User:Jklooster25/Albion College

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Albion College has 24 varsity athletics teams, with 22 of them being a part of the MIAA Conference. The most recent additions were made for the 2021-2022 school year, which added the Men & Women’s Wrestling teams and Esports. Albion has had 43 First Team All American’s, with the newest additions being Mattie Smith and Hannah Fathman on the Women’s Swimming and Diving team in 2022. Albion has had 16 1st team Academic All-Americans, 12 2nd team Academic All-Americans and 9 3rd team Academic All-Americans as voted by the College Sports Information Directors of America. Albion has overall won 173 men’s MIAA titles (T-2nd overall), as well as 26 women’s MIAA titles (5th overall). Albion won the NCAA Division III football championship in 1994. Albion football has won the MIAA Conference 37 times winning for the first time in 1894 and won back to back titles from 2020-2021. Albion’s two teams that are not part of the NCAA Division III/MIAA are Equestrian and Esports. The equestrian team was started in 2012-2013, and competes in the Intercollegiate Horse Show Association with both Hunt Seat and Western Competition. The equestrian team sent multiple athletes to the IHSA Nationals in 2022 and continues to be a strong competitor in the sport. The Esports team started in the 2021-2022 academic year led by Director Karlo De Los Angeles. The Esports team competes completely separately from the NCAA with teams in different standalone leagues and/or tournaments.