Club Sports
Iowa State also has a number of club sports. Most are sports not sponsored by the university's athletic department or NCAA Division I athletics, others are supplementary to ISU sports and allow students a chance to compete but not at a Division I level.
A number of clubs experience much notability on campus and nationwide: ISU baseball was cut by the school's athletic department in 2000; but it continues, as a club sport, to provides students with the opportunity to attend ISU and play competitive baseball. Iowa State Men's Hockey is non-scholarship sport since it is not considered a recreation sports like other club sports. ISU has been an American Collegiate Hockey Association (ACHA) powerhouse since its inception, the team has many ACHA Frozen Four appearances and was the ACHA Nation Championship in 1992. ISU Rodeo is a member of the National Intercollegiate Rodeo Association (NIRA) and is one of the oldest collegiate rodeo athletic events in the US. Iowa State plays college rugby in the Heart of America conference against many of its traditional rivals such as Missouri; ISU Rugby has declared its goal of becoming a varsity sport.
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