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Rider Broncs
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University Rider University
Conference
Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference
Eastern Wrestling League
NCAA Division I
Athletic director Don Harnum
Location Lawrenceville, New Jersey
Varsity teams 18
Basketball arena Alumni Gymnasium
Baseball stadium Sonny Pittaro Field
Nickname Broncs
Colors Cranberry, White, and Gray[1]
              
Website www.gobroncs.com

The Rider Broncs are the athletic teams of Rider University, a private nonsectarian university in Lawrenceville, New Jersey, United States. The school is a Division I member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), and its athletes compete in the Metro Atlantic Athletic Conference (MAAC). Rider is the only member that is not a Catholic institution. For wrestling only, Rider is an associate member of the Eastern Wrestling League (EWL).


The intercollegiate sports program at Rider was started by coach Clair Bee in the 1920s. Two of the school's most famous athletic alumni are former Notre Dame basketball coach and current ESPN sportscaster Digger Phelps, who played basketball at Rider from 1959 to 1963 and Jason Thompson who played basketball at Rider from 2004 to 2008 and was drafted by the Sacramento Kings with the 12th pick of the 2008 NBA Draft.




Contents






  • 1 Men's sports


    • 1.1 Baseball


    • 1.2 Men's basketball


    • 1.3 Men's cross country


    • 1.4 Men's golf


    • 1.5 Men's soccer


    • 1.6 Men's swimming and diving


    • 1.7 Men's tennis


    • 1.8 Men's track and field


    • 1.9 Men's wrestling




  • 2 Women's sports


    • 2.1 Women's basketball


    • 2.2 Women's cross country


    • 2.3 Women's field hockey


    • 2.4 Women's soccer


    • 2.5 Women's softball


    • 2.6 Women's swimming and diving


    • 2.7 Women's tennis


    • 2.8 Women's track and field


    • 2.9 Women's volleyball




  • 3 Athletics Hall of Fame


  • 4 Notable alumni


  • 5 See also


  • 6 Footnotes


  • 7 External links





Men's sports



Baseball


Main article: Rider Broncs baseball


See footnote.[2]

The baseball team plays its home games at Sonny Pittaro Field on campus.



Men's basketball


Main article: Rider Broncs men's basketball

Alumnus Jason Thompson started his NBA career in 2008.



Men's cross country


See also: Cross country running


Men's golf



Men's soccer


See also: College soccer

In 1997 and 1998 the Rider Men's Soccer team won the MAAC Championship and qualified for the NCAA Division 1 Men's Soccer Tournament.



Men's swimming and diving


See also: List of college swimming and diving teams


Men's tennis



Men's track and field



Men's wrestling


Rider wrestling practices in a 3,600 square foot mat room on the top floor of the Mauer Center while home meets are held in Alumni Gym, which seats 1,650. In 2013, Rider left the CAA as an associate member shortly after the CAA announced that it would no longer sponsor wrestling and joined the Eastern Wrestling League. Rider Broncs Wrestling has gained national recognition by longtime head coach Gary Taylor, who retired after the 2016-17 season. Former Rider All-American John Hangey was his replacement.



Women's sports



Women's basketball


Main article: Rider Broncs women's basketball


Women's cross country


See also: Cross country running


Women's field hockey


See also: NCAA Women's Field Hockey Championship


Women's soccer


See also: College soccer


Women's softball


See also: College softball


Women's swimming and diving


See also: List of college swimming and diving teams


Women's tennis



Women's track and field



Women's volleyball



Athletics Hall of Fame



For an alphabetical list of inductees, see footnote[3]

As of June 13, 2011, there are 98 members in the Rider University Athletics Hall of Fame.[3] The first inductions were in October 1990.[3]



Notable alumni


See: Rider University#Notable alumni (sports)


See also


  • List of college athletic programs in New Jersey


Footnotes





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  2. ^ Baseball. Rider Broncs (Rider University Athletics official website). Retrieved 2010-02-21.


  3. ^ abc "Hall of Fame". Rider University Athletics official website. Retrieved 2012-01-12.




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