The Centenary Gentlemen and Ladies are composed of 20 teams representing
Centenary College of Louisiana in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, and swimming. Men's sports include football, baseball and lacrosse. Women's sports include gymnastics, softball, and volleyball. The Gentlemen and Ladies compete in the
NCAA Division III
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and are members of the
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference.
Prior to 2011, Centenary was a member of the
NCAA Division I
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, and competed in the
Summit League
The Summit League, or The Summit, is an NCAA Division I intercollegiate athletic conference with its membership mostly located in the Midwestern United States from Illinois on the East of the Mississippi River to the Dakotas and Nebraska on the W ...
.
Sports sponsored
Centenary College sponsors nine men's and nine women's team in
NCAA
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...
sanctioned sports.
Baseball
The Centenary Gentlemen baseball team represents Centenary College. The school's team currently competes in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, which is part of the
NCAA Division III
NCAA Division III (D-III) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States. D-III consists of athletic programs at colleges and universities that choose not to offer athletic scholarships to their st ...
. The team plays home games at the
Shehee Stadium.
Men's basketball
The Centenary Gentlemen basketball team represents Centenary College. The school's team currently competes in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, which is part of the
NCAA Division III
NCAA Division III (D-III) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States. D-III consists of athletic programs at colleges and universities that choose not to offer athletic scholarships to their st ...
. The team plays home games at the
Gold Dome.
Women's basketball
The Centenary Ladies basketball team represents Centenary College. The school's team currently competes in the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference, which is part of the
NCAA Division III
NCAA Division III (D-III) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States. D-III consists of athletic programs at colleges and universities that choose not to offer athletic scholarships to their st ...
. The team plays home games at the
Gold Dome.
Gymnastics
Gymnastics competes in
Division I as a member of the
Midwest Independent Conference.
Football
Centenary College of Louisiana had previously fielded a football team from 1909 to 1941. On November 10, 2021, the college announced that it would be reviving its football team starting in Fall 2024.
References
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