Southern Utah Thunderbirds
Southern Utah Thunderbirds | |
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Logo | |
University | Southern Utah University |
Conference | Western Athletic Conference (primary) Mountain Rim Gymnastics |
NCAA | Division I (FCS) |
Athletic director | Debbie Corum |
Location | Cedar City, Utah |
Varsity teams | 15 (6 men's and 9 women's) |
Football stadium | Eccles Coliseum |
Basketball arena | America First Event Center |
Soccer stadium | Thunderbird Park Complex |
Nickname | Thunderbirds |
Colors | Scarlet and white[1] |
Website | www |
The Southern Utah Thunderbirds are the varsity athletic teams representing Southern Utah University in Cedar City, Utah in intercollegiate athletics. The university sponsors seventeen teams including six men’s sports: basketball, cross country, football, golf, and track and field and nine women's sports: basketball, cross country, golf, gymnastics, soccer, softball, track and field, and volleyball. The baseball program was dropped after the 2011–12 season.[2] The Thunderbirds compete in NCAA Division I and joined the Big Sky Conference on July 1, 2012 after departing from The Summit League.[3]
In 2022, the Thunderbirds left the Big Sky Conference and joined the Western Athletic Conference.[4]
Varsity sports
A member of the Western Athletic Conference. SUU sponsors teams in six men's and nine women's NCAA sanctioned sports.[5]
Men's sports | Women's sports |
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Basketball | Basketball |
Cross country | Cross country |
Football | Golf |
Golf | Gymnastics |
Track and field† | Soccer |
Softball | |
Track and field† | |
Volleyball | |
† – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor |
References
- ^ "Branding & Creative - Marketing Communication". Retrieved October 13, 2022.
- ^ "College baseball: Southern Utah mourns, celebrates dropped program | The Salt Lake Tribune". Sltrib.com. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
- ^ "Big Sky Conference - Member Institutions". Bigskyconf.com. July 1, 2012. Retrieved March 12, 2014.
- ^ "WAC adds Southern Utah University, and will play football in 2022". ABC4 Utah. January 14, 2021. Retrieved January 15, 2021.
- ^ "Southern Utah Thunderbirds". Southern Utah University. Retrieved December 17, 2016.
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