The University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point Pointers (casually known as the UW-Stevens Point Pointers) are the athletic teams of the

University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point The University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point (UW–Stevens Point or UWSP) is a public university in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. It is part of the University of Wisconsin System and grants associate, baccalaureate, and master's degrees, as well a ...

. The Pointers athletic teams compete in

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Division III.

Football

The UW-Stevens Point football team holds the annual Spud Bowl game sponsored by local potato farms and brewery companies as the first home game of the season. The Pointers also hold the annual Pink Game, which benefits the Susan G. Komen Foundation of Central Wisconsin, and the Circle of Friends Foundation, which provides opportunities to kids with cancer. The Pointers play their home games at

Goerke Field Goerke Field is a stadium in Stevens Point, Wisconsin. It is primarily used for American football and is the home to the University of Wisconsin–Stevens Point Pointers, the Stevens Point Area Senior High School Panthers, and the Pacelli Hig ...

Basketball

The Pointers men's and women's basketball teams have combined for six NCAA Division III titles. The women's basketball team won the national title in 2002, 15 years after its first NCAA Division III title in 1987. The men's basketball team won back-to-back NCAA Division III titles in 2004 and 2005.Wisconsin-Stevens Point Pointers rally to beat Williams College for DIII title – ESPN
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Track and field

The UWSP men's

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teams have won 3 individual NAIA national titles and 16 individual

NCAA Division III NCAA Division III (D-III) is a division of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) in the United States. D-III consists of athletic programs at colleges and universities that choose not to offer athletic scholarships to their ...

national titles. The women's teams have combined to win 13 individual

titles. The men's team has had 61 All-American performances at the NCAA Division III Indoor Track & Field Championships since 1985 and over 70 at the NCAA Division III Outdoor Track and Field Championships since 1982. The women have had 24 indoor NCAA Division III All-American performances between 1985 and 2007 and 27 Outdoor All-American performances from 1984 to 2007. The men's track team coach Rick Witt, who has been head coach for over 30 years, was named National Coach of the Year once, Regional Coach of the Year seven times, and Conference Coach of the Year 14 times.Rick Witt: Head Men's Cross Country/Track and Field Coach
Staff Directory, Men's Track & Field, Athletics, UWSP, retrieved June 11, 2014.

Notable athletes

* Kirk Baumgartner, football player * J. P. Feyereisen, baseball player * Ted Fritsch, football player * Clint Kriewaldt, football player * Scott May, baseball player *

Terry Porter Terry Porter (born April 8, 1963) is an American former college basketball coach and former player in the National Basketball Association (NBA). He was most recently the head men's basketball coach at the University of Portland. A native of Wisc ...

, basketball player and coach *

Barry Rose Barry Michael Rose OBE FRAM FRSCM HonFRCO (born 24 May 1934) is a choir trainer and organist. He is best known for founding the choir and the pattern of daily sung worship at the new Guildford Cathedral in 1961, as well as directing the music ...

, football player *

Brad Soderberg Bradley William Soderberg (born May 10, 1962) is a men's college basketball coach. He is currently the Director of Scouting for the University of Virginia Cavaliers. Soderberg was previously head coach at Lindenwood, St. Louis, South Dakota St ...

, basketball coach *

Jordan Zimmermann Jordan M. Zimmermann (born May 23, 1986) is an American former professional baseball pitcher. He played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Washington Nationals, Detroit Tigers, and Milwaukee Brewers. Zimmermann was a two-time MLB All-Star, a ...

, baseball player

References

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