Thomas More Saints

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Thomas More Saints
Thomas-more logo from NCAA.svg
University Thomas More University
Conference G-MAC
NCAA Division II (transitional)
Athletic directorTerry Connor
Location Crestview Hills, Kentucky
Varsity teams22
Football stadium Republic Bank Field
Basketball arena Connor Convocation Center
Baseball stadium Thomas More Stadium
Softball stadiumThomas More Softball Field
Tennis venueFive Seasons Family Sports Club
Other venuesSuper Bowl Bellewood in Newport (bowling)
NicknameSaints
ColorsBlue and gray [1]
   
Website thomasmoresaints.com

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

List of teams

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.

Accomplishments

National championships

SportChampionship years
Women's Basketball2016
Women's Basketball - Semifinalist2018
Women's Basketball2019
Women's Basketball - Runners-Up2021
Women's Basketball2022
Men's Basketball - Semifinalists2022
Men's Rugby2021
Lynn Thompson - Women's Golf Individual Champion2002

Championship history

SportConference season titlesConference tournament titlesNCAA/NAIA tournament appearances
Baseball1956, 1964, 1965, 1966, 2008, 2011, 2015, 20162010, 2011, 2014, 2016, 20182000, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018
Men's Basketball2009, 2010, 2017, 2018, 20221995, 1996, 2009, 2017, 20181959, 2009, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022
Women's Basketball2006, 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
Men's Golf2010, 20172010, 2017
Women's Golf20172017
Men's Indoor Track & Field2017
Men's Rugby2019, 20212017, 2018, 2019, 2021
Men's Soccer2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 20172009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 20182009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017
Women's Soccer2006, 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
Men's Tennis1983, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2017, 20181983, 1984, 1986, 1989, 2017, 2018
Women's Volleyball2007, 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

SportPlayerSeasons(s)Event(s)
Women's GolfLynn Thompson2002
Men's Outdoor Track & FieldLucas Nare2014100 and 200-meter dash
Chris Wainscott2021Shot Put
Chris Wainscott2022Shot Put and Discus
Men's Indoor Track & FieldJacob Steinmetz2020Weight Throw
Chris Wainscott2022Weight Throw and Shot Put
Devin Webster2022Shot Put
Women's Outdoor Track & FieldChristina Cook2015, 16, 17, 18400-meter run
Women's Indoor Track & FieldChristina Cook2017400-meter run
Women's Cross CountryAnnabel Clayton2019, 20, 21
Women's Swimming & DivingShelby 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

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