Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks and Ladyjacks explained

Stephen F. Austin
Lumberjacks
Name2:Ladyjacks
University:Stephen F. Austin State University
Association:NCAA
Conference:Southland
CUSA (women's bowling)
Division:Division I (FCS)
Director:Ryan Ivey
Location:Nacogdoches, Texas
Teams:16
Stadium:Homer Bryce Stadium
Baseballfield:Jaycees Field
Basketballarena:William R. Johnson Coliseum
Softballstadium:SFA Softball Field
Soccerstadium:SFA Soccer Field
Arena2:Schlief Tennis Complex
Shelton Gym
Nickname:Lumberjacks
Pageurl:http://www.sfajacks.com/

The Stephen F. Austin Lumberjacks and Ladyjacks are composed of 16 teams representing Stephen F. Austin State University (SFA) in intercollegiate athletics. Stephen F. Austin teams participate in Division I as a member of the Southland Conference (SLC), having rejoined that conference on July 1, 2024 after three years in the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). The football team competes in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS, formerly known as Division I-AA) for football in the SLC. The only SFA sport not sponsored by the SLC is women's bowling, which competes in Conference USA (CUSA).

On July 1, 2021, SFA was one of five institutions announced as future members of the WAC, alongside three other Southland members from Texas (Abilene Christian, Lamar, Sam Houston) plus Big Sky Conference member Southern Utah.[1] Initially, all five schools were to join in July 2022, but the entry of SFA and the other Texas schools was moved to 2021 after the Southland expelled its departing members.[2] Because the WAC does not sponsor beach volleyball, SFA joined the Atlantic Sun Conference (then officially known as the ASUN Conference) for that sport.[3] After the 2022 season, SFA moved beach volleyball to the Sun Belt Conference.[4]

SFA football played the 2021 and 2022 seasons in a football-only alliance between the WAC and the ASUN. After the 2022 season, the WAC and ASUN fully merged their football leagues under the new identity of United Athletic Conference.[5]

On July 1, 2024, SFA officially rejoined the SLC for all sports except women's bowling, which remains in Conference USA.[6]

Sports sponsored

Basketball
Bowling
Cross country Cross country
Golf
Golf Soccer
Track and field Softball
Tennis
Track and field
Volleyball
Beach Volleyball

Bowling

The Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks bowling team won the 2016 NCAA national championship, going to a deciding seventh game in defeating defending national champion Nebraska. The Ladyjacks added their second national title in five seasons in 2019, defeating Vanderbilt by a 4–1 score.[7]

SFA was a member of the single-sport Southland Bowling League from that conference's formation in 2015 until its merger into CUSA after the 2022–23 season.[8]

Softball

See main article: Stephen F. Austin Ladyjacks softball. The Ladyjacks softball team has appeared in four Women's College World Series in 1978, 1983, 1985,1986.[9]

National Championships

Team (3)

Individual (5)

External links

Notes and References

  1. WAC Announces Expansion, Plans to Reinstate Football . Western Athletic Conference . January 14, 2021 . January 15, 2021.
  2. WAC Announces Expedited Entrance for Four Texas Institutions . Western Athletic Conference . January 21, 2021 . January 25, 2021.
  3. 11th Season of #ASUNBVB Begins This Weekend . ASUN Conference . February 24, 2022 . August 29, 2022 . Stephen F. Austin begins its first season in the league and is set to open its 2022 campaign at the Kingsville Tournament where they face Ottawa, Texas A&M Kingsville, Missouri Baptist and Colorado Mesa..
  4. Sun Belt Conference Adds Beach Volleyball For 2023 . Sun Belt Conference . January 18, 2023 . February 8, 2023.
  5. ASUN-WAC Football Partnership Formally Rebrands as the United Athletic Conference . Western Athletic Conference . April 17, 2023 . April 21, 2023.
  6. https://sfajacks.com/news/2024/5/29/sfa-accepts-bid-to-southland-conference-for-2024-25-season
  7. Web site: Stephen F. Austin wins first NCAA championship. 2016-04-18.
  8. Conference USA to Add Bowling for 2023-24 Season . Conference USA . May 10, 2023 . May 15, 2023.
  9. Book: A Series Of Their Own: History Of The Women's College World Series. William. Plummer. Larry C. . Floyd. 2013. Turnkey Communications Inc.. Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, United States. 978-0-9893007-0-4.