The Cal Poly Pomona Broncos or Cal Poly Broncos are the athletic sports teams for the
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona, CPP, or Cal Poly"Cal Poly" may also refer to California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo in San Luis Obispo. See the '' name'' section of this article for more info ...
(Cal Poly Pomona).
Cal Poly Pomona has 11 varsity sports teams and offers student participation in a wide range of sports including
soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
,
volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
,
track and field
Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...
,
basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...
, and
baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...
. Cal Poly Pomona participates at the
NCAA
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's
Division II (DII) level in the
California Collegiate Athletic Association
The California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level. All of its current members are public universities, and upon U ...
(CCAA).
The Broncos have 65 CCAA championships and 14 NCAA National Championships. Current and former Cal Poly athletes have won 7 Olympic medals (
3 gold, 1 silver, and 3 bronze). As of 2021, Cal Poly ranks 3th in the nation in NCAA Division II
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The NCSA At ...
(NCSA) Power Rankings that calculate rankings based on NCSA recruiting network, general academic rankings by ''
U.S. News & World Report'' Best Colleges,
Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System
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(IPEDS) graduation rates and IPEDS average cost after aid.
Teams
While in existence, the Broncos' softball team appeared in seven
Women's College World Series
The Women's College World Series (WCWS) is the final portion of the NCAA Division I softball tournament for college softball in the United States. Eight teams participate in the WCWS, which begins with a double-elimination tournament. In other wo ...
, in 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1988 and 1989.
Championships
Appearances
The Cal Poly Pomona Broncos competed in the NCAA Tournament across 11 active sports (5 men's and 6 women's) 165 times at the Division II level.
* Baseball (12): 1976 • 1979 • 1980 • 1983 • 1985 • 1988 • 1993 • 2011 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017
* Men's basketball (13): 1962 • 1964 • 1976 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2007 • 2009 • 2010 • 2013 • 2015 • 2016 • 2018
* Women's basketball (25): 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2004 • 2005 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2014 • 2015
* Men's cross country (20): 1967 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1997 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2018
* Women's cross country (4): 1985 • 2010 • 2016 • 2017
* Men's soccer (5): 1998 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018
* Women's soccer (4): 1999 • 2001 • 2012 • 2014
* Men's outdoor track and field (38): 1965 • 1967 • 1968 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1999 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2005 • 2007 • 2009 • 2011 • 2012 • 2014 • 2015 • 2017 • 2018
* Women's outdoor track and field (27): 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2013 • 2014 • 2016
* Women's volleyball (16): 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1988 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1996 • 1997 • 2004 • 2005 • 2007 • 2008 • 2018
Team
The Broncos of Cal Poly Pomona earned 12 NCAA championships at the Division II level.
*Men's (5)
**
Baseball
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(3): 1976, 1980, 1983
**
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams, most commonly of five players each, opposing one another on a rectangular Basketball court, court, compete with the primary objective of #Shooting, shooting a basketball (ball), basketball (appr ...
(1):
2010
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**
Cross country (1): 1983
*Women's (7)
**
Basketball
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(5): 1982, 1985, 1986, 2001, 2002
**
Tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
(2): 1991, 1992
Results
Below are two national championships that were not bestowed by the NCAA:
* Women's tennis – Division II (2): 1980, 1981 (
AIAW
The Association for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) was founded in 1971 to govern collegiate women's athletics in the United States and to administer national championships (see AIAW Champions). It evolved out of the Commission on Interc ...
)
Below is one national club team championship:
* Co-ed roller hockey (1): 2003 (
NCRHA)
Individual
Cal Poly Pomona had 25 Broncos win NCAA individual championships at the Division II level.
At the NCAA Division I level, Cal Poly Pomona garnered 1 individual champion.
Conference championships
CCAA regular season championships (67)
Cal Poly Pomona has won CCAA regular season championships in the following events:
*Men's sports (30):
**Men's
Water Polo
Water polo is a competitive team sport played in water between two teams of seven players each. The game consists of four quarters in which the teams attempt to score goals by throwing the ball into the opposing team's goal. The team with the ...
- 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978
**Men's
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each, taking turns batting and fielding. The game occurs over the course of several plays, with each play generally beginning when a player on the fielding tea ...
- 1976, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1991, 2015
**
Men's Basketball - 1980-81, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2017-18, 2018-19
**Men's
Cross Country - 1983, 1985, 1994, 1996, 1997
**Men's Outdoor
Track & Field
Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...
- 1972, 1997, 1998
**Men's
Soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
- 2014, 2018
*Women's sports (37):
**Women's Basketball - 1981-82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2013–14
**Women's
Soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
- 1991, 1999
**Women's
Tennis
Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...
- 1983, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2003
**Women's Outdoor Track & Field - 1997, 1998
**Women's
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...
- 1981, 1990, 2005
CCAA Tournament championships (18)
Cal Poly Pomona has won CCAA tournament championships in the following events:
*Men's sports (7):
**Men's
Baseball
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- 2015, 2019
**
Men's Basketball - 2013, 2015
**Men's
Soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
- 2014, 2015, 2019
*Women's sports (11):
**Women's Basketball - 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2011
Olympics
Olympic medalists
Former sports
Football
Cal Poly Pomona fielded a
college football
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Unlike most ...
team in Division II through the
1982
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season.
Jim Zorn
James Arthur Zorn (born May 10, 1953) is a former American football player and coach. Zorn was a left-handed quarterback, and is best known as the starting quarterback of the Seattle Seahawks for their first eight seasons. He was the quarterback ...
was the Broncos'
quarterback
The quarterback (commonly abbreviated "QB"), colloquially known as the "signal caller", is a position in gridiron football. Quarterbacks are members of the offensive platoon and mostly line up directly behind the offensive line. In modern Ame ...
in
1973 and
1974; he played in the
NFL for a decade, most notably as the starter for the expansion
Seattle Seahawks
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.
Club sports
There are currently 8 club sports at Cal Poly Pomona.
*basketball
*soccer
*volleyball
*tennis
*
cycling
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*roller hockey
*
martial arts
Martial arts are codified systems and traditions of combat practiced for a number of reasons such as self-defense; military and law enforcement applications; combat sport, competition; physical, mental, and spiritual development; entertainment; a ...
*
ultimate frisbee
Ultimate, originally known as ultimate Frisbee, is a non-contact team sport played with a frisbee flung by hand. Ultimate was developed in 1968 by AJ Gator in Maplewood, New Jersey. Although ultimate resembles many traditional sports in its ath ...
All students may only participate in any clubs/activities with a 3.0 GPA or higher.
Bronco Pep Band
The Bronco Pep Band is a student-run band at the university. The band is currently a group within the Athletics Department.
Cal Poly Pomona music department student Daniel Sandt became the first director of what became known as "Bronco Pep Band version 2.0".
[Bronco Pep Band History]
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Directors
*Daniel Sandt (2002–2005)
*Steven Corral (2005–2009)
*James Rodriguez (2009-2012)
*Branden Herron (2012-2014)
*Ramiro Castañeda (2014-2016)
*Kingsley Hickman (2016-2018)
*Viral Shukla (2018–2020)
*Omar Arellano (2020–present)
Fight song
The first fight song
Song of the Viking
Words by Jerry Voorhis, Sung to the tune of The Maine Stein Song The Maine Stein Song is the school song of the University of Maine. Its lyrics were written by UMaine student Lincoln Colcord in 1902 and its tune was based on ''Opie'', a march written by E. A. Fenstad. It was popularized in 1930 by Rudy Vallée a ...
The new fight song
Cal Poly Pomona Fight Song
Words sung to the trio section of John Philip Sousa's Solid Men to the Front.
Unofficial Fight Song
The finale of the overture
Overture (from French ''ouverture'', "opening") in music was originally the instrumental introduction to a ballet, opera, or oratorio in the 17th century. During the early Romantic era, composers such as Beethoven and Mendelssohn composed overt ...
to the opera ''William Tell
William Tell (german: Wilhelm Tell, ; french: Guillaume Tell; it, Guglielmo Tell; rm, Guglielm Tell) is a folk hero of Switzerland.
According to the legend, Tell was an expert mountain climber and marksman with a crossbow who assassinated Albr ...
'' has served as the university's fight song.
See also
* Cal Poly Pomona Broncos men's basketball
References
External links
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