The Fort Lewis Skyhawks are the athletic teams that represent

Fort Lewis College Fort Lewis College (FLC) is a public liberal arts college in Durango, Colorado, and the only four-year and graduate studies institution in the Four Corners region. FLC's historical evolution spans its origins as a U.S. military fort, an Indian ...

, located in

Durango, Colorado Durango is the home rule city that is the county seat and the most populous municipality of La Plata County, Colorado, United States. The city population was 19,071 at the 2020 United States census. Durango is the home of Fort Lewis College ...

, in

NCAA Division II NCAA Division II (D-II) is the intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). It offers an alternative to both the larger and better-funded Division I and to the scholarship-free environment ...

intercollegiate sports. The Skyhawks compete as members of the

Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference The Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC), commonly known as the Rocky Mountain Conference (RMC) from approximately 1910 through the late 1960s, is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (N ...

for all 11 varsity sports. The college's teams were previously known as the Beavers, Aggies, and Raiders.

Athletic facilities

Facilities include the 4,000 seat Ray Dennison Memorial Field for football and lacrosse, the 2,750-seat Whalen Gymnasium for men's and women's basketball and women's volleyball, Aspen Field for softball, and Dirks Field, with a seating capacity of 2,000 for men's and women's soccer.

Varsity sports

Teams

Men's sports * Basketball * Cross country * Football * Golf * Soccer * Outdoor track Women's sports * Golf * Basketball * Cross country * Lacrosse * Soccer * Softball * Track & field * Volleyball * Outdoor track * Cheer

Basketball

The Skyhawks women's basketball team earned a berth in the NCAA Division II national title game in 2010.

Football

The Fort Lewis College football team won the RMAC championship in 1984 and defeated Dixie State to win the 2006 Dixie Rotary Bowl. Quarterback Andrew Webb (2000–2003) holds the single game RMAC passing record with 636 yards vs. Mesa State on 11/16/2002 and has the 3rd-highest RMAC career passing yards with 11,742.

Golf

The men's golf team reached the NCAA Division II Championships in the 2010–2011 season.

Soccer

The Fort Lewis College men's soccer team won the 2011 NCAA Division II Men’s Soccer National Championships. The win was the team's third NCAA Division II national championship, having won in 2005, 2009, and 2011. The Skyhawks men's soccer team also reached the finals and were national runners-up in 1999 and 2006.

RMAC championships

Men's basketball: regular season (7) 1986–87, 1988–89, 2004–05, 2007–08, 2015–16, 2017–18, 2022–23; tournament (5) 2002, 2008, 2011, 2016, 2023 Football: (1) 1984 Men's golf: regular season (2) 2010, 2011; tournament (2) 1985, 2005 Men's soccer: regular season (7) 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2011, 2023; Tournament (11) 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2011 Women's basketball: regular season (6) 1982–83, 1985–86, 1988–89, 2007–08, 2008–09, 2009–10; tournament (2) 2011, 2012 Women's cross country: all-time individual champion (1) Melissa Knight 1988 Women's soccer: regular season (1) 2010; tournament (4) 1999, 2006, 2007, 2009 Softball: tournament (2) 2008, 2012 Volleyball: regular season (4) 1988, 1989, 1994, 2007

National championships

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Club, intramural, and non-NCAA sports

Club sports teams are organized, coached, and administered by student team members and play intercollegiate schedules. Club sports include baseball, cycling, women's golf, men's lacrosse, men's and women's rugby, ski & snowboard, men's and women's soccer, tennis, track & field, and ultimate frisbee. Intramural sports offered include basketball, flag football, softball, soccer, volleyball, kickball, dodgeball, ultimate frisbee, badminton, and tennis.

Cycling

The Fort Lewis College Cycling team, a club sport, races in the USA Collegiate Cycling Division I as a member of the Rocky Mountain Collegiate Cycling Conference, and was ranked first in the nation after the 2009–2010, 2010–2011, and 2011–2012 seasons. The team competes in track, mountain biking, cyclocross, road, and BMX disciplines, and has won 23 team national championships in those disciplines since 1995.

References

External links

* {{Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference navbox