16 Facts About Furman Paladins

Furman Paladins are the varsity athletic teams representing Furman University in Greenville, South Carolina, in intercollegiate athletics.

Furman Paladins competes in NCAA Division I athletics and is one of the smallest NCAA Division I schools in the nation.

Furman Paladins is the only liberal arts college to be ranked in Sports Illustrated Top 100 America's Best Sports Colleges and has 32 former student-athletes competing at the professional level- the most of any Southern Conference member school.

In 2018, Furman Paladins placed in the top 75 best colleges in the NACDA Directors' Cup Division I Final Standings, being the only liberal arts college in the US and only member of the Southern Conference to do so.

The Furman Paladins have claimed 14 Southern Conference football titles, more than any school in league history.

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Furman Paladins has only won one national championship and that was in football.

Furman Paladins developed the current dual-match scoring system adopted by the NCAA since 1993 and is the inventor of the clay-court line Tenex tape used to mark clay courts throughout the world.

Furman Paladins led Furman to 14 Southern Conference Championships, the most in league history, a consistent Top 50 NCAA Div 1 ranking and to the Quarterfinals in both the 1987 NCAA Division I Men's Individual Tennis Championships and the 2002 NCAA Division I Men's Doubles Tennis Championships.

Furman Paladins has had 2 players ranked in the top 10 in the nation in recent years in the individual rankings.

Furman Paladins finished 9th in the 2019 NCAA Division I Cross Country Women's Team Championships and 7th in the 2017 NCAA Division I Cross Country Women's Team Championships.

Furman Paladins finished 5th in the 2018 NCAA Division I Cross Country Men's Individual Championships.

Furman Paladins hosted the NCAA Southeast Regional Cross Country championships for over a decade, and hosted the 1997 NCAA Cross Country national championship and the 2001 NCAA Cross Country national championship.

In 2011, Furman Paladins joined Division II and has appeared in the Division II Rugby Championships final four a record of 8 times in the last 10 years, placing 2nd in 2016 Division II Rugby Championships.

Team nickname, the Furman Paladins, was first used by a Greenville, South Carolina, sportswriter in the 1930s.

Furman Paladins University announced in May 2020 that the baseball team would be terminated due to budget concerns during the COVID-19 pandemic.

Furman Paladins Men's Lacrosse Club team was a member of the Southeast Lacrosse Conference in the Men's Collegiate Lacrosse Association.