Tulane Green Wave - Effects of Hurricane Katrina

Effects of Hurricane Katrina

Further information: Effect of Hurricane Katrina on Tulane University

As a result of Hurricane Katrina in August 2005, Tulane's varsity sports teams, with the exception of cross country and track and field, moved to four universities in Texas and Louisiana for the remainder of that academic semester, while continuing to represent Tulane in competition:

  • Louisiana Tech University: football
  • Southern Methodist University: men's and women's golf
  • Texas A&M University: men's basketball, women's swimming and diving, women's volleyball, women's soccer, men's tennis, and women's tennis
  • Texas Tech University: baseball and women's basketball

For its fortitude in the face of Katrina, the 2005 Tulane football team received Disney's Wide World of Sports Spirit Award and the Football Writers Association of America Annual Courage Award. The university's Renewal Plan called for the suspension of some of its sports, and it did not return to a full 16 teams until the 2011-12 school year.

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