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Cal State East Bay Pioneers

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NCAA
  
Division II

Location
  
Hayward, California

Athletic director
  
Joan McDermott

Varsity teams
  
15

Cal State East Bay Pioneers

University
  
California State University, East Bay

Conference
  
California Collegiate Athletic Association Western Water Polo Association (water polo)

The Cal State East Bay Pioneers (also CSU East Bay Pioneers, East Bay Pioneers, and CSUEB Pioneers; formerly Cal State Hayward) are the athletic teams that represent California State University, East Bay, located in Hayward, California, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Pioneers compete as members of the California Collegiate Athletic Association for all 15 varsity sports except for women's water polo, which competes in the Western Water Polo Association.

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History

Cal State East Bay began Division II competition in 2008 as part of a transition to the NCAA and had previously been a dual member of NCAA Division III and the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) with ten sports competing as NCAA Division III independents and five sports in the NAIA's California Pacific Conference. Historically, Cal State East Bay was a member of Division II from 1961-1998.

National Championships

  • From 1961 until their closing in 1993, the Pioneers football team won a total of six national collegiate championships. Cal State East Bay has produced over 160 All-Americans and has won 77 conference championships in NCAA Divisions II and III, as well as in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.
  • In 1972 and 1981, the women's outdoor track and field team won national championships. The first was an outright championship, and the second was as a member of the AIAW Division III. In 1979 and 1980 the women's cross country team won AIAW Division III national championships. In 1989 the women's soccer team won the NCAA Division II National Championship.
  • In 2008, the women's water polo team won the Division III National Championship.

    • References

    Cal State East Bay Pioneers Wikipedia
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