CSU Pueblo ThunderWolves
{{Short description|Intercollegiate athletic teams of Colorado State University Pueblo}}
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{{Infobox college athletics
| name = CSU Pueblo ThunderWolves
| logo =
| logo_width = 150
| university = Colorado State University Pueblo
| association = NCAA
| conference = RMAC
| division = Division II
| director = Paul Plinske
| location = Pueblo, Colorado
| first season =
| teams = 19
| mens_teams = 8
| womens_teams = 10
| coed_teams =
| stadium = Neta and Eddie DeRose ThunderBowl
| basketballarena = Massari Arena
| baseballfield = Rawlings Field
| mascot = Tundra The T-Wolf
| fightsong =
| nickname = ThunderWolves
| pageurl = https://gothunderwolves.com/
| altlogo = 200px
}}
The CSU Pueblo ThunderWolves are the athletic teams at Colorado State University Pueblo. The ThunderWolves are a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference. They were previously known as the Southern Colorado Indians and then the Southern Colorado ThunderWolves. The program includes eight men's sports: baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer, track and field, and wrestling. The women's program has ten sports: basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, and volleyball.{{Cite web |url=http://www.gothunderwolves.com/landing/index |title=CSU PUEBLO:Official Site of ThunderWolves Athletics |access-date=2013-05-20 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130506065917/http://www.gothunderwolves.com/landing/index |archive-date=2013-05-06 |url-status=dead }} Dropped following the 1984 season, football returned in 2008 and the team posted a 4–6 record. The ThunderWolves won the 2014 NCAA Division II Football National Championship, its first in football program history, by blanking previously undefeated Minnesota State University, Mankato 13–0.{{cite web |url=http://www.gothunderwolves.com/sports/fball/2008-09/stats/teamstat.htm |title=CSU PUEBLO THUNDERWOLVES {{!}} PUEBLO'S TEAM |website=www.gothunderwolves.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080924170002/http://www.gothunderwolves.com/sports/fball/2008-09/stats/teamstat.htm |archive-date=2008-09-24}} [http://www.cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ii/rmac/colorado_state_pueblo/index.php College Football Data Warehouse] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081109065705/http://cfbdatawarehouse.com/data/div_ii/rmac/colorado_state_pueblo/index.php |date=2008-11-09 }} - CSU-Pueblo - accessed 2010-06-09
Conference affiliations
- 1938–39 to 1962–63: Colorado Junior College Conference / Empire Junior College Conference
- 1963–64 to 1967–68 NAIA independent
- 1968–69 to 1971–72: Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference—Plains Division
- 1972–73 to 1975–76: Great Plains Athletic Conference
- 1976–77 to 1989–90: Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
- 1990–91 to 1995–96: Colorado Athletic Conference
- 1996–97 to present: Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference
History
=1980s=
In 1984, the school ended its football and baseball programs due to budget cuts.
=1990s=
In 1994, Dan DeRose, the athletic director, re-established the school's baseball program and had a new stadium complex built for baseball.Berge, Torin. "Revival big hit at USC." Denver Post. Saturday April 16, 1994. Saturday 1st Edition. Sports p. D-02. Retrieved on May 15, 2013. Available at LexisNexis. "Budget cuts forced Southern Colorado to drop its program in 1984. Athletic director Dan DeRose not only brought back baseball but put the team in a new 50-acre, $ 2 million complex that includes Rawlings Field for baseball, a soccer field, a 500-car parking lot and a three-field softball complex. The softball and baseball fields have lights."
=2000s=
CSU Pueblo saw the return of football in 2008 with the construction and completion of its new football stadium, the Neta and Eddie DeRose ThunderBowl.
=2010s to present=
CSU Pueblo announced further restoration of athletic programs under new president Lesley Di Mare.
Mascot
The ThunderWolves mascot is Wolfie.
Football
{{main|CSU Pueblo ThunderWolves football}}
{{see also|List of CSU Pueblo ThunderWolves football seasons}}
References
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