Cal Poly Pomona Broncos


The Cal Poly Pomona Broncos or Cal Poly Broncos are the athletic sports teams for the California State Polytechnic University, Pomona.
Cal Poly Pomona has 11 varsity sports teams and offers student participation in a wide range of sports including soccer, volleyball, track and field, basketball, and baseball. Cal Poly Pomona participates at the NCAA's Division II level in the California Collegiate Athletic Association.
The Broncos have 65 CCAA championships and 14 NCAA National Championships. Current and former Cal Poly athletes have won 7 Olympic medals. As of 2019, Cal Poly ranks 9th in the nation in NCAA Division II Next College Student Athlete 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 graduation rates and IPEDS average cost after aid.

Teams

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

Championships

Appearances

The Cal Poly Pomona Broncos competed in the NCAA Tournament across 11 active sports 165 times at the Division II level.
NCAA Tournament Appearances
Baseball : 1976 • 1979 • 1980 • 1983 • 1985 • 1988 • 1993 • 2011 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017
Men's basketball : 1962 • 1964 • 1976 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2007 • 2009 • 2010 • 2013 • 2015 • 2016 • 2018
Women's basketball : 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
Men's cross country : 1967 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1997 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2018
Women's cross country : 1985 • 2010 • 2016 • 2017
Men's soccer : 1998 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018
Women's soccer : 1999 • 2001 • 2012 • 2014
Women's indoor track and field:
Men's outdoor track and field : 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
Women's outdoor track and field : 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
Women's volleyball ''': 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1988 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1996 • 1997 • 2004 • 2005 • 2007 • 2008 • 2018

Team

The Broncos of Cal Poly Pomona earned 12 NCAA championships at the Division II level.
Results
Below are two national championships that were not bestowed by the NCAA:
Below is one national club team championship:
Cal Poly Pomona had 25 Broncos win NCAA individual championships at the Division II level.
At the NCAA Division I level, Cal Poly Pomona garnered 1 individual champion.

Conference championships

CCAA regular season championships (67)

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

Olympic medalists

GamesTotal
Kim Rhode3126
Chi Cheng0011
Total3137

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.

Club sports

There are currently 7 club sports at Cal Poly Pomona.
All student may only participate in any clubs/activities with a 3.0 or higher
Previously, there was a Cal Poly Pomona Men's Club Volleyball team. Team Coach was Coach Rosie Wegrich.
Players: Huey Long, Herwin Samson, Burton Pang, Matt Florido, Jonathan Cooper, Arnold Dichosa, Brian Bingman,

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".

Directors

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 Phillip 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.