Northwestern Wildcats are the athletic teams that represent Northwestern University, located in Evanston, Illinois.
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41 Facts About Northwestern Wildcats
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Under Phillips' leadership, Northwestern Wildcats student-athletes have achieved impressive academic feats.
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Northwestern Wildcats scored a 98-percent in the latest Graduation Success Rate, a figure which led all FBS schools for the second consecutive year.
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The Northwestern Wildcats have scored a 96-percent or higher in every year that GSR data has been released, finishing in the top four among FBS schools all 15 years.
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In January 2021, Phillips left Northwestern Wildcats to become the commissioner of the Atlantic Coast Conference.
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In December 2011, Northwestern Wildcats University announced a multiyear partnership with Under Armour as its official outfitter of the university's athletic program.
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Now, Northwestern Wildcats is one of three Big Ten teams sporting Under Armour gear.
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Since the partnership began, the Northwestern Wildcats have introduced a number of exclusive uniform designs, including its hallmark Gothic uniforms for several sports, its Gothic Ice line in 2020 for women's lacrosse and softball, as well as the "By the Players" uniforms for the men's basketball program to debut on Senior Day each season.
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In 2010, Northwestern Wildcats Athletics launched its first-ever wide-ranging marketing campaign in department history.
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Northwestern Wildcats remains the only Division I FBS institution in the Chicago area.
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The Northwestern Wildcats have since achieved an all-time high rank of No 1 during the 1936 and 1962 seasons, which has thus far not been duplicated.
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Northwestern Wildcats Football has played in a total of 16 bowl games, including 10 appearances in just 10 seasons between 2008 and 2020.
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In 2020, the Northwestern Wildcats were Big Ten West Champions and bowl game champions.
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Since then, the Northwestern Wildcats have played in the National Invitation Tournament seven times, most recently in 2012.
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Northwestern Wildcats led the Colonials to 14 regular season or postseason Atlantic 10 titles.
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In 2017, the Northwestern Wildcats saw its highest draft pick in program history with Nia Coffey, selected fifth overall by the San Antonio Stars.
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Northwestern Wildcats lacrosse has won the national championship in women's lacrosse five straight times, from 2005 to 2009, and then again in 2011 and 2012, giving them 7 championships in 8 years.
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The Northwestern Wildcats are led by head coach Kelly Amonte-Hiller, a role that she's been in since 2002.
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The Northwestern Wildcats achieved the highest ranking in program history during the season at second in the country and amassed 39 victories at the conference championships.
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The Northwestern Wildcats are led by head coach Tracey Fuchs, a role that she's been in since 2009.
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Under Fuchs' direction, the Northwestern Wildcats have posted winning seasons in 10 of her 11 seasons.
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Northwestern Wildcats wrestling program hosts home matches in Welsh-Ryan Arena and practices in the Ken Kraft Wrestling Room, located in Anderson Hall.
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The Northwestern Wildcats are led by Matt Storniolo, a role that he's been in since 2016.
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Three Northwestern Wildcats were drafted in the 2019 NWSL College Draft: Kayla Sharples, Marisa Viggiano, and Hannah Davison.
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In June 2020, Northwestern Wildcats Athletics elevated Katie Robinson to Director of Swimming and Diving, making her the second female to hold the position overseeing both men's and women's programs in the Power-5 conferences.
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Three-time All-American Olivia Rosendahl won the NCAA Women's Platform Diving championship in both 2017 and 2018, and the Northwestern Wildcats have been represented in each of the last three Summer Olympic Games, most recently by swimmers Valerie Gruest-Slowing and Jordan Wilimovsky in Rio in 2016.
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Matt Grevers, a Northwestern Wildcats alum, won two gold medals and a silver medal at the 2012 London Olympic Games.
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At the 1924 Paris Olympic Games, four Northwestern Wildcats alums won gold medals- Ralph Breyer, Sybil Bauer, Richard Howell and Robert "Bob" Skelton.
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Northwestern Wildcats won four unofficial national team championships during these years, which were proclaimed in the newspapers of the time, second only to Michigan's seven.
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Northwestern Wildcats has had 2 NCAA doubles championships in 1997 and 2006.
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Northwestern Wildcats Volleyball program is coached by Shane Davis, a role that he's been in since 2015.
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The Walter Athletics Center allows for plenty of natural light and has unobstructed views of Lake Michigan, the Chicago skyline, and other Northwestern Wildcats facilities including Martin Stadium and Lakeside Field.
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Kraft was a four-year member of the Northwestern Wildcats wrestling squad and the program's head coach for 22 years.
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In 2004, Kraft retired after spending 51 years at Northwestern Wildcats and was inducted into the Northwestern Wildcats Athletic Hall of Fame in 2003.
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