Cal Poly Pomona Broncos

For the athletic program at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo, California, see Cal Poly Mustangs.

The Cal Poly Pomona Broncos or Cal Poly Broncos^[1][2][3] are the athletic sports teams for the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona).

Cal Poly Pomona Broncos
University	California State Polytechnic University, Pomona
Conference	CCAA
NCAA	Division II
Athletic director	Brian Swanson
Location	Pomona, California
Varsity teams	11 (5 men's, 6 women's)
Basketball arena	Kellogg Arena
Baseball stadium	Scolinos Field
Soccer stadium	Kellogg Stadium
Mascot	Billy Bronco
Nickname	Broncos
Fight song	William Tell Overture
Colors
Website	broncoathletics.com
Team NCAA championships
15
Individual and relay NCAA champions
25

Cal Poly Pomona has 11 varsity sports teams and offers student participation in a wide range of sports including baseball, basketball, cross country, soccer, track and field, and volleyball. Cal Poly Pomona participates at the NCAA's Division II (DII) level in the California Collegiate Athletic Association (CCAA).

The Broncos have 74 CCAA championships^[4] and 15 National Championships.^[5] Current and former Cal Poly Pomona athletes have won 7 Olympic medals (3 gold, 1 silver, and 3 bronze).^[6] As of 2024, Cal Poly ranks 9th in the nation in NCAA Division II Next College Student Athlete (NCSA) Power Rankings that calculate rankings based on NCSA recruiting network, general academic rankings by U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges, Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS) graduation rates and IPEDS average cost after aid.^[7]

Varsity teams

Men's sports	Women's sports
Baseball	Basketball
Basketball	Cross country
Cross country	Soccer
Soccer	Track and field1
Track and field1	Volleyball
1 – includes both indoor and outdoor

NCAA Appearances

The Cal Poly Pomona Broncos have competed in the NCAA Tournament across 11 active sports (5 men's and 6 women's) 200 times at the Division II level.^[8]

• Baseball (16): 1976 • 1979 • 1980 • 1983 • 1985 • 1988 • 1993 • 2011 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2019 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024
• Men's Basketball (17): 1962 • 1964 • 1976 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2007 • 2009 • 2010 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2018 • 2019 • 2020 • 2022
• Women's Basketball (29): 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2000 • 2001 • 2002 • 2004 • 2005 • 2010 • 2011 • 2012 • 2014 • 2015 • 2019 • 2020 • 2023 • 2024
• Men's Cross Country (24): 1967 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1997 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2018 • 2019 • 2021 • 2023 • 2024
• Women's Cross Country (5): 1985 • 2010 • 2016 • 2017 • 2019
• Men's Soccer (10): 1998 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024
• Women's Soccer (6): 1999 • 2001 • 2012 • 2014 • 2019 • 2024
• Men's Outdoor Track and Field (42): 1965 • 1967 • 1968 • 1971 • 1972 • 1973 • 1975 • 1976 • 1977 • 1978 • 1980 • 1981 • 1982 • 1984 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1999 • 2000 • 2002 • 2004 • 2005 • 2007 • 2009 • 2011 • 2012 • 2014 • 2015 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024
• Women's Outdoor Track and Field (33): 1982 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1987 • 1988 • 1989 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1995 • 1996 • 1997 • 1998 • 1999 • 2002 • 2004 • 2006 • 2007 • 2008 • 2009 • 2013 • 2014 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024
• Women's Volleyball (20): 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1988 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1996 • 1997 • 2004 • 2005 • 2007 • 2008 • 2018 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024

Team National Titles

The Broncos have won 13 NCAA championships at the Division II level,^[9] as well as two in the AIAW.

• Men's (5)
  • Baseball (3): 1976 • 1980 • 1983
  • Basketball (1): 2010
  • Cross Country (1): 1983
• Women's (10)
  • Basketball (5): 1982 • 1985 • 1986 • 2001 • 2002
  • Soccer (1): 2024
  • Tennis (4): 1980 (AIAW) • 1981 (AIAW) • 1991 • 1992

Results

School year	Sport	Opponent	Score
1975–76	Baseball	SIU Edwardsville	17–3
1979–80	Baseball	New Haven	13–6
1981–82	Women's basketball	Tuskegee	93–74
1982–83	Baseball	Jacksonville State	9–7
1983–84	Men's cross country	St. Cloud State	86–100
1984–85	Women's basketball	Central Missouri	80–69
1985–86	Women's basketball	North Dakota State	70–63
1990–91	Women's tennis	UC Davis	5–3
1991–92	Women's tennis	Grand Canyon	5–0
2000–01	Women's basketball	North Dakota	87–80
2001–02	Women's basketball	SE Oklahoma State	74–62
2009–10	Men's basketball	IUP	65–53
2024	Women's soccer	Minnesota State	2–1

Below is one national club team championship:

• Co-ed Roller Hockey (1): 2003 (NCRHA)

Individual National Titles

Cal Poly Pomona has 25 individual national titles at the Division II level.^[9]

NCAA individual championships
Order	School year	Athlete(s)	Sport	Source
1	1966–67	Frank Sanfilippo	Men's outdoor track and field	[10]
2	1971–72	Steve Lauriano	Men's outdoor track and field	[10]
3	1972–73	James Couch	Men's outdoor track and field	[10]
4	1976–77	Jeff Russell	Men's outdoor track and field	[10]
5	1981–82	Jodi Mabb	Women's gymnastics	[11]
6	1983–84	Janet Nicholls	Women's outdoor track and field	[12]
7	1985–86	Debra Larsen	Women's outdoor track and field	[12]
8	1986–87	Xenia Anastasiadou	Women's tennis	[13]
9	1987–88	Xenia Anastasiadou	Women's tennis	[13]
10	1987–88	Brandi Gail	Women's outdoor track and field	[12]
11	1987–88	Angel Roman	Men's outdoor track and field	[10]
12	1987–88	Durelle Schimek	Women's outdoor track and field	[12]
13	1987–88	Durelle Schimek	Women's outdoor track and field	[12]
14	1988–89	Durelle Schimek	Women's outdoor track and field	[12]
15	1988–89	Doris Williams	Women's outdoor track and field	[12]
16	1988–89	Marvin Williams	Men's outdoor track and field	[10]
17	1989–90	Doris Williams	Women's outdoor track and field	[12]
18	1990–91	Onnaca Heron Cindy Hamnquist	Women's tennis	[13]
19	1990–91	Jakki Henderson	Women's outdoor track and field	[12]
20	1990–91	Don Parish	Men's outdoor track and field	[10]
21	1992–93	Steve Kobold Oscar Mancisidor	Men's tennis	[14]
22	1993–94	DeVon Edwards	Men's outdoor track and field	[10]
23	1997–98	Tabreshia Lawrence	Women's outdoor track and field	[12]
24	1997–98	Ruth Moecks	Women's outdoor track and field	[12]
25	2014–15	Justin Ellerbee	Men's outdoor track and field	[10]

At the NCAA Division I level, Cal Poly Pomona is partially recognized for 1 individual championship - Eduardo Labastida who won a boxing title in 1957 in the 112-pound weight class.^[9] Labastida attended the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo campus, which didn't officially separate from Cal Poly Pomona until 1966. Cal Poly Pomona Athletics does not recognize this title, as Labastida is a member of the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Athletics Hall of Fame.^[15]

Conference Championships

CCAA regular season championships (83)

Cal Poly Pomona has won CCAA regular season championships in the following events:

• Men's sports (34):
  • Men's Water Polo (5) - 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978
  • Men's Baseball (9) - 1976, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1991, 2015, 2016
  • Men's Basketball (7) - 1980-81, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2017-18, 2018-19
  • Men's Cross Country (5) - 1983, 1985, 1994, 1996, 1997
  • Men's Outdoor Track & Field (6) - 1972, 1997, 1998, 2022, 2023, 2024
  • Men's Soccer (2) - 2014*, 2018, 2024
• Women's sports (49):
  • Women's Basketball (24) - 1976-77, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2013–14
  • Women's Soccer (4) - 1991, 1999, 2023, 2024
  • Women's Tennis (11) - 1983, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2003
  • Women's Outdoor Track & Field (6) - 1997, 1998, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
  • Women's Volleyball (4) - 1981, 1990, 2005, 2024

CCAA Tournament championships (22)

Cal Poly Pomona has won CCAA tournament championships in the following events:

• Men's sports (8):
  • Baseball (3): 2015, 2019, 2022
  • Men's Basketball (2) - 2013, 2015
  • Men's Soccer (3) - 2014, 2015, 2019
• Women's sports (14):
  • Women's Basketball (11) - 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2011
  • Women's Soccer (2) - 1999, 2024
  • Volleyball (1) - 2022

*CPP forced to vacate CCAA Regular Season title in 2014, determined ineligible for NCAA Tournament at season's end.^[16]

Olympics

Olympic medalists

See also: List of American universities with Olympic medals

Games				Total
Kim Rhode	3	1	2	6
Chi Cheng	0	0	1	1
Kathy Smallwood-Cook	0	0	3	3
Total	3	1	6	10

Former sports

Football

Cal Poly Pomona fielded a college football team in Division II through the 1982 season.^[17][18] Jim Zorn was the Broncos' quarterback in 1973 and 1974; he played in the NFL for a decade, most notably as the starter for the expansion Seattle Seahawks.

Softball

While in existence, the Broncos' softball team appeared in seven Women's College World Series, in 1978, 1979, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1988 and 1989.^[19]

Club sports

There are currently 8 club sports at Cal Poly Pomona that are not affiliated with the Athletics department.^[20]

• Basketball
• Soccer
• Volleyball
• Tennis
• Cycling
• Roller Hockey
• Martial Arts
• Ultimate Frisbee

All students may only participate in any clubs/activities with a 3.0 GPA or higher.

Bronco Pep Band

The Bronco Pep Band Victory Arc at the CCAA Division II basketball tournament

The Bronco Pep Band is a student-run band at the university. The band is currently a group within the Athletics Department.

Cal Poly Pomona music department student Daniel Sandt became the first director of what became known as "Bronco Pep Band version 2.0".^[21]

Directors

^[22]

• Daniel Sandt (2002–2005)
• Steven Corral (2005–2009)
• James Rodriguez (2009-2012)
• Branden Herron (2012-2014)
• Ramiro Castañeda (2014-2016)
• Kingsley Hickman (2016-2018)
• Viral Shukla (2018–2020)
• Omar Arellano (2020–2023)
• Stevie Bolanos (2023-2024)
• Manny Gonzalez (2023-Present)^[23]

Fight song

The first fight song

Song of the Viking^[24]
Words by Jerry Voorhis, Sung to the tune of The Maine Stein Song

The new fight song

Cal Poly Pomona Fight Song^[25]
Words sung to the trio section of John Philip Sousa's Solid Men to the Front.

Unofficial Fight Song

The finale of the overture to the opera William Tell has served as the university's fight song.^[26]

See also

• Cal Poly Pomona Broncos men's basketball