1977 and 1979. Notable wrestlers: Olympic Gold Medalist (1952) William Smith wrestled for Iowa State Teachers College (1949 and 1950 NCAA champion) Olympic Silver Medalist (1948) Gerald Leeman wrestled for Iowa State Teachers College (1946 NCAA champion) Pan American Games Gold Medalist (1975) Mike McCready Pan American Games Gold Medalist (1993) Justin Greenlee Pan American Games Silver Medalist (1990) Mark Pustelnik Three-time NCAA Champion (1946-47-48) Bill Koll and member of the 1948 U.S. Olympic team, finishing 5th Three-time NCAA Champion (1947, 1949–50) Bill Nelson and member of the 1948 U.S. Olympic team Three-time NCAA Champion (1949-50-51) Keith Young Three-time NCAA Division II Champion (1976-77-78) Gary Bentrim Three-time NCAA Division II Champion (1978-79-80) and six-time All-American Kirk Meyers Football Men's basketball NCAA Tournament history Other tournaments NAIA National Tournament appearances: 1946, 1948, 1949, and 1953 (2–4 combined tournament record) Competed in the 2007 World University Games as Team USA (finished ninth) Women's basketball Jacqui Kalin helped lead the women's basketball team to consecutive NCAA Tournament berths, as the team won back-to-back MVC Tournament titles. In her freshman year in 2007–08, she led the MVC with an .899 free throw percentage (a school record), and was named MVC Freshman of the Year. In 2010–11 she was named the Jackie Stiles MVC Player of the Year. In 2012–13 she led the league in scoring (19.5 ppg; a school record), had the fourth-highest season free throw percentage in NCAA Division 1 history-and the highest of any senior (95.5%), and was again named the Jackie Stiles MVC Player of the Year. For her career Kalin was first all-time at UNI in scoring (2,081), 3-point field goals made (265), free throws made (484), and free throw percentage (.920; the NCAA Division 1 career record. NCAA Tournament history WNIT history Baseball UNI's men's baseball program was discontinued after the 2008–2009 season. In 1961, the Panthers led by future Baltimore RP Eddie Watt qualified for the NCAA Division 1 Baseball Tournament losing in the District 5 Final to eventual CWS Runner-Up Oklahoma State in Stillwater. The Panthers also qualified for the NCAA Tournament in 1958 and 2001. Other MLB players who attended UNI include Duane Josephson, the first Panther named All-American and who led the nation in HR's. References External links NCAA Division I