Editing Western Washington University (section)

==Athletics==
{{main|Western Washington Vikings}}
{{see also|Western Washington Vikings women's rowing}}

WWU is an official member of NCAA Division II,<ref name=NCAA_division2>{{cite web |title=Division II Schools |url=http://www.ncaa.org/about/division-ii-schools |publisher=NCAA|date=August 2, 2018 }}</ref> having joined in September 1998. In 2011–12, approximately 350 students are participating in 15 varsity sports at Western, six for men and nine for women. In 2010–11, WWU placed seventh among 310 NCAA Division II schools in the Sports Director's Cup national all-sports standings, the second-highest finish in school history. The Vikings were sixth in 2009–10 and tenth in 2008–09. WWU has had eight straight Top 50 finishes and been among the Top 100 in each of its first 13 seasons as an NCAA II member.

In 2010–11, Western won its third straight and seventh overall Great Northwest Athletic Conference All-Sports championship, taking league titles in volleyball, men's golf and women's golf, and the regular-season crown in women's basketball. The Vikings, who won the Northwest Collegiate Rowing Conference championship, placed second in men's and women's cross country, men's and women's outdoor track, men's indoor track and softball.

The Vikings have won an NAIA national championship in softball (1998), two [[National Collegiate Rowing Championship|National Collegiate Rowing Championships]] in women's rowing (1984, 1996),<ref>{{Cite web |title=Western Washington University – Athletics: Rowing – Women |url=https://wwuvikings.com/documents/2018/7/18//ROW.pdf?id=1996 |access-date=2025-04-07 |website=Western Washington University Athletics |language=en}}</ref> and NCAA Division II national championships in women's rowing (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2017, 2024),<ref>{{cite web |title=Rowing: Division 2 |url=https://www.ncaa.com/history/rowing/d2 |publisher=NCAA}}</ref> men's basketball (2012)<ref>{{cite web |title=Division 2 Men's Basketball |url=https://www.ncaa.com/history/basketball-men/d2 |publisher=NCAA}}</ref> and women's soccer (2016).<ref>{{cite web |title=Division 2 Women's Soccer |url=https://www.ncaa.com/history/soccer-women/d2 |publisher=NCAA}}</ref> WWU athletes have also won individual national championships in track and field.<ref>Facts about Western Athletics http://www.wwuvikings.com/ot/about-viking-athletics.html</ref>

===Varsity sports===
The Vikings field varsity teams for men and women in cross country, soccer, golf, basketball, and track & field.  Women's teams compete in volleyball, softball, and [[WWU Women's Rowing|rowing]]. Between 1903 and 2008 WWU fielded a [[Western Washington Vikings football|football team]] but folded it in hopes of saving money to keep other WWU teams competitive.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Jensen |first1=Stacy |title=Western Washington Football Officials Call It Quits |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/109987-western-washington-football-officials-call-it-quits |access-date=6 December 2021 |work=Bleacher Report |date=12 January 2009}}</ref>