Athletics
West Texas A&M University's sports teams participate in the NCAA Division II Lone Star Conference. Their athletic teams are nicknamed the Buffaloes or simply called the "Buffs." As of 2005, West Texas A&M University students compete in baseball, basketball, cross country, equestrian, football, golf, soccer, softball, track and field, and volleyball. The equestrian, softball, and volleyball teams are composed only of women.
The football team plays its home games in Kimbrough Memorial Stadium, and they have won Lone Star Conference championships in 1986, 2005, 2006, and 2007. The school's football rival is Eastern New Mexico University which WTAMU plays for the coveted Wagon Wheel Trophy.
West Texas A&M was a member of the Border Intercollegiate Athletic Association, from 1941-1961. The football team won a conference championship in 1950. They were members of the Missouri Valley Conference from 1972-1985.
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