Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds

Collegiate sports club in the United States
   Websitegoeasternathletics.com

The Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds are the athletic teams that represent Eastern New Mexico University, located in Portales, New Mexico, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Greyhounds compete as members of the Lone Star Conference for all 12 varsity sports. Until 2015, Eastern New Mexico had used Zias for the names of female sports teams, but the school announced that Eastern New Mexico will end the use of the Zias name for the female teams, choosing to have Greyhounds for both male and female teams.[2]

Varsity sports

Teams

Men's sports

  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Cross Country
  • Football
  • Soccer
  • Track & Field


Women's sports

  • Basketball
  • Cross Country
  • Soccer
  • Softball
  • Volleyball
  • Track & Field

National championships

Team

Sport Association Division Year Opponent/Runner-up Score
Men's cross country (2) NAIA Single 1973 Malone 35–99
1974 U.S. International 28–166

Individual teams

Basketball

The Greyhounds men's basketball team in action against the Texas A&M–Commerce Lions in 2014

The Men's Basketball team won the 1969 NAIA Basketball Championships.

Jon Dalzell played basketball for the Greyhounds and in 1981–82 averaged 15.8 points per game, and was named All Conference.[3][4]

Football

There have been 15 head coaches of the football team.

Gallery

References

  1. ^ ENMU Brand Identity Guide. Retrieved April 19, 2016.
  2. ^ "Eastern New Mexico Ends Use of 'Zia' Name for Teams". InsideHigherEd. 2015-07-29. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
  3. ^ "Jon Dalzell". aau.asahoops.com.
  4. ^ "Jon Dalzell". Eurobasket LLC.

External links

  • Official website