Editing San Francisco State University (section)

==Athletics==
{{Main|San Francisco State Gators}}
[[File:San Francisco State Gators logo.svg|thumb|Logo of the San Francisco State Gators]]
The university's intercollegiate athletics teams, the Gators, compete in [[NCAA Division II]] and are a member of the [[California Collegiate Athletic Association]] ([[collegiate Collegiate wrestling|wrestling]] competes in the [[Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference]]). SFSU fields 12 sports: men's and women's [[cross country running|cross country]], men's and women's [[College soccer in the United States|soccer]], women's [[volleyball]], men's and women's [[College basketball|basketball]], men's [[College baseball|baseball]], wrestling, indoor [[track and field]], outdoor track and field and [[College softball|softball]].

The Gators have also produced 13 [[National Football League]] players, including [[Bill Baird (American football)|Billy Baird]], [[Elmer Collett]], [[Maury Duncan]], [[Carl Kammerer]], Douglas Parrish, and [[Floyd Peters]]. [[Mike Holmgren]] got his collegiate coaching start as the team's Offensive Coordinator in 1981. The [[college football|football]] program ended in 1995.

SF State has produced three [[Major League Baseball]] players, two of whom became All-Stars (former [[New York Mets|Mets]] shortstop [[Bud Harrelson]], and former [[Milwaukee Brewers|Brewers]] and [[Boston Red Sox|Red Sox]] outfielder [[Tommy Harper]]). The soccer program has had one player enter the professional ranks. Jared MacLane played in the soccer [[Liga de Fútbol Profesional Boliviano|Professional First Division]] in Santa Cruz, [[Bolivia]].

SF State Wrestling sent a wrestler to a national championship meet every year from 1963–64 to 2016–17.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 24, 2017 |title=WRE {{!}} Season concludes at NCAA Regionals |url=http://www.sfstategators.com/news/2017/2/25/wrestling-wre-season-concludes-at-ncaa-regionals.aspx?path=wres |access-date=2017-03-28 |website=SF State Athletics}}</ref>

As of 2024, the Gators have earned one NCAA team championship at the Division II level, a 1997 [[NCAA Division II Wrestling Championships|wrestling]] championship.<ref name="champ">{{cite web |title=Championships Summary |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/champs_records_book/Overall.pdf |access-date=March 3, 2024 |publisher=[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Division II Wrestling Championships Records Book |url=http://fs.ncaa.org/Docs/stats/wrestling_champs_records/2016-17/D2.pdf |access-date=19 August 2019 |website=[[National Collegiate Athletic Association]]}}</ref>

=== Mascot ===
In the early 20th century, collegiate sports at SFSU became more popular, creating a need for a team name, and the search for a mascot started in 1921.<ref name="eliassen35">{{cite book |last=Eliassen |first=Meredith |author-link= |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=d2ZlX0SwMVIC |title=San Francisco State University |date=2007 |publisher=[[Arcadia Publishing]] |isbn=9780738555669 |location= |page=35}}</ref> The university's newspaper at the time, the Bay Leaf, asked for suggestions for a mascot.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Eliassen |first=Meredith |title=LibGuides: SFSU Archives: Mascot |url=https://libguides.sfsu.edu/sfstatearchives/mascot |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=libguides.sfsu.edu |language=en}}</ref> Students suggested an alligator named "Golden Gater" in reference to the [[Golden Gate]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alli the Gator {{!}} New Student & Family Programs |url=https://newstudentprograms.sfsu.edu/alli-gator |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=newstudentprograms.sfsu.edu}}</ref><ref name="KRON4-2023">{{Cite web |date=2023-02-15 |title=Why is SF State's mascot a 'Gator?' |url=https://www.kron4.com/news/why-is-sf-states-mascot-a-gator/ |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=KRON4 |language=en-US}}</ref> Students voted in favor of the name and the alligator choice was finalized in 1931,<ref name="eliassen35" /> but after numerous misspellings by the newspaper, use of "Golden Gator" stuck.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Why is SF State's mascot a Gator? - Library Help |url=https://sfsu.libanswers.com/specialcollections/faq/374281 |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=sfsu.libanswers.com}}</ref> In the beginning, two female students were chosen each year as alligator mascots.<ref name="eliassen35" /> The mascot's name was shortened to the Gator,<ref name="KRON4-2023" /> and became Alli Gator in 2023.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Alli Gator gets a glow up {{!}} SF State News |url=https://news.sfsu.edu/news/alli-gator-gets-glow |access-date=2024-01-01 |website=news.sfsu.edu}}</ref>