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.
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.
Varsity sports
Men's sports Women's sports Baseball Basketball Basketball Bowling Cross country Cross country Football Golf Soccer Gymnastics Swimming Soccer Tennis Softball Track and field Swimming Wrestling Tennis Track and field Volleyball
Baseball Wisconsin–Whitewater has had 14 Major League Baseball draft selections since the draft began in 1965. Warhawks in the Major League Baseball Draft Year Player Round Team 1967 46 Twins 1990 2 White Sox 1993 5 Indians 1994 31 Phillies 1996 32 Brewers 1997 19 Blue Jays 2003 26 Diamondbacks 2004 10 Braves 2005 26 Mets 2005 6 Devil Rays 2009 31 Rays 2010 38 Mariners 2016 5 Padres 2016 26 Cubs
Football
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
NCAA Division III Women's volleyball 2002, 2005 Baseball 2005, 2014, 2025 Men's basketball 1984, 1989, 2012,Wisconsin-Whitewater wins D-III men's hoops crown - ESPN 2014 Football 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014
Other Women's Gymnastics 2012, 2013, 2014 (National Collegiate Gymnastics Association Division III)
Notable athletes
Jeff Jagodzinski, former head football coach for Boston College Lance Leipold, current head football coach at the University at Kansas Matt Turk, former NFL punter . Bob Wickman, Major League Baseball relief pitcher Derek Stanley, former NFL wide receiver Eric Studesville, current NFL assistant coach Pete Schmitt, former NFL fullback and tight end Justin Beaver, winner of the Gagliardi Trophy (2007) Matt Blanchard, former NFL quarterback Jake Kumerow, former NFL wide receiver Quinn Meinerz, offensive lineman for the Denver Broncos T. J. Otzelberger, current head basketball coach at Iowa State University
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