The Wisconsin–Whitewater Warhawks (or UW–Whitewater Warhawks) are the athletic teams of the

University of Wisconsin–Whitewater The University of Wisconsin–Whitewater (UW–Whitewater or UWW) is a public university in Whitewater, Wisconsin, United States. It is part of the University of Wisconsin System. As of Fall 2024, the university offers 47 undergraduate majors ...

. Twenty Warhawk athletic teams compete in

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. The Warhawks often rank among the top of NCAA Division III schools in the

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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

Baseball

Wisconsin–Whitewater has had 14

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selections since the draft began in 1965.

Football

The Warhawks compete in the WIAC conference of

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

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(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 40 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, 2022, and 2023.

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
/ref> 2014 * Football 2007, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2014

Other

* Women's Gymnastics 2012, 2013, 2014 (National Collegiate Gymnastics Association Division III)

Notable athletes

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, former head football coach for

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Lance Leipold Lance Leipold ( ; born May 6, 1964) is an American college football coach who is the head football coach at the University of Kansas, a position he has held since 2021. He was the head football coach at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater fr ...

, current head football coach at the University at Kansas * Matt Turk, former

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punter . *

Bob Wickman Robert Joe Wickman (born February 6, 1969) is an American former professional baseball relief pitcher. He played 15 seasons in Major League Baseball (MLB) for five teams: the New York Yankees (–), Milwaukee Brewers (1996–), Cleveland Indians ...

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relief pitcher *

Derek Stanley Derek Stanley (born August 27, 1985) is a former American football wide receiver. He was selected by the St. Louis Rams in the seventh round of the 2007 NFL draft. He played college football at the University of Wisconsin–Whitewater. Early lif ...

, former

wide receiver *

Eric Studesville Eric Studesville (born May 29, 1967) is an American football coach who is the associate head coach and running backs coach for the Miami Dolphins of the National Football League (NFL). Studesville is known as the former run game coordinator fo ...

, current

assistant coach * Pete Schmitt, former

fullback and tight end * Justin Beaver, winner of the Gagliardi Trophy (2007) * Matt Blanchard, former

quarterback *

Jake Kumerow Jake Anthony Kumerow (born February 17, 1992) is an American former professional football wide receiver. He played college football at Illinois and UW–Whitewater, and was signed by the Cincinnati Bengals as an undrafted free agent in 2015. He ...

, former

wide receiver * Quinn Meinerz, offensive lineman for the

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References

External links

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