Lamar University Athletics

Lamar to thee we’re singing, Voices raised on high. We will forever love thee, Laud thee to the sky. We will ever need thee, As our guiding star. To us You’ll always be our glorious Lamar.

Fight! Lamar U. Cardinals, For alma mater fight. Glory in the triumph for the red and the white. Faithful to our colors we will ever be, fighting ever fighting for Lamar U. victory. B-I-G R-E-D, Big Red, Big Red, Big Red, Let’s Go Big Red.
 

Conference Championships                                                                                                                                                                                          
Southland Conference
Baseball – 1971, ’75, ’76, ’77, ’79, ’81, ’84, ’85, ’03, ‘04
Men’s Basketball – 1964, ’70, ’78, ’79, ’80, ’81, ’83, ’84, ‘00
Football – 1964, ’65, ’66, ‘71
Men’s Golf – 1964, ’65, ’66, ’67, ’68, ’69, ’70, ’71, ’72, ’73, ’81, ’82, ’83, ’85, ’86, ’87, ‘01, ’02, ‘03
Men’s Track & Field – 1971, ’78, ’79, ’80, ’81, ’82, ’83, ’84, ’85, ‘86
Men’s Tennis – 1967, ’73, ’74, ’75, ‘76
Women’s Tennis – 1983, ‘84
Volleyball – 1983, ’84, ‘01

Sun Belt Conference
Baseball – 1993
Women’s Basketball – 1992
Women’s Golf – 1993, ’94, ’95, ‘96
Volleyball – 1993, ‘97

Lone Star Conference
Men’s Basketball – 1961, ’62, ‘63
Football – 1954
Men’s Golf – 1953, ’54, ’55, ’56, ’57, ’58, ’59, ’60, ’61, ’62, ‘63
Men’s Tennis – 1952, ’53, ’54, ’55, ’56, ’57, ’58, ’59, ’60, ’61, ’62, ‘63
Men’s Track & Field – 1963

American South Conference
Women’s Basketball – 1991
Women’s Tennis – 1988
Men’s Track & Field – 1988, ‘89
Women’s Track & Field – 1992
Volleyball – 1987, ‘90

NAIA National Championships
Men’s Tennis – 1955, ’56, ’57, ’58, ’59, ‘60
Men’s Golf – 1956, ’57, ’58, ’59, ‘60

NCAA College Division National Championships
Men’s Golf – 1967, ‘68

All-Americans
Men’s & Women’s Track & Field – 39
Men’s Basketball – 3
Women’s Basketball – 1
Men’s Golf – 9
Women’s Golf – 5
Men’s & Women’s Tennis – 18
Volleyball – 1

Olympians                                                                                                                                                                                                                  
1960 – Rome
Brian Davis (South Africa), 1600-meter relay

1980 – Moscow
Christer Gullstrand '83 (Sweden), 400-meter Hurdles
Doug Hings '82 (Canada), 1600-meter relay

1984 – Los Angeles
Pedro Caceres '84 (Argentina), Steeplechase
Christer Gullstrand '83 (Sweden), 400-meter Hurdles & 4x400-meter relay
Thomas Erickson '85 (Sweden), High Jump & Triple Jump
Midde Hamrin '83 (Sweden), Marathon
 

Lamar University Athletics                                                                                                                                                                                        
Lamar University competes at the NCAA Division I level and is a member of the Southland Conference. Lamar sponsors 14 varsity sports, seven for the men and seven for the women. The seven men’s sports are: baseball, basketball, cross country, golf, indoor and outdoor track and field, and tennis. The seven women’s sports are: basketball, cross country, golf, indoor and outdoor track and field, tennis, and volleyball.