The Thomas More Saints are the athletic teams that represent Thomas More University, located in Crestview Hills, Kentucky, in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) intercollegiate sports. The Saints are members of the NCAA's Division II, and they compete in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC). Previously a member of the Mid-South Conference of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics, Thomas More began transitioning to the NCAA's Division II and the G-MAC in July 2022. The Saints first became eligible for conference championships and tournaments in the 2023–24 academic year and for NCAA Championships beginning in the 2025–26 academic year.
Some sports not sponsored by the G-MAC have separate affiliations; notably, the men's volleyball team competes as a de facto Division I member due to the NCAA sponsoring a single national championship for Divisions I and II. That team competed as an independent in the 2025 season (2024–25 school year) before becoming a single-sport member of the Great Lakes Valley Conference for that conference's first season of men's volleyball in spring 2026.
History Thomas More announced its transition to NCAA Division II athletics in July 2022. The Saints had been in the NAIA for the past two academic years and retained NAIA membership until completion of the 2022–23 academic year. The Saints previously competed as a member of the Division III ranks of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), primarily competing in the short-lived American Collegiate Athletic Association (ACAA) during only the 2018–19 school year; as well as a member of the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC) from 2005–06 to 2017–18.
Thomas More had previously been members of the NAIA from 1947–48 to 1989–90.
Varsity teams
Men's sports Women's sports Baseball Basketball Basketball Bowling Bowling Cross country Cross country Golf Football Lacrosse Golf Soccer Lacrosse Softball Soccer Tennis Tennis Track and field Track and field Volleyball Wrestling
Intercollegiate teams Archery, esports, and rugby.
Facilities Thomas More University and the Florence Y'alls Baseball Club partnered in March 2022 to rename the home of the Florence Y'alls "Thomas More Stadium". As part of the agreement, the stadium will also become the home of the Thomas More Saints’ baseball team starting in spring 2023. Thomas More announced a major comprehensive fundraising campaign in Fall 2021 in support of a five-year strategic plan that includes enhanced athletic facilities for many of the Saints 29 sports teams.
Additional plans are in place for other facility upgrades at the university that will affect additional Saints sports teams positively; renovations at Republic Bank Field and its track were completed in 2021.
Venue Sport(s) Open. Ref Thomas More Stadium Baseball Thomas More Stadium Republic Bank Field Football Soccer Rugby Republic Bank Field Connor Convocation Center Basketball Volleyball Wrestling Connor Convocation Center Thomas More Softball Field Softball Thomas More Softball Field Five Seasons Family Sports Club Tennis Five Seasons Family Sports Club
Accomplishments
National championships Sport Titles Winning years Notes Ref. Basketball (women's) 2015–16, 2018–19 Women's basketball overall records Rugby (men's) 2021 Rugby Captures First Ever National Championship on thomasmoresaints.com, 12 Dec 2021 Golf (women's) 2002 Lynn Thompson (individual) Our Rich History: Thomas More’s first national champion ever, Lynn Thompson/NCAA women’s golf by By Raymond G. Hebert on Northern Kentucky Tribune, 11 Sep 2023
Championship history Sport Conference seasontitles Conference tournament titles NCAA / NAIA tournament appearances Baseball1956, 1964, 1965, 1966, 2008, 2011, 2015, 20162010, 2011, 2014, 2016, 20182000, 2003, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018 Basketball (men's)2009, 2010, 2017, 2018, 20221995, 1996, 2009, 2017, 20181959, 2009, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2021, 2022 Basketball (women's)2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2021, 20222007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 20211997, 2001, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022 Competitive Dance 20222022 Football 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, 20161992, 2001, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2015, 2016 Golf (men's)2010, 20172010, 2017Golf (women's)20172017 Track and field (men's) –indoor2017 Rugby (men's)2019, 20212017, 2018, 2019, 2021 Soccer (men's)2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 20172009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2017, 20182009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017 Soccer (women's)2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 20172005, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018 2003, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018. Softball 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2014, 2015, 2017, 20182007, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2015, 2017, 2018, 20192005, 2006, 2009, 2010, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018, 2019Tennis (men's)1983, 1986, 1987, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2017, 20181983, 1984, 1986, 1989, 2017, 2018 Volleyball (women's)2007, 2009. 2010, 2012, 2014, 2015, 2016, 20171985, 1986, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 20181983, 1985, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2003, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2018 Wrestling 20172021, 2022
Individual national qualifiers Sport Player Season(s) Event(s) Golf (women's)Lynn Thompson2002Track and field (men's)Lucas Nare2014100 and 200-meter dashChris Wainscott2021Shot PutChris Wainscott2022Shot Put and Discus Track and field (men's) –indoorJacob Steinmetz2020Weight ThrowChris Wainscott2022Weight Throw and Shot PutDevin Webster2022Shot Put Track and field (women's)Christina Cook2015, 16, 17, 18 400-meter run Track and field (women's) –indoorChristina Cook2017400-meter runCross country (women's)Annabel Clayton2019, 20, 21Swimming (women's)Shelby Miller2020200, 500 and 1650-yard freestyle Wrestling Wilder Wichman2020, 21, 22157Andrew Taylor2020, 22174Avery Jones2020184James Caniglia2020197Shay Horton2021, 22125Ryan Moore2021, 22141, 149Daulton Mayer2021, 22197
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