Wayne State Warriors

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Wayne State Warriors
Wayne State Warriors primary logo.svg
University Wayne State University
Conference GLIAC (primary)
CCFC (fencing)
NCAA Division II
Athletic directorErika Wallace [1]
Location Detroit, Michigan
Varsity teams8 men's & 10 women's
Football stadium Tom Adams Field
Basketball arena Wayne State Fieldhouse
Baseball stadiumHarwell Baseball Field
MascotW the Warrior
NicknameWarriors
ColorsGreen and gold [2]
   
Website wsuathletics.com

The Wayne State Warriors are the athletic teams that represent Wayne State University, located in Detroit, Michigan, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sporting competitions. The Warriors compete as members of the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) for all 16 varsity sports. The Warriors have been members of the GLIAC since 1975.

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History

The Wayne State intercollegiate athletics program was established in 1917 by director of athletics David L. Holmes, when the school was known as Detroit Junior College. Revered by his athletes, Holmes initially coached all sports. His track teams were nationally known into the 1950s; in his first ten years, he produced two Olympians from the school's Victorian-era gym. Although he had major ambitions for Wayne and scheduled such teams as Notre Dame and Penn State in the 1920s, the lack of facilities and money for athletics kept the athletic program small.

In 1927, three years after the school was renamed the College of the City of Detroit, a student poll selected the name of "Tartars" for the school's teams, which were generally known as the Detroit Tartars. In 1934, the college became Wayne University, with athletic teams known as the Wayne Tartars until 1956 when the school became Wayne State University and athletic teams were called the Wayne State Tartars. The Tartars nickname lasted until 1999 when the university changed it to "Warriors" due to a feeling that the Tartar name was dated and that not many people knew what a Tartar was. [3] [4]

As the Detroit Tartars, the school competed in the Michigan Collegiate Conference from 1927 to 1931. In 1946, Wayne University was a founding member of the Mid-American Conference, but only played one season in the conference before leaving in 1947. [5] [6] In 1955 the university, along with John Carroll University, Case Institute of Technology, and Western Reserve University formed the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC). [7] The University competed in the PAC until 1967 before competing as an independent program and joining the upstart Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) in 1975.

Varsity sports

The Wayne State University Athletic Department sponsors the following sports:

Men's sportsWomen's sports
BaseballBasketball
BasketballCross country
Cross countryFencing
FencingGolf
Football Softball
GolfSwimming and diving
Swimming and divingTennis
TennisTrack and field
Volleyball
† – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor

Baseball

Wayne State has had 7 Major League Baseball Draft selections since the draft began in 1965. [8]

YearPlayerRoundTeam
1970 Terence Cupples42 Twins
1973 John Shupe10 Yankees
1974 Gregory Boos30 Mets
2005 Steven Squires49 White Sox
2008 Anthony Bass 5 Padres
2011 Brett Shankin28 Mariners
2019 Hunter Brown 5 Astros

Fencing

Fencing for Wayne State, future two-time Olympican Byron Krieger was Wayne State's first Intercollegiate Fencing Association/NCAA champion in foil in 1942. [9] Future three-time Olympian Allan Kwartler also fenced at Wayne State. [10]

Football

Wayne State football competes with the other sports in the GLIAC, the program also competed in the PAC from 1955 to 1967 and in the Midwest Intercollegiate Football Conference from 1990 to 1998. Wayne State has won three conference championships, one in the GLIAC and two PAC championships. The Warriors played in the Division II National Championship game in 2011, losing to the Pittsburg State Gorillas, 35-21.

Notable NFL alumni include: Vic Zucco, Richard Byas, Jr., Paul Butcher, Sr., Tom Beer, and Joique Bell.

Ice hockey

Wayne State previously competed in men's and women's NCAA Division I ice hockey as a member of College Hockey America (CHA). The university dropped their men's program at the end of the 2007–08 season, [11] followed in 2011 by ending the women's hockey program. [12]


Championships

National Championships

Fencing (M)1975, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985
Fencing (W)1982, 1988, 1989
Swimming (W)2012

Conference Championships

i. GLIAC Championships:

Baseball1980, 1981, 1982, 1998, 2005, 2008, 2010, 2023
Basketball (M)1984, 1986, 1988, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1999, 2010, 2021
Basketball (W)1980, 1981
Cross Country (M)2001
Football1976
Golf (M)2004, 2009
Softball1981, 1983, 1985, 1986, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996,
2002, 2003, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010
Swimming (M)2003, 2004, 2006, 2007, 2009, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014
Swimming (W)2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015
Track and Field (Indoor)1976, 1977
Track and Field (Outdoor)1975, 1976, 1977
Tennis (M)1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1980, 1981, 2019, 2022
Tennis (W)1975, 1976, 1977, 1978, 1979, 1980, 1982, 1983, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2022
Volleyball (W)1980, 1981, 1982, 1997, 1998, 1999

ii. President's Athletic Conference Championships:

Baseball1959
Cross Country (M)1960, 1961, 1963
Football1957, 1965
Golf (M)1947
Swimming (M)1963, 1964,
Tennis (M)1956, 1957, 1958, 1959, 1960, 1961, 1963, 1964

iii. College Hockey America:

Ice Hockey (M)2001, 2002, 2003
Ice Hockey (W)2008

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References

  1. ↑ "Staff Directory". Wayne State Warriors. Retrieved 13 April 2020.
  2. ↑ Wayne State University Athletics Style Guide (PDF). September 1, 2021. Retrieved October 29, 2022.
  3. ↑ "WSU adopts new athletic identity". Wayne State University Press. 1999-07-29.
  4. ↑ "Before and After: New Symbols for Old Schools". New York Times. 2000-08-06. Retrieved 2008-07-26.
  5. ↑ Mid-American Conference Men's Basketball Record Book (PDF). Mid-American Conference. 2018–19. p. 4. Retrieved May 16, 2020.
  6. ↑ Mid-American Conference Men's Golf Record Book (PDF). Mid-American Conference. 2016. p. 20. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
  7. ↑ "Conference Overview: Timeline" (PDF). Presidents' Athletic Conference . p. 7. Retrieved May 31, 2011.
  8. ↑ "MLB Amateur Draft Picks who came from "Wayne State University (Detroit, MI)"". Baseball-Reference.com . Retrieved 2013-09-09.
  9. ↑ "Ex-Fencing Champion Dies in Havdalah Candle Fire" – The Forward
  10. ↑ "May 17, 1980 – City of Yonkers, NY". www.yonkersny.gov.
  11. ↑ Wodon, Adam (March 11, 2008). "Wayne State Bids Farewell". College Hockey News. Retrieved May 30, 2011.
  12. ↑ "Wayne State ends women's program". NCAA . May 30, 2011. Retrieved May 29, 2011.
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