1960s, and was changed to the Red Storm after mounting pressure on colleges and universities to adopt names more sensitive to Native American culture.
=== Conference affiliation ===
St. John's NCAA Division I teams compete in the Big East Conference, with the exception of the fencing team, which competes in the ECAC.
From 1979 to 2013, St. John's was a charter member of the Original Big East Conference. In 2013 the Big East Conference split into two different conferences. St. John's and the other six non-FBS schools in the original Big East broke away to form the current Big East, while the remaining FBS schools joined various existing conferences.
=== Men's baseball ===
The St. John's baseball team has been to the College World Series six times, recorded 26 NCAA appearances and 6 Big East Championships, and sent more than 70 players on to professional baseball careers, most recently 2014 World Series Champion Joe Panik of the San Francisco Giants.
The 3,500-seat "Ballpark at St. John's" was renamed "Jack …
