| Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros | |
|---|---|
| University | California State University, Dominguez Hills |
| Conference | CCAA (primary) |
| NCAA | Division II |
| Athletic director | Brett Waterfield |
| Location | Carson, California |
| Varsity teams | 9 (4 men's, 5 women's) |
| Basketball arena | Torodome |
| Baseball stadium | Toro Field |
| Softball stadium | Toro Diamond |
| Soccer stadium | Toro Stadium |
| Mascot | Teddy Toro |
| Nickname | Toros |
| Colors | Cardinal and gold[1] |
| Website | gotoros |
| Team NCAA championships | |
| 3 | |
| Individual and relay NCAA champions | |
| 1 | |
TheCal State Dominguez Hills Toros (alsoCSU Dominguez Hills Toros,CSUDH Toros, andCalifornia State-Dominguez Hills Toros) are the athletic teams that representCalifornia State University, Dominguez Hills, located inCarson, California, inNCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Toros compete as members of theCalifornia Collegiate Athletic Association for all 9 varsity sports.
The men'ssoccer team plays at Toro Stadium (capacity 3,000). Other sports venues for the university are the Torodome (capacity 3,602) forbasketball andvolleyball; Toro Field (capacity 300) forbaseball; and Toro Diamond (capacity 300) forsoftball. Select home games are nationally televised live via Internet TV. Even thoughDignity Health Sports Park, home of theLos Angeles Galaxy, is located on the campus of CSUDH the Toros do not play there.
| Men's sports | Women's sports |
|---|---|
| Baseball | Basketball |
| Basketball | Soccer |
| Golf | Softball |
| Soccer | Track and field† |
| Volleyball | |
| † – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor. | |
Kevin Pillar playedcenter field for the Toros baseball team, for which he was anAll-American.[2] In 2010, as a junior he set anNCAA Division II record at the school, with a 54-gamehitting streak.[3] In August 2013, he became a major leaguer, for theToronto Blue Jays.[4]Bubby Rossman ('14) played for the team, and became a major league baseball pitcher for thePhiladelphia Phillies in 2022.
The men's soccer won its second national NCAA Division II championship in a match againstDowling College on December 7, 2008 at theUniversity of Tampa’sPepin Stadium. The women's soccer team won an NCAA Division II title in 1991. It is the alma mater of Sierra Leone Player Kei Kamara.
The university's most notable athlete alumna is the fastest woman in the world, sprinterCarmelita Jeter (Class of ’06, B.A., kinesiology), who is a 2012 Olympic bronze, silver and gold medalist.
The university's men's golf team has won the 2015, 2016, 2018, & 2019 PGA Works Collegiate Golf Championships, a National Championship open to Historically Minority Colleges.
The CSU Dominguez Hills Toros competed in the NCAA Tournament across 9 active sports (4 men's and 5 women's) 72 times at the Division II level.[5]
The Toros of CSU Dominguez Hills earned 3 NCAA team championships at the Division II level.[6]
Results
| School year | Sport | Opponent | Score |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1991–92 | Women's soccer | Sonoma State | 2–1 |
| 2000–01 | Men's soccer | Barry | 2–1 |
| 2008–09 | Men's soccer | Dowling | 3–0 |
Below are two national club team championships:
CSU Dominguez Hills had 1 Toro win an NCAA individual championship at the Division II level.[6]
| NCAA individual championships | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Order | School year | Athlete(s) | Sport | Source |
| 1 | 2010–11 | Breionna Jackson Chanel Parker Dora Baldwin Nancy Blake | Women's outdoor track and field | [7] |