{"id":146080,"date":"2019-02-12T10:06:52","date_gmt":"2019-02-12T15:06:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.indianatech.edu\/?post_type=news&p=146080"},"modified":"2019-02-12T13:04:16","modified_gmt":"2019-02-12T18:04:16","slug":"indiana-tech-to-add-womens-wrestling-set-to-compete-in-2020-21","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.indianatech.edu\/news\/indiana-tech-to-add-womens-wrestling-set-to-compete-in-2020-21\/","title":{"rendered":"Indiana Tech announces the state\u2019s first women\u2019s collegiate wrestling program"},"content":{"rendered":"

FORT WAYNE, Ind. \u2013<\/strong>\u00a0Indiana Tech will be adding the sport of women\u2019s wrestling to its athletics offerings, with the goal of hiring a coach this spring and begin competition in the 2020-21 academic year, Director of Athletics Debbie Warren announced Monday.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe are excited to offer this emerging sport for women and look forward to building a winning program,\u201d Warren said. \u201cThe opportunity to compete for an NAIA national championship is something we think will make us competitive right away.\u201d<\/p>\n

Women\u2019s wrestling will become the 26th<\/sup> varsity program at Tech and the 12th<\/sup> sport to be added to the Warrior Athletics Department since 2005.<\/p>\n

Tech will compete in the NAIA, the only intercollegiate athletics association to sponsor women\u2019s wrestling, where the sport is in its first season as an invitational sport. There were 24 NAIA institutions that sponsored women\u2019s wrestling at the start of the 2018-19 season, and a number of schools have added the sport over the last six months.<\/p>\n

Tech will be the first college in the state of Indiana to offer women\u2019s wrestling to its athletics offerings.<\/p>\n

A national search for a head coach will begin immediately.<\/p>\n

For more information on NAIA Women\u2019s Wrestling, click here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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