Cal State Fullerton Titans | |
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University | CSUF |
Conference | Big West Conference |
NCAA | Division I |
Athletic director | Jim Donovan |
Location | Fullerton, California |
Varsity teams | 7 men's & 9 women's |
Basketball arena | Titan Gym |
Baseball stadium | Goodwin Field |
Soccer stadium | Titan Stadium |
Mascot | Tuffy the Titan (Elephant) |
Nickname | Titans |
Fight song | For our dear old Fullerton! |
Colors | Navy Blue, White, and Orange |
Website | fullertontitans |
The Cal State Fullerton Titans (also known as CSUF or Fullerton Titans) are the athletic teams that represent California State University, Fullerton. The Titans are a member of the NCAA Division I level. The Titans compete within the Big West Conference (BWC) for most sports, wrestling competes as a member of the Pac-12 Conference (Pac-12) and gymnastics competes as a member of the Western Athletic Conference (WAC). CSUF has won 13 national championships in eight different sports.
Baseball is Cal State Fullerton's strongest athletic program. The Titans are consistently rated among the nation's elite baseball programs. They have won four national championships in the NCAA Men's Baseball College World Series since 1979: 1979, 1984, 1995, and 2004. Home games are played on campus at Goodwin Field. The team is currently coached by Rick Vanderhook. As of the end of the 2007 season, there had been 43 MLB players who played for the school.
Fullerton also has a women's basketball team, which won the National Women's Invitational Championship in 1970. Since 1969, they have gone 575–706. They finished 1st in the conference eight times from 1969 to 1977.
On February 3, 2013, women's basketball assistant coach Monica Quan, 28, was found dead on a parking structure at a condominium complex.
Head Coach John Elders has directed his Titan program since 1988 – 26 season's for both the Men's & Women's Teams
In 1967 Martha Wilkinson won the women's national intercollegiate individual golf championship (an event conducted by the Division of Girls' and Women's Sports, which evolved into the current NCAA women's golf championship).