West Florida Argonauts

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West Florida Argonauts
West Florida Argonauts primary logo.svg
University University of West Florida
Conference Gulf South (primary)
NCAA Division II
PresidentMartha Saunders
Athletic directorDave Scott
Location Pensacola, Florida
First season1974
Varsity teams15 (7 men's, 8 women's)
Football stadiumPen Air Field
Basketball arenaUWF Field House
Baseball stadium Jim Spooner Field
Softball stadiumUWF Softball Complex
Soccer stadiumPublix Sports Park
Aquatics centerUWF Aquatic Center
Tennis venueRalph "Skeeter" Carson Tennis Complex
MascotArgie the Argonaut
NicknameArgos/Argonauts
ColorsRoyal blue and Kelly green [1]
   
Website goargos.com
Team NCAA championships
9
Individual and relay NCAA champions
18

The West Florida Argonauts (or UWF Argonauts) are the athletic teams that represent the University of West Florida, located in Pensacola, Florida, in intercollegiate sports at the Division II level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), primarily competing in the Gulf South Conference (GSC) since the 1994–95 academic year. The Argonauts previously competed in the Southern States Conference of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) from 1974–75 to 1993–94, with a brief hiatus of dropping its athletics program from 1976–77 to 1979–80.

Contents

West Florida competes in 15 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer and tennis; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis and volleyball. [2]

Football

UWF made the decision to add a football program in 2013. The Argos signed their first recruiting class in February 2015 and the fall of 2015 featured practice and intrasquad scrimmages. The first year of varsity competition was the 2016 season. The Argos’ first home game was on September 10, 2016, at Blue Wahoos Stadium against Missouri S&T Miners. In 2017, the Argonauts advanced to the national championship game, where they lost to Texas A&M–Commerce 37–27. In 2019, West Florida won their first national title when they defeated Minnesota State 48–40.

Program achievements

Gulf South Conference Champions2021, 2022
NCAA Division II Team Playoff Participants2017, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023
NCAA Division II Regional Championships2017, 2019, 2022
NCAA Division II National Championships2019

Baseball

West Florida has had 23 Major League Baseball Draft selections since the draft began in 1965. [3]

YearPlayerRoundTeam
1982 Thomas Czuk24 Athletics
1987 Randall Ward36 Braves
1989 Mark Ettles 33 Tigers
1991 Patrick Underhill50 Rangers
1992 Jason Smith37 Red Sox
1993 Chris Schmitt21 Brewers
1994 Greg Beck34 Brewers
1997 Ron Ricks57 Angels
2003 Jeremy Noegel34 Blue Jays
2004 Pat Cottrell33 Devil Rays
2009 John Church23 Mets
2010 Kevin Johnson20 Angels
2011 Greg Pron42 Mets
2011 Brandon Brewer36 Angels
2011 Ben Hawkins36 Nationals
2011 Daniel Vargas-Vila28 Angels
2011 Dustin Lawley19 Mets
2012 Brian Ellington 16 Marlins
2014 Jordan DeLorenzo12 Cardinals
2014 Dawson Brown24 Athletics
2014 Cliff Covington30 Giants
2015 Ledarious Clark12 Rangers
2024 Darrien McDowell6 Padres

Achievements [4]

NCAA Division II Team National Championships (9)

NAIA Team National Championships (1)

Gulf South Conference All Sports Trophies (30)

NCAA Division II Individual National Championships (18)

NAIA Individual National Championships: (6)

Conference Championships (115)

Gulf South Conference Championships (109)

  • Baseball: 2 (2007, 2021)
  • Football: 2 (2021, 2022)
  • Men's Basketball: 1 (2018)
  • Men's Cross Country: 2 (1994, 1996)
  • Men's Golf: 18 (1995-98, 2001-03, 2006-08, 2011, 2013-19, 2021)
  • Men's Soccer: 10 (1998, 2001, 2003, 2006-10, 2013, 2021)
  • Men's Tennis: 14 (1995, 1997-99, 2002-03, 2005-06, 2012-15, 2017, 2022)
  • Softball: 4 (1998, 2004-05, 2019)
  • Volleyball: 11 (2008-13, 2017-19, 2021-22)
  • Women's Basketball: 1 (2014)
  • Women's Cross Country: 3 (1996, 2011-12)
  • Women's Golf: 11 (2006-10, 2012-16, 2021)
  • Women's Soccer: 11 (1996, 1998-99, 2006, 2008-10, 2012-13, 2016, 2018)
  • Women's Tennis: 19 (1995-96, 1998-99, 2000-02, 2006-07, 2009, 2011-19)

New South Intercollegiate Swimming and Diving Conference Championships (6)

  • Women's Swimming and Diving: 6 (2015-16, 2020-23)

Gulf South Conference Commissioner's Trophies (8)

Gulf South Conference Hall of Fame (4)

Notable athletes

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References

  1. University of West Florida Art Sheet (PDF). December 14, 2014. Retrieved January 15, 2017.
  2. "University of West Florida Argonauts - University of West Florida". goargos.com. Retrieved October 5, 2020.
  3. "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "University of West Florida (Pensacola, FL)"". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved October 3, 2013.
  4. "UWF Athletics History". UWF Athletics. Retrieved April 22, 2016.