The Findlay Oilers are the athletic teams that represent the University of Findlay, located in Findlay, Ohio, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sporting competitions. The Oilers currently compete as members of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference. The Oilers were a member of the GLIAC since 1997, when they switched from the NAIA to the NCAA. Findlay sponsors 20 NCAA-sanctioned intercollegiate sports. Findlay formerly sponsored varsity men's ice hockey, with the 1999–2004 seasons at the NCAA Division I level.
Varsity teams
Men's sports Women's sports Baseball Basketball Basketball Cross country Cross country Golf Football Lacrosse Golf Soccer Soccer Softball Swimming Swimming Tennis Tennis Track and field Track and field Wrestling Volleyball
Former teams
Ice hockey
The Oilers joined the Division I ranks in 1999 as a founding member of the College Hockey America (CHA) conference, along with six other schools, after only three years in existence as a Division II program. Findlay spent five years in the CHA, never finishing higher than fourth in the standings, and only winning a single game in the conference tournament. The program was disestablished in 2004.
National championships 1979: Football – NAIA Division II 1992: Football – NAIA Division II 1995: Football – NAIA Division II 1995: Wrestling – NAIA 1997: Football – NAIA 2001: Equestrian team (English) – IHSA 2001: Equestrian team (Western) – IHSA 2005: Equestrian team (Western) – IHSA 2007: Equestrian team (Western) – IHSA 2009: Equestrian team (Western) – IHSA 2009: Men's Basketball – NCAA Division II National Championship Record 36–0 2022: Women's Golf – NCAA Division II National Championship
Facilities
Venue Sport(s) Open. Ref. Donnell Stadium Football Donnell Stadium Niekamp Arena Basketball Volleyball Niekamp Arena DeHaven Soccer Complex Soccer DeHaven Soccer Complex Armstrong Sports Complex Lacrosse Tennis Russ & Peg Armstrong Sports Complex Beall Oilers Center Golf Beall Oilers Center Sink Natatorium Swimming Sink Natatorium Dick Strahm Champions Field (various) Dick Strahm Champions Field Koehler Fitness and Recreation Complex (various) Koehler Fitness and Recreation Complex Fifth Third Field Baseball Softball Fifth Third Field Anderson Field BaseballSoftball Anderson Field Notes
Former facilities Venue Sport(s) Opened Closed Ref. Clauss Ice Arena Ice hockey $1.5 million facility ready for fall – Clauss Arena to go; new rec area to come on The Pulse (Findlay's newspaper) #21, 11 Mar 2010 (archived)
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