Delta State University

The Delta State University Statesmen and Lady Statesmen boast 14 national championships, 37 regional championships and 70 conference titles in their storied history. In more than 90 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 more 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. Emanuel Fava posted DSU's second swimming national championship in the 200 IM in 2020. 

Fava then repeated his title in 2021 with a second straight IM title.
Lucia Martelli claimed the first women's individual national championship in 2021 winning the 100 butterfly. Giulio Brugnoni was the third Statesmen to claim a national championship winning the 100 yard backstroke in 2021. Celeste Turner received the second individual championship for the Lady Statesmen with a victory in the 200 yard butterfly in 2021.

Championships 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 has earned 49 total NCAA Division II in Academic All-American honors. Statesmen baseball ranks eighth all-time with 23, regardless of division.

MISSISSIPPI'S NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS (All Divisions)
14 - Delta State University
4 - University of Mississippi
2 - University of Southern Mississippi
1 - Mississippi University for Women
1 - Belhaven University
1-  Mississippi State University

BASEBALL
NCAA National Championships (1): 2004
NCAA Regional Championships (12): 1968, 1977, 1978, 1982, 1994, 1996, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2005, 2012, 2017
Gulf South Conference Championships (15): 1978, 1979, 1985, 1988, 1991, 1994, 1996, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2008, 2012, 2016, 2017, 2019

BASKETBALL (MEN'S)
NCAA and NAIA* Regional Championships (5): 1948*, 1949*, 1950*, 1987, 1998
Gulf South Conference Championships (7): 1972, 1986, 1993, 1997, 1998, 2006, 2019

BASKETBALL (WOMEN'S)
NCAA and AIAW National Championships (6): 1975, 1976, 1977, 1989, 1990, 1992
NCAA and AIAW Regional Championships (15): 1976, 1977, 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2001, 2008, 2009
Gulf South Conference Championships (16): 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2016

FOOTBALL
NCAA National Championships (1): 2000
NCAA Regional Championships (4): 2000, 2006, 2010, 2011
Gulf South Conference Championships (8): 1998, 2000, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2014, 2022, 2023

GOLF
NCAA Regional Championships (1): 2005
Gulf South Conference Championships (1): 2005
Gulf South Conference Individual Championships (2): 2018 (Zach Zediker), 2019 (Zediker)

SOFTBALL
Gulf South Conference Championships (1): 1992

SWIMMING & DIVING (MEN'S)
NCAA National Championships (4): 2021 (Guilio Brugnoni, 100-Backstroke), (Emanuel Fava, 200-Individual Medley), 2020 (Emanuel Fava, 200-Individual Medley), 2002 (Justin Whitaker, 100-Backstroke)
New South Intercollegiate Swim Conference Championships (14): 1997-1998, 1998-1999, 2000-2001, 2001-2002, 2002-2003, 2003-2004, 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2017-2018, 2018-2019, 2019-2020, 2020-2021, 2021-2022, 2022-2023

SWIMMING & DIVING (WOMEN'S)
NCAA National Championships (2): 2021 (Celeste Turner, 200-Butterfly), (Lucia Martelli, 100-Butterfly)
New South Intercollegiate Swim Conference Championships (7): 1992-1993, 1996-1997, 1998-1999, 2000-2001, 2001-2002, 2012-2013, 2013-2014

TENNIS (MEN'S)
Gulf South Conference Championships (1): 1994