Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds Explained

Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds
University:Eastern New Mexico University
Association:NCAA
Conference:LSC (primary)
Division:Division II
Director:Michael Molina (interim)
Location:Portales, New Mexico
Teams:16
Mens Teams:7
Womens Teams:7
Coed Teams:2
Stadium:Al Whitehead Field at Greyhound Stadium
Basketballarena:Greyhound Arena
Baseballfield:Greyhound Baseball Field
Softballstadium:Greyhound Softball Field
Soccerstadium:Al Whitehead Field at Greyhound Stadium
Mascot:Ralphie and Roxie
Nickname:Greyhounds
Pageurl:https://goeasternathletics.com/

The Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds are the athletic teams that represent Eastern New Mexico University, located in Portales, New Mexico, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Greyhounds compete as members of the Lone Star Conference for all 12 varsity sports. Until 2015, Eastern New Mexico had used Zias for the names of female sports teams, but the school announced that Eastern New Mexico will end the use of the Zias name for the female teams, choosing to have Greyhounds for both male and female teams.[1]

Varsity sports

Teams

Men's sports

Women's sports

National championships

Team

Men's cross country (2)NAIASingle1973Malone35–99
1974U.S. International28–166
Men's outdoor track and field (2)NAIASingle[2] 1974Southern California College67–58 (+9)
1976Northwestern State56–52 (+4)

Individual teams

Basketball

The Men's Basketball team won the 1969 NAIA Basketball Championships.

Jon Dalzell played basketball for the Greyhounds and in 1981–82 averaged 15.8 points per game, and was named All Conference.[3] [4]

Football

There have been 15 head coaches of the football team.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Eastern New Mexico Ends Use of 'Zia' Name for Teams . InsideHigherEd . 2015-07-29 . 2015-08-02.
  2. Web site: NAIA Men's Outdoor Track and Field Championship Results . NAIA Sports Information Directors Manual. NAIA. 26 May 2022.
  3. Web site: Jon Dalzell. aau.asahoops.com.
  4. Web site: Jon Dalzell. Eurobasket LLC.