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Western State Colorado University Mountaineers
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Western State Colorado University Mountaineers are members of NCAA and RMAC. The athletics department consist of cross country skiing, football, men's basketball, track and field, volleyball, women's basketball, women's soccer, women's swimming and diving, and wrestling. KEJJ 98.3 FM and KWSB 91.1 FM broadcasts many of the WSCU football, basketball and wrestling contests and all broadcasts can be heard online through KWSB.org. The Mountaineer Bowl (el. 7750'), the highest collegiate football and track complex in the world, was completed in 1949 in Gunnison, Colorado and the Mountaineers have since collected an RMAC record 19 conference championships. Individual National Championships since 1986, Men's Indoor Track and Field (13 National Champions); since 1996, Women's Indoor Track and Field (8 National Champions); since 1985, Men's Outdoor Track and Field (20 National Champions); since 1987, Women's Outdoor Track and Field (25 National Champions); since 1993, Women's Cross Country (5 National Champions); since 1999, Men's Cross Country (3 National Champions); since 1963, Wrestling (16 National Champions); in 1968, Men's Swimming and Diving (1 National Champion); since 1957, Men's Skiing (7 National Champions); and since 1997, Women's Skiing (2 National Champions). Since 1963 there have been 15 national championships between the NCAA College Division, NCAA Division II and NAIA classifications in Wrestling (2 National Championships); Women's Cross Country (4 National Championships); and Men's Cross Country (9 National Championships).
first conference championship in 1954 began a tradition of success that has led to 88 more Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference titles. Everett Brown earned the college's first All-America honor in 1934. Since then there have been 906 All-America honors won by individual athletes of WSCU. Sports Illustrated's weekly "Faces in the Crowd" section has featured seven student-athletes, coaches and administrators since 1959.
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