Athletics | Updated April 3, 2014 |
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| The volleyball team has had six 20-win seasons, including its first Conference USA title in 2009, and its roster features a number of All-Conference players. The women's soccer squad frequently makes the Conference USA postseason tournament and boasts a number of All-Conference players. The men's and women's track and field and cross-country teams have posted successful seasons over the years and have boasted of 21 All-Americans, including three-time All-American Tori Bowie. In 2011, Bowie won both the NCAA indoor and outdoor long jump championships. In 2012, Ganna Demydova won the 2012 NCAA Outdoor Track and Field triple jump title. The recent graduate and former track and field All-American represented her native country Ukraine at the 2012 Olympic Games in London in the triple jump. The men's and women's tennis teams have more than two dozen conference honorees combined, and the men's and women's golf teams have also had many of their players garner All-Conference honors. |
