Sports and fitness
Fitness
Athletes and other active students stay in shape with pick-up basketball and soccer games and through heavy use of the indoor track and exercise and weight rooms in the Rowenhorst Student Center.
Intramurals
Approximately one-fourth of Northwestern students get involved in intramurals annually. We offer 20 sports, including badminton, bowling, flag football, frisbee golf, indoor soccer, racquetball and wallyball.
Red Raider athletics
The Red Raiders play in the Great Plains Athletic Conference, one of the NAIA’s most competitive leagues. Since 2000, GPAC teams have won 15 national championships—4 belong to the Raiders. We field 8 men’s and 8 women’s varsity teams:
| Men's |
Women's |
| Baseball |
Basketball |
| Basketball |
Cross country |
| Cross country |
Golf |
| Football |
Soccer |
| Golf |
Softball |
| Soccer |
Tennis |
| Track & field |
Track & field |
| Wrestling |
Volleyball |
- Look deeper
- Visit NWCRaiders.com, the official athletic website of the Northwestern College Red Raiders
