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Chico State Wildcats baseball

Chico State Wildcats
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University California State University, Chico
Conference California Collegiate Athletic Association
NCAA Division II
Athletic director Anita Barker
Location Chico, California
Varsity teams 13
Football stadium University Stadium
Basketball arena Art Acker Gymnasium
Baseball stadium Nettleton Stadium
Nickname Wildcats
Fight song Chico State Fight Song
Colors Cardinal and White
         
Website www.chicowildcats.com

The Chico State Wildcats (also CSU Chico Wildcats and Cal State Chico Wildcats) are the athletic teams that represent California State University, Chico, located in Chico, California, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Wildcats compete as an associate member of the California Collegiate Athletic Association for all 13 varsity sports. Since 1998, Chico State’s athletic teams have won 99 NCAA Championship berths, 40 CCAA titles, 24 West Region titles, and 15 National titles. The school finished third in the 2004–2005 NACDA Director's Cup.

Men's sports

Women's sports

The Chico State baseball team plays at the 4,200-seat Nettleton Stadium, known as Ray Bohler Field until its 1997 renovation. The Wildcats won the Division II national title in 1997 and 1999, and was runner-up in 2002 and 2006; all four appearances in the finals were under head coach Lindsay Meggs. The head coach since 2007 is Dave Taylor.

The Wildcats softball team won the first AIAW Division III national championship in 1980, led by pitcher Kathy Arendsen.

The men's soccer program lost in the title game in 2003.

Chico State ended its football program in 1997, citing rising insurance costs, in addition to an increased bias in favor of other athletic programs.

CSU Chico won the NCAA Division II national championships in men's swimming and diving in 1973, 1974, and 1976. The program was eliminated several years after the 1976 season.

Chico State's team plays college rugby in Division I-AA in the Pacific West conference.

In 2001, the women's rugby team won a Division I national championship.


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