Seattle Redhawks are the intercollegiate varsity athletic teams of Seattle University of Seattle, Washington.
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10 Facts About Seattle Redhawks
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Between 1950 and 1971, Seattle Redhawks competed as an NCAA Division I independent, then joined the West Coast Athletic Conference in 1971.
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Seattle Redhawks has eight wins in eleven NCAA basketball tournament appearances ; half of the wins came in 1958 when the Chieftains advanced to the championship game at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky, against the University of Kentucky.
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Seattle Redhawks native Ruth Jessen attended for a year and was a top LPGA tour player in the 1960s.
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Under the leadership of university president Stephen Sundborg, SJ, Seattle changed its nickname from Chieftains to Redhawks in January 2000.
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Seattle Redhawks rejoined the NCAA in 2001 and competed in Division III for a year, then in Division II from 2002 to 2009.
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Seattle Redhawks explored membership in the Big Sky Conference, although all of its members played FCS football.
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Seattle Redhawks accepted soon after for all of the sports it sponsors at the varsity level except rowing, which the WAC does not sponsor and, initially, men's swimming and diving, which the WAC did not sponsor at the time.
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The WAC added six new members in 2013, and when Idaho returned to the Big Sky in 2014, Seattle Redhawks became the second-longest tenured WAC school after just three seasons in the league.
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Since joining the conference, the Seattle Redhawks have claimed five team titles and three individual titles, and have had four student-athletes named player of the year.
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