New Jersey City University Athletics

NJCU ATHLETICS SPORT SPONSORSHIP HISTORY (as of 7/1/2013)

SPORT

FIRST SEASON

TOTAL YEARS OF COMPETITION

NOTES

Baseball

1937

67 ¹

No team: 1941-46, 1952-56

Men’s Basketball

1931-32

71

First athletic team in school history

Women’s Basketball

1970-71

44

First women’s varsity athletic team

Women’s Bowling

2000-01

14

Compete for a National Collegiate championship with Division I, II and III schools

Men’s Cross Country

1961-1981; 2003

34 ²

reintroduced in 2003 after being discontinued in 1981

Women’s Cross Country

1984

31

Men’s Golf

2010-11

4

2009-10 Club

Men’s Soccer

1959

55

Women’s Soccer

1993

21

Softball

1981

34

Men’s Volleyball

1990

25

Women’s Volleyball

1983

32

¹  Baseball was dropped following the 1951 season due to lack of funding for a head coach.

² Men’s Cross Country; 1961 is unconfirmed debut season, but first records indicate that year.

Notes:

·         Men’s Indoor Track was sponsored for 31 years: 1959-60 to 1981-82; 2002-10; it was reintroduced in 2002-03 after being discontinued after 1981-82 season. It was discontinued after the 2009-10 season.

·         Men’s Outdoor Track was sponsored for 31 years: 1959-60 to 1981-82; 2002-10; it was reintroduced in 2002-03 after being discontinued after 1981-82 season. It was discontinued after the 2009-10 season.

·         Women’s Indoor Track was sponsored for 15 years: 1995-2010. It was discontinued after the 2009-10 season.

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·         Women’s Outdoor Track was sponsored for at least 16 years: 1982, and 1995-2010. It was discontinued after the 2009-10 season. Information prior to 1982 outdoor season does not exist.