tennis, track & field and volleyball. Former sports included women's bowling. Mascot Nebraska Wesleyan has been associated with four mascots in its history, the Sunflower (1894–1907), the Coyote (1907–1933), the Plainsman (1933–2000), and the Prairie Wolf (2000–present). The school colors are black and gold. Athletic facilities Nebraska Wesleyan's athletic facilities include Abel Stadium, which seats approximately 2,500 people and is used for college football, soccer and other events, and Snyder Arena, which seats 2,350 and is used for basketball and volleyball. Accomplishments The men's golf team won the 2006 NCAA Division III National Championship, its first in men's golf. The Prairie Wolves won by 10 strokes over the University of Redlands. The men's golf team has also won 35 conference championships; with back to back championships in 2018 and 2019. The men's basketball team won the 2018 NCAA Division III National Championship, its first in men's basketball. Greek life IFC Fraternities Phi Kappa Tau Theta Chi Zeta Psi Panhellenic Sororities Alpha Gamma Delta Delta Zeta Willard Notable alumni Brenda Bence – author Kate Bolz – USDA State Director of Rural Development for Nebraska, former Nebraska State Senator, 2020 Democratic nominee for Nebraska's 1st Congressional District Shawn Bouwens – professional football player for NFL's New England Patriots, Detroit Lions, and Jacksonville Jaguars Ralph G. Brooks – 29th Governor of Nebraska Carl T. Curtis – former United States Senator Sandy Dennis – Oscar-winning actress John R. Dunning – physicist and key player in the Manhattan Project Mignon Eberhart – mystery novelist Rick Evans – singer and guitarist, writer of hit "In the Year 2525" as part of group Zager and Evans Ted Genoways – poet and former Virginia Quarterly Review editor John M. Gerrard – current Judge for the Federal District of Nebraska and former Associate Justice on the Nebraska State Supreme Court Gene V Glass – Regents' Professor Emeritus at Arizona State University, author, social scientist Dwight Griswold – former United States Senator and Governor of Nebraska Mary Lou Harkness – university library director Kent Haruf – novelist Glenn Hefner – father of Hugh Hefner, former accountant and treasurer for Playboy Robert Hilkemann – Nebraska State Senator Harry Huge – international lawyer Lew Hunter – screenwriter and Chair Emeritus of UCLA Film Department Emily Kinney – television and theater actress (The Walking Dead) Lowen Kruse – minister and former Nebraska State Senator Jason Licht – general manager of NFL's Tampa Bay