The William Jewell Cardinals are the athletic teams that represent the
William Jewell College, located in
Liberty, Missouri
Liberty is a city in and the county seat of Clay County, Missouri, United States and is a suburb of Kansas City, located in the Kansas City Metropolitan Area. As of the 2020 United States Census the population was 30,167. Liberty is home to Willi ...
, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the
NCAA Division II
NCAA Division II (D-II) is an intermediate-level division of competition in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). It offers an alternative to both the larger and better-funded Division I and to the scholarship-free environmen ...
ranks, primarily competing in the
Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) since the 2011–12 academic year.
Prior to joining the NCAA, the Cardinals previously competed in the
Heart of America Conference (HAAC) of the
National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics
The National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) established in 1940, is a college athletics association for colleges and universities in North America. Most colleges and universities in the NAIA offer athletic scholarships to its stu ...
(NAIA) from 1971–72 to 2010–11;
and in the
Missouri College Athletic Union The Missouri College Athletic Union (MCAU) was an intercollegiate athletic conference that existed from 1924 to 1971. It consisted primarily of private universities from the state of Missouri that departed the Missouri Intercollegiate Athletic Asso ...
(MCAU) from 1924–25 to 1970–71.
Varsity teams
William Jewell competes in 25 intercollegiate varsity sports: Men's sports include baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, lacrosse,
soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
, swimming, tennis, track & field and wrestling; while women's sports include basketball, cross country, golf, lacrosse,
soccer
Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...
, softball, swimming, tennis, track & field, volleyball and wrestling; and co-ed powerlifting.
National championships
Team
References
External links
*
{{Missouri-sport-team-stub