Ohio Wesleyan University

Jay Martin
Cara DeAngelis
Jay Martin
Jay Martin
Tom Drabczyk
2013 NCAC champion!
2014 NCAC champions!
Friday, August 29
Women's Soccer
at Case Reserve
7 p.m.
Cleveland, Ohio
Volleyball
vs Wilmington
7 p.m.
Branch Rickey Arena
Women's Cross Country
at Kenyon Quad
Gambier, Ohio
Men's Soccer
at Calvin
TBA
Grand Rapids, Mich.
Men's Cross Country
at Kenyon Quad
Gambier, Ohio
Saturday, August 30
Volleyball
vs Earlham
9 a.m.
Branch Rickey Arena
Volleyball
vs Grove City
11 a.m.
Branch Rickey Arena
Men's Soccer
at Hope
7 p.m.
Holland, Mich.
Athletes of the Week
Did You Know...
National Record!
The Ohio Wesleyan women's soccer team set an NCAA Division III record with a 60-game winning streak from 2001-03, including a 24-0 mark en route to the 2002 NCAA Division III national championship.
National Champions!
Ohio Wesleyan has had 11 individual national champions in men's track & field.  Keith Rucker won 4 national titles in the shot put and discus, and Tyler Stillman won 2 national crowns in the 400-meter dash.
NCAA Playoff Appearances
Ohio Wesleyan has made 19 NCAA playoff appearances in baseball.  During the 14-year stretch from 1990-2003, the Battling Bishops missed the NCAA Division III tournament only once.
Atop the Career Victories List
Jay Martin is the winningest coach in the history of college men's soccer, breaking the all-time victories record in the 2011 national championship game.
Titletown
Ohio Wesleyan teams have won 5 national championships:  2 in men's soccer (1998 and 2011), 2 in women's soccer (2001 and 2002), and 1 in men's basketball (1988).
Football Firsts
Ohio Wesleyan was the visiting team in the first football games in Ohio Stadium and Michigan Stadium.
Conference Champions!
Ohio Wesleyan has won 5 North Coast Athletic Conference championships in women's basketball. The Battling Bishops' longest run was 3 in a row from 1998-2001.
Walter Byers Scholarship
David Gatz, a 2010 Ohio Wesleyan graduate, was awarded a 2011 Walter Byers Postgraduate Scholarship.  Gatz also won an NCAA postgraduate scholarship and was a Rhodes Scholar semifinalist (final 32).
NCAA Division III tournament
Ohio Wesleyan ranks second among NCAA Division III institutions with 27 NCAA playoff appearances in men's lacrosse.  The Battling Bishops have reached the national championship game 4 times.
Conference Champions!
Ohio Wesleyan has won 23 conference championships in men's golf.  The Battling Bishops have 3 different runs of 4 consecutive conference championships:  1969-72, 1986-90, and 2001-05.
Conference Champions!
Ohio Wesleyan has won 23 conference championships in men's lacrosse.  The Battling Bishops' longest run was 7 straight conference titles from 1987-93.
Stagg Bowl
The Ohio Wesleyan football team played in the 1971 Amos Alonzo Stagg Bowl, then the NCAA College Division Western Regional title game.
National Champion!
Chad Poling won the NCAA Division III individual championship in men's golf in 2004.
Final Four!
The Ohio Wesleyan women's basketball team advanced to the NCAA Division III national semifinals in 2001, finishing third in the nation that year.
Conference Champions!
Ohio Wesleyan has won 3 North Coast Athletic Conference championships in softball.  The Battling Bishops won back-to-back titles in 2004-05.
Conference Champions!
Ohio Wesleyan has won 23 conference championships in baseball.  The Battling Bishops won back-to-back North Coast Athletic Conference championships in 2000-01 and 2007-08.
Conference Champions!
Ohio Wesleyan has won 16 North Coast Athletic Conference championships in men's track & field (9 indoor, 7 outdoor).  The Bishops' longest runs have been 4 straight indoors (1999-2002) and 3 straight outdoors (twice).
NCAC Championships
Ohio Wesleyan won the first 4 North Coast Athletic Conference championships in men's basketball.
NCAC Champ of Champs!
Ohio Wesleyan has won 140 North Coast Athletic Conference championships -- more than any other NCAC member institution -- since the conference began competition in the 1984-85 academic year.
NCAC Champions!
The Battling Bishop field hockey team won 7 consecutive North Coast Athletic Conference titles from 1987-93, and added another in 1995 to extend its string to 8 championships in 9 years.
SportsCentury Selects Rickey
Branch Rickey, named by ESPN as the most influential figure of the 20th century in sports, was a 1904 Ohio Wesleyan graduate.
Conference Champions!
Ohio Wesleyan has won 25 North Coast Athletic Conference championships in women's track & field (13 indoor, 12 outdoor).  The Bishops have won the last 8 indoor titles and the last 6 outdoor crowns.
Conference Champions!
Ohio Wesleyan has won 2 North Coast Athletic Conference championships in volleyball.  The Battling Bishops defeated Wittenberg in the title match in 1996, winning 3 games by a score of 16-14.
Academic All-Americans
Ohio Wesleyan has had 83 Academic All-America® selections, which is tied for 11th among institutions which compete only in NCAA Division III.
Conference Champions!
Ohio Wesleyan has won 9 North Coast Athletic Conference championships in women's soccer.  The Battling Bishops' longest run was 4 in a row from 1999-2002.
Women's Golf
Women's golf became Ohio Wesleyan's 23rd varsity sport in April 2010, with intercollegiate competition beginning in the 2010-11 season.
Conference Champions!
Ohio Wesleyan has won 29 conference championships in men's soccer.  The Battling Bishops' longest run was 6 in a row, from 2008-13.
All-Sports Champions
Ohio Wesleyan has won 9 North Coast Athletic Conference All-Sports titles.  The Battling Bishops won 6 in a row from 1988-94 and 3 straight from 2006-09.
Conference Champions!
Ohio Wesleyan has won 2 North Coast Athletic Conference championships in women's lacrosse.  The Battling Bishops won the only NCAC title to be decided in overtime, a 14-13, triple-overtime thriller in 2005.
NCAA Division III playoffs
Ohio Wesleyan leads all NCAA Division III institutions with 35 NCAA playoff appearances in men's soccer.  The Battling Bishops have reached the national semifinals 9 times, and won national championships in 1998 and 2011.
National Champion!
Quentin Brelsford won the 1946 NCAA cross country championship, then one race encompassing all divisions, to become Ohio Wesleyan's first national champion in cross country.
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