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 baseball, basketball, cross country, soccer, track and field, and volleyball. Cal Poly Pomona participates at the NCAA's Division II level in the California Collegiate Athletic Association.
The Broncos have 107 CCAA championships and 15 National Championships. Current and former Cal Poly Pomona athletes have won 7 Olympic medals. As of 2024, 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.

Varsity teams

NCAA Appearances

The Cal Poly Pomona Broncos have competed in the NCAA Tournament across 11 active sports 200 times at the Division II level.
  • Baseball : 1976 • 1979 • 1980 • 1983 • 1985 • 1988 • 1993 • 2011 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2019 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024
  • Men's Basketball : 1962 • 1964 • 1976 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2007 • 2009 • 2010 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2018 • 2019 • 2020 • 2022
  • 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 • 2019 • 2020 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025
  • Men's Cross Country : 1967 • 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1986 • 1988 • 1990 • 1992 • 1994 • 1996 • 1997 • 2003 • 2004 • 2005 • 2006 • 2013 • 2014 • 2015 • 2016 • 2018 • 2019 • 2021 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025
  • Women's Cross Country : 1985 • 2010 • 2016 • 2017 • 2019 • 2025
  • Men's Soccer : 1998 • 2015 • 2016 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024
  • Women's Soccer : 1999 • 2001 • 2012 • 2014 • 2019 • 2024
  • 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 • 2019 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025
  • 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 • 2017 • 2018 • 2019 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024 • 2025
  • Women's Volleyball : 1983 • 1984 • 1985 • 1988 • 1990 • 1991 • 1992 • 1993 • 1994 • 1996 • 1997 • 2004 • 2005 • 2007 • 2008 • 2018 • 2021 • 2022 • 2023 • 2024

    Team National Titles

The Broncos have won 13 NCAA championships at the Division II level, as well as two in the AIAW.
Results
1975–76BaseballSIU Edwardsville17–3
1979–80BaseballNew Haven13–6
1981–82Women's basketballTuskegee93–74
1982–83BaseballJacksonville State9–7
1983–84Men's cross countrySt. Cloud State86–100
1984–85Women's basketballCentral Missouri80–69
1985–86Women's basketballNorth Dakota State70–63
1990–91Women's tennisUC Davis5–3
1991–92Women's tennisGrand Canyon5–0
2000–01Women's basketballNorth Dakota87–80
2001–02Women's basketballSE Oklahoma State74–62
2009–10Men's basketballIUP65–53
2024Women's soccerMinnesota State2–1

Below is one national club team championship:
  • Co-ed Roller Hockey : 2003

    Individual National Titles

Cal Poly Pomona has 25 individual national titles at the Division II level.
At the NCAA Division I level, Cal Poly Pomona is partially recognized for 1 individual championship - Eduardo Labastida who won a boxing title in 1957 in the 112-pound weight class. Labastida attended the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo campus, which didn't officially separate from Cal Poly Pomona until 1966. Cal Poly Pomona Athletics does not recognize this title, as Labastida is a member of the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo Athletics Hall of Fame.

Conference Championships

CCAA regular season championships (85)

Cal Poly Pomona has won CCAA regular season championships in the following events:
  • Men's sports :
  • *Men's Water Polo - 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977, 1978
  • *Men's baseball - 1976, 1979, 1980, 1983, 1985, 1988, 1991, 2015, 2016
  • *Men's Basketball - 1980-81, 2004–05, 2008–09, 2009–10, 2012–13, 2017-18, 2018-19
  • *Men's Cross Country - 1983, 1985, 1994, 1996, 1997
  • *Men's Outdoor Track & Field - 1972, 1997, 1998, 2022, 2023, 2024
  • *Men's Soccer - 2014*, 2018, 2024
  • Women's sports :
  • *Women's Basketball - 1976-77, 1977-78, 1978-79, 1979-80, 1980-81, 1981-82, 1982–83, 1983–84, 1984–85, 1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88, 1988–89, 1989–90, 1990–91, 1991–92, 1992–93, 1993–94, 1996–97, 1997–98, 1999–00, 2000–01, 2001–02, 2013–14
  • *Women's Soccer - 1991, 1999, 2023, 2024, 2025
  • *Women's Tennis - 1983, 1985, 1987, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2003
  • *Women's Outdoor Track & Field - 1997, 1998, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025
  • *Women's Volleyball - 1981, 1990, 2005, 2024, 2025

    CCAA Tournament championships (22)

Cal Poly Pomona has won CCAA tournament championships in the following events:
  • Men's sports :
  • *Baseball : 2015, 2019, 2022
  • *Men's Basketball - 2013, 2015
  • *Men's Soccer - 2014, 2015, 2019
  • Women's sports :
  • *Women's Basketball - 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2011
  • *Women's Soccer - 1999, 2024
  • *Volleyball - 2022
*''CPP forced to vacate CCAA Regular Season title in 2014, determined ineligible for NCAA Tournament at season's end.''

Olympics

Olympic medalists

GamesTotal
Kim Rhode3126
Chi Cheng0011
Kathy Smallwood-Cook0033
Total31610

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 season|Seattle Seahawks].

Softball

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

Club sports

There are currently 8 club sports at Cal Poly Pomona that are not affiliated with the Athletics department.
All students may only participate in any clubs/activities with a 3.0 GPA or higher.

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

  • Daniel Sandt
  • Steven Corral
  • James Rodriguez
  • Branden Herron
  • Ramiro Castañeda
  • Kingsley Hickman
  • Viral Shukla
  • Omar Arellano
  • Stevie Bolanos
  • Manny Gonzalez
  • Kit Rugprayoon

    Fight song

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 Philip 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.