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Athletics
Intercollegiate
Jared Mosley, Director of Athletics
ACU Box 27916; Abilene, Texas 79699-7916
Teague Special Events Center
Phone: 325-674-2353
Fax: 325-674-6831
Email: jared.mosley@acu.edu
Web: www.acusports.com
Abilene Christian University is widely known for having one of
the premier athletics programs in the NCAA Division II. As a
member of the Lone Star Conference, ACU competes in the
men's sports of baseball, basketball, cross country, football,
golf, tennis, and indoor and outdoor track and field, and in the
women's sports of basketball, cross country, soccer, softball,
tennis, indoor and outdoor track and field and volleyball.
The university has some of the finest athletics facilities in the
nation with a 4,500-seat gymnasium (Moody Coliseum) that
serves as the home court for ACU basketball and volleyball,
and the adjoining Gibson Health and Physical Education
Center. ACU also plays in one of the best collegiate baseball
facilities in the country in 4,000-seat Crutcher Scott Field. With
a clubhouse, modern press box and new indoor hitting facility,
ACU baseball players enjoy a facility that is on par with those
at numerous NCAA Division I programs across the county.
ACU also has an all-weather, nine-lane track at Elmer Gray
Stadium that has hosted some of the greatest athletes in both the
country and world over the years. ACU Olympians Bobby
Morrow, Earl Young, Billy Pemelton, Billy Olson and Tim
Bright competed there, as did other Olympians including
sprinter Michael Johnson. Wilma Rudolph was the headliner at
the 1960 U.S. Women's Olympic Trials at the stadium.
The ACU football team plays at 15,000-seat Shotwell Stadium,
an almost-50-year-old facility that in recent years has received
some tremendous upgrades. The stadium boasts one of the
largest and best high-definition scoreboards in the Southwest,
and it also has new locker rooms and a FieldTurf playing
surface. The Wildcats have played all of their home games in
the stadium since 1959, and future NFL players like Thomas
"Hollywood" Henderson, John Randle, Hall of Famer Darrell
Green, Wade Wilson, Wilbert Montgomery, Dominic Rhodes,
Jermaine Mayberry, Robert Garza, Keith Traylor, Pierce Holt
and Daniel Manning have played at the stadium.
The men's and women's tennis teams compete at one of the
finest tennis facilities in the nation in the Eager Tennis Center.
The Judi and Cecil Eager Tennis Pavilion was added to the
complex in 2002, and the center underwent more extensive
renovations in summer 2007, adding more courts and lighting,
re-covering the existing courts with new surfacing and adding
new wind screens.
The remarkable success of ACU Wildcat student-athletes over
the years is a tribute to the athletes, the coaches and the
tradition of winning that permeates the program. ACU recruits
its student-athletes for their academic and spiritual qualities, as
well as their athletic abilities.ACU has won all-sports titles in 23 of their 34 years in the
rugged Lone Star Conference, including 12 straight from 1995-
96 through the 2006-07 athletic year. ACU has four times
finished runner-up in competition for the United States Sports
Academy Director's Cup, which recognizes the best all-around
athletics program in NCAA Division II. ACU is the only school
in NCAA Division II to finish in the top 15 in each of the 12
final director's cup standings.
In addition to 60 national team championships, hundreds of
student-athletes have won individual national championships,
earned all-America honors and been named academic all-
America. In addition, several ACU student-athletes have been
named to various halls of fame around the country.
The 53 NCAA team national championships that ACU has won
through the fall of 2007 is fourth in NCAA history behind only
UCLA, Stanford and USC. When you add it all up, it's no
surprise we like to say that ACU is "Where Champions Are
Made."
Intramural Sports
Danny Kittley, Director
ACU Box 28204; Abilene, Texas 79699-8204
Bennett Gym, Room 103
Phone: 325-674-2555
Fax: 325-674-6854
Email: kittleyd@acu.edu
Web: www.acu.edu/intramuralsports
The Intramural Sports Department offers great ways to get
involved with activities on campus, especially for new students.
About 3,000 students currently participate in Intramural Sports
with numbers increasing annually. The department offers a
championship league for the more competitive athlete, as well
as a recreational league for those that prefer a more fun
atmosphere. In the fall, ACU Intramural Sports offers: 3-2
softball, tennis, waterball, 3-on-3 basketball, and flag football.
In the spring, there is 5-on-5 basketball, softball, indoor soccer,
outdoor soccer, 5-on-5 flag football, volleyball, and ultimate
Frisbee. The ACU Intramural Sports Department has sent
several teams to national tournaments, each proving ACU's
impressive athleticism versus programs from much larger
universities.
There are also opportunities for employment through
Intramural Sports. The department hires student workers and
officials for ACU and also employs students to work with the
Abilene Independent School District officiating 7th grade
basketball games and working with the 6th grade Intramural
Sports programs at each middle school in Abilene.
Each participant is financially responsible for care
of personal injury, therefore, the Intramural Sports
Department and Abilene Christian University urges all
participants to either purchase student insurance offered
by the school or have coverage by a private policy. The
Intramural Sports Department and Abilene Christian
University will not be held responsible for accidents. All
Students play at your own risk.38
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