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{{Infobox college athletics
| name            = Southern Oregon Raiders
| logo            = South oregon raiders logo.png
| logo_width      = 250 
| university      = Southern Oregon University
| association     = NAIA
| conference      = [[Cascade Collegiate Conference|CCC]] (primary)<br>[[Frontier Conference|Frontier]] (football)<br>Independent (wrestling)
| division        =
| director        = [[Matt Sayre]]
| location        = [[Ashland, Oregon]]
| teams           = 20
| stadium         = [[Raider Stadium]]
| basketballarena = [[Lithia Motors Pavilion]]
| icehockeyarena  =
| baseballfield   =
| softballstadium = Softball Complex 
| soccerstadium   = University Field
| lacrossestadium =
| natatorium      =
| arena2          =
| symbol          =
| mascot          = [[Red-tailed hawk]]
| nickname        = Raiders
| fightsong       =
| pageurl         = https://souraiders.com/
| altlogo         = [[file:Sou raiders wmark.png|250px]]
}}

The '''Southern Oregon Raiders''' are the athletic teams that represent [[Southern Oregon University]], located in [[Ashland, Oregon]], in intercollegiate sports as a member of the [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics]] (NAIA), primarily competing in the [[Cascade Collegiate Conference]] (CCC) for most of its sports since the 1993–94 academic year; while its football team competes in the [[Frontier Conference]], and its wrestling team competes as an Independent.

==History==
Southern Oregon University adopted the nickname "Red Raiders" for its sports teams in 1946. The name was in reference to the abundant [[Native Americans in the United States|Native American]] tribe, the [[Modoc people]], that had existed in Southern Oregon. In 1980 "Red" was removed from the nickname. The [[red-tailed hawk]] was adopted in 1998 to appease campus groups calling for a mascot and still respecting the Native American culture. The athletics logo of Southern Oregon has been through 7 editions, the most recent coming in 2011.

==Varsity teams==
Southern Oregon competes in 20 intercollegiate varsity sports: 

{| class="wikitable"; style= "text-align: "
! width= 150px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Southern Oregon Raiders|border=1|color= white }}"| Men's sports
! width= 150px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Southern Oregon Raiders|border=1|color= white }}"| Women's sports
|-
| Basketball || Basketball 
|-
| Cross country || Beach volleyball
|-
| Cycling ||  Cross country
|-
| [[Southern Oregon Raiders football|Football]] || Cycling
|-
| Golf || Golf 
|-
| Soccer || Soccer
|-
| Track and field || Softball
|-
| Wrestling || Track and field
|-
| || Volleyball
|-
| || Wrestling
|}

==Championships==
All NAIA titles:

===National championships===
{| class="wikitable"; style= "text-align: "
! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Southern Oregon Raiders|border=1|color= white }}"| Sport
! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Southern Oregon Raiders|border=1|color= white }}"| Titles
! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Southern Oregon Raiders|border=1|color= white }}"| Winning years
|-
| [[Southern Oregon Raiders football|Football]] || {{center|1}} || 2014
|-
| Cross country (men's) || {{center|2}} ||   2010, 2016
|-
| Wrestling || {{center|4}} || 1978, 1983, 1994, 2001
|-
| Softball || {{center|4}}|| 2019, 2021, 2023, 2025
|}

===Conference championships===
{| class="wikitable"; style= "text-align: "
! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Southern Oregon Raiders|border=1|color= white }}"| Sport
! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Southern Oregon Raiders|border=1|color= white }}"| Titles
! width= px style="{{CollegePrimaryStyle|Southern Oregon Raiders|border=1|color= white }}"| Winning years
|-
| Basketball (men's) || {{center|2}} || 1998–99, 2004–05
|-
| Basketball (women's) || {{center|7}} ||  1992–93, 1997–98, 1998–99, 2001–02, 2002–03, 2007–08, 2015–16
|-
| Cross country (men's) || {{center|11}} || 2004, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016
|-
|[[Southern Oregon Raiders football|Football]] || {{center|13}} || 1946, 1947, 1948, 1955, 1957, 1961, 1962, 1964, 1965, 1983, 1990, 2001, 2012
|-
| Softball || {{center|3}} || 2003, 2004, 2005, 2016
|-
| Track & field (men's) || {{center|9}} || 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017
|-
| Track & field (women's) || {{center|3}} || 2000, 2001, 2002
|-
| Volleyball || {{center|8}} || 1991, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011
|}

==Facilities==
===Raider Stadium===
Raider Stadium was built in 1983 and cost $1.55 million and is the home venue for Southern Oregon's [[American football]] and [[track and field]] teams. The stadium seats 4,000 with a covered grandstand on the west side of the field and risers on the east side. The field at the stadium, named Fuller Field after John Fuller, has been the home field of the Raiders' football team since 1955. In 1999 the Meyer Fitness Center, which lies under the grandstand, was renovated to include a second floor, effectively doubling the floor space available for use.

===McNeal Pavilion===
Completed in 1957, McNeal Pavilion played host to both men's and women's [[basketball]], women's [[volleyball]] and [[wrestling]]. The first of two changes to McNeal occurred in 1990 when the seating in the main arena was doubled to 1,400 during a complete building renovation. The second change happened during the 1998–99 season and involved resurfacing the gym floor and installing 550 new seat-backs for the seats on the east side of the gym. McNeal Pavilion also included a swimming pool, racquetball courts, a rock climbing gym, and training rooms. McNeal was torn down in 2016.

===University Field===
Behind the scoreboard at Raider Stadium lies University Field. Used from 2000 until 2014 for women's [[soccer]], the field used risers as its sole type of seating. Soccer has been played at Raider Stadium since 2014.

===Softball Complex===
Softball Complex, formerly a baseball field, is a collection of three regulation fields with 500 seats at the main field. The complex has been used solely for [[softball]], as the University does not play [[baseball]], since the program was reinstated in 2000 after a 17-year hiatus.

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* {{Official website}}

{{Cascade Collegiate Conference navbox}}
{{Frontier Conference navbox}}

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