The Stetson Hatters are composed of 18 teams representing Stetson University in intercollegiate athletics. The Hatters compete in the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision (FCS) and are primary members of the Atlantic Sun Conference for most sports, excluding the university's football program, which competes in the Pioneer Football League. Their mascot is John B.
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Varsity teams
A member of the ASUN Conference (ASUN) since 1985, Stetson University sponsors teams in eight men's and ten women's NCAA sanctioned sports.
Golf
In 1948, Grace Lenczyk won the women's individual intercollegiate golf championship (an event conducted by the Division of Girls' and Women's Sports (DGWS) — which later evolved into the current NCAA women's golf championship).
Wrestling
Stetson had Varsity wrestling for 3 years (1983-1986).
Notable alumni
Fredrik Brustad, forward for Stabæk Fotball, Molde FK, and Norway
Jacob deGrom, pitcher for the Texas Rangers
Logan Gilbert, pitcher for the Seattle Mariners
Earnie Killum, guard for the Los Angeles Lakers
Corey Kluber, retired MLB Pitcher
Donald Parham, tight end for the Los Angeles Chargers
Donald Payne, linebacker for the Jacksonville Jaguars
Nick Rickles, catcher, Washington Nationals and Philadelphia Phillies organizations; Team Israel
George Tsamis, pitcher, formerly of the Minnesota Twins