Location - St. Charles, Missouri 63301
Founded - 1827
Enrollment - Approximately 15,000
Colors - Black & Gold
Nickname - Lions
Lindenwood started its existence as an all-female institution of higher learning until as recently as the 1970's. It was at that time that the modern adoption of Lindenwood's athletics department began.
Lindenwood spent its entire Athletics history as a member of the NAIA and had tremendous success at that level. In total, Lindenwood won 10 NAIA National Championships with 9 of those championships coming since 2002-2003. In addition, Lindenwood has 4 national runner-up finishes at the NAIA level. Lindenwood boasts 2 athletes that marched with Team USA in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. In 2010, Lindenwood applied for membership to the NCAA Division 2 level and that application was accepted later that year. Lindenwood spent 2 candidacy years before the 2012-2013 season where the Lions are now considered a provisional member this year. Lindenwood is in the final stages of a 9-million-dollars facilities construction project with a 115,000 square foot student athlete success center.
Lindenwood University sits on 500 acres of land in the community of St. Charless (approximate population of 62,000) which is a western suburb of St. Louis, Missouri.
In 2012, the Lindenwood Lions baseball team finished the year at 30-19 without playing any official MIAA Conference games. The Lions were a remarkable 13-2 at home, 2-2 at neutral site games, and 15-15 on the road. Despite not counting as official conference games in 2012, Lindenwood did play against MIAA member Northeastern State, Central Oklahoma, Central Missouri (split a 4-game series, 2 games a piece), Southwest Baptist, and Truman State. The 2012 Lions did not hit for a lot of power (12 total home runs with 1 player having 7 of those home runs) with a .379 slugging percentage, but got on-base at a successful level with a .377 on-base percentage. The Lions were solid at pitching with a Team ERA of 4.65 (2 lights out pitchers with ERAs in the 1s). The Lions were average defensively with a .963 fielding percentage, 65 errors in 49 games.
Go Cats!!
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