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DePauw University DePauw University is a private liberal arts university in Greencastle, Indiana. It has an enrollment of 1,972 students. The school has a Methodist heritage and was originally known as Indiana Asbury University. DePauw is a member of both the G ...
, a small liberal arts school in
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. The university's teams play in the
NCAA Division III NCAA Division III (D-III) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States. D-III consists of athletic programs at colleges and universities that choose not to offer athletic scholarships to their stu ...
and currently belong to the
North Coast Athletic Conference The North Coast Athletic Conference (NCAC) is an NCAA Division III athletic conference composed of colleges located in Ohio and Indiana. When founded in 1984, the league was a pioneer in gender equality, offering competition in a then-unprecede ...
. DePauw has a passionate and long-standing rivalry with nearby
Wabash College Wabash College is a private liberal arts men's college in Crawfordsville, Indiana. Founded in 1832 by several Dartmouth College graduates and Midwestern leaders, it enrolls nearly 900 students. The college offers an undergraduate liberal arts cur ...
, culminating each football season with the
Monon Bell The Monon Bell (pronounced MOE-non) is the trophy awarded to the victor of the annual college football matchup between the Wabash College Little Giants (in Crawfordsville, Indiana) and the DePauw University Tigers (in Greencastle, Indiana) in ...
game, which is the sixth most-played Division III rivalry and the 12th-most played in college football. To date, there have been 116 total games played between the two teams, resulting in a lead for Wabash at 60–53–9. DePauw had been a member of the
Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference The Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference (SCAC), founded in 1962, is an athletic conference which competes in the NCAA's Division III. Member institutions are located in Colorado, Louisiana, and Texas. Difficulties related to travel distanc ...
from 1997 to 2011, and won numerous conference championships, most notably in women's basketball, where the school is a Division III power. DePauw's program had also won the conference's overall "President's Trophy" seven times in that span, including six consecutive President's Trophies from 2005–06 to 2010–11.DEPAUW EXITS SCAC WITH SIXTH CONSECUTIVE PRESIDENTS TROPHY VICTORY
"DEPAUW EXITS SCAC WITH SIXTH CONSECUTIVE PRESIDENTS TROPHY VICTORY"
SCAC, retrieved October 14, 2008.


Football

The
DePauw Tigers football The DePauw Tigers football team is the American football program for DePauw University, which began in 1884. DePauw has the 20th most victories in Division III history. The Tigers have been the co-champions of the Southern Collegiate Athletic Confe ...
program is currently the 17th most winning program in Division III history and have been the co-champions of the SCAC four times.


Basketball

The DePauw University women's basketball team won the Division III National Championship in 2007 and 2013. They defeated Washington University in
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to win the first team national championship in the school's history and then defeated the
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to win their second. In addition to their national championship, the women's team has also won 9 SCAC championships and reached the national quarterfinals four times. The DePauw University men's basketball team has won two SCAC championships; they also reached the NCAA Division III Final Four two times in their history (3rd place in 1984 under Coach Mike Steele, and National Runner-Up in 1990 under Coach Royce Waltman). Current
Clemson Tigers The Clemson Tigers are the athletic teams that represent Clemson University, located in Clemson, South Carolina. They compete as a member of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I level (Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) ...
coach
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was a star of the 1990 team. In addition to their success on the court, former DePauw basketball player
Brad Stevens Bradley Kent Stevens (born October 22, 1976) is an American basketball executive and former coach who is currently the president of basketball operations for the Boston Celtics. Born and raised in Zionsville, Indiana, Stevens starred on the Zio ...
has found great success coaching as well. After graduating from DePauw in 1999, Stevens went on to coach the
Butler Bulldogs The Butler Bulldogs are the athletic teams that represent Butler University, located in Indianapolis, Indiana. The Bulldogs participate in 20 NCAA Division I intercollegiate sports. After leaving the Horizon League following the 2011–12 seas ...
at the NCAA Division I level. In the 2009–10 season, Stevens led his team to the national championship game before eventually losing to
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. Then during the 2010–11 season, he led Butler back to the national championship game again before losing to
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. Stevens was previously the head coach of the NBA's Boston Celtics and is now the president of basketball operations for the Boston Celtics. Future U.S. House Representative Lee H. Hamilton lettered in three seasons for the DePauw men's basketball team (in 1949–50, 1950–51, and 1951–52). He twice led the Tigers in rebounding (in 1950–51 with 11.4 rebounds per game and in 1951–52 with 10.7 per game) and once in scoring average (11.4 points per game in 1950–51).


Baseball

DePauw's baseball team has reached the NCAA Division III tournament six times in their history, and won a school-record 35 games in 2008. Prominent baseball alumni include former MLB Commissioner
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and long-time NCAA football coach
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.


Cross country

The women's cross country team have won a total of eight conference championships, seven of which have come in the SCAC. They have additionally reached the NCAA tournament seven times. The men's cross country have won the SCAC team championship seven times and have reached the NCAA tournament eleven times in their history.


Field hockey

DePauw's women's field hockey team have made two NCAA tournament appearances in their history and won the SCAC championship in 2007.


Golf

DePauw University's women's golf program is the best of any NCAA Division III college in the nation for students seeking a "balanced" experience, according to
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's third annual College Golf Guide, which appears in the September 2007 issue. In their history, the women's team have national runners-up twice, been in the top four seven times, and made nine consecutive NCAA appearances. The men's golf team have made 21 NCAA Division III appearances and have been either SCAC champions or runners-up four times. Former Vice President
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, lettered 3 years for the Tigers (1967–69) and finished 10th in the Conference Meet during the 1967 season, leading the Tigers to the best ever finish during their
Indiana Collegiate Conference The Indiana Collegiate Conference (ICC) was a college athletic conference in the United States from 1951 to 1978. It consisted solely of schools in Indiana. The charter members of the conference were Indiana State University, Butler University, ...
tenure.


Lacrosse

Lacrosse was added as a men's and women's varsity sport at DePauw University effective with the 2012–13 academic year.


Soccer

The women's soccer team have made six NCAA appearances, finished in third place nationally in 2003, and have won three SCAC championships in their team's history. The men's soccer team have made eight NCAA appearances in their history.


Softball

The Tigers softball team won the SCAC championship in 2008 and 2009 and won a Division III-leading 40 wins in 2008. The team has 7 NCAA Division III appearances in last 9 years including a 5th-place NCAA Finish in 2015 (2007, 2010, 2011. 2015). The Tigers have been conference champions 6 of the last 8 seasons and have averaged nearly 33 wins over last 10 seasons


Swimming and diving

The men's swimming and diving team have won eight total conference championships in their history, and six while in the SCAC. The women's swimming and diving team finished ninth overall in the 2008 NCAA championships.


Tennis

The women's tennis team have made eight NCAA team appearances and have won three SCAC team championships. Additionally, DePauw also won the 2007 NCAA singles championship. The men's tennis team have made 15 NCAA team appearances, were the NCAA quarterfinalists in 2007, and have won three SCAC team championships.


Track and field

The men's track and field team have won six SCAC team championships and two NCAA individual championships. The women's track and field team have won three SCAC team championships.


Volleyball

DePauw's volleyball team have made three NCAA appearances and have been SCAC runners up five times in their history.DePauw Volleyball

, DePauw University, retrieved December 18, 2010.


See also

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Monon Bell The Monon Bell (pronounced MOE-non) is the trophy awarded to the victor of the annual college football matchup between the Wabash College Little Giants (in Crawfordsville, Indiana) and the DePauw University Tigers (in Greencastle, Indiana) in ...


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