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NCAA
  
Division I

Location
  
Cleveland, Ohio

Athletic director
  
Michael Thomas

Varsity teams
  
17 (7 M, 9 W. 1 C)

University
  
Cleveland State University

Conference
  
Horizon League Eastern Wrestling League

The Cleveland State Vikings, or Vikes, are the athletic teams of Cleveland State University. Before as Fenn College they were known as the Fenn College Foxes or Fenn Foxes. Cleveland State competes in NCAA Division I. They have been a member of the NCAA Division I since 1972. They were previously a member of the NCAA College Division, a precursor to NCAA Division II. The university is a member of the Horizon League (1994–present) and Eastern Wrestling League (1978–present). Cleveland State was formerly in the Mid-Continent Conference (1982–1994) and North Star Conference (1989–1992). Cleveland State previously fielded baseball, men's cross country as well as men and women's track and field. As Fenn College they fielded men's ice hockey and rifle. Cleveland State has a number of club sports as well.

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Teams

A member of the Horizon League, Cleveland State University sponsors teams in seven men's, ten women's, and one coed NCAA sanctioned sports.

Notes

McCafferty Trophy

The McCafferty Trophy is awarded by the Horizon League to the school with the best overall athletic performance in all the sponsored sports. Cleveland State has won the award twice, in 2008 and 2013. Below is a table of the Cleveland State finishes and points.

Baseball

Baseball at Cleveland State was played for a total of 69 seasons. On May 2, 2011 Clevleland State University announced that they would eliminate the baseball team. The reasons cited were budget concerns as well as the difficultly of having a baseball team in the northern United States with the season starting earlier and earlier and favoring teams in the warmer southern United States.

Men's basketball

  • See Cleveland State Vikings men's basketball

    • Record by year

  • Totals updated through the end of the 2012–2013 school year.

    • Men's cross country

  • Cleveland State dropped Men's Cross Country after the 1993 season.
  • Mid-Continent Conference Team Championships (1):
    • 1992

    Football

    On October 14, 2008 Cleveland State University President Michael Schwartz stated "he wants a blue ribbon panel to give him a recommendation on the football team before July 1 when he is scheduled to retire. He also said the program will have to be structured to pay for itself." On November 19, 2008 it was revealed that President Schwartz had chosen the committee members to explore the feasibility of football at Cleveland State. On October 9, 2009 it was announced the University had completed its feasibility study. From April 12–14, 2010 the Cleveland State Student Government Association polled students online about whether they favored football at Cleveland State. The results were as follows.

    Men's golf

  • See Cleveland State Vikings men's golf
  • Mid-Continent Team Championships (0):
  • Horizon League Team Championships (8): 1998, 2006, 2008–09, 2011, 2014–16

    • Men's ice hockey

  • Ohio-Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Hockey League Team Championships (0):

    • Men's lacrosse

    Cleveland State's first lacrosse game will take place against Michigan on February 4, 2017.

    Men's rifle

  • No team since 1937–1938, no place to shoot.

    • Record by year

  • Totals updated through the end of the 2012–2013 school year.

    • Men's swimming & diving

  • Penn-Ohio Conference Championships (14): 1974, 1976-1986, 1990-1992
  • Mid-Continent Conference Team Championships (0):
  • Horizon League Team Championships (4):
    • 1998, 1999, 2006, 2013

    Men's tennis

  • See Cleveland State Vikings men's tennis

    • Cleveland State dropped tennis as a sport following the 1991–1992 school year. Tennis was brought back for the 1999–2000 school year.

  • Mid-Continent Conference Team Championships (0):
  • Horizon League Team Championships (5):
    • 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013

    Men's track & field

  • Cleveland State dropped Men's Track & Field after the 1992 season.

    • Wrestling

  • Eastern Wrestling League Team Championships (1):
    • 1979
  • Program has had at least one NCAA qualifier for the last 42 years, going back to the 1964–65 season.
  • Eight Vikings have achieved All-American status.
    • Lee Barylski, 142 pounds (1970) Paul Azzarti, Heavyweight (1971) Frank Yoo, 142 pounds (1972) Tony DiGiovanni, 134 pounds (1973) Tom Cavanaugh, 150 pounds (1973) Toby Matney, 158 pounds (1979) Dave Zahoransky, 142 pounds (1986, 1988) Dan Carcelli, 142 pounds (1995)

    Women's basketball

  • See Cleveland State Vikings women's basketball

    • Record by year

  • Totals updated through the end of the 2012–2013 school year.

    • Women's cross country

  • Mid-Continent Conference Team Championships (0):
  • Horizon League Team Championships (0):

    • First Season 1980

    Women's golf

  • Horizon League Team Championships (0):

    • Record by year

  • Totals updated through the end of the 2010–2011 school year.

    • Record by year

  • Totals updated through the end of the 2016–2017 school year.

    • Women's swimming & diving

  • Penn-Ohio Conference Championships (2): 1990 and 1991
  • Mid-Continent Conference Team Championships (0):
  • Horizon League Team Championships (0):

    • Women's tennis

  • North Star Conference Team Championships (0):
  • Mid-Continent Conference Team Championships (0):
  • Horizon League Team Championships (0):

    • Women's track & field

  • Women's Track & Field ceased to exist after the 199? season. It was reinstated beginning in 2017.

    • Women's volleyball

  • See Cleveland State Vikings women's volleyball

    • Record by year

  • Totals updated through the end of the 2016–2017 school year.

    • Club sports – crew (rowing)

    Viking Crew is a successful coed club crew. Each year the team travels around the nation to compete against other top collegiate crew. In 2006 the team's lightweight men's four traveled to Boston to race in the Head of the Charles Regatta. In 2007 and 2009 the team raced at Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta with over 37 boats in their race. In 2009 Cleveland State won the Hammer Ergatta cup and the Cleveland Collegiate Regatta cup.

  • Mid-America Collegiate Rowing Association Championships (0):
  • Cleveland Collegiate Regatta Championships (1):
  • Hammer Ergatta Championships (1):

    • References

    Cleveland State Vikings Wikipedia
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