The Indiana Wesleyan Wildcats are the athletic teams that represent Indiana Wesleyan University, located in Marion, Indiana, in intercollegiate sports as a member of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA), primarily competing in the Crossroads League (formerly known as the Mid-Central College Conference (MCCC) until after the 2011–12 school year) since the 1973–74 academic year; while its football team competes in the Mideast League of the Mid-States Football Association (MSFA) and its men's and women's swimming teams compete in the Mid-South Conference (MSC).

They were also a member of the National Christian College Athletic Association (NCCAA), primarily competing as an independent in the Midwest Region of the Division I level.

[1][2] The university has earned a national reputation for athletic excellence and in recent years, has dominated both the Crossroads League and NCCAA.

[4] Katie Wilson and Lucia Solis won the ITA NAIA National Tennis Doubles Title in 2015.

The men's basketball team qualified for the NAIA national tournament and advanced to the Elite Eight for the first time in program history.

However, the story of the year was the record-breaking women's basketball team, who captured the first NAIA national championship in school history by defeating College of the Ozarks in the final.

The women's soccer team also won the NCCAA national championship (the program's fourth overall) and finished with a season record of 21–2–1, the best in school history.

Despite losing 4 starters from the previous season, they started 2007–2008 18–0, extending their record mark by winning a staggering 56 consecutive games.

However, IWU received an at-large bid to the NAIA National Tournament, where, though favored, they lost in the first round against William Jewell College.

More misery ensued with a shocking loss at home to arch-rival Taylor University in the MCC Tournament first round, which ensured that there would be no return trip to the NAIA's.

[12] In March, IWU clinched their record seventh straight MCC Commissioners Cup, with an 18-point lead over nearest rival, Bethel College.

The loss represented a bitter disappointment for the men's program, as qualifying for the NAIA tournament was a major goal for a talent-laden team including senior standouts Joel Trainer, Christian Davis, Mason Bragg and Ben Chleboun.

[18] In the NCCAA national championship quarterfinals, the top-ranked men's soccer team defeated 8th-seeded Mid-America Christian University 8–1 to advance to the semifinals.

[19] In the national semifinals, where the Wildcats lost the previous year, IWU defeated 5th-seeded Mid-Continent University 4–3 in a wild match.

After taking a 1–0 lead, disaster struck as freshman Ross Tanzer was ejected in the first half, forcing IWU to play a man down for a staggering 70 minutes.

However, trailing 3–2 with 10 minutes left to play, senior Joel Trainer and his sophomore brother David scored in dramatic fashion to win the match, clinching the program's first ever birth in a national championship.

The IWU victory over MCU avenged a 2005 loss at the same stage in the NCCAA tournament, which was seniors Joel Trainer, Christian Davis, Mason Bragg, and Ben Chleboun's freshman season.

The Lady Wildcats ended their season with a 24–10 record and qualified for the NAIA national tournament for an impressive seventh consecutive year.

Senior standout Antonio Murrell ended his IWU career with a 23-point performance against Ozarks, which made him the fourth-highest scorer in program history.