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"So, Argonauts we are, in both senses of the word, with unrelenting courage and persistence, we can and shall pursue our course, which not even a dragon of an obstacle can discourage, and, though our shells are still, perhaps, paper thin, we will be found living self-motivated NOW and AFTER we have endowed our spirit to FUTURE ARGONAUTS"
- University News, Nov. 1967
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So, what is an Argonaut anyway? According to Greek legend, the mythic crew of the ship Argo under the leadership of Jason embarked on a long, perilous voyage to capture and retrieve the golden fleece. These renowned heroes were called Argonauts. In 1967, the UWF student body selected the heroic Argonauts as their mascot, launching their own voyage of excellence that, to this day, continues to push boundaries.
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University of West Florida Athletics Hall of Fame
Team National Championships: 11
NCAA 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
Softball (1993)
NCAA Individual National Championships: 18
Men's Golf - Orjan Larsen (1998)
Men's Golf - Chandler Blanchet (2017)
Women's Swimming & Diving - Monica Amaral (2016 1-Meter & 3-Meter Diving)
Women's Swimming & Diving - Theresa Michalak (2016 100-Yard Breaststroke)
Women's Swimming & Diving - Monica Amaral (2017 1-Meter & 3-Meter Diving)
Women's Swimming & Diving - Theresa Michalak (2017 50-Yard Freestyle, 100-Yard Freestyle, 100-Yard Breaststroke, 100 Butterfly)
Men's Tennis - Jens Gerlach/Matt Wallhead (1996)
Men's Tennis - Radovan Chrz (2000 - ITA Singles, ITA "Super Bowl")
Men's Tennis - Radovan Chrz (2001 - ITA Singles)
Men's Tennis - Bruno Savi (2013 - ITA Singles)
Men's Tennis - Alex Peyrot/Pedro Dumont (2016 - ITA Doubles)
Women's Tennis - Berta Bonardi (2018 - ITA Singles)
Women's Tennis - Berta Bonardi (2019 - ITA Singles)
NAIA Individual National Championships: 6
Men's Cross Country - John Viitanen (1996 - Marathon)
Men's Tennis - Eric Hochman (1990 - Singles)
Men's Tennis - Eric Hochman/Geoffrey Watts (1991 - Doubles)
Men's Tennis - Sorin Cherebetiu/Andrej Tonejc (1992 - Doubles)
Women's Tennis - Bronna Allison/Laura Cadena (1988 - Doubles)
Women's Tennis - Bronna Allison (1989 - Singles)
Conference Championships: 133
Gulf South Conference Championships: 125
Baseball: 4Â (2007, 2021, 2023, 2024)
Football: 3Â (2021, 2022, 2025)
Men's Basketball: 1 (2018)
Men's Cross Country: 2 (1994, 1996)
Men's Golf: 21Â (1995, 1997, 1998, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2023, 2024, 2025)
Men's Soccer: 12 (1998, 2001, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2021, 2023, 2025)
Men's Tennis: 15Â (1995, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2022)
Softball: 5Â (1998, 2004, 2005, 2019, 2025)
Women's Volleyball: 13Â (2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024)
Women's Basketball: 1 (2014)
Women's Cross Country: 3 (1996, 2011, 2012)
Women's Golf: 13Â (2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2022, 2024, 2025)
Women's Soccer: 13Â (1996, 1998, 1999, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2016, 2018, 2024, 2025)
Women's Tennis: 19 (1995, 1996, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019)
New South Intercollegiate Swimming and Diving Conference Championships: 8
Women's Swimming and Diving: 8Â (2015, 2016, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025)
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Gulf South Conference All-Sports Trophies: 31
*Overall: 6 (13-14, 14-15, 15-16, 16-17, 17-18, 18-19)
Men: 8 (97-98, 02-03, 06-07, 11-12, 12-13, 15-16, 16-17, 17-18)
Women: 17Â (97-98, 98-99, 03-04, 05-06, 06-07, 07-08, 08-09, 09-10, 10-11, 11-12, 12-13, 13-14, 14-15, 15-16, 16-17, 18-19, 24-25)
* The Gulf South Conference began awarding the Overall All-Sports Trophy in 2013-14. No trophies were awarded in 2019-20 due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
Gulf South Conference Commissioner's Trophies: 9
Krissy Styrna - Softball (2001-02)
Kevin Warrick - Men's Golf (2002-03)
Lindsay Nemanich - Women's Soccer (2006-07)
Suzana Cavalcante - Women's Tennis (2007-08)
Courtney Jones - Women's Soccer (2009-10)
Kevin Ducros - Men's Tennis (2012-13)
Autumn Duyn - Women's Volleyball (2015-16)
Chandler Blanchet - Men's Golf (2017-18)
Taylor Vaneekeren - Women's Volleyball (2022-23)
Gulf South Conference Hall of Fame: 7
Richard Berg, Athletic Director - Class of 2014 (Inaugural Class)
Radovan Chrz, Men's Tennis - Class of 2017
Suzana Cavalcante, Women's Tennis - Class of 2018
Kevin Warrick, Men's Golf - Class of 2019
Courtney Jones, Women's Soccer - Class of 2022
Dr. Judy Bense, President - Class of 2023
Krissy Styrna - Class of 2024
Conference Championships Breakdown
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2024-25Â (6)
Softball
Men's Golf
Women's Golf
Women's Swimming & Diving
Women's Volleyball
Women's Soccer
2023-24Â (6)
Baseball
Men's Golf
Men's Soccer
Women's Golf
Women's Swimming & Diving
Women's Volleyball
2022-23 (5)
Baseball
Football
Men's Golf
Women's Swimming & Diving
Women's Volleyball
2021-22 (6)
Football
Women's Golf
Men's Soccer
Women's Swimming & Diving
Men's Tennis
Women's Volleyball
2020-21 (3)
Baseball
Men's Golf
Women's Swimming & Diving
2019-20 (2)
Women's Swimming & Diving
Women's Volleyball
2018-19 (5)
Men's Golf
Women's Soccer
Softball
Women's Tennis
Women's Volleyball
2017-18 (4)
Men's Basketball
Men's Golf
Women's Tennis
Women's Volleyball
2016-17 (4)
Men's Golf
Women's Soccer
Men's Tennis
Women's Tennis
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2015-16 (4)
Men's Golf
Women's Golf
Women's Swimming & Diving
Women's Tennis
2014-15 (5)
Men's Golf
Men's Tennis
Women's Golf
Women's Swimming & Diving
Women's Tennis
2013-14 (8)
Men's Golf
Men's Soccer
Men's Tennis
Women's Volleyball
Women's Basketball
Women's Golf
Women's Soccer
Women's Tennis
2012-13 (7)
Men's Golf
Men's Tennis
Women's Volleyball
Women's Cross Country
Women's Golf
Women's Soccer
Women's Tennis
2011-12 (5)
Men's Tennis
Women's Volleyball
Women's Cross Country
Women's Golf
Women's Tennis
2010-11 (5)
Men's Golf
Men's Soccer
Women's Volleyball
Women's Soccer
Women's Tennis
2009-10 (4)
Men's Soccer
Women's Volleyball
Women's Golf
Women's Soccer
2008-09 (5)
Men's Soccer
Women's Volleyball
Women's Golf
Women's Soccer
Women's Tennis
2007-08 (3)
Men's Golf
Men's Soccer
Women's Golf
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2006-07 (6)
Baseball
Men's Golf
Men's Soccer
Women's Golf
Women's Soccer
Women's Tennis
2005-06 (4)
Men's Golf
Men's Tennis
Women's Golf
Women's Tennis
2004-05 (2)
Men's Tennis
Softball
2003-04 (2)
Men's Soccer
Softball
2002-03 (2)
Men's Golf
Men's Tennis
2001-02 (4)
Men's Golf
Men's Soccer
Men's Tennis
Women's Tennis
2000-01 (2)
Men's Golf
Women's Tennis
1999-00 (2)
Women's Soccer
Women's Tennis
1998-99 (4)
Men's Soccer
Men's Tennis
Women's Soccer
Women's Tennis
1997-98 (4)
Men's Golf
Men's Tennis
Softball
Women's Tennis
1996-97 (5)
Men's Cross Country
Men's Golf
Men's Tennis
Women's Cross Country
Women's Soccer
1995-96 (1)
Women's Tennis
1994-95 (4)
Men's Cross Country
Men's Golf
Men's Tennis
Women's Tennis
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All-Time Individual Honors
(National Players of the Year, All-Americans, etc.)
Learfield Sports Directors' Cup All-Time Finishes
(Learfield Cup Archives)
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Year
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Rank
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Points
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| 1996-97 |
107 |
93.5 |
| 1997-98 |
30 |
150 |
| 1998-99 |
17 |
210 |
| 1999-00 |
28 |
261 |
| 2000-01 |
45 |
230 |
| 2001-02 |
54 |
215 |
| 2002-03 |
36 |
317.75 |
| 2003-04 |
29 |
365 |
| 2004-05 |
39 |
305.5 |
| 2005-06 |
20 |
358 |
| 2006-07 |
14 |
495.50 |
| 2007-08 |
34 |
384 |
| 2008-09 |
29 |
403 |
| 2009-10 |
55 |
300.5 |
| 2010-11 |
33 |
378 |
| 2011-12 |
75 |
237 |
| 2012-13 |
15 |
513.50 |
| 2013-14 |
9 |
586.50 |
| 2014-15 |
42 |
362.00 |
| 2015-16 |
21 |
481.25 |
| 2016-17 |
3 |
641 |
| 2017-18 |
13 |
570 |
| 2018-19 |
28 |
466.50 |
| 2019-20 |
N/A* |
N/A* |
| 2020-21 |
N/A* |
N/A* |
| 2021-22 |
45 |
368.50 |
| 2022-23 |
18 |
528 |
| 2023-24 |
37 |
397.25 |
| 2024-25 |
20 |
533.50 |
* No Learfield Sports Directors' Cup awarded due to Covid-19 pandemic
UWF Athletics History Timeline
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UWF ATHLETIC DIRECTORS
Tom Gross, 1967-70
Luther Schwich, 1970-73
Marvin Beck (coordinator), 1973-76
William Healey (interim), 1980-81
Joe Ambersley, 1981-84
Joe Ellenburg, 1984-88
Richard Berg, 1988-07
Todd Davis, 2007-08
Dave Scott, 2008-present
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MEMBERSHIPS
Southeastern Intercollegiate Sailing Association (SEISA)
- 1967-76
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA)
- 1970-76, 1980-94
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II
- 1994-present
New South Intercollegiate Swim Conference (NSISC)
- 2013-present
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VARSITY SPORTS AND HEAD COACHES
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BASEBALL, 1981-present
Chuck Goldfarb, 1981
Joe Ambersley, 1982
Jim Spooner, 1983-05
Mike Jeffcoat, 2005-present
BASKETBALL (M) 1967-76, 1993-present
Marvin Beck, 1967-76
Don Hogan, 1993-09
Bob Stinnett, 2009-15
Jeff Burkhamer, 2015-2023
Justin Mann, 2023-present
BASKETBALL (W), 1981-present
Kathy Davis, 1981-93
Megan Henry, 1994-98
Shannan Bergen, 1999-12
Stephanie Lawrence Yelton, 2012-present
CROSS COUNTRY (M), 1986-present
Stuart Towns, 1986-99
Matt Dobson, 2000-07
John Bergen, 2008-13
Caleb Carmichael, 2013-present
CROSS COUNTRY (W), 1986-present
Dave Seiler, 1986-98
Dan Keely, 1999-04
Matt Dobson, 2005-07
John Bergen, 2008-13
Caleb Carmichael, 2013-present
FOOTBALL, 2016-present
Pete Shinnick, 2016-22
Kaleb Nobles, 2023-present
GOLF (M) 1967-74, 1985-present
Tom Martin, 1967-68
Jim Bland, 1968-69
Conrad Rehling, 1969-71
Ben Williamson, 1971-73
Jake Johnson, 1985-94
Steve Fell, 1994-present
GOLF (W), 2002-present
Robin Dezarn, 2002-09
Jennifer Pandolfi, 2009-12
Bryan Clarke, 2012-18
Kristin Hussak (interim), 2018-19
Kristen Dorsey, 2019-present
SAILING (M/W), 1967-76 (i)
Peter Percival, 1967-68
Tom Barnawell, 1968-69
William Mountcastle, 1970-73
Paul North, 1973-76
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SOCCER (M), 1974-76, 1987-present
Gerald Moshiri, 1973-74 (i)
Alex Golovko, 1974-75
Randy Pounders, 1975-76
Charles Long, 1987-91
David Cooper, 1992-94
Bill Elliott, 1995-present
SOCCER (W), 1991-present
Tami Cyr, 1991-92
Diane Kelly, 1993-94
Bill Elliott, 1995-2000
Joe Bartlinski, 2001-present
SOFTBALL, 1982-present
Kathy Davis, 1982-85
Doug Palmer, 1986-93
Tami Cyr, 1994-14
Melissa Paul, 2014-18
Ashliegh McLean, 2018-present
SWIMMING (W), 2013-present
Andrew Hancock, 2013-18
Phil Kraus, 2018-present
TENNIS (M), 1967-73, 1975-76, 1980-present
Tom Gross, 1968, 1971-73
Preston Griffin, 1969-70
Maqsood Faquir, 1975-76
James McDougall, 1980
Ralph "Skeeter" Carson, 1981-98
Derrick Racine, 1998-present
TENNIS (W), 1976, 1980-present
Maqsood Faquir, 1976
James McDougall, 1980
Ralph "Skeeter" Carson, 1981-98
Derrick Racine, 1998-present
VOLLEYBALL (W), 1999-present
Nicole Keshock, 1999-02
Melissa Wolter, 2003-present
(i) intercollegiate level
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