LSU–Shreveport Pilots

	LSU–Shreveport Pilots The LSU–Shreveport Pilots (or LSUS Pilots) are the athletic teams that represent Louisiana State University Shreveport, located in Shreveport, Louisiana, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the Red River Athletic Conference (RRAC) since the 2010–11 academic year. The Pilots previously competed in the Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC) from 2000–01 to 2009–10. Accomplishments The LSU–Shreveport athletic program has produced many championship teams collecting nine regular season conference titles, 16 conference tournament championships, and competed in 31 NAIA National Tournaments. Varsity teams LSUS competes in six intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball and soccer; while women's sports include basketball, soccer and tennis. Club sports include bass fighting, eSports and weightlifting. Baseball The LSU–Shreveport Pilots baseball team competes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Louisiana State University Shreveport Louisiana State University Shreveport (LSU Shreveport or LSUS) is a public university in Shreveport, Louisiana. It is part of the Louisiana State University System. Initially, a two-year college, LSUS has expanded into a university with 21 undergraduate degree programs, a dozen master's degree programs, and more recently a Doctorate of Education (Ed.D.) in Leadership Studies. LSUS offers more than 70 extra-curricular organizations and operates Red River Radio, a public radio network based in Shreveport. History In September 1967, Louisiana State University Shreveport opened its doors as a two-year commuter college with an enrollment of 807 students under the direction of Dean Donald Shipp. The campaign to establish a branch of Louisiana State University (LSU) in Shreveport began in 1936 when the Caddo Parish Police Jury passed a resolution for the school with the support of Frank Fulco and several civic organizations including the Queensborough Civic Club. However, when Lou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Red River Athletic Conference The Red River Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). The conference's 13 member institutions are located in Texas, Louisiana Louisiana , group=pronunciation (French: ''La Louisiane'') is a state in the Deep South and South Central regions of the United States. It is the 20th-smallest by area and the 25th most populous of the 50 U.S. states. Louisiana is borde ..., and New Mexico. History The conference began competition in 1998 with 16 charter members. The conference at present counts 14 members, one of the most recent additions being Texas A&M University–Texarkana in 2016. In 2018, University of St. Thomas (Texas), St. Thomas Houston announced its departure from the conference to join the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC) of the NCAA Division III as a provisional member in 2019. In March 2020, Texas A&M University–San Antonio was approved for membership into ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
picture info	Shreveport, Louisiana Shreveport ( ) is a city in the U.S. state of Louisiana. It is the third most populous city in Louisiana after New Orleans and Baton Rouge, respectively. The Shreveport–Bossier City metropolitan area, with a population of 393,406 in 2020, is the fourth largest in Louisiana, though 2020 census estimates placed its population at 397,590. The bulk of Shreveport is in Caddo Parish, of which it is the parish seat. It extends along the west bank of the Red River (most notably at Wright Island, the Charles and Marie Hamel Memorial Park, and Bagley Island) into neighboring Bossier Parish. The United States Census Bureau's 2020 census tabulation for the city's population was 187,593, though the American Community Survey's census estimates determined 189,890 residents. Shreveport was founded in 1836 by the Shreve Town Company, a corporation established to develop a town at the juncture of the newly navigable Red River and the Texas Trail, an overland route into the newly independent R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Pilot Field (LSUS) Pilot Field may refer to: * Pilot Field (LSUS), a baseball stadium at Louisiana State University Shreveport The former name for Sahlen Field, a baseball stadium in Buffalo, New York The former name for Joe Etzel Field, a college baseball stadium in Portland, Oregon * The Pilot Field The Pilot Field is a Association football, football stadium in Hastings, East Sussex. It is home to Hastings United F.C., Hastings United who currently play in the Isthmian League, the club have used the ground since 1985 after the old Hastings ... , an association football stadium in Hastings, East Sussex, England {{disambig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Health And Physical Education Building (LSUS) Southern University at New Orleans (also known as SUNO) is a public historically black university in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is a member of the Southern University System and the Thurgood Marshall College Fund. History Southern University was founded in New Orleans in 1880 and moved out of the city in 1914 due to logistical concerns as well as pressure from its White neighbors. SUNO was then founded as a branch of Southern by Act 28 of the Extraordinary Session of the Louisiana Legislature of September 4, 1956. On September 21, 1959, SUNO opened its doors on a 17-acre site located in historic Pontchartrain Park, a subdivision of primarily African American single-family residences in eastern New Orleans. Established as an open community of learners, classes began with 158 freshmen, one building and a faculty of fifteen. The university offered ten courses in four academic disciplines, including Humanities, Science, Social Science and Commerce. The first graduation took pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	The Swamp (LSUS) A swamp is a wooded wetland. Swamp or The Swamp may also refer to: Books and comics * ''Swamp'' (comic strip), a comic strip by Gary Clark * ''The Swamp'' (novel), a 1977 novel by Hanna Mina * ''The Swamp'', a 1976 book by Bill Thomas ''The Swamp: The Everglades, Florida, and the Politics of Paradise'', a 2006 book by Michael Grunwald Film and television ''The Swamp'' (1921 film), a silent film starring Sessue Hayakawa and Bessie Love * ''The Swamp'', a 2019 film produced by television series ''American Experience'' * ''The Swamp'' (documentary), a 2020 documentary film by HBO * ''The Swamp'' (Ireland), a 1996–1998 summer replacement for the television series ''The Den'' on RTÉ * "The Swamp" (''Avatar: The Last Airbender''), a television episode * The Swamp, a tent that was home to the main characters in the film '' MASH'' and television series ''MASH'' Music Swamp music (other) or simply swamp, a type of American popular music * The Swamp, a studio spac ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	National Association Of Intercollegiate Athletics The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) established in 1940, is a college athletics association for colleges and universities in North America. Most colleges and universities in the NAIA offer athletic scholarships to its student athletes. For the 2021–22 season, it has 252 member institutions, of which two are in British Columbia, one in the U.S. Virgin Islands, and the rest in the conterminous United States, with over 77,000 student-athletes participating. The NAIA, whose headquarters is in Kansas City, Missouri, sponsors 27 national championships. The CBS Sports Network, formerly called CSTV, serves as the national media outlet for the NAIA. In 2014, ESPNU began carrying the NAIA Football National Championship. History In 1937, James Naismith and local leaders, including George Goldman and Emil Liston, staged the first National College Basketball Tournament at Municipal Auditorium in Kansas City, Missouri, of which Goldman was director, one year befor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Gulf Coast Athletic Conference The Gulf Coast Athletic Conference (GCAC) is a college athletic conference made up entirely of historically black colleges and universities (HBCUs) that's affiliated with the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA). Member institutions are located in the states of Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Louisiana, and Mississippi. History The GCAC was established in 1981, with the following charter institutions: Belhaven University, Dillard University, Louisiana College (now Louisiana Christian University), Spring Hill College, Tougaloo College, William Carey University, and Xavier University of Louisiana. The first sports were men and women's basketball and men's tennis, with other sports soon following. The University of Mobile was admitted in October 1985, Southern University at New Orleans was granted admission in May 1986, Loyola University was admitted in April 1995, and Louisiana State University in Shreveport became a member in April 2000. In 2005, Hurricane Katri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]
	Kendrick Farris Kendrick James Farris (born July 2, 1986) is an Olympic weightlifter from the United States. He competed for the United States in the 85 kg weight class at the 2008 Summer Olympics where he placed 8th. Farris also participated in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London where he placed 10th. He was the silver medalist at the 2013 Summer Universiade and the Pan-American Champion in 2010. Farris is coached by Kyle Pierce. During the Olympic trials on May 8, 2016, Farris broke the U.S. record by lifting a total of – in the snatch and in the clean and jerk. In the 2016 Olympics, Farris finished 11th in the 94 kg weight class, with a 160 kg snatch and 197 kg clean and jerk. Personal life Born in Shreveport, Louisiana, Farris attended Louisiana State University in Shreveport. He is an American. He and his wife Katrina have two sons, Khalil and Kingsley. He has been vegan since late 2014. See also List of vegans Veganism involves following a vegan d ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR:* [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu]