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Aurora University announces addition of Men’s and Women’s Wrestling

Aurora University, an NCAA Division III institution, announced the return men’s wrestling and addition of women’s wrestling to the varsity sport offerings at AU. The Spartan wrestling program’s will begin in the 2021-2022 season and become AU’s 23rd and 24th collegiate sport.
“We are thrilled that women’s and men’s wrestling will be the newest programs at AU,” said Assistant Vice President / Director of Athletics Jim Hamad. “It is exciting to be a part of both the rapid growth of women’s wrestling and the steady resurgence of men’s wrestling. We have been able to start new programs that quickly find success in recent years and we are confident that our wrestling programs will follow a similar timeline. Our goal is to become successful in the competitive national wrestling landscape.”
AU will see men’s wrestling return to campus after a 35 year hiatus, becoming an official NCAA Division III program and according to the NCAA, in the 2020-2021 season a total of 116 men’s wrestling programs will compete in NCAA Division III. Men’s and women’s wrestling is currently classified as a winter sport, with competition beginning in October and running through February with the men having a NCAA Division III Championship in March.
The Women’s Collegiate Wrestling Association (WCWA) governs women’s wrestling and has overseen the national championships since 2008. A total of 59 collegiate institutions will field varsity women’s wrestling teams in 2019-2020. Women’s wrestling was recently approved as an emerging sport by the NCAA committee on women’s athletics and will be added to the NCAA emerging sports lineup on August 1, 2020, a huge step toward evolving into an NCAA Championship-Level sport in the future. Currently, intercollegiate women’s programs compete in National Collegiate Championship in March. …. rest of the story at https://athletics.aurora.edu/news/2020/3/27/general-aurora-university-announces-addition-of-mens-and-womens-wreslting.aspx

March 27, 2020 - Posted by The TakeDown Report | Uncategorized