Wayne State Warriors
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| University | Wayne State University |
| Conference | Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference |
| NCAA | Division II |
| Athletic director | Rob Fournier |
| Location | Detroit, Michigan |
| Varsity teams | 8 men's & 9 women's |
| Football stadium | Tom Adams Field |
| Basketball arena | Matthaei Center |
| Baseball stadium | WSU Baseball Field |
| Nickname | Warriors |
| Fight song | WSU Victory Song |
| Colors | Green and Gold |
| Website | www |
The Wayne State Warriors represent Wayne State University, located in Detroit, Michigan. The university is a member of the NCAA at the Division II level, WSU competes in the Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference (GLIAC) for all sports except fencing, which competes in the Midwest Fencing Conference (MFC).
The school's intercollegiate athletic program was established in 1917 by director of athletics David L. Holmes. Revered by his athletes, Holmes initially coached all sports. His track teams were nationally known into the 1950s; in his first ten years, he produced two Olympians from the school's Victorian-era gym. Although he had major ambitions for Wayne and scheduled such teams as Notre Dame and Penn State in the 1920s, the lack of facilities and money for athletics kept the athletic program small.
A student poll selected the name of "Tartars" for the school's teams in 1927. In 1999, the university changed the name to the "Warriors," due to a feeling that the Tartar name was dated and that not many people knew what a Tartar was.
Wayne State was a founding member of the Mid-American Conference in 1946, but left the conference before competition began. In 1955 the university, along with John Carroll University, Case Institute of Technology, and Western Reserve University formed the Presidents' Athletic Conference (PAC). The University competed in the PAC until 1967 before competing as an independent program and joining the upstart GLIAC in 1975.
The Wayne State University Athletic Department sponsors the following sports:
Men's athletic teams
Women's athletic teams
Wayne State has had 6 Major League Baseball Draft selections since the draft began in 1965.
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