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Conference
  
PSAC

Athletic director
  
Edward M. Matejkovic

NCAA
  
Varsity teams
  
23

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University
  
West Chester University of Pennsylvania

The West Chester Golden Rams represent West Chester University of Pennsylvania in intercollegiate sports in the Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference (PSAC) in NCAA's Division II.

Contents

The University currently fields 23 varsity Division II men's and women's teams.

Facilities

  • John A. Farrell Stadium (Football/Outdoor Track & Field)
  • Hollinger Field House (Men’s & Women’s Basketball/Volleyball/Men’s & Women’s Indoor Track & Field/Men’s & Women’s Diving)
  • Serpico Stadium (Baseball)
  • Men's

  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Cross-Country
  • Football
  • Golf
  • Soccer
  • Swimming & Diving
  • Tennis
  • Track & Field
  • Women's

  • Basketball
  • Cheerleading
  • Cross-Country
  • Field Hockey
  • Golf
  • Gymnastics
  • Lacrosse
  • Rugby
  • Soccer
  • Softball
  • Swimming & Diving
  • Tennis
  • Track & Field
  • Volleyball
  • Team (10)

    West Chester University has won national championships in women's basketball, women's lacrosse, women's swimming (the team was the DGWS champion in 1972), women's field hockey (including four AIAW titles from 1975–78), and men's soccer. West Chester won the first ever women's basketball national championship in 1969 and was on the losing end in the final game each of the following three years.

    Men's soccer:

  • 1961 − West Chester won the NCAA national championship, defeating two-time defending champion Saint Louis, 2-0, in the final.
  • Women's basketball:

  • 1969 − West Chester def. Western Carolina 65-39
  • Women's field hockey:

  • 1975 − West Chester def. Ursinus 2-1 (penalty strokes)
  • 1976 − West Chester def. Ursinus 2-0
  • 1977 − West Chester def. Ursinus 1-0
  • 1978 − West Chester def. Delaware 3-2
  • Women's swimming and diving:

  • 1972 − West Chester won the DGWS championship
  • West Chester's softball team has appeared in one Women's College World Series in 1977.

    Notable athletes

  • Geno Auriemma (B.A. 1981) - University of Connecticut head women's basketball coach[9]
  • Timothy Ferkler -(B.A. 1986) Quarterback of 1984 National Championship team
  • John Edelman - Former MLB pitcher
  • Cathy Rush (B.S. 1968, M.Ed. 1972) - Former Immaculata University head women's basketball coach
  • Joe Senser (1979) - Former NFL tight end, Minnesota Vikings
  • Ralph Tamm (B.S. 1988) - Former NFL offensive guard
  • Marian Washington (1970) - Former University of Kansas head women's basketball coach
  • Lee Woodall (1993) - Former NFL linebacker, San Francisco 49ers
  • Jerry Yeagley (1961) - Coached Indiana University to 5 NCAA Soccer Championships
  • Pat Kelly - Major League Baseball Player - Second Baseman for the New York Yankees
  • Mike Washington – 2008 Philadelphia Sports Writers Association "Outstanding Amateur Athlete"
  • Don Williams (1963) - Center forward on the 1961 National Championship soccer team, three-time All-American
  • References

    West Chester Golden Rams Wikipedia


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