Athletics
The Monroe College Athletic Department fields teams in fourteen sports: baseball, men's basketball, women's basketball, men's football, men's and women's cross country, men's and women's indoor track and field, men's and women's outdoor track and field, men's and women's soccer, softball, and women's volleyball. All Monroe teams are members of the National Junior College Athletic Association and participate in NJCAA Region XV. Monroe Mustangs men's baseball, men's and women's cross country/track and field and basketball and men's football are a Division I NJCAA programs. Lady Mustangs basketball and volleyball are Division II programs. All of the other Monroe sports play in Division III.
The men's basketball team have a .706 winning percentage since 1991 and have appeared in the NJCAA Tournament three times, becoming finalists in 1997-98. The Lady Mustnags winning percentage since 1998 is .748 and were NJCAA Division III Women's National Basketball Finalists in 2004-2005 and won the national championship in 2005-2006 with a perfect 36-0 record.
The women's volleyball team to made the playoffs for the first time within two years and in 2004 they finished 21-4 and played all the way to the Region XV Championship game. The women's softball team made the Region XV Championship game in their second year of varsity play. In men's soccer, the Mustangs have made two appearances in the Region Championship game.
In August of 2012, Monroe College fielded a college football team competing in the Northeast Football Conference in Division I of the NJCAA.
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