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The Simon Fraser Clan are the athletic teams that represent Simon Fraser University in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. SFU's teams formerly played in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics of the United States for all sports. In 1997, Simon Fraser sought to join the NCAA of the United States as a Division II school, but was turned down.〔Vancouver Province: (UBC expects visit by NCAA ) 8 November 2005〕 After this, SFU decided in 2000–01 to partially transfer to Canadian Interuniversity Sport. Before the transfer, SFU did not compete in Canadian football, instead playing American football. On July 10, 2009 the NCAA approved SFU's bid to join NCAA Division II starting in 2011–12, where SFU intended to compete in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. However, Canada West, the CIS association the SFU teams were scheduled to play in, issued a probation on all SFU teams for the 2010–11 season, leading to speculation that Clan teams would not have conference to play in. The GNAC admitted SFU one year earlier than planned as a full conference member in time for the 2010–11 season.〔(Simon Fraser University to join NCAA next year )〕 ==Varsity teams== SFU currently has 17 varsity programs competing in the following sports (affiliations included):〔The complete list of teams is available in the drop menus on (the Department of Athletics' Home Page ).〕 *Basketball, men and women (NCAA D2); *Cross-country, men and women (NCAA D2); *Football, men (NCAA D2); *Golf, men and women (NCAA D2); *Soccer, men and women (NCAA D2); *Softball, women (NCAA D2); *Swimming, men and women (NCAA D2); *Track and field, men and women (NCAA D2); *Volleyball, women (NCAA D2); *Wrestling, men (NCAA D2) and women (Women's College Wrestling Association); SFU is the only school to have finished in the top five of the NAIA division of the NACDA Director's Cup, an award given to the top overall college sports program in the United States, in each year since the award was first given to NAIA schools in 1996. The Clan won the NAIA Cup consecutively from 1997 through 2001, and again in 2004. The last win was especially impressive because it occurred after SFU partially transferred to CIS. Oddly, the SFU Clan holds the NAIA record for most All-Americans and U.S. National Champions (individual). 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Simon Fraser Clan」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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