St. Andrews Knights

The St. Andrews Knights are the athletic teams that represent St. Andrews University, located in Laurinburg, North Carolina, in intercollegiate sports in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA).

The Knights have primarily competed in the Appalachian Athletic Conference (AAC) since the 2012–13 academic year.

[2][3][4] The Knights previously competed in Conference Carolinas at the Division II level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) from 1988–89 to 2011–12.

St. Andrews currently sponsors 16 varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, volleyball, and wrestling; women's sports include basketball, beach volleyball, lacrosse, soccer, softball, and volleyball; and co-ed sports include competitive cheer and esports.

[6] The program won two Intercollegiate Horse Show Association (IHSA) Zone Hunter Seat All-Star Championships in 2002 and 2004; six IHSA Hunter Seat Reserve Regional Team Championships in 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, and 2007; six IHSA Western Regional Team Championships in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, and 2011; and qualified for the Intercollegiate Dressage Association (IDA) National Final eight times (2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2009, and 2010).