Athletics
The University of Wisconsin–La Crosse maintains programs in indoor and outdoor track, cross-country, gymnastics, and football, competing in the WIAC, which is in the NCAA's Division III. UW–L holds membership affiliation in the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the National Collegiate Gymnastics Association.
UW–L has approximately 570 student athletes participating on 19 teams (ten for women and nine for men), which have won 51 NCAA national titles in nine different sports, including 34 since 1991. UW–L has also won 309 Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference championships in school history. UW–L is one only of six institutions in NCAA Division III history to finish in the top 20 all 10 years of the Directors’ Cup, which includes all 433 NCAA Division III schools.
UW–L has won 26 men's track & field titles, the most in Division III history. The Eagles have won 14 indoor and 10 outdoor championships, both ranking first in the nation. With their national indoor and outdoor titles in 2006, the Eagles have now swept the indoor and outdoor titles in the same season 10 times (1988, 1991–1993, 1997, 2001–04 and, 2006).
The university won the NCAA Division III "triple crown" in 2001-02, claiming the men's cross country title, men's indoor track & field title and men's outdoor track & field championship. With the national titles in cross country, indoor and outdoor track and field, UW–L holds the distinction of being only one of two NCAA Division III institution to win the "triple crown" (The other being North Central College during 2009-10). The Eagles also captured the 2005 NCAA Division III Cross Country title, the third in school history (1996, 2001).
The gymnastics team has won a total of 12 national titles, a record in the NCGA, as well as a record 20 WIAC titles. UW–L won its sixth consecutive National Collegiate Gymnastics Association (NCGA) Championship in 2006.
The Eagles won seven Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (WIAC) titles in 2005-06 and finished in the top-four in 16 of 18 sports. UW–L also had nine WIAC Scholar-Athletes last year and eight WIAC Coach of the Year honors. The Eagles had 203 All-WIAC honors in 2005-06.
The UW–L football team plays its home games at Veterans Memorial Stadium. The football stadium and outdoor track was replaced by a new timed outdoor track, a football turf field, a new 10,000+ seat stadium/press box/field lights, plus surrounding soccer/athletic fields. It was paid for by sponsors and donations to UW–L.
The university also has sports represented at the club level, including men's and women's lacrosse (referred to as La Crosse lacrosse), men's and women's rugby union, men's soccer and many others.
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