Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers


The Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers are the athletic teams that represent Kentucky Wesleyan College, located in Owensboro, Kentucky, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the Division II level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association.
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History

The Panthers primarily compete in the Great Midwest Athletic Conference, as a founding member since the 2013–14 academic year. The Panthers previously competed as a charter member of the Great Lakes Valley Conference from 1978–79 to 2011–12. They also competed in the Kentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics from 1916–17 to 1954–55.

Varsity teams

KWC competes in 13 intercollegiate varsity sports, listed below:
Men's sportsWomen's sports
BaseballBasketball
BasketballGolf
FootballSoccer
GolfSoftball
SoccerTennis
TennisVolleyball
Wrestling

Basketball

The men's basketball team advanced to the [NCAA Men's NCAA Division II|Division II Basketball Championship|Division II championship game] six consecutive years, winning in 1999 and 2001. In addition to these most recent successes, they also won six other championships and were runners-up in 1957. Overall, Kentucky Wesleyan has won eight NCAA Division II National Men's Basketball Championships, which is the most by any NCAA Division II School.

Football

Kentucky Wesleyan has an American football team, which competes in the Division II Great Midwest Athletic Conference.

Conference titles

Kentucky Wesleyan's athletic teams have won eighteen Great Lakes Valley Conference championships. The KWC softball team won as total of four GLVC Championships, three in the 1980s and one in 1994. The KWC men's golf team won its only GLVC championship in 1983. The KWC men's basketball team has won 13 GLVC championships.