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SOUTHERN UNIVERSITY ATHLETICS NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS 

NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (26)
Baseball (4)
1959NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
2003HBCU NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
2009HBCU NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
2019HBCU NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
Football (11)
1948HBCU NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
1949HBCU NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
1950HBCU NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
1954HBCU NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
1960HBCU NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
1975HBCU NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
1993HBCU NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
1995HBCU NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
1997HBCU NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
1998HBCU NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
2003HBCU NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
Men’s Indoor Track & Field (2)
1966NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
1967NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
1977NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPION RUNNER-UP
1978NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPION THIRD PLACE
Men’s Basketball (2)
1941HBCU NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
2013HBCU NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
Women’s Basketball (1)
2019HBCU NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
Women’s Tennis (3)
2009HBCU NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
2010HBCU NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
2011HBCU NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
Men’s Outdoor Track & Field (3)
1965NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
1966NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
1967NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPIONS
1969NAIA NATIONAL CHAMPION RUNNER-UP

 

INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS & NATIONAL HONORS

 

INDIVIDUAL NATIONAL CHAMPIONS (55) 
Men’s Indoor Track & Field (19)
1965

Theron Lewis– NAIA Indoor National Champion 400-Meter Dash (47.5)

Richard Ross – NAIA Indoor 5th Place Men’s High Jump (2.03m/6-8)

1966

George Anderson – NAIA Indoor National Champion 55-Meter Dash (6.0)

Willie Davenport – NAIA Indoor National Champion 55-Meter High Hurdles (7.1)

Theron Lewis – NAIA Indoor National Champion 400-Meter Dash (48.9)

Henry Brown – NAIA Indoor National Champion 600-Yard Run (1:14.1)

NAIA Outdoor National Champion 1600-Meter Relay Team (3:15.0) –(Robert Johnson, Webster Johnson, Everett Mason, Theron Lewis) 

Coach Richard Hill Named NAIA Indoor Coach of the Year

George Anderson – NAIA Indoor Harry Gill Outstanding Performer

1967

Willie Davenport – NAIA Indoor National Champion 55-Meter High Hurdles (7.0)

Oliver Ford – NAIA Indoor National Champion 400-Meter Dash (49.2)

Harvey Nairn – NAIA Indoor National Champion Long Jump (24-7 ¾) 

Coach Richard Hill Named NAIA Indoor Coach of the Year

1970Rodney Milburn – NAIA Indoor National Champion 55-Meter High Hurdles (7.1)
1972Rodney Milburn – NAIA Indoor National Champion 55-Meter High Hurdles (7.0)
1973

Rodney Milburn – NAIA Indoor National Champion 55-Meter High Hurdles (7.0)

Rodney Milburn – NCAA Indoor National Champion 55-Meter High Hurdles 

1976

Ricky Davenport – NAIA Indoor National Champion 55-Meter High Hurdles (7.34)

Ricky Davenport – NCAA Indoor 3rd Place 55-Meter Hurdles 

1977

Ricky Davenport – NAIA Indoor National Champion 55-Meter High Hurdles (7.33)

NAIA Outdoor National Champion 1600-Meter Relay Team (3:16.24) –(Jesse Johnson, Fred Hall, Nathaniel Epps, Kenneth August) 

1978

Ricky Davenport – NAIA Indoor National Champion 55-Meter High Hurdles (7.26)

-NAIA Indoor National Champion 1600-Meter Relay Team (3:18.92) –(Nathaniel Epps, Ken August, Fred Hall, Jesse Johnson)

Ricky Davenport – NAIA Indoor 5th Place 55-Meter Hurdles 

1979

Edgar Fordham – NAIA Indoor National Champion 55-Meter High Hurdles (7.26)

-NAIA Indoor National Champion 1600-Meter Relay Team (3:19.45) –(Ken August, Anthony Cummings, Jesse Johnson, Gregory Issac)

-NAIA Indoor 3rd Place 4x400 Relay (3:14.96) – (Ken August, Anthony Cummings, Jessie Johnson, Darren Pearson)

1999Robert Wilson – NCAA Indoor 2nd Place 400-Meter Dash (46.34)
2003Brian Johnson – NCAA Indoor National Champion Long Jump (8.28m/27-2)
Men’s Outdoor Track & Field (33)
1942Adam Berry – NCAA Outdoor National Champion High Jump (2.026m/6-7 ¾)  
1946Dave Bolen – NCAA Outdoor 2nd Place 400-Meter Dash 
1960William Miller – NAIA Outdoor National Champion 400-Meter Dash (47.0)
1962Dick Jackson – NAIA Outdoor National Champion Shot Put (54-7 ¾)
1964NAIA Outdoor National Champion 4x100-Meter Relay (40.4) – (Henry Brown, Peter King, James Guy, George Anderson) 
1965

Theron Lewis – NAIA Outdoor National Champion 400-Meter Dash (46.6)

George Anderson – NAIA Outdoor National Champion 100-Meter Dash (9.4)

- NAIA Outdoor National Champion 4x100-Meter Relay (41.2) – (Harvey Nairn, Karl Hartfield, Webster Johnson, George Anderson)

- NAIA Outdoor National Champions 4x400-Meter Relay (3:09.3) – (Robert Johnson, Anthony Gates, Everett Mason, Theron Lewis)

Theron Lewis – Named NAIA Herbert B. Marett Outstanding Performer

Coach Dick Hill Named NAIA Coach of the Year

1966

Theron Lewis – NAIA Outdoor National Champion 400-Meter Dash (45.2)

Willie Davenport – NAIA Outdoor National Champion 110-Meter Hurdles (13.6)

Willie Owens – NAIA Outdoor National Champion Triple Jump (47-4 ¼)

- NAIA Outdoor National Champion 4x100-Meter Relay (39.9) - (Harvey Nairn, Grundy Harris, Webster Johnson, George Anderson)

- NAIA Outdoor National Champions 4x400-Meter Relay (3:10.7) – (Darrow Dodson, Anthony Gates, Robert Johnson, Theron Lewis)

1967

Robert Johnson – NAIA Outdoor National Champion 800-Meter Dash (1:50.1)

Willie Davenport – NAIA Outdoor National Champion 110-Meter Hurdles (13.5)

– NAIA Outdoor National Champion 4x100-Meter Relay (40.0) – (Willie Davenport, Grundy Harris, Oliver Ford, William Miller)

1968

Oliver Ford – NAIA Outdoor National Champion 100-Meter Dash (10.0)

Oliver Ford – Named NAIA Herbert B. Marett Outstanding Performer

1969

Oliver Ford – NAIA Outdoor National Champion 100-Meter Dash (9.5)

Oliver Ford – NAIA Outdoor National Champion 200-Meter Dash (20.5)

– NAIA Outdoor National Champion 4x100-Meter Relay (40.4) – (Robert Collins, Oliver Ford, Bernard Austin, Ira Collins)

Oliver Ford – Named NAIA Herbert B. Marett Outstanding Performer

1970Rodney Milburn – NAIA Outdoor National Champion 110-Meter Hurdles (13.7)
1971

Rodney Milburn – NAIA Outdoor National Champion 110-Meter Hurdles (13.0)

Rodney Milburn – Named NAIA Herbert B. Marett Outstanding Performer

Rodney Milburn – NCAA Outdoor National Champion 110-Meter Hurdles (13.7)

1972

Rodney Milburn – NAIA Outdoor National Champion 110-Meter Hurdles (13.5)

James Redd – NAIA Outdoor National Champion 400-Meter Dash (45.8)

Marvin Hill – NAIA Outdoor National Champion Triple Jump (50-11 ¾)

1973

Rodney Milburn – NAIA Outdoor National Champion 110-Meter Hurdles (13.6)

Rodney Milburn – NCAA Outdoor National Champion 110-Meter Hurdles (13.53)

1974Carl Stevenson – NAIA Outdoor National Champion 400-Meter Hurdles (51.6)
1978

James McCraney – NAIA Outdoor National Champion 110-Meter Hurdles (13.70)

James McCraney – NAIA Outdoor National Champion 400-Meter Hurdles (52.14)

1981Donald Winey – NCAA Outdoor 8th Place 200-Meters Dash (20.97)
1996

Kevin Jefferson – NCAA Outdoor 6th Place 400-Meters Dash (45.87)

-NCAA Outdoor 4th Place 4x400 Relay Team (3:03.77) – (Robert Bronston, Kevin Jefferson, Nakia Hogan, Robert Wilson)

1997

John George – NCAA Outdoor 5th Place 100-Meters Dash (10.41)

Kevin Jefferson – NCAA Outdoor 8th Place 200-Meters Dash (21.07)

Robert Bronston – NCAA Outdoor 5th Place 400-Meter Hurdles (49.63)

-NCAA Outdoor 3rd Place 4x400 Relay Team (3:02.61) – (Robert Bronston, Kevin Jefferson, Nakia Hogan, Robert Wilson)

2001Brian Johnson – NCAA Outdoor 3rd Place Long Jump (8.06m/26-5 ½)
2002

Brian Johnson – NCAA Outdoor 5th Place 100-Meters Dash (10.46)

Brian Johnson – NCAA Outdoor 3rd Place Long Jump (7.96m/26-1 ½) 

Women’s Indoor Track & Field 
1984Rhonda Scott – NCAA Indoor 3rd Place 55-Meter Hurdles (7.88)
1985Tammy Stevenson – NCAA Indoor 6th Place Long Jump (6.01m/19-8 ½)
2000Erica Burrell – NCAA Indoor 4th Place 60-Meters (7.34)
Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (3)
1981

Angel Doyle – NAIA Outdoor National Champion 100-Meter Dash (11.85)

Angel Doyle – NAIA Outdoor National Champion 200-Meter Dash (23.98)

Felicia Durham – NAIA Outdoor National Champion 400-Meter Hurdles (1:00.47)

1984Kathy Freeman – NCAA Outdoor 5th Place 400-Meter Hurdles (58.15)
1989Countess Comadore – NCAA Outdoor 4th Place 400-Meter Hurdles (56.76)
1990Countess Comadore – NCAA Outdoor 5th Place 400-Meter Hurdles (56.91)
1994Alethea Antoine – NCAA Outdoor 7th Place 100-Meter Hurdles (13.50)

 

 

SWAC CHAMPIONSHIPS

SWAC CHAMPIONSHIPS (244)
Baseball (17 Regular Season, 30 SWAC Western, 18 SWAC Tournaments, 10 NCAA Regionals)
1949SWAC Regular Season Champions
1950SWAC Regular Season Champions
1952SWAC Regular Season Champions
1953SWAC Regular Season Champions
1954SWAC Regular Season Champions
1955SWAC Regular Season Champions
1957SWAC Regular Season Champions
1959SWAC Regular Season Champions, NAIA National Champions
1960SWAC Regular Season Champions, NAIA World Series Appearance
1965SWAC Regular Season Champions, NAIA World Series Appearance
1966SWAC Regular Season Champions, NAIA World Series Appearance
1969SWAC Regular Season Champions
1970SWAC Regular Season Champions
1972SWAC Regular Season Champions
1974SWAC Regular Season Champions
1975SWAC Regular Season Champions
1976SWAC Regular Season Champions
1977SWAC Western Division Champions
1978SWAC Western Division Champions
1979SWAC Western Division Champions, SWAC Tournament Champions
1980SWAC Western Division Champions
1981SWAC Tournament Champions
1982SWAC Western Division Champions
1984SWAC Western Division Champions
1986SWAC Western Division Champions
1987SWAC Western Division Champions, SWAC Tournament Champions, NCAA Regional (First HBCU to win a NCAA Regional game defeated Cal State Fullerton 1-0)
1988SWAC Tournament Champions, NCAA Regional
1990SWAC Western Division Champions
1991SWAC Western Division Champions, SWAC Tournament Champions
1992SWAC Western Division Champions, SWAC Tournament Champions
1993SWAC Tournament Champions
1994SWAC Western Division Champions
1995SWAC Western Division Champions
1996SWAC Western Division Champions, SWAC Tournament Champions
1997SWAC Western Division Champions, SWAC Tournament Champions
1998SWAC Western Division Champions, SWAC Tournament Champions
1999SWAC Western Division Champions, SWAC Tournament Champions, NCAA Regional
2000SWAC Western Division Champions
2001SWAC Western Division Champions, SWAC Tournament Champions, NCAA Regional
2002SWAC Western Division Champions, SWAC Tournament Champions, NCAA Regional
2003SWAC Western Division Champions, SWAC Tournament Champions, NCAA Regional
2004SWAC Western Division Champions
2005SWAC Western Division Champions, SWAC Tournament Champions, NCAA Regional
2008SWAC Western Division Champions
2009SWAC Western Division Champions, SWAC Tournament Champions, NCAA Regional
2011SWAC Western Division Champions
2012SWAC Western Division Champions
2013SWAC Western Division Champions
2019SWAC Western Division Champions, SWAC Tournament Champions, NCAA Regional
2021SWAC Tournament Champions, NCAA Regional
2022SWAC Western Division Champions
Men’s Basketball (16 Regular Season, 10 SWAC Tournaments, 9 NCAA Tournaments, 1 NIT)
1941SWAC Regular Season Champions, HBCU National Champions (Defeated North Carolina Central 48-42)
1951SWAC Regular Season Champions
1952SWAC Regular Season Champions
1953SWAC Regular Season Champions
1954SWAC Regular Season Champions
1965SWAC Regular Season Champions, NAIA Division 1 Tournament Elite Eight
1978SWAC Regular Season Champions, SWAC Tournament Champions
1981SWAC Regular Season Champions, SWAC Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament
1985SWAC Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament
1986SWAC Regular Season Champions
1987SWAC Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament
1988SWAC Regular Season Champions, SWAC Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament
1989SWAC Regular Season Champions, SWAC Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament
1990SWAC Regular Season Champions, National Invitational Tournament
1991NCAA Division 1 Scoring Champions
1993SWAC Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament (Defeated Georgia Tech 93-78 First Round), NCAA Division 1 Scoring Champions
2006SWAC Regular Season Champions, SWAC Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament
2013SWAC Regular Season Champions, SWAC Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament
2014SWAC Regular Season Champions
2016SWAC Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament
2025SWAC Regular Season Champions
Women’s Basketball (10 Regular Season, 6 SWAC Tournaments, 5 NCAA Tournaments, 4 WNIT)
1993SWAC Regular Season Champions
2002SWAC Regular Season Champions, SWAC Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament
2004SWAC Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament
2006SWAC Regular Season Champions, SWAC Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament
2009Women’s National Invitational Tournament
2010SWAC Regular Season Champions, SWAC Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament
2011SWAC Regular Season Champions, Women’s National Invitational Tournament
2014SWAC Regular Season Champions
2016SWAC Regular Season Champions, Women’s National Invitational Tournament
2018SWAC Regular Season Champions, Women’s National Invitational Tournament
2019SWAC Regular Season Champions, SWAC Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament, HBCU National Champions
2023SWAC Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament
2025SWAC Regular Season Champions, SWAC Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament
Bowling (3 Regular Season, 7 SWAC Tournaments, 1 NCAA Tournament)
1999SWAC Tournament Champions
2002SWAC Tournament Champions
2003SWAC Tournament Champions
2004SWAC Tournament Champions, NCAA National Championship 5th Place
2008SWAC Tournament Champions
2009SWAC Tournament Champions
2011SWAC Tournament Champions
2023SWAC Regular Season Champions
2024SWAC Regular Season Champions
2025SWAC Regular Season Champions
Men’s Cross Country (6 SWAC Championships)
1973SWAC Champions
1974SWAC Champions
1991SWAC Champions
2001SWAC Champions
2002SWAC Champions
2003SWAC Champions
Women’s Cross Country (4 SWAC Championships)
1991SWAC Champions
1992SWAC Champions
1993SWAC Champions
1994SWAC Champions
Football (19 SWAC Championships, 9 SWAC Western, 8 Bowl Wins)
1937SWAC Champions
1938SWAC Champions
1940SWAC Champions
1946SWAC Champions, Yam Bowl Champions (Defeated Tuskegee 64-7)
1947SWAC Champions, Yam Bowl Champions (Defeated Fort Valley St. 46-0)
1948SWAC Champions, Fruit Bowl Champions (San Francisco St. 30-0) First Integrated Football Game, HBCU National Champions
1949SWAC Champions, HBCU National Champions
1950SWAC Champions, HBCU National Champions
1954HBCU National Champions
1955SWAC Champions
1959SWAC Champions
1960SWAC Champions, HBCU National Champions
1966SWAC Champions
1975SWAC Champions, Pelican Bowl Champions (Defeated South Carolina St. 15-12), HBCU National Champions
1993SWAC Champions, Heritage Bowl Champions (Defeated South Carolina St. 11-0), HBCU National Champions
1995Heritage Bowl Champions (Defeated Florida A&M 30-25), HBCU National Champions
1997SWAC Champions, Heritage Bowl Champions (Defeated South Carolina St. 34-28), HBCU National Champions
1998SWAC Champions, Heritage Bowl Champions (Defeated Bethune-Cookman 28-2), HBCU National Champions
1999SWAC Western Division Champions, SWAC Champions (Defeated Jackson State 31-30)
2003SWAC Western Division Champions, SWAC Champions (Defeated Alabama State 20-9)
2004SWAC Western Division Champions
2013SWAC Western Division Champions, SWAC Champions (Defeated Jackson State 34-27)
2014SWAC Western Division Champions
2018SWAC Western Division Champions
2019SWAC Western Division Champions
2022SWAC Western Division Champions
2024SWAC Western Division Champions
Men’s Golf (5 SWAC Championships)
1984SWAC Champions
1985SWAC Champions
1986SWAC Champions
1987SWAC Champions
1988SWAC Champions
Women’s Golf (7 SWAC Championships)
1993SWAC Champions
1994SWAC Champions
1995SWAC Champions
1999SWAC Champions
2000SWAC Champions
2003SWAC Champions
2004SWAC Champions
Softball (2 SWAC Championships, 6 SWAC Western, 2 NCAA Regionals)
1999SWAC Champions, NCAA Regional
2003SWAC Champions, NCAA Regional
2004SWAC Western Division Champions
2005SWAC Western Division Champions
2006SWAC Western Division Champions
2007SWAC Western Division Champions
2008SWAC Western Division Champions
2009SWAC Western Division Champions
Soccer (1 SWAC West, 1 SWAC Tournament Championship, 1 NCAA Tournament)
2013SWAC Western Division Champions
2024SWAC Tournament Champions, NCAA Tournament
Men’s Tennis (12 SWAC Championships)
1979SWAC Champions
1980SWAC Champions
1985SWAC Champions
1986SWAC Champions
1987SWAC Champions
1991SWAC Champions
1992SWAC Champions
1993SWAC Champions
2002SWAC Champions
2003SWAC Champions
2004SWAC Champions
2008SWAC Champions
Women’s Tennis (14 SWAC Championships, 8 NCAA Appearances)
1988SWAC Champions
1989SWAC Champions
1990SWAC Champions
1997SWAC Champions
2002SWAC Champions, NCAA Regional
2003SWAC Champions, NCAA Regional
2004SWAC Champions, NCAA Regional
2005SWAC Champions, NCAA Regional
2009HBCU National Champions
2010SWAC Champions, NCAA Regional, HBCU National Champions
2011SWAC Champions, NCAA Regional, HBCU National Champions
2012SWAC Champions, NCAA Regional
2013SWAC Champions, NCAA Regional
2014SWAC Champions
2015SWAC Champions
Men’s Indoor Track & Field (8 SWAC Championships)
1966NAIA National Champions
1993SWAC Champions
1995SWAC Champions
1996SWAC Champions
1997SWAC Champions
1999SWAC Champions
2001SWAC Champions
2002SWAC Champions
2003SWAC Champions
Women’s Indoor Track & Field (9 SWAC Championships)
1993SWAC Champions
1994SWAC Champions
1995SWAC Champions
1996SWAC Champions
1997SWAC Champions
1998SWAC Champions
1999SWAC Champions
2000SWAC Champions
2004SWAC Champions
Men’s Outdoor Track & Field (16 SWAC Championships)
1959SWAC Champions
1960SWAC Champions
1965SWAC Champions, NAIA National Champions
1966SWAC Champions, NAIA National Champions
1968SWAC Champions
1971SWAC Champions
1991SWAC Champions
1992SWAC Champions
1994SWAC Champions
1995SWAC Champions
1996SWAC Champions
1997SWAC Champions
1998SWAC Champions
1999SWAC Champions
2002SWAC Champions
2003SWAC Champions
Women’s Outdoor Track & Field (7 SWAC Championships)
1993SWAC Champions
1994SWAC Champions
1995SWAC Champions
1997SWAC Champions
1998SWAC Champions
1999SWAC Champions
2004SWAC Champions
Volleyball (3 SWAC Championships)
1988SWAC Champions
1993SWAC Champions
1998SWAC Champions