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The Iowa State Cyclones (commonly referred to as the "'Clones") are the athletic teams of Iowa State University
Iowa State University

The Iowa State University of Science and Technology, more commonly known as Iowa State University , is a public land-grant university and Space grant colleges university located in Ames, Iowa, United States....
. The university is a member of the Big 12 Conference
Big 12 Conference

The Big 12 Conference is a list of college athletic conferences of twelve schools located mostly in the central United States. It is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I for all sports; its American football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision , the higher of two levels of NCAA Division I football c...
 and competes in NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a voluntary association of about 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and University in the United States ....
 Division I
Division I

Division I is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States....
, fielding 16 varsity teams in 11 sports.

Varsity baseball and men's swimming teams were elimated after the 2000-2001 season due to budget cuts.

s current Athletic Director is Jamie Pollard and has held his position since September 2005.






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The Iowa State Cyclones (commonly referred to as the "'Clones") are the athletic teams of Iowa State University
Iowa State University

The Iowa State University of Science and Technology, more commonly known as Iowa State University , is a public land-grant university and Space grant colleges university located in Ames, Iowa, United States....
. The university is a member of the Big 12 Conference
Big 12 Conference

The Big 12 Conference is a list of college athletic conferences of twelve schools located mostly in the central United States. It is a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I for all sports; its American football teams compete in the Football Bowl Subdivision , the higher of two levels of NCAA Division I football c...
 and competes in NCAA
National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a voluntary association of about 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and University in the United States ....
 Division I
Division I

Division I is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States....
, fielding 16 varsity teams in 11 sports.

*Men's sports
**Basketball
Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball

The Iowa State Cyclones men's basketball team represents Iowa State University and competes in the Big 12 Conference of NCAA Division I.Greg McDermott is the current ISU men's basketball head coach....

**Cross country
Iowa State Cyclones Cross Country

Iowa State Cyclones Cross Country is an athletic team representing the Iowa State Cyclones of Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. Originally, the men?s and women?s teams were considered separate; but, beginning in the 2007 in sports season, the two teams were combined and are now considered as one at the university....

**Football
Iowa State Cyclones football

The Iowa State Cyclones represent Iowa State University in college football. The Cyclones competes in the northern division of the Big 12 athletic conference in the National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I....

**Golf
**Track and field
**Wrestling


*Women's sports
**Basketball
College basketball

College basketball most often refers to the American basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association ....

**Cross country
Iowa State Cyclones Cross Country

Iowa State Cyclones Cross Country is an athletic team representing the Iowa State Cyclones of Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa. Originally, the men?s and women?s teams were considered separate; but, beginning in the 2007 in sports season, the two teams were combined and are now considered as one at the university....

**Golf
**Gymnastics
**Soccer
College soccer

College soccer is a term used to describe Football that is played by teams operated by colleges and University as opposed to a Professional sports operated for exclusively financial purposes....

**Softball
**Swimming and diving
**Tennis
**Track and field
**Volleyball


Varsity baseball and men's swimming teams were elimated after the 2000-2001 season due to budget cuts.

Current path

ISU's current Athletic Director is Jamie Pollard and has held his position since September 2005. Pollard has dramatically changed the direction of the Athletic Program. Since being hired, Pollard has hired new head coaches for football, men's basketball, wrestling, gymnastics, soccer, cross country/track and field, women's golf, tennis, and softball. Additionally, he has doubled the athletic budget and has initiated major renovations to Hilton Coliseum and Jack Trice Stadium.

Championships


National Championships

Iowa State has won thirteen NCAA National Team Championships in three sports. By far Iowa State's most successful sport is Wrestling, which in spite having not won a national title for over twenty year, has continued to remain a contender for the national title. In Wrestling, Iowa State has finished as runners up for the National title numerous times, their last being in 2007.

Spite Iowa State's success in Wrestling, their most resent NCAA National Team Championship was in Men's Cross Country in 1994. Iowa State is not known as a national powerhouse in Cross Country, however, it is not unusual for the ISU Cross Country team to make into the NCAA tournament.

Probably the more unusual titles that Iowa State has won is in Men's Gymnastics. A highly successful period of Men's Gymnastics, led ISU to 3 national titles in 4 years. Men's gymnastics is no longer a sport sponsored by Iowa State.

# of Titles Sport Years
2 Men's Cross Country 1989, 1994
3 Men's Gymnastics 1971, 1973, 1974
8 Wrestling 1933, 1965, 1969, 1970, 1972, 1973, 1977, 1987


Conference Championships


Big12 Championships
# of titles Sport Regular-Season Champion Tournament/ (Division) Champion
3 Men's Basketball 2000, 2001 2000
3 Women's Basketball 2000 2000, 2001
1 Football  2004 (North)
2 Gymnastics 2000, 2006 
3 Wrestling  2007, 2008, 2009
12 Total


Men's Sports


Football

Iowa State started playing football in 1892 and it became an offical sport 1894. ISU has a 476–556–46 all time record and is 2-7 in postseason play. The Cyclones compete in the northern division of the Big 12 athletic conference in the NCAA's
National Collegiate Athletic Association

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a voluntary association of about 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and University in the United States ....
 Division I
Division I

Division I is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States....
  Football Bowl Subdivision. The Iowa State Cyclones play home games in Jack Trice Stadium
Jack Trice Stadium

Jack Trice Stadium is a stadium in Ames, Iowa. It is primarily used for college football, and is the home field of the Iowa State University Iowa State Cyclones football....
, a stadium named after a player who incurred a fatal injury while playing for the Cyclones in 1923.

Basketball


Baseball


Wrestling

Iowa State has won 8 national championships in wrestling. Iowa State's head coach is four time National Champion and Olympic Gold Medalist, Cael Sanderson
Cael Sanderson

Cael Norman Sanderson , is considered one of the greatest United States amateur wrestlings of all time. He is the current head wrestling coach at Iowa State University....
.

Golf


Track and Field


Women's Sports


Basketball


Iowa State is known for having one of the best women's basketball
Women's basketball

Women's basketball is one of the few games which developed in tandem with its men's counterpart. It became popular, spreading from the east coast of the United States to the west coast, in large part via women's colleges....
 programs in the nation. Since the founding of the Big 12 in 1996, ISU
ISU

ISU may refer to:* ISU-152, ISU-122, Soviet self-propelled guns* International Skating Union* International Seamen's Union* International Stereoscopic Union...
 has had only one losing season, has won 3 conference titles (1 regular season, 2 tournament), and has the best conference tournament record in the Big 12. Iowa State has made it to and won the Big 12 Conference tournament championship game more times than any other team, except Oklahoma
Oklahoma

Oklahoma is a U.S. state and a sovereignty located in the South Central United States and Southern United States of the United States of America ....
. Bill Fennelly
Bill Fennelly

Bill Fennelly is the head women's basketball coach at Iowa State University. He is the dean of the Big 12 and is considered by many to be one of the best women's basketball coaches in the nation....
 is the coach of the women's team and largely responsible for building this successful program.

On a national level, since 1996, the Cyclones have made the NCAA tournament
NCAA Tournament

NCAA Tournament can mean:Men's Sports*NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship, the most common usage of this term*NCAA Men's Division II Basketball Championship...
 nine times, making it twice to the Sweet Sixteen
Sweet Sixteen

Sweet Sixteen may refer to:*Sweet sixteen , a party thrown in honor of a girl's sixteenth birthday, primarily in the United StatesIn sports:...
 and once to the Elite Eight
Elite Eight

The term Elite Eight refers to the final eight teams in the NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship or the NCAA Women's Division I Basketball Championship....
, and has also made the WNIT
WNIT

WNIT is the Public Broadcasting Service member station for South Bend, Indiana. Its studios are located in Elkhart, Indiana. WNIT broadcasts on digital television channel 35 ....
 twice. ISU was in the AP Top25 Poll for over four years and was in the Top10 for 34 consective weeks starting in the 1999 season. The fans have been partily to thank for ISU's success. ISU has been ranked in the top 10 for attendence for the past eight years, made it to #4 in the nation in 2007-2008 season, and is currently leading the Big 12 in average attendence for the 2008-2009 season. The Big 12 lead the nation in attendence last year season. See .

NCAA First Round NCAA Second Round NCAA Sweet Sixteen NCAA Elite Eight NCAA Final Four NCAA Championship WNIT
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Cross Country


Golf


Gymnastics


Soccer


Softball


Swimming & Diving


Tennis


Track & Field


Volleyball


Head Coach Cristy Johnson has led Iowa State to one of the most impressive turn-around ever. Since taking over the program in 2005, Johnson has coached the Cyclones to a 56-40 (.583) record, including three NCAA tournament appearances and the programs first ever national ranking. The Cyclone's three NCAA tournament appearances include a second round appearance in 2006, a Sweet 16 appearance in 2007, and a Elite 8 appearance in 2008. The Cyclone
Cyclone

In meteorology, a cyclone refers to an area of closed, circular fluid motion rotating in the same direction as the Earth's rotation. This is usually characterized by inward spiraling winds that rotate counter clockwise in the Northern Hemisphere and clockwise in the Southern Hemisphere of the Earth....
 fans have recognized the success and in 2007, ISU ranked 20th in the country for attendance, averaging 1,565 spectators per match. After upsetting 8th ranked Wisconsin
Wisconsin

Wisconsin is one of the fifty U.S. state in the United States of America, located in the north central part of the United States. It borders two of the five Great Lakes and four U.S....
 in the second round in 2007, the Cyclones earned their first-ever national ranking at the No. 18 spot in the AVCA Coaches Poll.*

NCAA appearances under Head Coach Cristy Johnson
2006 2007 2008
NCAA Second Round NCAA Sweet 16 NCAA Elite 8


Club Sports

Iowa State also has a number of club sports. Most are sports not sponsored by the university's athletic department or NCAA Division I
Division I

Division I is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States....
 athletics, others are supplementary to ISU sports and allow students a chance to compete but not at a Division I
Division I

Division I is the highest level of intercollegiate athletics sanctioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association in the United States....
 level.

A number of clubs experience much notability on campus and nationwide: ISU baseball
Iowa State Cyclones baseball

Iowa State Cyclones baseball was formerly fielded by Iowa State University from 1892 until the conclusion of the 2000-2001 season. Iowa State ceased to field a team because of what former Iowa State Athletic Director Bruce Van De Velde termed "budget cuts"....
 was cut by the school's athletic department in 2000; but it continues, as a club sport, to provides students with the opportunity to attend ISU and play competitive baseball. Iowa State Men's Hockey is non-scholarship sport since it is not considered a recreation sports like other club sports. ISU has been a American Collegiate Hockey Association
American Collegiate Hockey Association

The American Collegiate Hockey Association is the governing body of club ice hockey, teams not sanctioned by the NCAA. The organization provides structure, regulations and promotes the quality of collegiate ice hockey....
 (ACHA) powerhouse since its inception, the team has many ACHA Frozen Four appearances and was the ACHA Nation Championship in 1992. ISU Rodeo is a member of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association
National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association

The National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association, based in Walla Walla, WA, was established in 1949. NIRA sanctions more than 100 college rodeos every year in the United States, and represents over 3,500 student athletes attending more than 135 member colleges and universities....
 (NIRA) and is one of the oldest collegiate rodeo athletic events in the US.


*Men's sports
**Baseball
Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two team sport of nine players each. The goal of baseball is to score run by hitting a thrown Baseball with a baseball bat and touching a series of four markers called base arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot square, or diamond. Players on one team take turns hitting against...

**Boxing
Boxing

Boxing is a combat sport where two participants, generally of similar human weight, fight each other with their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee and is typically engaged in during a series of one to three-minute intervals called rounds....

**Cycling
Cycling

Cycling is the use of bicycles, or - less commonly - unicycles, tricycles, Quadracycle s and other similar wheeled human powered vehicles as a means of transport, a form of recreation or a sport....

**Fencing
Fencing

Fencing is a family of sports and activities that feature armed combat involving cutting, stabbing, or slapping Club ing weapons that are directly manipulated by hand, rather than shot, thrown or positioned....

**Ice Hockey
Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team sport played on ice. It is a fast paced and physical sport. Ice hockey is most popular in areas that are sufficiently cold for natural reliable seasonal ice cover such as Canada, the northern United States, Scandinavia and Russia, though with the advent of indoor artificial ice r...

**Lacrosse
Lacrosse

Lacrosse is a team sport originated by several tribes of Native Americans in the United States. There are four distinct versions of the modern game: men's field lacrosse, women's field lacrosse, men's box lacrosse and intercrosse ....

**Nordic Skiing
Nordic skiing

Nordic skiing is a winter sport that encompasses all types of skiing where the heel of the boot cannot be fixed to the ski. This includes a wide range of ski equipment and techniques such as classic and skate cross country skiing, ski jumping, biathlon, and telemark skiing....

**Paintball
Paintball

Paintball is a game in which players eliminate opponents by hitting them with pellets containing paint , usually shot from a carbon dioxide or compressed-gas powered paintball gun ....

**Rodeo
Rodeo

Rodeo is a sport which arose out of the working practices of cattle herding in Spain, Mexico, and later the United States, Canada, South America and Australia....

**Rugby
Rugby

Rugby may refer to:...

**Soccer
**Track and Field
**Ultimate Frisbee
**Volleyball
Volleyball

Volleyball is an Olympic Games team sport in which two teams of 6 active players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules....

**Water Polo
Water polo

Water polo is a team water sport. It is the oldest continuous Olympic team sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper with a maximum of six substitutes....


*Women's sports
**Cycling
Cycling

Cycling is the use of bicycles, or - less commonly - unicycles, tricycles, Quadracycle s and other similar wheeled human powered vehicles as a means of transport, a form of recreation or a sport....

**Fencing
Fencing

Fencing is a family of sports and activities that feature armed combat involving cutting, stabbing, or slapping Club ing weapons that are directly manipulated by hand, rather than shot, thrown or positioned....

**Ice Hockey
Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team sport played on ice. It is a fast paced and physical sport. Ice hockey is most popular in areas that are sufficiently cold for natural reliable seasonal ice cover such as Canada, the northern United States, Scandinavia and Russia, though with the advent of indoor artificial ice r...

**Nordic Skiing
Nordic skiing

Nordic skiing is a winter sport that encompasses all types of skiing where the heel of the boot cannot be fixed to the ski. This includes a wide range of ski equipment and techniques such as classic and skate cross country skiing, ski jumping, biathlon, and telemark skiing....

**Rodeo
Rodeo

Rodeo is a sport which arose out of the working practices of cattle herding in Spain, Mexico, and later the United States, Canada, South America and Australia....

**Rugby
Rugby

Rugby may refer to:...

**Soccer
**Synchronized skating
Synchronized skating

Synchronized skating or synchronised skating, a large and fast-growing discipline, consists of 8-20 sportspersons ice skating on ice at one time moving as one flowing unit at high speeds....

**Track and Field
**Ultimate Frisbee
**Volleyball
Volleyball

Volleyball is an Olympic Games team sport in which two teams of 6 active players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules....

**Water Polo
Water polo

Water polo is a team water sport. It is the oldest continuous Olympic team sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper with a maximum of six substitutes....



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