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| Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers | |
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| University | Kentucky Wesleyan College |
| Conference | G-MAC (primary) |
| NCAA | Division II |
| Athletic director | Rob Mallory |
| Location | Owensboro, Kentucky |
| Varsity teams | 13 (7 men's, 6 women's) |
| Football stadium | Robert "Bullet" Wilson Field at Steele Stadium |
| Basketball arena | Owensboro Sports Center |
| Baseball stadium | Panther Park |
| Softball stadium | Foster Field |
| Soccer stadium | Panther Field |
| Mascot | Wesley N. Panther |
| Colors | Wesleyan purple and medium gray[1] |
| Website | kwcpanthers |
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TheKentucky Wesleyan Panthers are the athletic teams that representKentucky Wesleyan College, located inOwensboro, Kentucky, in intercollegiate sports as a member of theDivision II level of theNational Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).[2]
The Panthers primarily compete in theGreat Midwest Athletic Conference (G-MAC), as a founding member since the 2013–14 academic year.[3] The Panthers previously competed as a charter member of theGreat Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) from 1978–79 to 2011–12 (but was fulfilling its commitments to the final year of competition for its other sports in the GLVC as a full member for the 2012–13 school year; before beginning competition as a full G-MAC member). They also competed in theKentucky Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (KIAC; now currently known as the River States Conference (RSC) since the 2016–17 school year) of theNational Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) from 1916–17 to 1954–55.
KWU competes in 13 intercollegiate varsity sports, listed below:
| Men's sports | Women's sports |
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| Baseball | Basketball |
| Basketball | Golf |
| Football | Soccer |
| Golf | Softball |
| Soccer | Tennis |
| Tennis | Volleyball |
| Wrestling |
The men's basketball team advanced to theDivision II championship game six consecutive years (1998–2003), winning in 1999 and 2001. In addition to these most recent successes, they also won six other championships (1966, 1968, 1969, 1973, 1987, and 1990) and were runners-up in 1957. Overall, Kentucky Wesleyan has won eight NCAA Division II National Men's Basketball Championships,[4] which is the most by any NCAA Division II School.
Kentucky Wesleyan has anAmerican football team, which competes in the Division IIGreat Midwest Athletic Conference.[5]
Kentucky Wesleyan's athletic teams have won eighteen (18)Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) championships. The KWC softball team won as total of four GLVC Championships, three in the 1980s (1984, 1986, and 1989) 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.
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