Western Washington Vikings


The Western Washington Vikings represent Western Washington University in intercollegiate sports in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference of the NCAA Division II with the exception of the women's rowing team which is a member of the Northwest Collegiate Rowing Conference. WWU has been an official member of NCAA Division II since September 1998.
Western Washington sponsors six sports for men and nine sports for women with approximately 350 student athletes.

Student athletes

The 2010 NCAA graduation rate study showed that 69 percent of Western student-athletes receive their degrees in six years or less based on the Federal Graduation Rate formula, a rate the same as that of the full student body. This is 13 percentage points higher than the average for NCAA Division II schools nationally and 15 points higher than the average for the nine U.S. schools in the Great Northwest Athletic Conference. Using the NCAA Academic Success Rate, which includes all freshman student-athletes from the fall of 2003 and also accounts for student-athletes who transfer into or out of the institution, Western posted an 85 percent success rate, compared to the NCAA II national number of 73 percent. The average ASR of the nine U.S. GNAC schools was 77 percent.

Sports

Varsity Teams

Men's

Western Washington University is credited with 11 official team National Championship. 1 at the NAIA level and 10 NCAA Championships.
NAIADivision 1Softball1998Simon Fraser5-1
NCAADivision IIWomen's Rowing2005Mercyhurst20–12
NCAADivision IIWomen's Rowing2006Barry20–15
NCAADivision IIWomen's Rowing2007UC San Diego20–15
NCAADivision IIWomen's Rowing2008UC San Diego20–15
NCAADivision IIWomen's Rowing2009Mercyhurst18–13
NCAADivision IIWomen's Rowing2010Seattle Pacific20–11
NCAADivision IIWomen's Rowing2011Mercyhurst20–13
NCAADivision IIMen's Basketball2012Montevallo72-65
NCAADivision IIWomen's Soccer2016Grand Valley State3-2
NCAADivision IIWomen's Rowing2017Central Oklahoma17-16

Additionally, Western's club sports have won the following championships:
Road CyclingDivision II2007
CycloCrossDivision II2007
CycloCrossDivision II2009
Men's HockeyDivision II2013
Women's HandballDivision II2014
Water SkiingDivision II2015

Individual teams

Basketball

WWU won the 2011-12 NCAA Division II men's basketball national championship, just the second collegiate crown in that sport in state of Washington history and the first since 1976. WWU reached the national semifinals in men's basketball in 2001 and women's basketball in 2000. WWU ranks among the top 15 in women's basketball victories among all four-year schools with that program making 12 NCAA tournament appearances in 13 years.

Football

Others

In 2010-11, WWU placed seventh among 310 NCAA Division II schools in the Sports Director's Cup national all-sports standings, the second-highest finish in school history. The Vikings were sixth in 2009-10 and 10th in 2008-09. WWU has had eight straight Top 50 finishes and been among the Top 100 in each of its first 13 seasons as a NCAA II member. In 2010-11, Western won its third straight and seventh overall Great Northwest Athletic Conference All-Sports championship, taking league titles in volleyball, men's golf and women's golf, and the regular-season crown in women's basketball. The Vikings, who won the Northwest Collegiate Rowing Conference championship, placed second in men's and women's cross country, men's and women's outdoor track, men's indoor track and softball.
Other accomplishments include: