPaul Demie Mainieri Field
Softball stadiumCol. Jaquelin J. Kelly Field
Soccer stadiumAutoNation Field
Aquatics centerMDC North Aquatic & Fitness Center
Lacrosse stadiumAutoNation Field
Tennis venueSTU Tennis Courts
MascotBobcat
NicknameBobcats
ColorsBurgundy and Navy
   
Website stubobcats.com

The St. Thomas Bobcats are the athletic teams that represent St. Thomas University, located in Miami Gardens, Florida, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), [1] primarily competing in the Sun Conference (formerly known as the Florida Sun Conference (FSC) until after spring 2008) since the 1990–91 academic year; [2] while its men's wrestling team competes in the Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) and its eSports team competes in the Mid-South Conference (MSC). The Bobcats previously competed in the Sunshine State Conference (SSC) of the NCAA Division II ranks from 1975–76 to 1986–87.

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History

St. Thomas has won the NAIA men's basketball championship three times: in 1994, 1997, and 2009. [3] St. Thomas Men’s Swimming won the first ever national championship in school history in 2024.

St. Thomas University added men's and women's track & field as a varsity sport in 2018 [4] as well as a football team and marching band in 2019. [5] The Bobcats football team competes in the Sun Division of the Mid-South Conference, and play their home games at AutoNation Field on their campus. [6] [7]

Varsity teams

St. Thomas competes in 29 intercollegiate varsity sports:

Men's sportsWomen's sports
BaseballBasketball
BasketballBeach volleyball
BowlingBowling
Cross countryCross country
Football Flag football
GolfGolf
LacrosseLacrosse
RugbyRugby
SoccerSoccer
SwimmingSoftball
TennisSwimming
Track and fieldTennis
VolleyballTrack and field
WrestlingVolleyball
Co-ed sports
eSports

References

  1. ↑ "Schools". NAIA.ORG. NAIA. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  2. ↑ "Members". Thesunconference.com. Retrieved 11 November 2015.
  3. ↑ "DIVISION II MEN'S BASKETBALL Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved 12 November 2015.
  4. ↑ "ST. THOMAS UNIVERSITY ADDS TRACK & FIELD PROGRAM" . Retrieved 15 March 2016.
  5. ↑ "This South Florida college will have a football team. And it'll start playing next year". miamiherald.
  6. ↑ "STU to Launch Football and Marching Band Programs in Fall 2019". St. Thomas University Athletics.
  7. ↑ "INAUGURAL FOOTBALL SEASON SCHEDULE FOR STU RELEASED". St. Thomas University Athletics.

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