Thomas More Saints

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Thomas More Saints
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University Thomas More University
Conference G-MAC
NCAA Division II (transitional)
Athletic directorTerry Connor
Location Crestview Hills, Kentucky
Varsity teams22 (12 men's, 10 women's)
Football stadiumRepublic Bank Field
Basketball arenaConnor Convocation Center
Baseball stadium Thomas More Stadium
Softball stadiumThomas More Softball Field
Soccer stadiumRepublic Bank Field
Tennis venueFive Seasons Family Sports Club
Volleyball arenaConnor Convocation Center
Other venuesSuper Bowl Bellewood in Newport (bowling)
NicknameSaints
ColorsBlue and gray [1]
   
Website thomasmoresaints.com
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The Thomas More Saints are the athletic teams that represent Thomas More University, located in Crestview Hills, Kentucky, in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) intercollegiate sports. The Saints are currently transitional members of the NCAA's Division II as they move most varsity sports from the Mid-South Conference of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics to the NCAA Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC). The university will compete in the Great Midwest and be eligible for conference championships and tournaments beginning in the 2023–24 academic year, and, following the mandatory transition period, TMU teams will be eligible for NCAA Championships during the 2025-26 year.

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Some sports not sponsored by the G-MAC have separate affiliations; notably, the men's volleyball team competes as a de facto Division I member due to the NCAA sponsoring a single national championship for Divisions I and II. That team is competing as an independent in the 2025 season (2024–25 school year) before becoming a single-sport member of the Great Lakes Valley Conference for that conference's first season of men's volleyball in spring 2026.

History

Thomas More announced its transition to NCAA Division II athletics in July 2022. The Saints had been in the NAIA for the past two academic years and will retain NAIA membership until completion of the 2022–23 academic year. The Saints previously competed as a member of the Division III ranks of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), primarily competing in the short-lived American Collegiate Athletic Association (ACAA) during only the 2018–19 school year; as well as a member of the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) from 2005–06 to 2017–18.

Thomas More had previously been members of the NAIA from 1947–48 to 1989–90. [2]

Varsity teams

Men's sportsWomen's sports
BaseballBasketball
BasketballBowling
BowlingCross country
Cross countryGolf
FootballLacrosse
GolfSoccer
LacrosseSoftball
SoccerTennis
TennisTrack and field
Track and fieldVolleyball
Volleyball
Wrestling

Intercollegiate teams

Archery, esports, and rugby.

Facilities

Thomas More University and the Florence Y'alls Baseball Club partnered in March 2022 to rename the home of the Florence Y'alls "Thomas More Stadium". As part of the agreement, the stadium will also become the home of the Thomas More Saints’ baseball team starting in spring 2023. Thomas More announced a major comprehensive fundraising campaign in Fall 2021 in support of a five-year strategic plan that includes enhanced athletic facilities for many of the Saints 29 sports teams.

Additional plans are in place for other facility upgrades at the university that will affect additional Saints sports teams positively; renovations at Republic Bank Field and its track were completed in 2021.

VenueSport(s)Open.Ref
Thomas More Stadium Baseball
2004
 [3]
Republic Bank FieldFootball
Soccer
Rugby
2008
 [4]
Connor Convocation CenterBasketball
Volleyball
Wrestling
1989
 [5]
Thomas More Softball FieldSoftball
1998
 [6]
Five Seasons Family Sports ClubTennis
n/a
 [7]

Accomplishments

National championships

SportTitlesWinning yearsNotesRef.
Basketball (women's)
2
2015–16, 2018–19 [8]
Rugby (men's)
1
2021 [9]
Golf (women's)
1
2002Lynn Thompson (individual) [10]

Championship history

SportConference season
titles		Conference tournament
titles		NCAA / NAIA tournament
appearances
Baseball1956, 1964, 1965, 1966, 2008, 2011, 2015, 20162010, 2011, 2014, 2016, 20182000, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018
Basketball (men's)2009, 2010, 2017, 2018, 20221995, 1996, 2009, 2017, 20181959, 2009, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022
Basketball (women's)2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 20222007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 20211997, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022
Competitive Dance20222022
Football2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 20161992, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016
Golf (men's)2010, 20172010, 2017
Golf (women's)20172017
Track and field (men's) –indoor2017
Rugby (men's)2019, 20212017, 2018, 2019, 2021
Soccer (men's)2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 20172009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 20182009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017
Soccer (women's)2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 20172005, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018           2003, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018.
Softball2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2017, 20182007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 20192005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019
Tennis (men's)1983, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2017, 20181983, 1984, 1986, 1989, 2017, 2018
Volleyball (women's)2007, 2009. 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 20171985, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 20181983, 1985, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018
Wrestling20172021, 2022

Individual national qualifiers

SportPlayerSeason(s)Event(s)
Golf (women's)Lynn Thompson2002
Track and field (men's)Lucas Nare2014100 and 200-meter dash
Chris Wainscott2021Shot Put
Chris Wainscott2022Shot Put and Discus
Track and field (men's) –indoorJacob Steinmetz2020Weight Throw
Chris Wainscott2022Weight Throw and Shot Put
Devin Webster2022Shot Put
Track and field (women's)Christina Cook2015, 16, 17, 18400-meter run
Track and field (women's) –indoorChristina Cook2017400-meter run
Cross country (women's)Annabel Clayton2019, 20, 21
Swimming (women's)Shelby Miller2020200, 500 and 1650-yard freestyle
WrestlingWilder Wichman2020, 21, 22157
Andrew Taylor2020, 22174
Avery Jones2020184
James Caniglia2020197
Shay Horton2021, 22125
Ryan Moore2021, 22141, 149
Daulton Mayer2021, 22197

References

  1. ↑ "Visual Standards & Brand Guide" (PDF). Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  2. ↑ Moore, Josh (July 24, 2018). "Kentucky college making jump to NAIA from NCAA". Lexington Herald-Leader . Lexington, KY . Retrieved February 5, 2019.
  3. ↑ Thomas More Stadium
  4. ↑ Republic Bank Field
  5. ↑ Connor Convocation Center
  6. ↑ Thomas More Softball Field
  7. ↑ Five Seasons Family Sports Club
  8. ↑ Women's basketball overall records
  9. ↑ Rugby Captures First Ever National Championship on thomasmoresaints.com, 12 Dec 2021
  10. ↑ Our Rich History: Thomas More’s first national champion ever, Lynn Thompson/NCAA women’s golf by By Raymond G. Hebert on Northern Kentucky Tribune, 11 Sep 2023
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