Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks

The Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks (or UW–Whitewater Warhawks) are the athletic teams of the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater. Twenty Warhawk athletic teams compete in NCAA Division III. The Warhawks often rank among the top of NCAA Division III schools in the NACDA Director's Cup standings.

Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks
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UniversityUniversity of Wisconsin–Whitewater
NicknameWarhawks
NCAADivision III
ConferenceWIAC
Athletic directorRyan Callahan
LocationWhitewater, Wisconsin
Football stadiumPerkins Stadium
Basketball arenaWilliams Center
Other venuesKachel Fieldhouse
ColorsPurple and white[1]
   
MascotWillie Warhawk
Fight songWarhawk Battle Cry
Websiteuwwsports.com
Team NCAA championships
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On May 27, 2014, UW–Whitewater made history as the first NCAA institution in any division to win national championships in football, men's basketball, and baseball in a single academic year.[2]

Varsity sports

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Men's sports Women's sports
BaseballBasketball
BasketballBowling
Cross countryCross country
FootballGolf
SoccerGymnastics
SwimmingSoccer
TennisSoftball
Track and fieldSwimming
WrestlingTennis
Track and field
Volleyball

Baseball

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Wisconsin–Whitewater has had 14 Major League Baseball draft selections since the draft began in 1965.[3]

Football

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The Warhawks compete in the WIAC conference of NCAA Division III football. In the 2005 and 2006 seasons, they finished the year undefeated in regular season play, losing only in the Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowls of 2005 and 2006 to the University of Mount Union (then Mount Union College), under former coach and UW–Whitewater alum Bob Berezowitz (UW–Whitewater 1967), who had quarterbacked the UW–Whitewater team as the runner-up in the 1966 National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics playoffs.

The Warhawks have won Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Championship 39 times: 1913, 1914, 1922, 1932, 1937, 1940, 1941, 1950, 1959, 1960, 1962, 1966, 1967, 1969, 1974, 1975, 1978, 1980, 1984, 1987, 1988, 1990, 1994, 1997, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2021, and 2022

National championships

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NCAA Division III

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  • Women's volleyball 2002, 2005
  • Baseball 2005, 2014, 2025[4]
  • Men's basketball 1984, 1989, 2012,[5] 2014
  • Football 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014

Other

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  • Women's Gymnastics 2012, 2013, 2014 (National Collegiate Gymnastics Association Division III)[6]

Notable athletes

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References

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