West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats

Athletic teams representing West Virginia Wesleyan College
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The West Virginia Wesleyan Bobcats are the athletic teams that represent West Virginia Wesleyan College, located in Buckhannon, West Virginia, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Bobcats compete as members of the Mountain East Conference for all twenty-one varsity sports.

Varsity teams

List of teams

Men's sports (9)

  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Cross Country
  • Football
  • Golf
  • Soccer
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Track and field

Women's sports (12)

  • Acrobatics and tumbling
  • Basketball
  • Competitive Dance
  • Cross Country
  • Golf
  • Lacrosse
  • Soccer
  • Softball
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Track and field
  • Volleyball

Individual sports

Football

One of the earliest sporting traditions at Wesleyan was football, which was introduced in the pre-college seminary in 1898. The school colors of orange and black go back to that very first game, when fullback and team captain Frank Thompson wore a turtleneck sweater in Princeton University's orange and black to honor two football greats of that university whom he especially admired. A more comprehensive athletic program was formally organized at the collegiate level in 1902. Early sports included football, baseball, basketball, and gymnastics, all for men only.

Many WVWC alumni have gone on to play professional sports. Among them, two alumni have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame - Earl "Greasy" Neale '15 of the Philadelphia Eagles in 1969 and Cliff Battles '33 of the Washington Redskins in 1968.

National championships

Team

Association Division Sport Year Opponent/Runner-up Score
NAIA Single Men's Soccer (5)[2] 1984 Fresno Pacific 3–2 (OT)
1985 Fresno Pacific 4–3 (OT)
1989 Boca Raton 1–0
1990 Boca Raton 3–1
1994 Mobile 4–2

References

  1. ^ "Graphis Standards Manual" (PDF). Retrieved August 17, 2023.
  2. ^ "NAIA Men's Soccer Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved 6 March 2022.

External links

  • Official website
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Mountain East Conference
Current members
Future full members
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