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12,941Average miles each of Texas State’s 14 NCAA-sanctioned sports teams will travel to intercollegiate competitions. |
181,176Total cumulative roundtrip team travel distance this year to scheduled games, meets and tournaments. |
7.3Times the jet-set Bobcats could orbit the Earth at the equator, based on 181,176 team travel miles. |
20Number of U.S. states, besides Texas, Bobcat intercollegiate teams will visit by the end of spring sports. |
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BOBCAT MAGAZINE PREVIEW
As a member of the far-flung Western Athletic Conference, Texas State’s 14 NCAA-sanctioned teams are racking up the miles like never before — more than 181,000 of them, to be exact.
Bobcat men’s team miles | |
Basketball | 31,137 mi. |
Baseball | 15,054 |
Golf | 11,245 |
Football | 9,579 |
Track and Field | 9,498 |
Cross Country | 4,589 |
Bobcat women’s team miles | |
Basketball | 21,236 |
Golf | 13,883 |
Volleyball | 12,708 |
Tennis | 12,133 |
Softball | 12,016 |
Soccer | 11,551 |
Track and Field | 9,498 |
Cross Country | 4,589 |
Total: 181,176 |
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Travel expenses budgeted for 2012-2013. SOURCE: Texas State University athletics department via a Bobcat Magazine public information request.
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