The Delta State University Statesmen and Lady Statesmen boast nine national championships and 46 conference titles in their storied history. In over 80-years of competition, no other Mississippi university has enjoyed the level of success Delta State University has achieved on the field.
The Lady Statesmen have claimed six national titles in women's basketball in the program's illustrious history. Margaret Wade guided the Lady Statesmen to the first three-peat in women's intercollegiate basketball in the mid-1970s. Lloyd Clark would pick up where Wade left off, guiding DSU to three NCAA Division II crowns from 1989-1992.
In 2004, Mike Kinnison, a former manager turned All-American shortstop turned Statesmen skipper, directed Delta State's baseball program to its first NCAA Division II National Championship after coach Dave "Boo" Ferriss and coach Bill Marchant had paved the way.
The Statesmen football program reached the "higher ground" in 2000, as former coach Steve Campbell directed the program to the national title with a thumping of Bloomsberg at Braly Municipal Stadium in Florence, Ala.
Justin Whitaker in 2002 wrote his name forever in the collegiate record books with Delta State's first ever swimming and diving individual national championship in the backstroke.
Chapionships are not just claimed on the field, but they are earned in the classroom as well. In the history of the CoSIDA Academic All-American Program, Delta State University ranks tenth all-time in NCAA Division II in Academic All-American honors earned. Statesmen baseball ranks fifth all-time with 29, regardless of division.