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Southland Cross Country Southland Crosouthlandss Country BASEBALL SOUTHLAND CROSS COUNTRY SOUTHLAND CROSOUTHLANDSS COUNTRY BASEBALL Regular Season Conference Champions 2009..............................................................................................Texas State 2010..............................................................................................Texas State 1964...................................................................................................... Trinity 2011..............................................................................................Texas State 1965...................................................................................................... Trinity 2012..................................................................................Sam Houston State 1966...................................................................................................... Trinity 2013..................................................................................Sam Houston State 1967........................................................................................ Arkansas State 2014..................................................................................Sam Houston State 1968........................................................................................ Arkansas State 2015........................................................................... Southeastern Louisiana 1969...................................................................................................... Trinity 2016..................................................................................Sam Houston State 1970........................................................................................ Arkansas State 2017................................................................................................. McNeese 1971......................................................................................................Lamar 2018..................................................................................Sam Houston State 1972................................................................................. Louisiana-Lafayette 2019..................................................................................Sam Houston State 1973................................................................................. Louisiana-Lafayette 2020......................................................................................................None* 1974.........................................................................................Louisiana Tech 1975.........................................................................................Louisiana Tech 1Texas-San Antonio was the regular-season champion in 2007 and 2008 though the ..............................................................................................................Lamar league played in divisions. 1976......................................................................................................Lamar 1977......................................................................................................Lamar * - Season cancelled due to threat of COVID-19. 1978.........................................................................................Louisiana Tech 1979......................................................................................................Lamar 1980.........................................................................................Louisiana Tech 1981......................................................................................................Lamar Team Regular-Season Championships 1982....................................................................................Vacated by Lamar Lamar ......................................................................................................... 10 1983....................................................................................Louisiana-Monroe Northwestern State ....................................................................................... 9 1984......................................................................................................Lamar Sam Houston State ....................................................................................... 7 1985......................................................................................................Lamar McNeese ...................................................................................................... 4 1986.........................................................................................Louisiana Tech Southeastern Louisiana................................................................................. 1 1987.........................................................................................Louisiana Tech Louisiana Tech* ............................................................................................ 6 1988................................................................................................. McNeese Texas State* ................................................................................................. 5 1989..................................................................................Sam Houston State Louisiana-Monroe* ....................................................................................... 5 1990........................................................................................Texas-Arlington Trinity*.......................................................................................................... 4 1991..................................................................................Northwestern State Arkansas State* ............................................................................................ 3 1992........................................................................................Texas-Arlington Texas-San Antonio* ....................................................................................... 2 1993..................................................................................Northwestern State Texas-Arlington* ........................................................................................... 2 1994..................................................................................Northwestern State Louisiana-Lafayette* ..................................................................................... 2 1995..................................................................................Northwestern State *Former Southland Member 1996............................................................... Louisiana-Monroe (La. Division) .............................................................................Texas State (Texas Division) Division Winners 1997............................................................. Northwestern State (La. Division) Year East West .............................................................................Texas State (Texas Division) 2007 Lamar Texas-San Antonio2 1998..................................................................................Northwestern State 2008 Lamar Texas-San Antonio2 1999....................................................................................Louisiana-Monroe 2 2000....................................................................................Louisiana-Monroe The Southland played in divisions in 2007, 2008. Texas-San Antonio was declared the regular-season champion based on overall record. ......................................................................................................... McNeese 2001..................................................................................Northwestern State 2002..................................................................................Northwestern State ............................................................................................Louisiana-Monroe 2003......................................................................................................Lamar 2004......................................................................................................Lamar 2005..................................................................................Northwestern State 2006................................................................................................. McNeese 2007..................................................................................Texas-San Antonio1 2008..................................................................................Texas-San Antonio1 #SOUTHLANDSTRONG 1 SOUTHLAND SOUTHLAND CONFERENCE CONFERENCE SOUTHLANDSOUTHLAND CROSS COUNTRY SOUTHLAND CROSS COUNTRY BASEBALL Postseason Honors 2003................................................................. Ryan Roberts, Texas-Arlington Player of the Year 2004.................................................................Hunter Pence, Texas-Arlington 1971-87 ....................................................................................None selected 2005........................................................................... Michael Ambort, Lamar 1988........................................................................... Chip Stratton, McNeese 2006.............................................................................. Collin Delome, Lamar 1989.........................................................................Jeff Gremillion, McNeese 2007.................................................................
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