Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds

The Eastern New Mexico Greyhounds are the athletic teams that represent Eastern New Mexico University, located in Portales, New Mexico, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Greyhounds compete as members of the Lone Star Conference for all 12 varsity sports. Until 2015, Eastern New Mexico had used Zias for the names of female sports teams, but the school announced that Eastern New Mexico will end the use of the Zias name for the female teams, choosing to have Greyhounds for both male and female teams.[1]

Eastern New Mexico University Greyhounds
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UniversityEastern New Mexico University
ConferenceLSC (primary)
NCAADivision II
Athletic directorPaul Weir
LocationPortales, New Mexico
Varsity teams16 (7 men's, 7 women's, 2 co-ed)
Football stadiumAl Whitehead Field at Greyhound Stadium
Basketball arenaGreyhound Arena
Baseball stadiumGreyhound Baseball Field
Softball stadiumGreyhound Softball Field
Soccer stadiumAl Whitehead Field at Greyhound Stadium
MascotRalphie and Roxie
NicknameGreyhounds
Websitegoeasternathletics.com

Varsity sports

Teams

National championships

Team
Sport Association Division Year Opponent/Runner-up Score
Men's cross country (2) NAIA Single 1973 Malone 35–99
1974 U.S. International 28–166

Individual teams

Basketball
The Greyhounds men's basketball team in action against the Texas A&M–Commerce Lions in 2014

The Men's Basketball team won the 1969 NAIA Basketball Championships.

Jon Dalzell played basketball for the Greyhounds and in 1981–82 averaged 15.8 points per game, and was named All Conference.[2][3]

Football

There have been 15 head coaches of the football team.

References
  1. "Eastern New Mexico Ends Use of 'Zia' Name for Teams". InsideHigherEd. 2015-07-29. Retrieved 2015-08-02.
  2. "Jon Dalzell". aau.asahoops.com.
  3. "Jon Dalzell". Eurobasket LLC.
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