Southland Conference Demographics School
Location
Population
Enrollment
Central Arkansas
Conway, Ark.
Lamar
59,000
11,578
Bear Stadium
1,000
Beaumont, Texas
114,000
14,522
Vincent Beck Stadium
3,500
McNeese State
Lake Charles, La.
90,000
8,941
Cowboy Diamond
2,000
Nicholls State
Thibodaux, La.
15,000
6,404
Ray E. Didier Field
3,200
Northwestern State
Natchitoches, La.
17,865
9,191
Brown-Stroud Field
1,200
Oral Roberts
Tulsa, Okla.
937,478
3,259
J.L. Johnson Stadium
2,418
Sam Houston State
Huntsville, Texas
39,189
17,618
Don Sanders Stadium
1,163
Southeastern Louisiana
Hammond, La.
20,019
15,414
Pat Kenelly Diamond at Alumni Field
2,500
Stephen F. Austin
Nacogdoches, Texas
32,996
12,903
Jaycees Field
1,000
Texas A&M-Corpus Chrisi
Corpus Christi, Texas
305,215
10,200
Chapman Field
Rew, who won the women’s discus in 2011, Texas A&M-Corpus Christi’s Shadrack Songok (10,000-meter run) in 2007 and 2008 and McNeese State’s Brad Gebauer (pole vault) in 2007. The league has also produced U.S. Olympic track and field medalists Earl Bell, Thomas Hill, Al Joyner and Charles Austin, Liudmila Litvinova, along with other Olympians. With the addition of 10 more All-Americans in 2012, the league continues to find national success in both indoor and outdoor track and field. In the indoor circuit, the Southland boasts 66 unique all-time All-Americans that have won a combined 11 national championships. Likewise, in the outdoor season, the league has seen 158 different All-Americans, including 128 men and 30 women, who have combined to win 21 national championships. Golf has traditionally been a strong Southland sport as exemplified by Lamar men’s golfer Chris Stroud, who finished third individually at the 2003 NCAA National Championship and is a member of the PGA Tour. Both Stroud and former Southeastern Louisiana golfer Hugo Leon competed in the 2010 U.S. Open. The league has sent multiple teams into postseason play on numerous occasions, including in 2012 when three Southland teams – Lamar, Southeastern Louisiana and UT Arlington – competed in the NCAA tournament. Additionally, during the past four seasons the Southland has sent 10 golfers to compete as individuals in regional play with five in 2009, three more in 2010 and one each in 2011 and 2012. Lamar won a pair of NCAA Division II national championships in 1967 and 1968, and also produced PGA player Ronnie Black. In 2005, Lamar’s Dawie Van Der Walt finished fourth individually and Lamar tied for 12th place at the NCAA Men’s Golf Championship, before the Cardinals tied for ninth in 2006 and tied for third in 2007. Former Lamar golfer Casey Clendenon advanced to the semifinals of the U.S. Amateur in 2007. In women’s tennis, Southeastern Louisiana won 46 consecutive conference matches during a four-year period that began in 2005, while in men’s tennis Texas A&M-Corpus Christi has played in the NCAA tournament four times in the last six years. The conference has increased sponsorship and championship opportunities for female student-athletes in recent years, adding women’s golf and soccer as league sports. 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
Facility
Capacity
700
accomplishments off the court for a male and female student-athlete. Also, studentathletes 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 student-athletes appeared on the honor roll following the 2012 spring semester. 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 six 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. Southland Conference 2600 Network Blvd., Suite 150 Frisco, Texas 75034 Phone: 972-422-9500 Fax: 972-422-9225
Name Title Tom Burnett Commissioner Henry Archuleta Assistant Commissioner/Compliance Services Teri Franch Administrative Professional Edd Henderson Associate Commissioner/Financial Operations Calhoun Hipp Director of Communications Jack Key Associate Commissioner/CFO Todd Lamb Assistant Commisioner/Communications Bruce Ludlow Associate Commissioner/Operations Stephanie McDonald Associate Commissioner/Institutional Services Jenny McGhee Associate Commissioner/External Affairs Chris Mycoskie Assistant Commisioner/TV & Electronic Media Stephanie Tracy Assistant Director of Operations Chris Parker Communications Assistant
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Email tburnett@southland.org harchuleta@southland.org tfranch@southland.org ehenderson@southland.org chipp@southland.org jkey@southland.org tlamb@southland.org bludlow@southland.org smcdonald@southland.org jmcghee@southland.org cmycoskie@southland.org stracy@southland.org cparker@southland.org