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Sports program representing Stephen F. Austin State University From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks and Ladyjacks are composed of 16 teams representing Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA) in intercollegiate athletics. Stephen F. Austin teams participate in Division I as a member of the Southland Conference (SLC), having rejoined that conference on July 1, 2024 after three years in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The football team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS, formerly known as Division I-AA) for football in the SLC. The only SFA sport not sponsored by the SLC is women's bowling, which competes in Conference USA (CUSA).
| Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks and Ladyjacks | |
|---|---|
| |
| University | Stephen F. Austin State University |
| Conference | Southland CUSA (women's bowling) |
| NCAA | Division I (FCS) |
| Athletic director | Ryan Ivey |
| Location | Nacogdoches, Texas |
| Varsity teams | 16 |
| Football stadium | Homer Bryce Stadium |
| Basketball arena | William R. Johnson Coliseum |
| Baseball stadium | Jaycees Field |
| Softball stadium | SFA Softball Field |
| Soccer stadium | SFA Soccer Field |
| Other venues | Schlief Tennis Complex Shelton Gym |
| Nickname | Lumberjacks |
| Colors | Purple and white[1] |
| Website | www |
On July 1, 2021, SFA was one of five institutions announced as future members of the WAC, alongside three other Southland members from Texas (Abilene Christian, Lamar, Sam Houston) plus Big Sky Conference member Southern Utah.[2] Initially, all five schools were to join in July 2022, but the entry of SFA and the other Texas schools was moved to 2021 after the Southland expelled its departing members.[3] Because the WAC does not sponsor beach volleyball, SFA joined the Atlantic Sun Conference (then officially known as the ASUN Conference) for that sport.[4] After the 2022 season, SFA moved beach volleyball to the Sun Belt Conference.[5]
SFA football played the 2021 and 2022 seasons in a football-only alliance between the WAC and the ASUN. After the 2022 season, the WAC and ASUN fully merged their football leagues under the new identity of United Athletic Conference.[6]
On July 1, 2024, SFA officially rejoined the SLC for all sports except women's bowling, which remains in Conference USA.[7]
| Men's sports | Women's sports |
|---|---|
| Baseball | Basketball |
| Basketball | Beach Volleyball |
| Cross country | Bowling |
| Football | Cross country |
| Golf | Golf |
| Track and field† | Soccer |
| Softball | |
| Tennis | |
| Track and field† | |
| Volleyball | |
| † – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor | |
The Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks bowling team won the 2016 NCAA national championship, going to a deciding seventh game in defeating defending national champion Nebraska. The Ladyjacks added their second national title in five seasons in 2019, defeating Vanderbilt by a 4–1 score.[8]
SFA was a member of the single-sport Southland Bowling League from that conference's formation in 2015 until its merger into CUSA after the 2022–23 season.[9]
The Ladyjacks softball team has appeared in four Women's College World Series in 1978, 1983, 1985,1986.[10]
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