Northern Colorado intercollegiate athletics teams moved up to NCAA Division I competition and played their inaugural season in the powerhouse Big Sky Athletic Conference in 2006.
- 34% of Northern Colorado student-athletes have a cumulative GPA of 3.25 or better and 45% have a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better.
- There are 19 sports in three conferences, including Mens Sports: Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country,
Football, Golf, Indoor Track,
Tennis, Track & Field,
Wrestling
, Women's Sports:
Basketball,
Cross Country, Golf,
Indoor Track, Soccer, Softball,
Swimming and Diving, Tennis, Track & Field,
Volleyball
- Students get free admission to campus sporting events with their student ID.
- The Bears have recorded 28 individual national champions, three national players of the year, back-to-back national football championships, 10 trips to the College World Series, more than 400 All-American athletes and nearly 50 Academic All-Americans.
- $16 million student-supported renovation of sports facilities includes the Jackson Soccer complex, a new indoor practive facility, six lighted playing fields (two are synthetic material), a renovated arena and six post-temtion concrete tennis courts.
- The Bears’ athletic teams are a point of pride on campus and in the community and the Athletic program complements institutional priorities.
- A wide variety of club sports and intramural sports are also offered.
- Visit uncbears.com/ for more information.
“Playing for a Division I school and the exposure you get competing in a recognized conference like the Big Sky is everybody’s goal and fortunately it worked out for me. Regardless, I’ll have an athletic training degree that carries more weight than one from other universities because people in the field know we go through more in the program here”
Andre Wilson, Bears running back, recreation major, Class of 2007