Athletics
The university's athletic teams are known as the Lopers. UNK participates in intercollegiate athletics at the NCAA at the Division II level and is a member of the Mid-America Intercollegiate Athletic Association (MIAA) for most of its sports; women's swimming and diving competes in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (NSIC), The university joined the MIAA in 2012; prior to joining the conference, UNK was a member of the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference (RMAC). In 2010, it applied to join the MIAA and was approved to join the conference starting in the 2012-13 academic year on July 30, 2010. UNK currently competes in baseball, men's and women's basketball, men's and women's cross-country, football, men's and women's golf, women's soccer, softball, women's swimming and diving, men's and women's tennis, men's and women's track and field, women's volleyball, and wrestling.
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