The Bemidji State Beavers are the athletic teams that represent

Bemidji State University Bemidji State University (BSU) is a public university in Bemidji, Minnesota. Founded as a preparatory institution for teachers in 1919, it provides higher education to north-central Minnesota. It is part of the Minnesota State Colleges and Univ ...

, located in

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, in

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intercollegiate sports. The Beavers compete as members of the

Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference The Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC) is a college athletic conference affiliated with the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) at the Division II level, which operates in the western Midwestern United States. Nine of its ...

for all 14 varsity sports with the exceptions of men's and

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ice hockey, which respectively compete as members of the

Central Collegiate Hockey Association The Central Collegiate Hockey Association (CCHA) is a college athletic conference that participates in the NCAA's Division I as a hockey-only conference. The current CCHA began play in the 2021–22 season; a previous incarnation, which the curre ...

(CCHA) and

Western Collegiate Hockey Association The Western Collegiate Hockey Association (WCHA) is a college athletic conference which operates in the Midwestern United States. It participates in the NCAA's Division I as a women's ice hockey-only conference. From 1951 to 1999, it operated a ...

(WCHA).

Varsity

List of teams

Men's sports * Baseball * Basketball * Football * Golf *

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Women's sports * Basketball * Cross Country * Golf *

* Soccer * Softball * Tennis * Track & Field * Volleyball

Individual sports

Ice hockey

The men's hockey team is one of seven teams that left the men's division of the WCHA after the 2020–21 season to reestablish the CCHA, whose original version had disbanded after the 2012–13 season. This move in turn led to the demise of the WCHA men's division. Before joining the WCHA in 2010–11, the Beavers had been members of

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. The women's hockey team competes in the WCHA, now a women-only league. The men's ice hockey team qualified for the 2009 NCAA Division I Men's Ice Hockey Tournament. The team defeated number one seed Notre Dame in a first round upset. The team later defeated

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to advance to its first Division I

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appearance, but then lost to

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in the semifinals.

Track and field

As of May 2011, the Men's Track and Field Program will be discontinued due to future budget constraints.

Alumni

* Matt Climie, NHL goaltender * Brad Hunt, NHL left wing * Andrew Murray, NHL center * Gunner Olszewski, NFL wide receiver *

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center *

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, NHL center

References

External links

* {{Western Collegiate Hockey Association men's navbox