St. Andrews Presbyterian College
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St. Andrews University, formerly St. Andrews Presbyterian College, is a private, Presbyterian
, four-year liberal arts college
in Laurinburg
, North Carolina
.
The university was established in 1958 as a result of a merger of Flora MacDonald College and Presbyterian Junior College and was named St. Andrews Presbyterian College from 1960 until 2011 when the college changed its name to St. Andrews University. That same year, the college entered into a merger with Webber International University
of Babson Park, Florida
. The current president is Paul Baldasare, who was named by the Board of Trustees in December 2006. It is also home to the St. Andrews Press.
(est. 1896) and Presbyterian Junior College in Maxton
(est. 1928). The new college was named St. Andrews Presbyterian College September 23, 1960. The name reflected its Scottish Presbyterian
heritage and to identify it with the University of St. Andrews, in Scotland
. A groundbreaking ceremony was held on April 15, 1959, followed shortly by construction of campus on an 800-acre location on the south side of Laurinburg
. St. Andrews held an opening convocation and classes began on September 22, 1961 with 750 students. Unusual for its time, the campus was designed to be accessible and barrier-free to students with physical disabilities. Ten buildings had been completed by the opening of the college in 1961, including: the Academic Building and the Vardell Building, Student Center, a maintenance building, and six residence halls named for presbyteries in the Synod of North Carolina.
Enrollment grew to over 900 by 1970 and the college saw expansion of facilities and curriculum in its first ten years. Two additional men's dorms, the DeTamble Library, and the Physical Education Center were completed in the late 1960s and the Morgan-Jones Science Center and Avinger Auditorium were completed in 1970. In its early years the college developed the Christianity and Culture Program or C and C for short. The program focused on interdisciplinary curriculum that provided freshmen and sophomore level courses in ancient and modern civilization, junior level courses in non-Western cultures, and senior level courses in American studies. The program also included study abroad options in Israel, Greece and Rome. St. Andrews introduced the Selected Topics in Modern Science, known as STMS, in 1969. First offered as a required freshman level two-term course in natural sciences, the STMS, developed into a broad interdisciplinary program that connected various scientific disciplines to one another. The college began the St. Andrews Press in 1972.
The college experienced a number of changes during the early 1970s. St. Andrews, along with many other colleges across the United States, experienced political and social unrest on campus stemming from the unpopular Vietnam War
coupled with the rising cost of education, economic recession, and the 1973 oil crisis
. To combat financial struggles and decreased enrollment, St. Andrews replaced the Christianity and Culture Program with a new program known as the St. Andrews Studies Program (SAS). In the late 1970s, the Student Center was renovated and named the William Henry Belk College Center. The Katherine McKay Belk Tower was built on Chapel Island at the center of campus. St. Andrews renovated the Kings Mountain dormitory in 1978, renamed it Pate Hall, and made into a continuing education center to accommodate an expanding adult education program.
In the early 1980s, St. Andrews redesigned the core programs, incorporating curriculum elements of the former C&C, SAS, and STMS programs. The new St. Andrews General Education Program, called SAGE, focused on general education curriculum with interdisciplinary courses in humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. St. Andrews also expanded academic majors in the areas of mathematics, computer science, psychology, the natural sciences, and business administration.
in Pinehurst
to meet additional demand for the college's adult education program. The St. Andrews-at-Sandhills began offering junior and senior level courses in the evenings and on weekends. In 2007, St. Andrews added online programs designed to provide degree and certificate options. The college also consolidated the adult program, online program, and satellite program into the into the Center for Adult and Professional Studies (CAPS). In 2009 St. Andrews formally became a member of the Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges Consortium (SOC) and received national recognition as a military-friendly institution.
2011 saw a number of changes to the college. In July 2011, following accreditation issues, St. Andrews and Webber International University
announced a merger between the two institutions. With the merger, St. Andrews became an additional instructional location of Webber International, while remaining regionally accredited through Webber. The merger combined Webber's focus on business programs, four MBA degrees and extensive online options with St. Andrews focus on undergraduate liberal arts and science programs.
In September 2011, the college's president, Dr. Paul Baldasare, announced the intention to change the name to St. Andrews University during the campus' Founders' Day celebration. Baldasare cited plans to add graduate programs, expand online programs for adult learners, and increased enrollment goals as major reasons for the name change.
On the southern side of the campus is the Morgan-Jones Science Building, Avinger Auditorium, the Morgan Liberal Arts Building, the DeTamble Library, and the Vardell Building. There is a bridge from one side of the lake to an island to the other side of the lake. On the island is the campus bell tower.
On the northern side of the campus is the Willam Henry Belk student center, where the Crossroads Cafeteria, Student Store, Student Mailboxes, and Office of Student Affairs are all located. On the east side of this end of campus are four dorms, Concord, Granville, Wilmington, and Albemarle. On the west side are four more dorms, Winston-Salem, Pate, Mecklenburg, and Orange. Pate houses the Student Health & Wellness Center. Across from the Belk Center is the P.E. Building. On the far north end of campus, there are the athletic fields. The Equestrian Center is located off campus, approximately 2 miles south.
St. Andrews offers non-traditional students the opportunity to pursue degrees in Business Administration, Equine Business Management, Education (Elementary), Liberal Studies and courses leading to Teacher Certification in an online, traditional classroom or blended format. In the Fall of 2008 the college organized its degree offerings at Sandhills Community College
(St. Andrews @ Sandhills), its online program and its other opportunities for non-traditional learners under the umbrella of the St. Andrews Center for Adult and Professional Studies.
St. Andrews has charters with the following Honor societies: Alpha Chi, Beta Beta Beta, Omicron Delta Epsilon
, Pi Gamma Mu
, Psi Chi
, Sigma Tau Delta
, Sigma Beta Delta, and the St. Andrews Honor Society. St. Andrews also offers an Honors Program, which selects incoming freshman based on their high school GPA, SAT/ACT scores, and an interview with the director of the program.
(SACS). In June 2007, SACS voted to remove the college's accreditation for "for failure to meet accreditation standards dealing with financial resources, stability, and control." St. Andrews appealed the decision, but the commission’s College Delegate Assembly upheld the commission’s decision to terminate accreditation. The college responded when it filed a lawsuit against the association, but the judge granted the motion for summary judgment filed by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, directed that judgment be entered in favor of the association, and dismissed the lawsuit filed by St. Andrews. When the college filed an appeal, the judge continued the injunction
during the appeal the association further consented to continue the stay until the earlier of May 31, 2011.
In April 2011, Webber International University
filed a substantive change form to add St. Andrews Presbyterian College as an additional instructional location, providing a merger for the two institutions. Following the filing, the accreditation of St. Andrews was extended through July 31, 2011 to allow for SACS to render a decision on the application during the annual meeting. During the June 2011 SACS meeting, the association approved the plan by Webber International University to add St. Andrews as an additional instructional location. This merger of Webber International University and St. Andrews resolved the accreditation concern with SACS.
In addition, the College is accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education and the North Carolina Department of Education. The College is a member of North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities, the Association of Presbyterian Colleges, the Council of Independent Colleges and the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs. The College's women graduates qualify for membership in the American Association of University Women.
(NCAA) at the Division II level, in which, the college is a member of the Conference Carolinas
. St. Andrews joined the conference in 1988. The university will transition to the ational Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) after 23 years in the NCAA, following the 2011-12 academic year. St. Andrews will join the NAIA's Appalachian Athletic Conference
(AAC) starting in the 2012-2013 academic year.
In addition to the 14 NCAA sports, St. Andrews sponsors an extensive Equestrian
program. The St. Andrews Equestrian Team has won American National Riding Commission (ANRC) national champions in 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2007; in addition the Knights finished Reserve Champion at the ANRC Intercollegiate National Championships in 2004 and 2006. The program won two Intercollegiate Horse Show Association
(IHSA) Zone Hunter Seat All-Star Championships in 2002 and 2004; six IHSA Hunter Seat Reserve Regional Team Championships in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007; six IHSA Western Regional Team Championships in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011; and qualified for the Intercollegiate Dressage Association (IDA) National Final eight times in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2010).
Presbyterian Church (USA)
The Presbyterian Church , or PC, is a mainline Protestant Christian denomination in the United States. Part of the Reformed tradition, it is the largest Presbyterian denomination in the U.S...
, four-year liberal arts college
Liberal arts college
A liberal arts college is one with a primary emphasis on undergraduate study in the liberal arts and sciences.Students in the liberal arts generally major in a particular discipline while receiving exposure to a wide range of academic subjects, including sciences as well as the traditional...
in Laurinburg
Laurinburg, North Carolina
Laurinburg is a mid-sized city in Scotland County, North Carolina, United States. It is the county seat of Scotland County. Located in southern North Carolina near the South Carolina state border, Laurinburg is southwest of Fayetteville and is home to St. Andrews Presbyterian College...
, North Carolina
North Carolina
North Carolina is a state located in the southeastern United States. The state borders South Carolina and Georgia to the south, Tennessee to the west and Virginia to the north. North Carolina contains 100 counties. Its capital is Raleigh, and its largest city is Charlotte...
.
The university was established in 1958 as a result of a merger of Flora MacDonald College and Presbyterian Junior College and was named St. Andrews Presbyterian College from 1960 until 2011 when the college changed its name to St. Andrews University. That same year, the college entered into a merger with Webber International University
Webber International University
-External links:* -- Official web site* -- Official athletics web site* at -References:...
of Babson Park, Florida
Babson Park, Florida
Babson Park is a census-designated place in Polk County, Florida, United States. The population was 1,182 at the 2000 census. It is also the home of Webber International University....
. The current president is Paul Baldasare, who was named by the Board of Trustees in December 2006. It is also home to the St. Andrews Press.
Early history
The institution was founded in 1958, established as a result of the merger of Flora MacDonald College in Red SpringsRed Springs, North Carolina
Red Springs is a town in Robeson and Hoke counties in the U.S. state of North Carolina. The population was 3,493 at the 2000 census.-Geography:Red Springs is located at ....
(est. 1896) and Presbyterian Junior College in Maxton
Maxton, North Carolina
Maxton is a town in Robeson County and Scotland County Counties, North Carolina, in the United States. The population was 2,551 at the time of the 2000 U.S. Census.-History:...
(est. 1928). The new college was named St. Andrews Presbyterian College September 23, 1960. The name reflected its Scottish Presbyterian
Presbyterianism
Presbyterianism refers to a number of Christian churches adhering to the Calvinist theological tradition within Protestantism, which are organized according to a characteristic Presbyterian polity. Presbyterian theology typically emphasizes the sovereignty of God, the authority of the Scriptures,...
heritage and to identify it with the University of St. Andrews, in Scotland
Scotland
Scotland is a country that is part of the United Kingdom. Occupying the northern third of the island of Great Britain, it shares a border with England to the south and is bounded by the North Sea to the east, the Atlantic Ocean to the north and west, and the North Channel and Irish Sea to the...
. A groundbreaking ceremony was held on April 15, 1959, followed shortly by construction of campus on an 800-acre location on the south side of Laurinburg
Laurinburg, North Carolina
Laurinburg is a mid-sized city in Scotland County, North Carolina, United States. It is the county seat of Scotland County. Located in southern North Carolina near the South Carolina state border, Laurinburg is southwest of Fayetteville and is home to St. Andrews Presbyterian College...
. St. Andrews held an opening convocation and classes began on September 22, 1961 with 750 students. Unusual for its time, the campus was designed to be accessible and barrier-free to students with physical disabilities. Ten buildings had been completed by the opening of the college in 1961, including: the Academic Building and the Vardell Building, Student Center, a maintenance building, and six residence halls named for presbyteries in the Synod of North Carolina.
Enrollment grew to over 900 by 1970 and the college saw expansion of facilities and curriculum in its first ten years. Two additional men's dorms, the DeTamble Library, and the Physical Education Center were completed in the late 1960s and the Morgan-Jones Science Center and Avinger Auditorium were completed in 1970. In its early years the college developed the Christianity and Culture Program or C and C for short. The program focused on interdisciplinary curriculum that provided freshmen and sophomore level courses in ancient and modern civilization, junior level courses in non-Western cultures, and senior level courses in American studies. The program also included study abroad options in Israel, Greece and Rome. St. Andrews introduced the Selected Topics in Modern Science, known as STMS, in 1969. First offered as a required freshman level two-term course in natural sciences, the STMS, developed into a broad interdisciplinary program that connected various scientific disciplines to one another. The college began the St. Andrews Press in 1972.
The college experienced a number of changes during the early 1970s. St. Andrews, along with many other colleges across the United States, experienced political and social unrest on campus stemming from the unpopular Vietnam War
Vietnam War
The Vietnam War was a Cold War-era military conflict that occurred in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia from 1 November 1955 to the fall of Saigon on 30 April 1975. This war followed the First Indochina War and was fought between North Vietnam, supported by its communist allies, and the government of...
coupled with the rising cost of education, economic recession, and the 1973 oil crisis
1973 oil crisis
The 1973 oil crisis started in October 1973, when the members of Organization of Arab Petroleum Exporting Countries or the OAPEC proclaimed an oil embargo. This was "in response to the U.S. decision to re-supply the Israeli military" during the Yom Kippur war. It lasted until March 1974. With the...
. To combat financial struggles and decreased enrollment, St. Andrews replaced the Christianity and Culture Program with a new program known as the St. Andrews Studies Program (SAS). In the late 1970s, the Student Center was renovated and named the William Henry Belk College Center. The Katherine McKay Belk Tower was built on Chapel Island at the center of campus. St. Andrews renovated the Kings Mountain dormitory in 1978, renamed it Pate Hall, and made into a continuing education center to accommodate an expanding adult education program.
In the early 1980s, St. Andrews redesigned the core programs, incorporating curriculum elements of the former C&C, SAS, and STMS programs. The new St. Andrews General Education Program, called SAGE, focused on general education curriculum with interdisciplinary courses in humanities, social sciences, and natural sciences. St. Andrews also expanded academic majors in the areas of mathematics, computer science, psychology, the natural sciences, and business administration.
Recent history
In 1990, St. Andrews added a satellite program at Sandhills Community CollegeSandhills Community College
Sandhills Community College is a community college located in Pinehurst, North Carolina. Sandhills was chartered in 1963, and officially opened October 1, 1965. It was the first comprehensive community college in North Carolina to offer a degree for transfer to a four-year college or university...
in Pinehurst
Pinehurst
-Place names:Canada* Pinehurst, Nova Scotia, village located outside New Germany* Pinehurst Lake, lake in northeastern AlbertaUnited States* Pinehurst, California* Pinehurst, Georgia* Pinehurst, Idaho* Pinehurst, Massachusetts...
to meet additional demand for the college's adult education program. The St. Andrews-at-Sandhills began offering junior and senior level courses in the evenings and on weekends. In 2007, St. Andrews added online programs designed to provide degree and certificate options. The college also consolidated the adult program, online program, and satellite program into the into the Center for Adult and Professional Studies (CAPS). In 2009 St. Andrews formally became a member of the Servicemembers Opportunity Colleges Consortium (SOC) and received national recognition as a military-friendly institution.
2011 saw a number of changes to the college. In July 2011, following accreditation issues, St. Andrews and Webber International University
Webber International University
-External links:* -- Official web site* -- Official athletics web site* at -References:...
announced a merger between the two institutions. With the merger, St. Andrews became an additional instructional location of Webber International, while remaining regionally accredited through Webber. The merger combined Webber's focus on business programs, four MBA degrees and extensive online options with St. Andrews focus on undergraduate liberal arts and science programs.
In September 2011, the college's president, Dr. Paul Baldasare, announced the intention to change the name to St. Andrews University during the campus' Founders' Day celebration. Baldasare cited plans to add graduate programs, expand online programs for adult learners, and increased enrollment goals as major reasons for the name change.
Campus
The campus is located south of downtown Laurinburg, bounded on the west by US highways 15 and 401. There is a lake in the middle of campus.On the southern side of the campus is the Morgan-Jones Science Building, Avinger Auditorium, the Morgan Liberal Arts Building, the DeTamble Library, and the Vardell Building. There is a bridge from one side of the lake to an island to the other side of the lake. On the island is the campus bell tower.
On the northern side of the campus is the Willam Henry Belk student center, where the Crossroads Cafeteria, Student Store, Student Mailboxes, and Office of Student Affairs are all located. On the east side of this end of campus are four dorms, Concord, Granville, Wilmington, and Albemarle. On the west side are four more dorms, Winston-Salem, Pate, Mecklenburg, and Orange. Pate houses the Student Health & Wellness Center. Across from the Belk Center is the P.E. Building. On the far north end of campus, there are the athletic fields. The Equestrian Center is located off campus, approximately 2 miles south.
Academics
St. Andrews offers three Bachelor’s degrees: Bachelor of Arts, Bachelor of Science, Bachelor of Fine Arts. It was one of the first institutions to implement a B.F.A. program for Creative Writing. The student-faculty ratio is low, 12:1, resulting in small classes and a personalized education.St. Andrews offers non-traditional students the opportunity to pursue degrees in Business Administration, Equine Business Management, Education (Elementary), Liberal Studies and courses leading to Teacher Certification in an online, traditional classroom or blended format. In the Fall of 2008 the college organized its degree offerings at Sandhills Community College
Sandhills Community College
Sandhills Community College is a community college located in Pinehurst, North Carolina. Sandhills was chartered in 1963, and officially opened October 1, 1965. It was the first comprehensive community college in North Carolina to offer a degree for transfer to a four-year college or university...
(St. Andrews @ Sandhills), its online program and its other opportunities for non-traditional learners under the umbrella of the St. Andrews Center for Adult and Professional Studies.
St. Andrews has charters with the following Honor societies: Alpha Chi, Beta Beta Beta, Omicron Delta Epsilon
Omicron Delta Epsilon
Omicron Delta Epsilon is an international honor society in the field of economics. Resulting from the merger of Omicron Delta Gamma and Omicron Chi Epsilon, ODE was founded in 1963 . Its board of trustees includes well-known economists such as Robert Lucas, Kenneth Arrow, and Robert Solow...
, Pi Gamma Mu
Pi Gamma Mu
Pi Gamma Mu or ΠΓΜ is the oldest and preeminent honor society in the social sciences. It is also the only interdisciplinary social science honor society. It serves the various social science disciplines which seek to understand and explain human behavior and social relationships as well as their...
, Psi Chi
Psi Chi
Psi Chi is the International Honor Society in Psychology, founded in 1929 for the purposes of encouraging, stimulating, and maintaining excellence in scholarship, and advancing the science of psychology. With over 1,050 chapters, Psi Chi is one of the largest honor societies in the United States...
, Sigma Tau Delta
Sigma Tau Delta
Sigma Tau Delta is an international collegiate honor society for students of English. It presently has over 800 active chapters located in Europe, the Caribbean, the United States, and 1 chapter in the Middle East , with more than 1,000 faculty sponsors...
, Sigma Beta Delta, and the St. Andrews Honor Society. St. Andrews also offers an Honors Program, which selects incoming freshman based on their high school GPA, SAT/ACT scores, and an interview with the director of the program.
Accreditation
In 1961, St. Andrews Presbyterian College was first accredited by the Commission on Colleges of the Southern Association of Colleges and SchoolsSouthern Association of Colleges and Schools
The Southern Association of Colleges and Schools is one of the six regional accreditation organizations recognized by the United States Department of Education and the Council for Higher Education Accreditation...
(SACS). In June 2007, SACS voted to remove the college's accreditation for "for failure to meet accreditation standards dealing with financial resources, stability, and control." St. Andrews appealed the decision, but the commission’s College Delegate Assembly upheld the commission’s decision to terminate accreditation. The college responded when it filed a lawsuit against the association, but the judge granted the motion for summary judgment filed by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, directed that judgment be entered in favor of the association, and dismissed the lawsuit filed by St. Andrews. When the college filed an appeal, the judge continued the injunction
Injunction
An injunction is an equitable remedy in the form of a court order that requires a party to do or refrain from doing certain acts. A party that fails to comply with an injunction faces criminal or civil penalties and may have to pay damages or accept sanctions...
during the appeal the association further consented to continue the stay until the earlier of May 31, 2011.
In April 2011, Webber International University
Webber International University
-External links:* -- Official web site* -- Official athletics web site* at -References:...
filed a substantive change form to add St. Andrews Presbyterian College as an additional instructional location, providing a merger for the two institutions. Following the filing, the accreditation of St. Andrews was extended through July 31, 2011 to allow for SACS to render a decision on the application during the annual meeting. During the June 2011 SACS meeting, the association approved the plan by Webber International University to add St. Andrews as an additional instructional location. This merger of Webber International University and St. Andrews resolved the accreditation concern with SACS.
In addition, the College is accredited by the National Council for the Accreditation of Teacher Education and the North Carolina Department of Education. The College is a member of North Carolina Independent Colleges and Universities, the Association of Presbyterian Colleges, the Council of Independent Colleges and the Association of Collegiate Business Schools and Programs. The College's women graduates qualify for membership in the American Association of University Women.
Athletics
St. Andrews' athletic teams are known as the Knights. The university offers 14 intercollegiate sports which compete in the National Collegiate Athletic AssociationNational Collegiate Athletic Association
The National Collegiate Athletic Association is a semi-voluntary association of 1,281 institutions, conferences, organizations and individuals that organizes the athletic programs of many colleges and universities in the United States...
(NCAA) at the Division II level, in which, the college is a member of the Conference Carolinas
Conference Carolinas
Conference Carolinas, formerly known as the Carolinas-Virginia Athletic Conference , is an intercollegiate athletic conference affiliated with the NCAA’s Division II. Conference Carolinas reached its modern incarnation in 1994. Member institutions are located in the southeastern United States in...
. St. Andrews joined the conference in 1988. The university will transition to the ational Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) after 23 years in the NCAA, following the 2011-12 academic year. St. Andrews will join the NAIA's Appalachian Athletic Conference
Appalachian Athletic Conference
The Appalachian Athletic Conference is a college athletic conference that competes in National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics Division II competition. Members of the conference are located in the Southeast United States in Tennessee, Kentucky, Georgia, North Carolina, and Virginia...
(AAC) starting in the 2012-2013 academic year.
Men's sports
- BaseballCollege baseballCollege baseball is baseball that is played on the intercollegiate level at institutions of higher education. Compared to football and basketball, college competition in the United States plays a less significant contribution to cultivating professional players, as the minor leagues primarily...
- BasketballCollege basketballCollege basketball most often refers to the USA basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Basketball in the NCAA is divided into three divisions: Division I, Division II and Division III....
- Cross-Country
- GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
- LacrosseCollege lacrosseCollege lacrosse refers to lacrosse played by student athletes at colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. In both countries, men's field lacrosse and women's lacrosse are played in both the varsity and club levels...
- SoccerCollege soccerCollege soccer is a term used to describe association football played by teams who are operated by colleges and universities as opposed to a professional league operated for exclusively financial purposes...
- WrestlingCollegiate wrestlingCollegiate wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as Folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practised at the collegiate and university level in the United States. Collegiate wrestling emerged from the folk wrestling styles practised in the early history of the United States...
Women's sports
- BasketballCollege basketballCollege basketball most often refers to the USA basketball competitive governance structure established by the National Collegiate Athletic Association . Basketball in the NCAA is divided into three divisions: Division I, Division II and Division III....
- Cross-Country
- GolfGolfGolf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
- LacrosseCollege lacrosseCollege lacrosse refers to lacrosse played by student athletes at colleges and universities in the United States and Canada. In both countries, men's field lacrosse and women's lacrosse are played in both the varsity and club levels...
- SoccerCollege soccerCollege soccer is a term used to describe association football played by teams who are operated by colleges and universities as opposed to a professional league operated for exclusively financial purposes...
- SoftballSoftballSoftball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
- VolleyballVolleyballVolleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
- EquestrianEquestrianismEquestrianism more often known as riding, horseback riding or horse riding refers to the skill of riding, driving, or vaulting with horses...
In addition to the 14 NCAA sports, St. Andrews sponsors an extensive Equestrian
Equestrianism
Equestrianism more often known as riding, horseback riding or horse riding refers to the skill of riding, driving, or vaulting with horses...
program. The St. Andrews Equestrian Team has won American National Riding Commission (ANRC) national champions in 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2002, and 2007; in addition the Knights finished Reserve Champion at the ANRC Intercollegiate National Championships in 2004 and 2006. The program won two Intercollegiate Horse Show Association
Intercollegiate Horse Show Association
-Overview:The Intercollegiate Horse Show Association or IHSA is an equestrian organization established in 1967 by Bob Cacchione when he was a sophomore at Fairleigh Dickinson University in New Jersey...
(IHSA) Zone Hunter Seat All-Star Championships in 2002 and 2004; six IHSA Hunter Seat Reserve Regional Team Championships in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007; six IHSA Western Regional Team Championships in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011; and qualified for the Intercollegiate Dressage Association (IDA) National Final eight times in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2010).