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 the Division I as a member of the

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(WAC), having joined that conference on July 1, 2021, leaving the

Southland Conference The Southland Conference, abbreviated as SLC, is a collegiate athletic conference which operates in the South Central United States (specifically Texas and Louisiana). It participates in the NCAA's Division I for all sports; for football, it ...

. The football team competes in NCAA Division I (Football Championship Subdivision (FCS-formerly known as Division I-AA) for football). 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

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member

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. 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. Because the WAC does not sponsor beach volleyball, SFA joined the ASUN Conference for that sport.

Sports sponsored

Bowling

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.

Softball

The Ladyjacks softball team has appeared in four

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, 1983, 1985,1986.

National Championships

Team (3) *Softball: 1986 *Bowling: 2016 *Bowling: 2019 Individual (5) *Steve Riza (Men's Tennis - Singles): 1984 *Tom Goles & Chris Langford (Men's Tennis - Doubles): 1985 *Neil Smith (Men's Tennis - Singles): 1986 * Demi Payne (Women's Pole Vault): 2015 * Branson Ellis (Men's Pole Vault): 2021

References

External links

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NCAAsports.com
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