Loyola Wolf Pack


The Loyola Wolf Pack are composed of 18 teams representing Loyola University New Orleans in intercollegiate athletics, including men and women's basketball, cross country, golf, swimming, tennis, and indoor and outdoor track and field. Men's sports include baseball, while women's sports include volleyball, and two coed sports were recently added, in competitive cheer and dance. The Wolf Pack compete in the NAIA and are members of the Southern States Athletic Conference.
The intercollegiate athletics program was discontinued in 1972, but was reinstated in 1991.

Sports sponsored

Baseball

The Loyola Wolf Pack baseball team represents Loyola University New Orleans. The school's team currently competes in the Southern States Athletic Conference, which is part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. The team plays home games at 750-seat Segnette Field.
Loyola has had 5 Major League Baseball Draft selections since the draft began in 1965.
YearPlayerRoundTeam
196554Orioles
196628Orioles
196625Senators
197020Red Sox
200029Cardinals

Men's basketball

The school's team currently competes in the Southern States Athletic Conference, which is part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. The team plays home games at the University Sports Complex.
The basketball team won the 1945 NAIA National Championship. They also made the 1946 NAIA National Semi-finals. The team made the NCAA Division I Men's Basketball Tournament in 1954, 1957 and 1958.

Women's basketball

The school's team currently competes in the Southern States Athletic Conference, which is part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. The team plays home games at the University Sports Complex. The team has qualified for the NAIA National Tournament five consecutive seasons since 2013–14.

Men's and women's Swimming

The school's teams currently competes in the Mid-South Conference, which is part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, and has been consistently ranked in the top-10 nationally since its inception in 2016. The team hosts home meets at the University Sports Complex.

Men's tennis

The Loyola Wolf Pack men's tennis team represents Loyola University New Orleans. The school's team currently competes in the Southern States Athletic Conference, which is part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. The team plays home matches at the City Park/Pepsi Tennis Center.

Women's tennis

The Loyola Wolf Pack women's tennis team represents Loyola University New Orleans. The school's team currently competes in the Southern States Athletic Conference, which is part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. The team plays home matches at the City Park/Pepsi Tennis Center.

Men's and women's track and field

The Loyola Wolf Pack men's and women's track and field teams represent Loyola University New Orleans. The school's teams currently competes in the Southern States Athletic Conference, which is part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics.
Loyola runner Emmett Toppino won a gold medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics as the second leg in the 4 x 100-meter relay in which a new world record was established.

Volleyball

The Loyola Wolf Pack volleyball team represents Loyola University New Orleans. The school's team currently competes in the Southern States Athletic Conference, which is part of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics. The team plays home games at the University Sports Complex.

Former varsity sports

Boxing

Loyola University New Orleans formerly sponsored a boxing team. Loyola boxer Eddie Flynn won the welterweight gold medal at the 1932 Summer Olympics.

Football

Loyola University New Orleans formerly sponsored a varsity football team starting in 1921. The team was disbanded after the 1939 season for financial reasons. The team played at Loyola University Stadium.

Athletic facilities

The City Park/Pepsi Tennis Center is a tennis facility in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is home to the Loyola Wolf Pack men's and women's tennis teams. It opened in 2011.
Lafreniere Park is the home course for the men's and women's cross country teams.
Segnette Field is a baseball venue in the New Orleans metropolitan area. It is home to the Loyola Wolf Pack baseball team. The 750-seat venue opened in 2002.
The University Sports Complex is a basketball, indoor track, swimming and volleyball facility in New Orleans, Louisiana. It is home to the Loyola Wolf Pack men's and women's basketball teams, men's and women's swimming teams and volleyball team. It opened in 1987.