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May 7, 2013
Tieken Receives Academic All-District Honor

Nebraska Wesleyan University senior softball player Megan Tieken has been honored as a CoSIDA Academic All-District 6 selection in the NAIA College division. It is the second

May 7, 2013
Four NWU Baseball Players Earn CoSIDA Academic All-District

Four Nebraska Wesleyan University baseball players have been honored as CoSIDA/Academic All-District 6 selections in the NAIA College division.  Seniors Beau Kelly, Alex Heideman,

May 6, 2013
NWU Men's Golf Earns Bid to NCAA III National Championships

Nebraska Wesleyan University was one of 41 teams to earn a spot in the 2013 NCAA Division III Men's Golf National Championships when the field was announced on Monday (May 6) by the NCAA III men's

May 4, 2013
Four Individual Titles for NWU at GPAC Track & Field Championships

Nebraska Wesleyan won four individual conference titles at the 2013 GPAC Outdoor Track & Field Championships that were held May 3-4 in Seward, Neb.  As a team the Prairie Wolves men

May 4, 2013
Women Win GPAC Tennis Tournament; Earn Bid to Nationals

Nebraska Wesleyan made quick work of Morningside College defeating the Mustangs, 5-0, to claim the 2013 GPAC Women's Tennis Tournament Championship on Saturday morning (May 4) in Fremont, Neb.

May 3, 2013
NWU Falls to Doane 5-3 in GPAC Softball Tournament

Nebraska Wesleyan scored three runs in the top of the 6th inning to take a one run lead over Doane College but the Tigers responded with three runs in the bottom of the 6th inning to rally and

May 3, 2013
Season Comes to Close at GPAC Tournament for NWU Baseball

Doane scored four unearned runs and their starting pitcher Brandon Stennis allowed only three Nebraska Wesleyan hits as the Prairie Wolves saw their season come to an end with a 4-0 loss to Doane

May 2, 2013
Prairie Wolves Hit Way to Day 2 of GPAC Softball Tourney

Nebraska Wesleyan pounded out 12 hits and 10 runs as the Prairie Wolves defeated Dakota Wesleyan 10-2 in six innings in an elimination game on Thursday night (May 2) at the GPAC Softball

May 2, 2013
NWU Goes 1-1 on Day 1 of GPAC Baseball Tournament

Justin Van Dyke hit his first home run of his career by sending a blast over the 405 sign at Duncan Field to lift Nebraska Wesleyan to a 5-1 win over Mount Marty in the opening game of the GPAC

May 2, 2013
Dickmeyer Receives GPAC Tennis Player of Week Award

Nebraska Wesleyan's Erica Dickmeyer is this week's GPAC/Hauff Mid-America Sports Women's Tennis Player-of-the-Week for the week of April 22-28.  Dickmeyer is the third NWU women's player to

May 1, 2013
Kaczor & Shanahan Named NWU Outstanding Senior Athletes

Brett Kaczor and Mallory Shanahan were named the Nebraska Wesleyan University Senior Outstanding Athletes for the 2012-13 school year at the NWU Student-Athlete Appreciation night.  Kaczor, a

May 1, 2013
NWU Softball Seeded 6th at GPAC Postseason Tournament

Nebraska Wesleyan is the No. 6 seed for the 2013 GPAC Postseason Softball Championships that will be held May 2-4 at the SYA Softball Complex in Sioux City, Iowa.  The Prairie Wolves will

May 1, 2013
Tennis Teams Set for GPAC Tournament

The Nebraska Wesleyan women and the Hastings College men will be the number one seeds when the 2013 Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC) Tennis Championships begin on Friday, May 3 in Fremont

April 30, 2013
7-6 Win Ends Regular Season For Softball

Nebraska Wesleyan scored two runs in the top of the 7th inning then held off a late inning rally with the tying run in the bottom of the 7th inning as the Prairie Wolves defeated Concordia, 7-6,

April 29, 2013
Prairie Wolves are #5 Seed at GPAC Baseball Tournament

Nebraska Wesleyan received the No. 5 seed for the 2013 GPAC Postseason Baseball Championships that will be played May 2-4 in Hastings, Neb.  The Prairie Wolves will face No. 4 Mount Marty

April 27, 2013
Van Dyke's Pinch Hit Double Gives NWU Extra Inning Win

Justin Van Dyke got a pinch hit double down the left field line to bring in Chris Johnson in the top of the 8th inning and Nebraska Wesleyan would hold on as the Prairie Wolves defeated rival

April 27, 2013
NWU Women's Tennis Wins GPAC Regular Season Championship

For the third straight season the Nebraska Wesleyan University women’s tennis team has won the Great Plains Athletic Conference regular season conference championship.

April 27, 2013
Softball Sweeps Dordt on Senior Day

Nebraska Wesleyan evened up its conference record at 8-8 as the Prairie Wolves easily swept Dordt College in a GPAC softball doubleheader on Saturday afternoon (Apr 27) in the final home games of

April 26, 2013
NWU Women Place 4th at GPAC Golf Championships

The Nebraska Wesleyan University women's golf team had their highest conference finish in 11 seasons as the Prairie Wolves finished fourth at the GPAC Women's Golf Championships that concluded on

April 25, 2013
Wolves Win Game One, Fall in Second at Hastings

Nebraska Wesleyan remained in good position for the GPAC Postseason Baseball Tournament as they split a doubleheader at Hastings College on Thursday night (Apr. 25) at Duncan Field in Hastings.