South Dakota State University ushered in a new era of athletics on July 1, 2004, as the Jackrabbits officially joined the ranks of NCAA Division I institutions.
Located in Brookings, S.D., SDSU currently sponsors 20 intercollegiate sports -- 10 each for men and women. Equestrian will be added as a women's varsity sport in the fall of 2005.
Jackrabbit teams will compete as Division I independents during the 2004-05 school year with the exception of football, which will play in the newly formed Great West Football Conference.
I'll be back in Brookings for the 4th at which time I will take steps on the only DI campus in S.D. Small steps for me but a giant leap for South Dakota-kind. I always knew this day would come but it still doesn't seem real. As we celebate the birthday of our nation lets also celebrate SDSU's surge forward into division I!! Go Jackrabbits!!
We are here to add what we can to life, not get what we can from life. -Sir William Osler
We do not see things as they are, we see things as we are.
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