About ETBU Athletics
East Texas Baptist University offers student-athletes, students and sports fans a wide variety of intercollegiate athletics programs from which to choose. The ETBU Athletic Department seeks to provide quality Christian education and competition for all its student-athletes.
ETBU is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), competing at the Division III level. Division III institutions do not offer athletic scholarships in any sports program. Student-athletes may receive financial aid through academic scholarships, grants, loans, etc., however. ETBU has been a member of Division III since 1998, joining the ranks from status as an NAIA and NCAA Division II program.
ETBU joined the American Southwest Conference (ASC) in 1998. The ASC is divided into East and West Divisions, with a current total membership of 15 colleges and universities spanning Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana and Mississippi. A 16th institution, Centenary College of Louisiana, has been accepted as a new member and will begin play in the conference in the fall of 2011.
ETBU competes in the ASC East Division, which includes LeTourneau University (Longview, Texas), Louisiana College (Pineville, La.), Mississippi College (Clinton, Miss.), University of the Ozarks (Clarksville, Ark.), University of Texas-Dallas (Richardson, Texas) and the University of Texas-Tyler (Tyler, Texas). Centenary will join the ASC East upon joining the league.
The West Division consists of Concordia University (Austin, Texas), Hardin-Simmons University (Abilene, Texas), Howard Payne University (Brownwood, Texas), McMurry University (Abilene, Texas), Schreiner University (Kerrville, Texas), Sul Ross State University (Alpine, Texas), Texas Lutheran University (Seguin, Texas), and the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor (Belton, Texas).
ETBU currently competes in 10 NCAA sports -- football, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's soccer, baseball, men's and women's cross country, softball and volleyball. The university is also preparing to potentially add men's and women's tennis as a varsity sport sometime in the future.
ETBU's athletic facilities are also recognized as some of the finest in NCAA Division III. Athletic facilites include Dean Healthplex, which houses most athletic offices, weight room, racquetball courts, indoor jogging/walking track and other training facilities; Ornelas Gymnasium, which seats 1,600 for volleyball and basketball; Ornelas Stadium, which opened in 2000 for football nearly two years ahead of schedule; Cornish Field, which opened in the fall of 2002 for soccer; Woods Field, which has been home to Tiger baseball since the mid-1960s and added lights for night baseball in 2008; and Taylor Field, which open in the fall of 1997 and hosts Lady Tiger softball.
Since joining the ASC prior to the 1999-2000 season, ETBU has won nine conference championships: softball (2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004); volleyball (2001, 2002, 2003) and football (2003). ETBU's men's soccer program won back-to-back National Christian College Athletic Association national championships in 1998 and 1999.
The ETBU softball team won the 2010 NCAA Division III national title, giving the university its first NCAA national championship since joining Division III.
• NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS
2009-10: Softball
1999: Men's Soccer (NCCAA)
1998: Men's Soccer (NCCAA)
• CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIPS SINCE 1999
2003-04: Football, Volleyball, Softball
2002-03: Volleyball, Softball
2001-02: Volleyball, Softball
2000-01: Softball
1999-00: Softball
• DIVISION CHAMPIONSHIPS SINCE 1999
2008-09: Softball
2007-08: Volleyball
2006-07: Volleyball, Women's Basketball
2003-04: Softball
2002-03: Volleyball, Men's Basketball, Softball
2001-02: Volleyball, Women's Basketball, Softball
2000-01: Men's Soccer, Softball
1999-00: Men's Soccer, Women's Basketball, Softball, Baseball
• CONFERENCE PLAYOFF APPEARANCES SINCE 1999
2009-10: Women's Soccer, Volleyball, Women's Basketball, Men's Basketball, Softball
2008-09: Volleyball, Softball
2007-08: Volleyball, Men's Basketball, Softball
2006-07: Volleyball, Women's Soccer, Women's Basketball, Softball
2005-06: Volleyball, Women's Soccer, Women's Basketball, Men's Basketball, Softball
2004-05: Volleyball, Women's Soccer, Men's Basketball, Women's Basketball, Softball, Baseball
2003-04: Football, Volleyball, Softball
2002-03: Volleyball, Men's Basketball, Softball
2001-02: Volleyball, Women's Soccer, Women's Basketball, Softball, Baseball
2000-01: Women's Basketball, Softball
1999-00: Men's Soccer, Women's Basketball, Softball
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