Winthrop University has two team national championships awarded by the NCAA. [citation needed]
Esports
2021 League of Legends National
Champions
2021 Rocket League National Champions [3]
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History
Winthrop University was founded in 1886, but the school didn't become an NCAA Division I institution until 1987. It joined the Big South conference in 1983, the year the conference was established.[5]
Many student athletes from WU have gone on to play professionally in the United States or abroad after their collegiate careers. A few of these figures include: Marco Reda (soccer), Kevin Slowey (baseball), Pam Barnett (golf), Xavier Cooks (basketball), and Michael Jenkins (basketball).
Teams
Baseball
Big South Tournament Championships (4): 1985, 1987, 1999, 2005
Big South Regular Season Championships (5): 1995, 2001, 2014, 2017
Softball
Big South Tournament Championships (6): 1987, 1989, 1990, 1991, 2007, 2008
Big South Regular Season Championships (6): 1988, 1989, 1991, 2005, 2007, 2008
Men's Basketball
Big South Tournament Championships (13): 1988, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2010, 2017, 2020, 2021
Big South Regular Season Championships (11): 1999, 2002, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2016, 2017, 2020, 2021
Women's Basketball
Big South Tournament Championships (1): 2014
Men's Cross Country
Big South Championships (2): 1999, 2000
Women's Cross Country
Big South Championships (0):
Esports
Big South Championships (1):
Women's Golf
Big South Championships (3): 1989, 1990, 1991
Men's Soccer
Big South Tournament Championships (6): 2002, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2015
Big South Regular Season Championships (5): 1987, 2002, 2006, 2008, 2015
Women's Soccer
Big South Tournament Championships (0):
Big South Regular Season Championships (3): 2006, 2010, 2011
Men's Tennis
Big South Tournament Championships (7): 1997, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2014, 2015
Big South Regular Season Championships (9): 1997, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2018