The Cal Poly Pomona Broncos or Cal Poly Broncos are the athletic sports teams for the

California State Polytechnic University, Pomona California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona, CPP, or Cal Poly"Cal Poly" may also refer to California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in San Luis Obispo. See the ''name'' section of this article for more infor ...

(Cal Poly Pomona). Cal Poly Pomona has 11 varsity sports teams and offers student participation in a wide range of sports including

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

, and

baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ...

. Cal Poly Pomona participates at the

NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges ...

's Division II (DII) level in the

California Collegiate Athletic Association The California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. All of its current members are public universities, and upon U ...

(CCAA). The Broncos have 65 CCAA championships and 14 NCAA National Championships. Current and former Cal Poly athletes have won 7 Olympic medals ( 3 gold, 1 silver, and 3 bronze). As of 2021, Cal Poly ranks 3th in the nation in NCAA Division II

Next College Student Athlete Next College Student Athlete (NCSA) is a for-profit organization that connects middle and high school student-athletes with college coaches. NCSA teaches middle and high school student-athletes about the college recruiting process. The NCSA At ...

(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 The Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) is a system of interrelated surveys conducted annually by the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), a part of the Institute for Education Sciences within the United States Depa ...

(IPEDS) graduation rates and IPEDS average cost after aid.

Teams

While in existence, the Broncos' softball team appeared in seven

Women's College World Series The Women's College World Series (WCWS) is the final portion of the NCAA Division I softball tournament for college softball in the United States. Eight teams participate in the WCWS, which begins with a double-elimination tournament. In other wo ...

, in 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1988 and 1989.

Championships

Appearances

The Cal Poly Pomona Broncos competed in the NCAA Tournament across 11 active sports (5 men's and 6 women's) 165 times at the Division II level. * Baseball (12): 1976 • 1979 • 1980 • 1983 • 1985 • 1988 • 1993 • 2011 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 * Men's basketball (13): 1962 • 1964 • 1976 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2007 • 2009 • 2010 • 2013 • 2015 • 2016 • 2018 * Women's basketball (25): 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 * Men's cross country (20): 1967 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1997 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2018 * Women's cross country (4): 1985 • 2010 • 2016 • 2017 * Men's soccer (5): 1998 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 * Women's soccer (4): 1999 • 2001 • 2012 • 2014 * Men's outdoor track and field (38): 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 * Women's outdoor track and field (27): 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 * Women's volleyball (16): 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1988 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1996 • 1997 • 2004 • 2005 • 2007 • 2008 • 2018

Team

The Broncos of Cal Poly Pomona earned 12 NCAA championships at the Division II level. *Men's (5) **

Baseball Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding t ...

(3): 1976, 1980, 1983 **

Basketball Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...

(1):

2010 File:2010 Events Collage New.png, From top left, clockwise: The 2010 Chile earthquake was one of the strongest recorded in history; The Eruption of Eyjafjallajökull in Iceland disrupts air travel in Europe; A scene from the opening ceremony of ...

** Cross country (1): 1983 *Women's (7) **

(5): 1982, 1985, 1986, 2001, 2002 **

Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent (singles) or between two teams of two players each (doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball cov ...

(2): 1991, 1992 Results Below are two national championships that were not bestowed by the NCAA: * Women's tennis – Division II (2): 1980, 1981 (

AIAW The Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) was founded in 1971 to govern collegiate women's athletics in the United States and to administer national championships (see AIAW Champions). It evolved out of the Commission on Inte ...

) Below is one national club team championship: * Co-ed roller hockey (1): 2003 ( NCRHA)

Individual

Cal Poly Pomona had 25 Broncos win NCAA individual championships at the Division II level. At the NCAA Division I level, Cal Poly Pomona garnered 1 individual champion.

Conference championships

CCAA regular season championships (67)

Cal Poly Pomona has won CCAA regular season championships in the following events: *Men's sports (30): **Men's

Water Polo Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with th ...

- 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 **Men's

- 1976, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1991, 2015 ** Men's Basketball - 1980-81, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2017-18, 2018-19 **Men's Cross Country - 1983, 1985, 1994, 1996, 1997 **Men's Outdoor

Track & Field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping eve ...

- 1972, 1997, 1998 **Men's

Soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

- 2014, 2018 *Women's sports (37): **Women's Basketball - 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

- 1991, 1999 **Women's

- 1983, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2003 **Women's Outdoor Track & Field - 1997, 1998 **Women's

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Sum ...

- 1981, 1990, 2005

CCAA Tournament championships (18)

Cal Poly Pomona has won CCAA tournament championships in the following events: *Men's sports (7): **Men's

- 2015, 2019 ** Men's Basketball - 2013, 2015 **Men's

- 2014, 2015, 2019 *Women's sports (11): **Women's Basketball - 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2011

Olympics

Olympic medalists

Former sports

Football

Cal Poly Pomona fielded a

college football College football (french: Football universitaire) refers to gridiron football played by teams of student athletes. It was through college football play that American football in the United States, American football rules first gained populari ...

team in Division II through the

1982 Events January * January 1 – In Malaysia and Singapore, clocks are adjusted to the same time zone, UTC+8 (GMT+8.00). * January 13 – Air Florida Flight 90 crashes shortly after takeoff into the 14th Street Bridge in Washington, D.C ...

season.

Jim Zorn James Arthur Zorn (born May 10, 1953) is a former American football player and coach. Zorn was a left-handed quarterback, and is best known as the starting quarterback of the Seattle Seahawks for their first eight seasons. He was the quarterback ...

was the Broncos'

quarterback The quarterback (commonly abbreviated "QB"), colloquially known as the "signal caller", is a position in gridiron football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive platoon and mostly line up directly behind the offensive line. In modern Am ...

1973 Events January * January 1 - The United Kingdom, the Republic of Ireland and Denmark 1973 enlargement of the European Communities, enter the European Economic Community, which later becomes the European Union. * January 15 – Vietnam War: ...

and

1974 Major events in 1974 include the aftermath of the 1973 oil crisis and the resignation of United States President Richard Nixon following the Watergate scandal. In the Middle East, the aftermath of the 1973 Yom Kippur War determined politics; ...

; he played in the NFL for a decade, most notably as the starter for the expansion

Seattle Seahawks The Seattle Seahawks are a professional American football team based in Seattle. The Seahawks compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) West, which they rejoined in 2002 a ...

Club sports

There are currently 8 club sports at Cal Poly Pomona. *basketball *soccer *volleyball *tennis *

cycling Cycling, also, when on a two-wheeled bicycle, called bicycling or biking, is the use of cycles for transport, recreation, exercise or sport. People engaged in cycling are referred to as "cyclists", "bicyclists", or "bikers". Apart from ...

*roller hockey *

martial arts Martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practiced for a number of reasons such as self-defense; military and law enforcement applications; competition; physical, mental, and spiritual development; entertainment; and the preser ...

ultimate frisbee Ultimate, originally known as ultimate Frisbee, is a non-contact team sport played with a frisbee Flying disc sports, flung by hand. Ultimate was developed in 1968 by AJ Gator in Maplewood, New Jersey. Although ultimate resembles many traditiona ...

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

Bronco Pep Band

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".Bronco Pep Band History
/ref>

Directors

*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–present)

Fight song

The first fight song

Song of the Viking
Words by Jerry Voorhis, Sung to the tune of

The Maine Stein Song The Maine Stein Song is the school song of the University of Maine. Its lyrics were written by UMaine student Lincoln Colcord in 1902 and its tune was based on ''Opie'', a march written by E. A. Fenstad. It was popularized in 1930 by Rudy Vallée a ...

The new fight song

Cal Poly Pomona Fight Song
Words sung to the trio section of John Philip Sousa's Solid Men to the Front.

Unofficial Fight Song

The finale of the

overture Overture (from French language, French ''ouverture'', "opening") in music was originally the instrumental introduction to a ballet, opera, or oratorio in the 17th century. During the early Romantic era, composers such as Ludwig van Beethoven, Be ...

to the opera '' William Tell'' has served as the university's fight song.

References

External links

* {{California Collegiate Athletic Association navbox