The Cleveland State Vikings, or Vikes, are the athletic teams of

Cleveland State University Cleveland State University (CSU) is a public research university in Cleveland, Ohio. It was established in 1964 and opened for classes in 1965 after acquiring the entirety of Fenn College, a private school that had been in operation since 1923. ...

. Before as

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they were known as the Fenn College Foxes or Fenn Foxes. Cleveland State competes in

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Division I. The Vikings have competed in NCAA Division I since 1972. They were previously members of the

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, a precursor to NCAA Division II. The university is a member of the

Horizon League The Horizon League is an 11-school collegiate athletic conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I, whose members are located in and near the Great Lakes region. The Horizon League founded in 1979 as the Midw ...

(1994–present), the

Mid-American Conference The Mid-American Conference (MAC) is a National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I collegiate athletic conference with a membership base in the Great Lakes region that stretches from Western New York to Illinois. Nine of the twel ...

(2019–present) for wrestling, and the

ASUN Conference The ASUN Conference, formerly the Atlantic Sun Conference, is a collegiate athletic conference operating mostly in the Southeastern United States. The league participates at the NCAA Division I level, and began sponsoring football at the Divisio ...

(2021–present) for men's lacrosse. Cleveland State was formerly in the

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(1982–1994) and

North Star Conference The North Star Conference or NSC was a women's conference in the NCAA. The conference existed from the 1983–84 school year through the 1991–92 school year. Originally announced in 1983, the conference was formed by charter members Butler, Dayt ...

(1989–1992). Cleveland State previously fielded baseball, men's cross country as well as men and women's track and field. As Fenn College they fielded men's ice hockey and rifle. Cleveland State has a number of club sports as well.

Facilities

Current facilities

* The Bert L. & Iris S. Wolstein Convocation Center- Men and women's basketball * Krenzler Soccer Field — Men's lacrosse, men's and women's soccer * Robert F. Busbey Natatorium – Men and women's swimming and diving * Homer E. Woodling Gymnasium – Volleyball, wrestling and fencing *Viking Field – Softball *The Robert Malaga Tennis Center – Men and women's tennis

Former facilities

* All Pro Freight Stadium – Baseball * The Ellwood H. Fisher Swimming Pool – Men's swimming * Fenn Gym – Wrestling and fencing * Homer E. Woodling Gymnasium – Men and women's basketball

Athletic Director history

McCafferty Trophy

The McCafferty Trophy is awarded by the Horizon League to the school with the best overall athletic performance in all the sponsored sports. Cleveland State has won the award twice, in 2008 and 2013. Below is a table of the Cleveland State finishes and points.

Baseball

Baseball at Cleveland State was played for a total of 69 seasons. On May 2, 2011 Clevleland State University announced that they would eliminate the baseball team. The reasons cited were budget concerns as well as the difficulty of having a baseball team in the northern United States with the season starting earlier and earlier and favoring teams in the warmer southern United States. Regular season *Mid-Continent Conference Team Championships (2): :1986, 1989 *Horizon League Team Championships (0): Tournament *Mid-Continent Conference Team Championships (0): *Horizon League Team Championships (0):

Men's basketball

Regular season *Mid-Continent Conference championships (3): :1985, 1986, 1993 *Horizon League championships (2): :2011, 2021 Tournament *Mid-Continent Conference championships (1): :1986 *Horizon League championships (2): :2009, 2021

Men's cross country

*Cleveland State dropped Men's Cross Country after the 1993 season. *Mid-Continent Conference Team Championships (1): :1992

NCAA Championship history

Men's fencing

Record by year

Head coaching history

Football

On October 14, 2008 Cleveland State University President Michael Schwartz stated "he wants a blue ribbon panel to give him a recommendation on the football team before July 1 when he is scheduled to retire. He also said the program will have to be structured to pay for itself." On November 19, 2008 it was revealed that President Schwartz had chosen the committee members to explore the feasibility of football at Cleveland State. On October 9, 2009 it was announced the University had completed its feasibility study. From April 12–14, 2010 the Cleveland State Student Government Association polled students online about whether they favored football at Cleveland State. The results were as follows.

Men's golf

* *Mid-Continent Team Championships (0): *Horizon League Team Championships (10): 1998, 2006, 2008–09, 2011, 2014–18

Men's ice hockey

*Ohio-Pennsylvania Intercollegiate Hockey League Team Championships (0):

Record by year

Head coaching history

Men's lacrosse

Cleveland State established its varsity men's lacrosse program on March 30, 2015. The Vikings' inaugural lacrosse match was a 13–8 home loss to

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on February 4, 2017. CSU competed as an

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for its first five men's lacrosse seasons. After the 2021 season, CSU joined the newly reinstated men's lacrosse league of the

Head coaching history

Men's rifle

*No team since 1937–1938, no place to shoot.

Head coaching history

Men's soccer

Regular season *Mid-Continent Conference Team Championships (3): :1984, 1986, 1988 *Horizon League Team Championships (0): Tournament *Horizon League Team Championships (1): :2012

Men's swimming & diving

* Penn-Ohio Conference Championships (14): 1974, 1976-1986, 1990-1992 *Mid-Continent Conference Team Championships (0): *Horizon League Team Championships (4): :1998, 1999, 2006, 2013

Record by year

Head coaching history

Men's tennis

Cleveland State dropped tennis as a sport following the 1991–1992 school year. Tennis was brought back for the 1999–2000 school year. *Mid-Continent Conference Team Championships (0): *Horizon League Team Championships (5): :2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2018, 2019.

Men's track & field

*Cleveland State dropped Men's Track & Field after the 1992 season. Outdoor track and field *Mid-Continent Conference Team Championships (0): Indoor track and field *Mid-Continent Conference Team Championships (0):

NCAA Championship history

Head coaching history

Wrestling

*Eastern Wrestling League Team Championships (1): :1979 *Program has had at least one NCAA qualifier for the last 42 years, going back to the 1964–65 season. *Eight Vikings have achieved All-American status. :Lee Barylski, 142 pounds (1970) :Paul Azzarti, Heavyweight (1971) :Frank Yoo, 142 pounds (1972) :Tony DiGiovanni, 134 pounds (1973) :Tom Cavanaugh, 150 pounds (1973) :Toby Matney, 158 pounds (1979) :Dave Zahoransky, 142 pounds (1986, 1988) :Dan Carcelli, 142 pounds (1995)

Record by year

Head coaching history

Women's basketball

Regular season *Mid-Continent Conference Team Championships (0): *Horizon League Team Championships (0): Tournament *Mid-Continent Conference Team Championships (0): *Horizon League Team Championships (2): 2008, 2010

Women's cross country

*Mid-Continent Conference Team Championships (0): *Horizon League Team Championships (0): First Season 1980

Women's fencing

Record by year

Women's golf

*Horizon League Team Championships (1): 2017

Record by year

*Totals updated through the end of the 2010–2011 school year.

Head coaching history

Women's soccer

Regular season *Horizon League Team Championships (0): Tournament *Horizon League Team Championships (0):

Record by year

*Totals updated through the end of the 2016–2017 school year.

Head coaching history

Softball

Regular season *North Star Conference Team Championships (0): *Mid-Continent Conference Team Championships (0): *Horizon League Team Championships (2): :2008, 2010 Tournament *North Star Conference Team Championships (0): *Mid-Continent Conference Team Championships (0): *Horizon League Team Championships (2): :1997, 2009

Record by year

NCAA Championship history

Head coaching history

Women's swimming & diving

*Penn-Ohio Conference Championships (2): 1990 and 1991 *Mid-Continent Conference Team Championships (0): *Horizon League Team Championships (0):

Record by year

Head coaching history

Women's tennis

*North Star Conference Team Championships (0): *Mid-Continent Conference Team Championships (0): *Horizon League Team Championships (0):

Record by year

Head coaching history

Women's track & field

*Women's Track & Field ceased to exist after the 199? season. It was reinstated beginning in 2017. Outdoor track and field *North Star Conference Team Championships (?): *Horizon League Team Championships (0): Indoor track and field *North Star Conference Team Championships (?): *Horizon League Team Championships (0):

Women's volleyball

Regular season *North Star Conference Team Championships (0): *Mid-Continent Conference Team Championships (0): *Horizon League Team Championships (4): :2009, 2012, 2015, 2016 Tournament *North Star Conference Team Championships (0): *Mid-Continent Conference Team Championships (0): *Horizon League Team Championships (4): :2007, 2012, 2015, 2016

Club sports – crew (rowing)

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. In 2007 and 2009 the team raced at Aberdeen Dad Vail Regatta with over 37 boats in their race. In 2009 Cleveland State won the Hammer Ergatta cup and the Cleveland Collegiate Regatta cup. *Mid-America Collegiate Rowing Association Championships (0): *Cleveland Collegiate Regatta Championships (1): *Hammer Ergatta Championships (1):

Spring season regattas

Fall season regattas

Head coaching history

Notes

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External links

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