Athletics
Santa Monica College fields 16 sports which compete in the Western State Conference. The mascot for SMC is Pico the Corsair.
SMC fields both men's and women's teams in basketball, cross country, swimming, track and field, volleyball, and water polo. SMC fields men's teams in American football team, and women's softball, soccer, and tennis teams.
Santa Monica College Football played undefeated seasons in 1958, 1966 and 1980.
Santa Monica College Won the Junior Rose Bowl, the unofficial National Championship in 1958 against Northeastern Oklahoma A&M on Dec. 13, 1958.
Corsair Field (4,850) built in 1948, is home to football and track and field. The field was the starting point for both the men's and women's marathon events for the 1984 Summer Olympics held in neighboring Los Angeles.
Corsair Pavilion (1,600) is home to men's and women's basketball and volleyball teams, as well as the Hollywood Fame of the American Basketball Association
The Santa Monica College men's volleyball team won the national intercollegiate volleyball championship each year from 1961–66, except for 1965, when it lost the title to UCLA.
Also, the Santa Monica College's track is featured on the album cover "Running with Scissors" by Weird Al Yankovic.
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