Cal Poly Pomona Broncos

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The Cal Poly Pomona Broncos or Cal Poly Broncos[1][2][3] are the athletic sports teams for the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona).

Cal Poly Pomona has 11 varsity sports teams and offers student participation in a wide range of sports including baseball, basketball, cross country, soccer, track and field, and volleyball. Cal Poly Pomona participates at the NCAA's Division II (DII) level in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA).

The Broncos have 74 CCAA championships[4] and 15 National Championships.[5] Current and former Cal Poly Pomona athletes have won 7 Olympic medals (3 gold, 1 silver, and 3 bronze).[6] As of 2024, Cal Poly ranks 9th in the nation in NCAA Division II Next College Student Athlete (NCSA) Power Rankings that calculate rankings based on NCSA recruiting network, general academic rankings by U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) graduation rates and IPEDS average cost after aid.[7]

Varsity teams

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Baseball Basketball
Basketball Cross country
Cross country Soccer
Soccer Track and field1
Track and field1 Volleyball
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NCAA Appearances

The Cal Poly Pomona Broncos have competed in the NCAA Tournament across 11 active sports (5 men's and 6 women's) 200 times at the Division II level.[8]

  • Baseball (16): 1976 • 1979 • 1980 • 1983 • 1985 • 1988 • 1993 • 2011 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2019 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024
  • Men's Basketball (17): 1962 • 1964 • 1976 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2007 • 2009 • 2010 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2018 • 2019 • 2020 • 2022
  • Women's Basketball (29): 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2004 • 2005 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2014 • 2015 • 2019 • 2020 • 2023 • 2024
  • Men's Cross Country (24): 1967 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1997 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2018 • 2019 • 2021 • 2023 • 2024
  • Women's Cross Country (5): 1985 • 2010 • 2016 • 2017 • 2019
  • Men's Soccer (10): 1998 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024
  • Women's Soccer (6): 1999 • 2001 • 2012 • 2014 • 2019 • 2024
  • Men's Outdoor Track and Field (42): 1965 • 1967 • 1968 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1999 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2005 • 2007 • 2009 • 2011 • 2012 • 2014 • 2015 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024
  • Women's Outdoor Track and Field (33): 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2013 • 2014 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024
  • Women's Volleyball (20): 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1988 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1996 • 1997 • 2004 • 2005 • 2007 • 2008 • 2018 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024

Team National Titles

The Broncos have won 13 NCAA championships at the Division II level,[9] as well as two in the AIAW.

Results

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1975–76 Baseball SIU Edwardsville 17–3
1979–80 Baseball New Haven 13–6
1981–82 Women's basketball Tuskegee 93–74
1982–83 Baseball Jacksonville State 9–7
1983–84 Men's cross country St. Cloud State 86–100
1984–85 Women's basketball Central Missouri 80–69
1985–86 Women's basketball North Dakota State 70–63
1990–91 Women's tennis UC Davis 5–3
1991–92 Women's tennis Grand Canyon 5–0
2000–01 Women's basketball North Dakota 87–80
2001–02 Women's basketball SE Oklahoma State 74–62
2009–10 Men's basketball IUP 65–53
2024 Women's soccer Minnesota State 2–1

Below is one national club team championship:

  • Co-ed Roller Hockey (1): 2003 (NCRHA)

Individual National Titles

Cal Poly Pomona has 25 individual national titles at the Division II level.[9]

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Order School year Athlete(s) Sport Source
1 1966–67 Frank Sanfilippo Men's outdoor track and field [10]
2 1971–72 Steve Lauriano Men's outdoor track and field [10]
3 1972–73 James Couch Men's outdoor track and field [10]
4 1976–77 Jeff Russell Men's outdoor track and field [10]
5 1981–82 Jodi Mabb Women's gymnastics [11]
6 1983–84 Janet Nicholls Women's outdoor track and field [12]
7 1985–86 Debra Larsen Women's outdoor track and field [12]
8 1986–87 Xenia Anastasiadou Women's tennis [13]
9 1987–88 Xenia Anastasiadou Women's tennis [13]
10 1987–88 Brandi Gail Women's outdoor track and field [12]
11 1987–88 Angel Roman Men's outdoor track and field [10]
12 1987–88 Durelle Schimek Women's outdoor track and field [12]
13 1987–88 Durelle Schimek Women's outdoor track and field [12]
14 1988–89 Durelle Schimek Women's outdoor track and field [12]
15 1988–89 Doris Williams Women's outdoor track and field [12]
16 1988–89 Marvin Williams Men's outdoor track and field [10]
17 1989–90 Doris Williams Women's outdoor track and field [12]
18 1990–91 Onnaca Heron
Cindy Hamnquist
Women's tennis [13]
19 1990–91 Jakki Henderson Women's outdoor track and field [12]
20 1990–91 Don Parish Men's outdoor track and field [10]
21 1992–93 Steve Kobold
Oscar Mancisidor
Men's tennis [14]
22 1993–94 DeVon Edwards Men's outdoor track and field [10]
23 1997–98 Tabreshia Lawrence Women's outdoor track and field [12]
24 1997–98 Ruth Moecks Women's outdoor track and field [12]
25 2014–15 Justin Ellerbee Men's outdoor track and field [10]

At the NCAA Division I level, Cal Poly Pomona is partially recognized for 1 individual championship - Eduardo Labastida who won a boxing title in 1957 in the 112-pound weight class.[9] Labastida attended the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo campus, which didn't officially separate from Cal Poly Pomona until 1966. Cal Poly Pomona Athletics does not recognize this title, as Labastida is a member of the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Athletics Hall of Fame.[15]

Conference Championships

CCAA regular season championships (83)

Cal Poly Pomona has won CCAA regular season championships in the following events:

  • Men's sports (34):
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    • Men's Baseball (9)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - 1976, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1991, 2015, 2016
    • Men's Basketball (7)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - 1980-81, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2017-18, 2018-19
    • Men's Cross Country (5)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - 1983, 1985, 1994, 1996, 1997
    • Men's Outdoor Track & Field (6)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - 1972, 1997, 1998, 2022, 2023, 2024
    • Men's Soccer (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - 2014*, 2018, 2024
  • Women's sports (49):
    • Women's Basketball (24)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - 1976-77, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2013–14
    • Women's Soccer (4)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - 1991, 1999, 2023, 2024
    • Women's Tennis (11)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - 1983, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2003
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    • Women's Volleyball (4)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - 1981, 1990, 2005, 2024

CCAA Tournament championships (22)

Cal Poly Pomona has won CCAA tournament championships in the following events:

  • Men's sports (8):
    • Baseball (3): 2015, 2019, 2022
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    • Men's Soccer (3)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - 2014, 2015, 2019
  • Women's sports (14):
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    • Women's Soccer (2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - 1999, 2024
    • Volleyball (1)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". - 2022

*CPP forced to vacate CCAA Regular Season title in 2014, determined ineligible for NCAA Tournament at season's end.[16]

Olympics

Olympic medalists

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Games File:Gold medal.svg File:Silver medal.svg File:Bronze medal.svg Total
Kim Rhode 3 1 2 6
Chi Cheng 0 0 1 1
Kathy Smallwood-Cook 0 0 3 3
Total 3 1 6 10

Former sports

Football

Cal Poly Pomona fielded a college football team in Division II through the 1982 season.[17][18] Jim Zorn was the Broncos' quarterback in 1973 and 1974; he played in the NFL for a decade, most notably as the starter for the expansion Seattle Seahawks. Template:Cal Poly Pomona Broncos football navbox

Softball

While in existence, the Broncos' softball team appeared in seven Women's College World Series, in 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1988 and 1989.[19]

Club sports

There are currently 8 club sports at Cal Poly Pomona that are not affiliated with the Athletics department.[20]

All students may only participate in any clubs/activities with a 3.0 GPA or higher.

Bronco Pep Band

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The Bronco Pep Band Victory Arc at the CCAA Division II basketball tournament

The Bronco Pep Band is a student-run band at the university. The band is currently a group within the Athletics Department.

Cal Poly Pomona music department student Daniel Sandt became the first director of what became known as "Bronco Pep Band version 2.0".[21]

Directors

[22]

  • Daniel Sandt (2002–2005)
  • Steven Corral (2005–2009)
  • James Rodriguez (2009-2012)
  • Branden Herron (2012-2014)
  • Ramiro Castañeda (2014-2016)
  • Kingsley Hickman (2016-2018)
  • Viral Shukla (2018–2020)
  • Omar Arellano (2020–2023)
  • Stevie Bolanos (2023-2024)
  • Manny Gonzalez (2023-Present)[23]

Fight song

The first fight song

Song of the Viking[24]
Words by Jerry Voorhis, Sung to the tune of The Maine Stein Song

The new fight song

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Words sung to the trio section of John Philip Sousa's Solid Men to the Front.

Unofficial Fight Song

The finale of the overture to the opera William Tell has served as the university's fight song.[26]

See also

References

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