Sonoma State University announced Wednesday that its intercollegiate athletics programs are being discontinued, several academic departments and majors are being eliminated and dozens of faculty members are being laid off to address a budget deficit of nearly $24 million.

The university has long been a home for local athletes from Sonoma County and has produced dozens if not hundreds of professional athletes.

Sonoma State University is eliminating its entire Division II athletics program as part of a massive round of layoffs and program cuts ahead of a larger-than-expected budget deficit. Interim campus President Emily Cutrer announced the news on Wednesday morning on the school’s website,