Editing Commerce, Texas (section)

===Collegiate sports===
[[File:VB vs AMK-5731 (10161221526).jpg|thumb|left|The [[East Texas A&M Lions]] [[East Texas A&M Lions women's volleyball|volleyball]] team in 2013]]

The [[East Texas A&M Lions]] compete in [[NCAA Division I]] [[NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision|FCS]] and are a member of the [[Southland Conference]]. The East Texas A&M Lions compete in [[East Texas A&M Lions football|football (men)]], [[East Texas A&M Lions women's volleyball|volleyball (women)]], basketball ([[East Texas A&M Lions men's basketball|men]] and [[East Texas A&M Lions women's basketball|women)]], [[East Texas A&M Lions women's soccer|soccer (women)]], [[East Texas A&M Lions softball|softball (women)]], golf (men and women), track and field (men and women), and cross country (men and women). Football is very popular among the university as well as the town, as fans from surrounding cities including [[Greenville, Texas|Greenville]] and [[Sulphur Springs, Texas|Sulphur Springs]] will come out to support the East Texas A&M Lions football team, and the average attendance at football games is over 6,000. The East Texas A&M Lions have earned numerous conference titles in nearly every sport that they compete in. They have also earned six national titles: men's basketball (1954–1955), men's golf (1965), football (1972, [[2017 NCAA Division II football season|2017]]), and men's tennis (1972, 1978).

Beginning in 2022, the athletics programs at East Texas A&M University will begin a four-year transition period to [[NCAA Division I]] and will join the [[Southland Conference]] in all sports effective July 1, 2022.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://lionathletics.com/news/2021/9/28/general-texas-am-university-commerce-accepts-invitation-to-southland-conference.aspx|title = Texas A&M University-Commerce Accepts Invitation to Southland Conference| date=28 September 2021 }}</ref>