The Cameron Aggies are the athletic team that represent
Cameron University
Cameron University is a public university in Lawton, Oklahoma. It offers more than 50 degrees through both undergraduate and graduate programs. The degree programs emphasize the liberal arts, science and technology, and graduate and professional ...
, located in
Lawton, Oklahoma
Lawton is a city in and the county seat of Comanche County, Oklahoma, Comanche County, in the U.S. state of Oklahoma. Located in western Oklahoma, approximately southwest of Oklahoma City, it is the principal city of the Lawton metropolitan ar ...
, in
NCAA Division II
NCAA Division II (D-II) is the intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). It offers an alternative to both the larger and better-funded Division I and to the scholarship-free environment ...
intercollegiate sports.
The Aggies compete as members of the
Lone Star Conference
The Lone Star Conference (LSC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. Member institutions are located in the South Central states, with schools in Texas
...
for all 14 varsity sports.
Varsity sports
Teams
Men's sports
* Baseball
* Basketball
* Cross country
* Golf
* Tennis
* Track and field
Women's sports
* Basketball
* Cross country
* Golf
* Softball
* Spirit team
* Tennis
* Track and field
* Volleyball
National championships
Team
Individual sports
Men's basketball
In the 1970s, as an NAIA Division I basketball program, the Aggies won three District IX Championships, as well as the
1980 NAIA men's basketball championship. This was the first national championship for Cameron athletics.
Football
In
1987
Events January
* January 1 – Bolivia reintroduces the Boliviano currency.
* January 2 – Chadian–Libyan conflict – Battle of Fada: The Military of Chad, Chadian army destroys a Libyan armoured brigade.
* January 3 – Afghan leader ...
, Cameron defeated
Carson–Newman (Tenn.) 30–2 to win the
NAIA Division I Football National Championship. Cameron had previously won a national championship as a junior college in
1961
Events January
* January 1 – Monetary reform in the Soviet Union, 1961, Monetary reform in the Soviet Union.
* January 3
** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and cons ...
as well, but the university discontinued football on December 11, 1992.
Men's golf
Jerry Hrnciar has been the head coach of the men's golf program since 1975, and his teams have appeared in the NAIA National Championship Tournament in 1977, 1978, 1982,
1983 (National Champion), 1984, 1985, 1986, and 1987. After Cameron University made the switch to NCAA Division II, Hrnciar's teams have qualified in 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2010, and 2011.
Women's basketball
The women's basketball program has been in place since 1910. In 2002, the team won the Lone Star Conference championship.
Head coaches
* CE Hansen (1910–1911)
* GL Hawkinson (1913–1914)
* Robert M. Park (1920–1921)
* BF Jolly (1921–1922)
* Thomas James Crouch (1922–1923)
* GV Dennis (1924–1927)
* EC Reynolds (1927–1928)
* William Huff (1928–1929)
* Oma Carter (1929–1930)
* Lena Japp (1930–1931)
* Lyle Yarborough (1943–1946)
* Val Maples (1958–1978)
* RT Toma (1978–1986)
* Billy Carter (1986–1989)
* Laina McDonald (1989–1997)
* Stacy Johnson (1997–2000)
*
Adrian Wiggins
Adrian Michael Wiggins (born October 15, 1973) is an American basketball coach who is currently head boys' basketball coach at Clovis East High School. Prior to that, he was the head women's basketball coach at Fresno State.
Early life and educa ...
(2000–2002)
*
Dick Halterman (2002–2006)
* Kevin Kackerott (2006–2007)
*
Tom Webb
Thomas Webb (born 17 April 1989) is an English former footballer who played as a forward. He was a product of the Colchester United Academy, going on to make one first-team substitute appearance for the club. He has also represented Folkesto ...
(2007–16)
* Emma Andrews (2016– )
File:Athletics-WBSK vs Cameron-2009 (16282069132).jpg, The Aggies women's basketball team in action against the Texas A&M–Commerce Lions
The East Texas A&M Lions (formerly the East Texas State Lions and Texas A&M–Commerce Lions) are the athletic teams that represent East Texas A&M University, located in Commerce, Texas, in NCAA Division I intercollegiate sports. The Lions comp ...
in 2015
File:Athletics-SFTB vs Cameron-9884 (16602145559).jpg, The Aggies softball team in action against Texas A&M–Commerce in 2015
References
External links
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