The Cameron Aggies are the athletic team that represent
Cameron University
Cameron University is a public university in Lawton, Oklahoma. It offers more than 50 degrees through both undergraduate and graduate programs. The degree programs emphasize the liberal arts, science and technology, and graduate and professional ...
, located in
Lawton, Oklahoma
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, in
NCAA Division II
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intercollegiate sports.
The Aggies compete as members of the
Lone Star Conference
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for all 14 varsity sports.
Varsity sports
Teams
Men's sports
* Baseball
* Basketball
* Cross Country
* Golf
* Tennis
* Track & Field
Women's sports
* Basketball
* Cross Country
* Golf
* Softball
* Spirit Team
* Tennis
* Track & Field
* Volleyball
Individual sports
Men's basketball
In the 1970s, as an NAIA Division I basketball program, the Aggies won three District IX Championships, as well as the
1980 NAIA men's basketball championship. This was the first national championship for Cameron athletics.
Football
In 1987, Cameron defeated
Carson-Newman (Tenn.) 30–2 to win the
NAIA Division I Football National Championship. Cameron had previously won a national championship as a junior college, as well, but the university discontinued football on December 11, 1992, to balance the number of sports offered to men and women, respectively.
Men's golf
Jerry Hrnciar
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has been the head coach of the men's golf program since 1975, and his teams have appeared in the NAIA National Championship Tournament in 1977, 1978, 1982,
1983 (National Champion), 1984, 1985, 1986, and 1987. After Cameron University made the switch to NCAA Division II, Hrnciar's teams have qualified in 1990, 1991, 1994, 1996, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2010, and 2011.
Women's basketball
The women's basketball program has been in place since 1910. In 2002, the team won the Lone Star Conference championship.
Head coaches
* CE Hansen (1910–1911)
* GL Hawkinson (1913–1914)
* Robert M. Park (1920–1921)
* BF Jolly (1921–1922)
* Thomas James Crouch (1922–1923)
* GV Dennis (1924–1927)
* EC Reynolds (1927–1928)
* William Huff (1928–1929)
* Oma Carter (1929–1930)
* Lena Japp (1930–1931)
* Lyle Yarborough (1943–1946)
* Val Maples (1958–1978)
* RT Toma (1978–1986)
* Billy Carter (1986–1989)
* Laina McDonald (1989–1997)
* Stacy Johnson (1997–2000)
*
Adrian Wiggins
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Early life and educ ...
(2000–2002)
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(2002–2006)
* Kevin Kackerott (2006–2007)
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Tom Webb (2007–16)
* Emma Andrews (2016– )
File:Athletics-WBSK vs Cameron-2009 (16282069132).jpg, The Aggies women's basketball team in action against the Texas A&M–Commerce Lions
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in 2015
File:Athletics-SFTB vs Cameron-9884 (16602145559).jpg, The Aggies softball team in action against Texas A&M–Commerce in 2015
References
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