The East Stroudsburg Warriors are the athletic teams that represent

East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania (ESU) is a public university in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania. It is one of ten state universities that compose the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education (PASSHE). History What today is East ...

, located in

East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania East Stroudsburg is a borough in Monroe County, Pennsylvania, and part of the Pocono Mountains region of the state. Originally known as Dansbury, East Stroudsburg was renamed for geographic reasons when the Delaware, Lackawanna, and Western Railr ...

, in

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Division II

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. The Warriors are members of the

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(PSAC) for all eighteen varsity sports and have been members of the PSAC since its foundation in 1951.

Varsity teams

List of teams

Men's sports (7) *Baseball *Basketball *Cross country *Football *Soccer *Track and field *Wrestling Women's sports (11) *Basketball *Cross country *Field hockey *Golf *Lacrosse *Soccer *Softball *Swimming and diving *Tennis *Track and field *Volleyball

National championships

Team

Individual sports

Basketball

In 2018 the men's basketball team advanced to the Elite 8 quarterfinals.

Field hockey

* East Stroudsburg's 2001 women's field hockey team finished runner-up for the

NCAA Division II Field Hockey Championship The NCAA Division II field hockey tournament is an annual single-elimination tournament conducted by the National Collegiate Athletic Association to determine the national champion of women's Division II collegiate field hockey in the United Sta ...

. * East Stroudsburg's 2015 women's field hockey team won the

Football

* East Stroudsburg's 2005 football team got to the Division II semi-finals & quarterback

Jimmy Terwilliger Jimmy Terwilliger is an American college football coach and former player. He is the head football coach for East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania, a position he has held since 2019. From 2009 to 2013, he was the head football coach at Pl ...

won the

Harlon Hill Trophy The Harlon Hill Trophy is an award in American college football given to the individual selected as the most valuable player in NCAA Division II. The award is named for former University of North Alabama and National Football League player Harl ...

. * James Franklin, the current Head Coach of Penn State, was quarterback from 1991 to 1994.

Gymnastics

* East Stroudsburg won the 1983 & 1984 NCAA Division II Men's Gymnastics Championships (runner-up in 1982, fifth place in 1981). * East Stroudsburg won the 1985

Eastern Intercollegiate Gymnastics League The Eastern Intercollegiate Gymnastics League (EIGL) is an NCAA Division I college athletic conference which sponsors men's gymnastics. It is an affiliate of the Eastern College Athletic Conference (ECAC). Members :''See footnote'' *Army Black Kn ...

championship (runner-up in 1984, third place in 1983).

Men's soccer

* East Stroudsburg won the 1962

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. * East Stroudsburg's 1972 men's soccer team produced Division I All-American goalkeeper

Bob Rigby Bob Rigby (born July 3, 1951) is an American retired soccer player who played as a goalkeeper. He played twelve seasons in the North American Soccer League, three in the Major Indoor Soccer League, one in the Western Soccer Alliance and earned si ...

Softball

* East Stroudsburg's softball team appeared in two

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in 1975 and 1976.

Other sports

* East Stroudsburg's 2000 women's rugby team finished runner up for the

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. * East Stroudsburg's 2009 women's rugby team finished runner up for the NSCRO. * East Stroudsburg's club archery team won numerous national collegiate team championships bestowed by the National Archery Association over an era extending into the 1970s.

References

External links

* {{Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference navbox