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On Tuesday, the University of Wisconsin-Whitewater baseball team defeated Emory 7-0 and in doing so claimed the Division III national championship. Here's the celebratory scrum ...
UW-Whitewater wins the D III baseball National Championship! pic.twitter.com/IA399UabsP
— The Fan 1075 (@WDUZ) May 27, 2014
That's news enough, but it so happens that earlier this year the Warhawks also won the D-III national title in football and men's basketball. That's the first time in NCAA history that a school has pulled off the major-sport trifecta in the same year.
Here's the official acknowledgement from the Death Star itself ...
TRIPLE CROWN! UW-Whitewater collects #NCAAD3 baseball championship to cap historic trifecta: http://t.co/LdGSTUBlO8 pic.twitter.com/Qnb08q9DWe
— NCAA (@NCAA) May 27, 2014
Declaration: The University of Wisconsin-Whitewater is good at sports.