The Long Beach State 49ers is an athletic team representing California State University, Long Beach. The 49ers compete in 19 sports teams and compete in the NCAA Division I. Long Beach State is a founding member of the Big West Conference, and also competes in the Pacific Mountain Sports Federation for a sport not sponsored by the Big West.
In the world of sports school is referred to as "Long Beach State." The official name of the Long Beach State sports team is "The 49ers" in honor of the established university year and for the prospectors of California Gold Rush a hundred years before that. Unofficially, "The Beach" is used to refer to Long Beach State and its sports team because this is the only university on the West Coast with the word "Beach" in its name. One can see the cheers of "Go Beach!" written on many CSULB products around the campus and in the big water tower near the entrance to the campus.
School colors have been black and gold since 2000, when they were changed by a student referendum (after George Allen changed the color of football uniforms) from genuine chocolate and gold.
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Baseball
Unlike all other Long Beach State sports teams, the unofficial baseball team runs under the moniker "The Dirtbags." After hiring Dave Snow as head coach in 1989, LBSU's baseball team has become one of the most successful teams in school's athletic history. The Dirtbags are consistently ranked in the top 35 nationally and have performed in 17 of the last 20 NCAA tournaments. Along the way, the team has won 9 Big West conference championships, hosted 4 NCAA regionals (plus 1 super regional), and appeared in 4 College World Series (1989, 1991, 1993 and 1998). Nickname Dirtbags refers to the first game style taught by Coach Snow and the next coach.
Mike Weathers became head coach of 'Dirtbag' in 2001. After Weather retired, he was replaced by assistant Troy Buckley in 2010.
The school has also produced a number of prominent professional players over the years, including former American League MVP Jason Giambi, former Rookie of the Year League of the Year Bobby Crosby, and American 2008 Rookie and Rookie stars from Evan Longoria. Many more Ex-Dirtbags have participated in the prestigious MLB All-Star Futures game, such as rookie phenomenon, Jered Weaver, Troy Tulowitzki, and Danny Espinosa. Nine State Long State baseball alumni are playing in the big league during 2013.
Baseball teams play off campus at Blair Field in Recreation Park (downtown, 2.7 miles off-campus). Opened in 1956 and renovated in 2002, Blair Field has been the home field of Long Beach State since 2003. The stadium has 2,800 seats and is often seen in movies, TV shows and commercials for generations. The baseball field site since Connie Mack has Philadelphia A trained there in the 1920s, almost every high school, the American Legion, Connie Mack and college baseball playing from the Long Beach/Lakewood area have played at the corner of 10th Street and Park. Road for 90 years.
Basketball
The CSULB men's basketball team also enjoyed a recent success. In the 2006-07 season, the 49ers finished with a 24-8 (12-2) record, the Big West conference championship, and the school's first trip to the NCAA tournament in 12 years. Star guard Aaron Nixon named Big West this year, and was selected as the AP Honorable Mentions All-American. On April 6, 2007, it was announced that Dan Monson (formerly of Gonzaga University and the University of Minnesota) would be the next head of Son Basketball Trainers, replacing Larry Reynolds.
The women's basketball team had its greatest success during the 1980s when trained by Joan Bonvicini for 12 years. During that time the team went 325-71. The 49ers won 10 Big West Conference titles, made 10 straight NCAA appearances, had 12 consecutive wins, and never won less than 24 games in a single season. Bonvicini led the 49ers to the Final Four in 1987 and 1988.
James Ennis played his first season at Oxnard College, a junior college in Oxnard, California, and a sophomore season at Ventura College, a junior college in Ventura, California. In 2011, he signed a contract with Long Beach State, where he became a two-year starter. As a junior, Ennis scored an average of 10 points and 4.1 rebounds per game and helped lead the 49ers to regular season and conference titles Big West Conference. Ennis was given the honorable name of all conferences at the end of the season.
With the departure of conference players from Casper Ware's year, Ennis becomes a player for 49ers in 2012-13. He replied with an average of 16.5 points and 6.7 rebounds per game and led 49ers to the regular Big West championship other seasons. At the end of the season, Ennis was named the West's Player of the Year and a respectable AP called the All-American.
Following his senior year-end, Ennis was appointed to Reese's College All-Star Game, where he led the East team in scoring with 13 points, including a pair of baskets that captured the game.
Football
Long Beach State competed in Division I football for several years (1969-91), resulting in a number of professional players, including Terrell Davis and Mike Horan, among others. George Allen, the famous coach of the Los Angeles Rams and Washington Redskins, has a short one-year term at Long Beach State. Long Beach State stopped its soccer program after the 1991 season due to budget constraints. Before going to Division I in 1969 the football team competed in the NCAA "Old College Division" from 1955 to 1968.
Tennis
The Long Beach State ('Beach Tennis') tennis team won the first of a record of 12 consecutive Big West tennis titles in 2002 to reach their first NCAA tournament. The team has appeared in conference title titles every year since 2001. The 2014 team was unbeaten in the league game and then claimed the 11th Big League tournament championship by reaching the record of the fourteenth consecutive final conference and then defeating UC Irvine's rivals for the tenth time in championship game.
'Tennis Beach' has qualified for eleven NCAA Championships and advanced to 'Round 32' in 2006 and again in 2012 and 2014. 49ers have become # 2 once seeded, seeded # 3 eight times and seeded # 4 twice in the tournament NCAA.
Head coach Jenny Hilt-Costello has won an eight league record of Big West Conference of the Year coach (2001, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014) and was named ITA Coach West Region of the Year and finalist for national award in 2004.
The five players of 'Beach Tennis' have received the Big West Conference Player of the Year award, including Hannah Grady who became the first student-athlete in the Big West Conference sport to be crowned the Best Player of the Year four years in a row (06, 07, 08, 09). Grady remains the only athlete in the history of the conference that has earned the Player of the Year honors for all four years of eligibility. In February 2010, court # 1 at the Rhodes Tennis Center was named Hannah Grady Court in lieu of her retirement number, as tennis players do not use numbers. Five players have been named Conference Freshman of the Year since the awards began in 2005.
Long Beach State has been nationally ranked continuously since March 2001. The 2006 team reached # 18 in the ITA National Rank; then peaked at # 26 in 2007, # 35 in 2008, # 25 in 2009, # 35 in 2010, # 36 in 2011 and # 40 in 2012, # 39 in 2013 and # 40 in 2014.
The women's tennis team plays at Terry L. Rhodes Tennis Center, which opens on Fall campus 2008. The tennis center is named after 49er alumni Terry Rhodes after a $ 1.25 million prize for a women's tennis program. Mr. Rhodes's prize is the biggest single-sport donation in the university's history. The new facility also includes The Gloria and Bob Hendricks Family Scoreboard, a 40ft (12m) electronic display of all matches donated by the family of the former 49er female tennis coach. The facility is located on the northeastern side of the campus immediately next to the $ 70 million Student Recreation and Health Center opened in Autumn 2010.
Water polo
Air Beach Polo team of Long Beach State Men's finishing season 2012 with national ranking of 5 Contributed 4 players to All-America team. The women's water polo team from Long Beach State was ranked 10th in the country during the 2011 season. Completing the regular season with a 12-16 record, 49ers went into the 6th Biggest Conference of the Sixth Conference. After defeating two higher ranking teams, (UC Santa Barbara and CSU Northridge) Long Beach advanced to a championship game against UC Irvine. The 2011 squad also contributed five players to the All-Big West Team.
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Rivals
The Beach has several rival schools in sports. In addition to being close to each other, Long Beach State and CSUF have been vying heavily as competitor conferences in baseball for more than 20 years. More recently, especially since 2006, Long Beach State and UC Irvine have participated in the annual "Black and Blue Series" Rivalry. In this challenge, each school gets points for a collective conference championship and a win against each other (in all NCAA sports where both schools participate). Total added at the end of the season and the winner is declared. Both schools are currently tied 2-2. Finally, Long Beach State also has an old "beach school" competition with UC Santa Barbara.
Sports club
In addition to the NCAA-approved sports, Long Beach State also has many competitive club sports teams, such as rugby, ice hockey, ultimate, football, crew, skiing, and many others.
Rugby
Founded in 1974, the Long Beach State Rugby Club played a college rugby in the 1-AA Division at the Long Beach State rugby field. Long Beach has a strong history of winning 16 League Championships, 21 championship tournaments, 1 National Championship appearance (losing to the Air Force 1989), 13 All-American and 3 US Eagles. In 1995 Chris Rohrbach received the Woodley Award (Rugby Heisman) as a Collegiate player this year. Recently Long Beach has been successful, winning the conference championship in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015. Long Beach has also reached the national playoffs in 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014 & amp; 2015. Long Beach is headed by Chief Coach Jason Reynolds.
Rowing (crew)
Long Beach State Rowing, better known as "Beach Crew," was founded in the fall semester of 1957, and continues to be one of the oldest, sustainable, and collaborative college sports on campus. The team is currently run through the offices of Club Sports & amp; Recreation, but has been part of CSLB's athletic department in previous years. Attempts to bring the sport back to the athletic department failed in 2008 when the Referendum Beach Legacy was rejected by the students.
Beach Crew rows at Marine Stadium and Alamitos Bay of Long Beach. The team operates two paid boats from the Pete Archer Rowing Center, which is about 5 blocks south of the CSULB campus.
The team was founded by Bill Lockyer, a local businessman of Long Beach, and Dr. Ludwig Spolyar, a campus activity advisor. Lockyer, trained for over a decade, was replaced by Ed Graham in 1970. Spolyar was appointed to collect students from college who expressed interest in sports. Spolyar became de facto coach in the 1956 season. After a successful run with UCLA and Orange Coast College, the team was officially established next year. The team's first racing shell was donated by Orange Coast College and the first set of paddles by UCLA.
The women's team was formed in 1973 by coach Stephen Buchan and has continued since then.
Beach Crew is a member of the Western Rowing Association (WIRA), whose participants are mostly non-Pac-10 schools on the West Coast. This team is a founding member of the American Collegiate Rowing Association (ACRA), a national college organization whose members are not eligible to compete in the National NCAA Championships or the Family Rowing Championships. The team is currently being trained by Robert Edwards, Jonathan Flietstra, Ian Simpson, and Megan Smith.
The team has an active alumni group called The Beach Crew Alumni Association (BCA), which is a charter project CSULB 49er Foundation. BCA raise funds throughout the year to help with the funding needs of the team.
National team championship
On May 5, 2018, Long Beach State has won 5 NCAA national team championships.
- Male (2)
- Volleyball: 1991, 2018
- Women (3)
- Volleyball: 1989, 1993, 1998
Below are six national championships not awarded by the NCAA.
- Female (6)
- Badminton (2): 1970, 1974 (AIAW)
- Field hockey (1): 1979 (AIAW)
- Volleyball (2): 1972-73 season, 1973 (autumn) (AIAW)
- Beach Volleyball (1): 2013 (AVCA)
Below are five national team championships won at the highest college level.
- Archery (recurve) (1): 2015 (mixed team)
- Roller hockey (1): 2011
- Sail (2): 1966 race matches, team race 1981
- Surf (1): 2001
Olympics
Long Beach State has the honor to have at least one athlete participating in each of the Summer Olympics since the first Olympics after school was established.
Coach
Long Beach has a number of nationally renowned trainers, including Tex Winter, Jerry Tarkanian and Lute Olson in men's basketball, George Allen in football, Frances Schaafsma in women's volleyball and basketball, Joan Bonvicini in women's basketball, lontar coach Art Venegas on Track and Field, and Jon Urbanchek and Don Gambril in a swim.
Popular culture
Alumnus John "J.P." Calderon competed in the 13th edition of reality TV show Survivor. Calderon, now a professional AVP ranked player, graduated from Cal State Long Beach in 2000 after playing in the Division I Men's Volleyball Division National.
References
External links
- Official website
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