THE SUNSHINE STATE CONFERENCE was founded in 1975 as a Division II basketball conference. Since then, the conference sponsors 14 championships in baseball, men’s and women’s basketball, men’s and women’s cross country, men’s and women’s golf, men’s and women’s soccer, men’s and women’s tennis, women’s volleyball, softball and women’s crew. The self-proclaimed D2 ‘Conference of National Champions’ backs up that nickname with 67 national titles by six current SSC schools in ten sports. Five were won during the 2006-2007 season (University of Tampa volleyball, Lynn University men’s tennis, Florida Southern College women’s golf, Barry University men’s golf, University of Tampa baseball).

There are currently nine members of the Sunshine State Conference. They are the Barry University Buccaneers, Eckerd College Tritons, Florida Southern College Mocs, Florida Institute of Technology Panthers, Lynn University Fighting Knights, Nova Southeastern University Sharks, Rollins College Tars, Saint Leo University Lions, and University of Tampa Spartans.

D2 NATIONAL TITLES:

Barry – Men’s Golf, Women’s Soccer (3), Volleyball (3)

Florida Southern – Baseball (9), Men’s Basketball, Men’s Golf (11), Softball, Women’s Golf (4)

Florida Tech – Men’s Soccer (2)

Lynn – Men’s Soccer, Women’s Golf, Women’s Soccer, Men’s Tennis, Women’s Tennis (3)

*North Florida – Women’s Tennis

Rollins – Men’s Golf (2), Men’s Tennis (4), Women’s Golf (7)

Tampa – Baseball (5), Men’s Golf (2), Men’s Soccer (3), Volleyball

*former member