Southland Conference Demographics
School Location Population Abilene Christian Abilene, Texas 115,930 Central Arkansas Conway, Ark. 59,000 Houston Baptist Houston, Texas 2,160,821 Univ. of the Incarnate Word San Antonio, Texas 1,382,951 Lamar Beaumont, Texas 114,000 McNeese State Lake Charles, La. 90,000 New Orleans New Orleans, La. 369,250 Nicholls State Thibodaux, La. 15,000 Northwestern State Natchitoches, La. 17,865 Oral Roberts Tulsa, Okla. 937,478 Sam Houston State Huntsville, Texas 39,189 Southeastern Louisiana Hammond, La. 20,019 Stephen F. Austin Nacogdoches, Texas 32,996 Texas A&M-Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, Texas 305,215 In women’s golf, the Southland sent two teams to 2012 NCAA regional play for the first time since the league added the sport in 2002. Lamar leads all league teams with four team championships during that span. The Southland Conference has repeatedly demonstrated its commitment to the academic and athletic success of its student-athletes. With the F.L. McDonald Postgraduate Scholarship Award, the league annually honors one male and one female scholar-athlete with a stipend for postgraduate study. The Scholar-Athlete Award is given to each institution’s male and female student-athlete with the highest grade-point average. The Steve McCarty Citizenship Award, initiated in 2005-06 and named after the former Stephen F. Austin athletic director, properly recognizes accomplishments off the court for a male and female student-athlete. Also, student-athletes with grade-point averages above 3.0 are honored on the Southland’s annual All-Academic teams and Commissioner’s Honor Roll. A record 979 studentathletes appeared on the honor roll following the 2012 spring semester, and total of 1,545 student-athletes earned a spot on the honor roll at the end of
Enrollment Soccer Field Capacity 4,550 Wildcat Scott Pitch 1,000 11,578 Bill Stephens Track/Soccer Complex 750 2,200 Sorrels Field 500 9,188 Gayle and Tom Benson Stadium 6,000 11,522 Lamar Soccer Field 500 8,941 Cowgirl Field 300 9,825 N/A N/A 6,404 Nicholls Soccer Field 1,000 9,191 Lady Demon Soccer Complex 1,000 3,359 Case Soccer Complex 1,000 17,618 Pritchett Field 2,100 15,414 Southeastern Soccer Complex 1,000 12,903 SFA Soccer Complex 2,000 10,200 Dr. Jack Dugan Family Soccer Stadium 1,000 the fall and spring semesters during the 2012-13 academic year. While successful on the fields and courts, the Southland Conference has repeatedly demonstrated its commitment to the academic and athletic success of its student-athletes. The conference continues to make great strides in the classroom. During the last seven years, no other Division I conference has improved its Academic Progress Rate as well as the Southland Conference has. In fact, in 2009-10, the Southland ranked 10th among the 31 Division I leagues in men’s basketball APR. The academic progress the league has shown ultimately leads to higher graduation rates for our student-athletes. In addition to providing expanding opportunities for student-athletes, the Southland Conference and its member institutions are very involved in various community outreach programs. Many of these programs provide positive life skills training such as academics, citizenship and leadership to school-aged students in Southland communities.
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Name
Title
Ext.
Tom Burnett
Commissioner
101
tburnett@southland.org
Teri Franch
Administrative Professional
100
tfranch@southland.org
Edd Henderson
Assoc. Commissioner/Financial Operations 105 ehenderson@southland.org
Calhoun Hipp
Director of Communications
110
chipp@southland.org
Todd Lamb
Asst. Commisioner/Communications
107
tlamb@southland.org
Bruce Ludlow
Assoc. Commissioner/Operations
106
bludlow@southland.org
Stephanie McDonald Assoc. Commissioner/Institutional Services103 smcdonald@southland.org Jenny McGhee
Assoc. Commissioner/External Affairs
104
jmcghee@southland.org
Chris Mycoskie
Asst. Commisioner/TV & Electronic Media109
cmycoskie@southland.org
Stephanie Tracy Assistant Director of Operations
113
stracy@southland.org