Trinity Tigers
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| University | Trinity University |
| Conference | SCAC |
| NCAA | Division III |
| Athletic director | Bob King |
| Location | San Antonio, Texas |
| Varsity teams | 18 |
| Football stadium | Trinity Football Stadium |
| Basketball arena | William H. Bell Athletic Center |
| Baseball stadium | Trinity Baseball Field |
| Mascot | LeeRoy |
| Nickname | Tigers |
| Fight song | "Go You Tigers" |
| Colors | Maroon and White |
| Website | www |
The Trinity Tigers is the nickname for the sports teams of Trinity University in San Antonio, Texas. They participate in the NCAA's Division III and the Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC). The school mascot is LeeRoy, a Bengal tiger. In the 1950s, LeeRoy was an actual tiger who was brought to sporting events, but today LeeRoy is portrayed by a student wearing a tiger suit. Early in its history, the school participated in Division I/II athletics, but by 1991 the entire program made the move to Division III, at which time it joined the SCAC.
Trinity fields strong teams, evidenced by its finishes in the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) Learfield Directors' Cup, which recognizes the strength of athletic programs by division. Since the Directors' Cup inception in 1995, Trinity has finished in the top 10 on five occasions out of over 400 Division Ill programs; it finished 30th in 2015-16.
In recent years, Trinity has reached the national Division III playoffs in several sports, including football, women's basketball (2003 national champions), volleyball (second place in 1999), baseball (national champion in 2016), women's cross country, men's and women's track and field, and men's and women's soccer (men's team won the national title in 2003 and placed second in 2007; women placed second in 2013). In 2011-12, the Trinity sports program reclaimed Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference "President's Trophy," awarded to the school in the conference that has the best overall sports record for the year, for the first time in seven seasons. Prior to that drought the Tigers had won the award eleven out of the preceding twelve seasons.
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