page_title: Angelo State University
section_title: Athletics
hierarchical_section_title: Angelo State University / Athletics
caption_attribution_description: English: The Legrand American Football stadium at Angelo State University
context_page_description: Angelo State University is a public university in San Angelo, Texas. It was founded in 1928 as San Angelo College. It gained university status and awarded its first baccalaureate degrees in 1967 and graduate degrees in 1969, the same year it took on its current name. It offers over 100 undergraduate programs and 34 graduate programs. It is the second-largest campus in the Texas Tech University System.
  In 2018, Angelo State University ranked among the top 20 fastest-growing public master's degree-level universities in the country according to The Chronicle of Higher Education in its Students: Almanac 2018.
context_section_description: Angelo State University's sports teams participate in the NCAA Division II Lone Star Conference. Attendance and support of ASU athletics is high, in DII, attendance at ASU athletic games has ranked in the top 20 schools in the nation 15 times in the last 20 years.
  National highlights include Angelo State University's 1957 Rams Basketball NJCAA National Championship, 1978 Football NAIA Division I National Championship, 2004 Rambelles NCAA Softball Division II National Championship, and the 2010 Rambelles NCAA Division II National Track and Field Championship. Angelo State University fields 13 men's and women's varsity sports, including baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, indoor track and field, soccer, softball, track and field, and volleyball.
caption: Legrand Football Stadium
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