The Cal Poly Pomona Broncos or Cal Poly Broncos are the athletic sports teams for the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona (Cal Poly Pomona).

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 107 CCAA championships (regular season and tournament titles)Accessed May 7th, 2015 and 15 National Championships. Current and former Cal Poly Pomona athletes have won 7 Olympic medals (3 gold, 1 silver, and 3 bronze). 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.

Varsity teams Men's sports Women's sports Basketball Basketball Cross country Cross country Soccer Soccer Track and field Track and field Baseball Volleyball

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.

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 (30): 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 • 2025 Men's Cross Country (25): 1967 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1997 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2018 • 2019 • 2021 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025 Women's Cross Country (6): 1985 • 2010 • 2016 • 2017 • 2019 • 2025 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 (43): 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 • 2025 Women's Outdoor Track and Field (34): 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 • 2025 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, 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

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.

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

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. 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.

Conference Championships

CCAA regular season championships (86) Cal Poly Pomona has won CCAA regular season championships in the following events:

Men's sports (34): Men's Water Polo - 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978 Men's baseball - 1976, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1991, 2015, 2016 Men's Basketball - 1980-81, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2017-18, 2018-19 Men's Cross Country - 1983, 1985, 1994, 1996, 1997 Men's Outdoor Track & Field - 1972, 1997, 1998, 2022, 2023, 2024 Men's Soccer - 2014*, 2018, 2024 Women's sports (52): Women's Basketball - 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, 2025-26 Women's Soccer - 1991, 1999, 2023, 2024, 2025 Women's Tennis - 1983, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2003 Women's Outdoor Track & Field - 1997, 1998, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025 Women's Volleyball - 1981, 1990, 2005, 2024, 2025

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 - 2013, 2015 Men's Soccer - 2014, 2015, 2019 Women's sports (14): Women's Basketball - 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2011 Women's Soccer - 1999, 2024 Volleyball - 2022 *CPP forced to vacate CCAA Regular Season title in 2014, determined ineligible for NCAA Tournament at season's end.

Olympics

Olympic medalists

GamesTotal 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. 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. The team played in the Big West, a current Division I conference. When the Big West terminated Pomona's affiliation with the conference, Cal Poly Pomona determined they did not want to drop the program to Division II, nor play an independent schedule, thus discontinuing the sport in 1993. While there are no active plans to revive the sport, it's cited as a possibility by Brian Swanson, the current athletic director.

Club sports There are currently 8 club sports at Cal Poly Pomona that are not affiliated with the Athletics department. 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 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".Bronco Pep Band History

Directors

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 (2023-2025) Kit Rugprayoon (2025-Present)

Fight song

The first fight song Song of the Viking Words by Jerry Voorhis, Sung to the tune of The Maine Stein Song

The new fight song

Cal Poly Pomona Fight Song 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.

See also Cal Poly Pomona Broncos men's basketball

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