The Kentucky State Thorobreds and Thorobrettes are the intercollegiate athletic teams that represent Kentucky State University, located in Frankfort, Kentucky, in intercollegiate sports at the Division II level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). The Thorobreds and Thorobrettes are members of the Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (SIAC), which they have competed since the 1997–98 academic year. Kentucky State previously competed in the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) from 1989–90 to 1993–94. KSU's main rivals are Tennessee State University, West Virginia State University, and Central State University.

Varsity teams

Facilities The William Exum Center, the university's athletic and recreational complex, was named after William Exum, the first African-American varsity football player at the University of Wisconsin. Exum was hired as head of KSU's Physical Education department in 1949, and later made head of the Athletics department. He then became manager of the United States Track and Field teams at the 1972 and 1976 Olympics. Exum retired from KSU in 1980.

List of teams

Men's sports (8) Baseball Basketball Cross Country Football Golf Track & field (indoor and outdoor) Volleyball

Women's sports (6) Basketball Cross country Softball Track & field (indoor and outdoor) Volleyball

Notes

Men's basketball From 1970 to 1972, the Thorobreds won three straight NAIA national titles (1970, 1971, 1972). As of 2017, they are still only the second team to do so, joining Tennessee State (1957, 1958, 1959).

National championships

Team Men's basketball (3) NAIA Single 1970 Central Washington State 79–71 1971 Eastern Michigan 102–82 1972 Wisconsin–Eau Claire 71–62 Women's basketball (1) NAIA Single 1981 Texas Southern 73–67 Men's cross country (1) NCAA College1964 NE Missouri State Teachers95–105 (-10) Men's outdoor track and field (1) NCAA College1971Cal Poly San Luis Obispo42–31

Conferences

Classifications NCAA 1951–1972: NCAA College Division 1973–present: NCAA Division II

NAIA 1958–1969: NAIA 1970–1984: NAIA Division I

Conference affiliations 1907–08 to 1944–45: Independent 1945–46 to 1961–62: Midwest Athletic Association 1962–63 to 1963–64: Midwest Conference 1964–65 to 1966–67: Midwestern Conference 1967–68 to 1972–73: NAIA Independent 1973–74 to 1988–89: Division II Independent 1989–90 to 1993–94: Great Lakes Valley Conference 1994–95 to 1996–97: Division II Independent 1997–98 to present: Southern Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

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