UC Santa Cruz’s elite athletics history spans back over four decades. Since joining the NCAA Division III in 1980-81, our student-athletes have earned 253 All American awards, over 100 Academic All American honors, and have made 82 NCAA championship appearances. The awards listed here on this page are just a small part of the history that have made the Banana Slugs one of the most recognizable college programs in the United States and around the world. 

This page is the most up-to-date record that we have regarding the history of our prestigious athletics program. It will be updated as we receive more honors.

NCAA Division III Silver Anniversary Award

2021 Matt Humphreys

Men’s Basketball 

Conference Championships 

Women's Basketball

National Championship Appearances

2016  2017

Top Team Finishes

2016  First Round
2017  First Round

Conference Championships

Men’s Cross Country 

National Championship Team Appearances

2017  2019  2022

Team Finishes

2017  26th
2019  22nd
2022  19th

Conference Championships

Women’s Cross Country  

National Championship Team Appearances

 2022

Team Finishes

2022  22nd

Conference Championships

Women’s Golf  

National Championship Team Appearances

 2007

Team Finishes

2007  14th

Men’s Soccer

National Tournament Top Finish- 2004 Runner Up

NCAA Tournament Appearances

2000 2001 2003 2004

2005 2006 2007 2009

Women’s Soccer

NCAA Postgraduate Scholarship

2006 Annick Lamb

National Tournament Top Finish- 2006 Third Round

NCAA Tournament Appearances

1999 2000 2002 2006

2007 2008 2009 2011

2015 2016 2017 2019

Conference Championships

Men’s Swimming

NCAA Individual Champions-
1996 Matt Humphreys (200 Indiv. Medley)   
2002 Ben Weston (500 Free)

NCAA Championship Appearances

1991 1993 1994 1995 1996

1997 1998 1999 2000 2001

2002 2003 2006 2007 2008

2009 2010 2017 

Top Finishes  

1995 16th   1996 11th

1997 9th      2002 19th 

2007 10th    2017 21st 

Conference Honors

2020 - Pacific Collegiate Swim Conference Champions

Women's Swimming 

NCAA Individual Champion- 
2003 Mollie Lewis (200 Breaststroke)

National Appearances  

1989 1993 1995 1996 1997

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007

2008 2022

Top Team Finishes 

1995 11th   1996 6th 

1998 9th      2000 12th 

Men’s Tennis

National Championships- 11 (7 NCAA, 4 ITA Indoor)

National Tournament Appearances- 34

Women’s Tennis

National Tournament Appearances

1994 2002 2005

2006 2007 2008

2012 2013 2014

2016

Top Team Finish

1994 8th

Conference Championships

2013 Great South Athletic Conference 

2016 Great South Athletic Conference

Men’s Volleyball

National Tournament Appearances

DIII Invitational- 2004  2006  2008  2009  2010

NCAA- 2012  2013   2015   2019   2023

Top Team Finish

2019 Runner-Up

Conference Championships

1991 Pacific Coast Volleyball Conference 

2012 Continental Volleyball Conference

Women's Volleyball

National Tournament Appearances

NCAA- 2013  2015  2022

Top Team Finishes

2013 First Round
2015 First Round
2022 First Round

Conference Champions

1982 Bay Area Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

1983 Bay Area Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

1984 Bay Area Intercollegiate Athletic Conference

2015 Great South Athletic Conference

2019 American Collegiate Athletic Association

Men’s Track

NCAA Championship Finishers

2021 Conrad Pereira (10th in Decathlon)
2023 Shea Wissler (7th in Indoor Heptathlon; 11th in Decathlon)

Women's Track

NCAA Championship Finishes

2019 Shannon McClish (10th in 10K)
2021 Abby McPhillips (15th in Outdoor High Jump)
2022 Abby McPhillips (10th in Indoor High Jump)