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Contact the Graceland Athletic Department By Mail
Graceland University
Department of Athletics
1 University Place
Lamoni, IA 50140
General Graceland University Information

President: Dr. John Sellars
Enrollment: 1200
Nickname: Yellowjackets
Colors: Blue and Gold
Religious Affiliation: Community of Christ
Founded: 1895
Athletic Director: Dan Hanton
Sports Information Director: Matt Shelton
SID Phone: 641-784-5318
Athletics Phone: 641-784-5311
Yellowjacket Athletics Facilities

Baseball & Softball: North Park (100)
Basketball & Volleyball: Eugene E. & Julia Travis Closson Center (2000)
Football: Huntsman Field @ The Bruce Jenner Sports Complex (3000, field turf)
Golf: Lamoni Golf and Country Club
Soccer: "The RAZZ" Rasmussen Field (300, grass)
Tennis: Hal McKain Tennis Courts (eight courts, lighted)
Track, Indoor: Eugene E. & Julia Travis Closson Center (rubber)
Track, Outdoor: Bruce Jenner Sports Complex, Ackerley Track (all-weather)
About Graceland Athletics

Graceland University has been the home of Yellowjacket Athletics since 1895.

This small liberal arts college in Lamoni, Iowa was granted university status and now has 17 varsity sports, nine men's and eight women's.

The Yellowjackets from the southwestern part of the Hawkeye State are members of the Heart of America Athletic Conference which includes 11 schools in Iowa, Kansas and Missouri. Graceland is an NAIA institution with an enrollment of 1200 students, with about half of which are student athletes.
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