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Winona State University
208 Memorial Hall - Winona, MN - 55987
Team Office: Tel: 507-457-5530 Fax: 507-457-5479
Team website: www.winona.edu/athletics/
Founded in 1858 as a teacher's college, Winona State University is now a comprehensive, regional public university. Winona State offers 80 undergraduate, pre-professional, and graduate programs on three campuses. Undergraduate degrees include Accounting, Elementary Education, Mass Communications, Criminal Justice, Nursing, and Aviation. Over 60% of those enrolled are women. US News 2008 Report on America's Best Colleges ranked Winona State #52 among universities in the midwest for Master's degrees.
The campus is located in Winona (pop. 28k) located in the southeastern corner of the state on the Wisconsin border. The campus is about 2.5 hours from Chicago.
School website
www.winona.edu/
College Profile
Type:
Public, co-edReligious Affiliation:
NoneEnrollment:
8,000Getting In:
Moderately Difficult. ACT 25/75: 21-24Tuition + Room & Board:
In-state: $13,000Out-of-State: $17,000
Most Popular Majors
Education - Business - Health
Misc. Information
Head coach Mike Leaf completed his 10th year at Winona State in 2007-08. Leaf has put big numbers up the last four years. In 2005-06, his championship team went 31-4. Leaf outdid that in 2006-07 going 35-1 and undefeated in league play. Then, in 2007-08 he topped that, going 38-1 overall and undefeated in league play while picking up his second national championship in three years, beating Augusta State for the title.
| Team Name | Warriors |
| Colors | Purple and White |
| Division | NCAA Division II |
| All-Time Record |
Recent Record (Last 8 Years)
| Last Yr |
Last Yr - 1 |
Last Yr - 2 |
Previous 5 Years |
|
| Overall |
38-1
|
35-1
|
31-4
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86-61 (.585)
|
| Conference |
18-0
|
18-0
|
13-1
|
57-27 (.700)
|
| Conf. Finish |
1
|
1
|
1
|
1, 3, 7, 6, 2
|
| Post Appear. |
Nat'l Ch
|
Finals
|
Nat'l Ch
|
NCAA 2x
|
| Final 25 Rank |
#3
|
#1
|
#6
|
0x
|
Coaches
| Head Coach | Mike Leaf |
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Birthday: 0000-00-00 |
| Started at Winona St | 1998-99 |
| Contract Expires | |
| Record as Head Coach | 224-88 (.718) |
| Record at Winona St | 224-88 (.718) |
| Coaching Awards | NSIC COTY 3x, NCAA D2 COTY (06) |
| Asst. Coaches | Tom Brown, Chris Grove, Brady Moore |
Recruiting Coordinator
Tom Brown, 507-457-5218, Tbrown@winona.edu
Conference and Schedule
Winona State plays in the Northern Sun Intercollegiate Conference (www.northernsun.org) which is comprised of ten teams from Minnesota, South Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska. Winona State will play each team twice, home and away. The 18 game conference schedule usually starts in December. League games on typically Fridays and Saturdays and often piggybacked with the women. The farthest conference away game is at Northern State some 475 miles from campus. The season concludes with the Northern Sun tourney which includes all eight teams with the winner receiving a berth in the NCAA tourney.
Conference Opponents
Southwest Minnesota State, Minnesota St-Moorhead, U. Minnesota-Crookson, Bemidji St, Wayne St, Concordia-St. Paul, U. of Mary, and Northern St.
Facilities
McCown Gym
Capacity: 3,500
Style/Stats
In 2005-06, Winona State was ranked 21st in scoring offense, averaging 83.6 ppg. In 2006-07, they were #8 at 85.6 ppg.
Ver:2002-09-29