CSU Pueblo ThunderWolves

CSU Pueblo ThunderWolves
CSU Pueblo ThunderWolves
University	Colorado State University Pueblo
Conference	RMAC
NCAA	Division II
Athletic director	Paul Plinske
Location	Pueblo, Colorado
Varsity teams	19 (8 men's, 10 women's)
Football stadium	Neta and Eddie DeRose ThunderBowl
Basketball arena	Massari Arena
Baseball stadium	Rawlings Field
Mascot	Tundra The T-Wolf
Nickname	ThunderWolves
Colors	Red and blue;
Website	gothunderwolves.com

The CSU Pueblo ThunderWolves are the athletic teams at Colorado State University Pueblo. The ThunderWolves are a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. They were previously known as the Southern Colorado Indians and then the Southern Colorado ThunderWolves. The program includes eight men's sports: baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, track and field, and wrestling. The women's program has ten sports: basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, and volleyball.^[2] Dropped following the 1984 season, football returned in 2008 and the team posted a 4–6 record. The ThunderWolves won the 2014 NCAA Division II Football National Championship, its first in football program history, by blanking previously undefeated Minnesota State University, Mankato 13–0.^[3]^[4]

Conference affiliations

1938–39 to 1962–63: Colorado Junior College Conference / Empire Junior College Conference
1963–64 to 1967–68 NAIA independent
1968–69 to 1971–72: Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference—Plains Division
1972–73 to 1975–76: Great Plains Athletic Conference
1976–77 to 1989–90: Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
1990–91 to 1995–96: Colorado Athletic Conference
1996–97 to present: Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference

History

1980s

In 1984, the school ended its football and baseball programs due to budget cuts.

1990s

In 1994, Dan DeRose, the athletic director, re-established the school's baseball program and had a new stadium complex built for baseball.^[5]

2000s

CSU Pueblo saw the return of football in 2008 with the construction and completion of its new football stadium, the Neta and Eddie DeRose ThunderBowl.

2010s to present

CSU Pueblo announced further restoration of athletic programs under new president Lesley Di Mare.

Mascot

The ThunderWolves mascot is Wolfie.

Football

References

^ "CSU–Pueblo Web Style, Standards, and Best Practices". March 1, 2019. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
^ "CSU PUEBLO:Official Site of ThunderWolves Athletics". Archived from the original on 2013-05-06. Retrieved 2013-05-20.
^ "CSU PUEBLO THUNDERWOLVES | PUEBLO'S TEAM". www.gothunderwolves.com. Archived from the original on 2008-09-24.
^ College Football Data Warehouse Archived 2008-11-09 at the Wayback Machine - CSU-Pueblo - accessed 2010-06-09
^ Berge, Torin. "Revival big hit at USC." Denver Post. Saturday April 16, 1994. Saturday 1st Edition. Sports p. D-02. Retrieved on May 15, 2013. Available at LexisNexis. "Budget cuts forced Southern Colorado to drop its program in 1984. Athletic director Dan DeRose not only brought back baseball but put the team in a new 50-acre, $ 2 million complex that includes Rawlings Field for baseball, a soccer field, a 500-car parking lot and a three-field softball complex. The softball and baseball fields have lights."