West Florida Argonauts


The West Florida Argonauts are the athletic teams that represent the University of West Florida, located in Pensacola, Florida, in intercollegiate sports at the Division II level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, primarily competing in the Gulf South Conference since the 1994–95 academic year. The Argonauts previously competed in the Southern States Conference of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics from 1974–75 to 1993–94, with a brief hiatus of dropping its athletics program from 1976–77 to 1979–80.
The University of West Florida sponsors 15 NCAA Division II varsity sports, competing as the Argonauts in the Gulf South Conference.
Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, soccer and tennis. Women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis and volleyball.
WWW goargos.com

Varsity sports

Baseball

West Florida has had 24 Major League Baseball draft selections since the draft began in 1965.
YearPlayerRoundTeam
198224Athletics
198736Braves
198933Tigers
199150Rangers
199237Red Sox
199321Brewers
199434Brewers
199757Angels
200334Blue Jays
200433Devil Rays
200923Mets
201020Angels
201142Mets
201136Angels
201136Nationals
201128Angels
201119Mets
201216Marlins
201412Cardinals
201424Athletics
201430Giants
201512Rangers
20246Padres
202510Orioles

Football

UWF made the decision to add a football program in 2013. The Argos signed their first recruiting class in February 2015 and the fall of 2015 featured practice and intrasquad scrimmages. The first year of varsity competition was the 2016 season. The Argos’ first home game was on September 10, 2016, at Blue Wahoos Stadium against Missouri S&T Miners. In 2017, the Argonauts advanced to the national championship game, where they lost to Texas A&M–Commerce 37–27. In 2019, West Florida won their first national title when they defeated Minnesota State 48–40.

Achievements

Source:

NCAA Division II Team National Championships (10)

  • Baseball: 2011
  • Football: 2019
  • Men's Golf: 2001, 2008, 2025
  • Men's Tennis: 2004, 2005, 2014, 2017
  • Women's Soccer: 2012

NAIA Team National Championships (1)

Gulf South Conference All Sports Trophies (30)

  • Men's: 8
  • Women's: 16
  • Overall : 6

NCAA Division II Individual National Championships (18)

  • Men's Golf – Orjan Larsen
  • Men's Golf - Chandler Blanchet
  • Women's Swimming & Diving - Monica Amaral
  • Women's Swimming & Diving - Theresa Michalak
  • Women's Swimming & Diving - Monica Amaral
  • Women's Swimming & Diving - Theresa Michalak
  • Men's Tennis – Jens Gerlach/Matt Wallhead
  • Men's Tennis – Radovan Chrz
  • Men's Tennis – Radovan Chrz
  • Men's Tennis – Bruno Savi
  • Men's Tennis - Alex Peyrot/Pedro Dumont
  • Women's Tennis - Berta Bonardi
  • Women's Tennis - Berta Bonardi

NAIA Individual National Championships: (6)

  • Men's Cross Country – John Viitanen
  • Men's Tennis – Eric Hochman
  • Men's Tennis – Eric Hochman/Geoffrey Watts
  • Men's Tennis – Sorin Cherebetiu/Andrej Tonejc
  • Women's Tennis – Bronna Allison/Laura Cadena
  • Women's Tennis – Bronna Allison

Conference Championships (115)

Gulf South Conference Championships (109)

  • Baseball: 2
  • Football: 2
  • Men's Basketball: 1
  • Men's Cross Country: 2
  • Men's Golf: 18
  • Men's Soccer: 10
  • Men's Tennis: 14
  • Softball: 4
  • Volleyball: 11
  • Women's Basketball: 1
  • Women's Cross Country: 3
  • Women's Golf: 11
  • Women's Soccer: 11
  • Women's Tennis: 19

New South Intercollegiate Swimming and Diving Conference Championships (6)

  • Women's Swimming and Diving: 6

Gulf South Conference Commissioner's Trophies (8)

  • Krissy Styrna - Softball
  • Kevin Warrick - Men's Golf
  • Lindsay Nemanich - Women's Soccer
  • Suzana Cavalcante - Women's Tennis
  • Courtney Jones - Women's Soccer
  • Kevin Ducros - Men's Tennis
  • Autumn Duyn - Women's Volleyball
  • Chandler Blanchet - Men's Golf

Gulf South Conference Hall of Fame (4)

Notable athletes