Council of Teachers of Mathematics, the American Chemical Society, and the American Society of Agricultural and Biosystems Engineering. Admissions The average new freshman in Fall 2019 had a 3.43 high school GPA and was ranked in the top 37% of their high school class. Rankings In 2018, University of Wisconsin–River Falls was ranked 93rd in Regional Universities in Midwest, 23rd in Top Public Universities and 381st in Business Programs in United States of America. The University of Wisconsin–River Falls is one of four University of Wisconsin System institutions included in The Princeton Review'''s 2014 list of the "Best in the Midwest." For 2014, U.S. News & World Report ranked UWRF in the top tier for Regional Universities in the Midwest United States. Sustainability UWRF has a STARS rating of Gold. UWRF made Princeton Review's 2021 Guide to Green Colleges. UWRF received an A− grade on the 2011 College Sustainability Report Card. The university has created the St. Croix Institute for Sustainable Community Development, whose mission is "to support and facilitate the University of Wisconsin-River Falls in becoming one of the premier venues for deliberation and demonstration of sustainable community development principles." Athletics UW-River Falls' athletic teams, known by their nickname, the Falcons, compete in 18 varsity sports in of the Wisconsin Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in NCAA Division III. Men's sports include basketball, cross country, football, swimming and diving, and track and field. Women's sports are basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, and volleyball. Men's and women's ice hockey teams compete in the Northern Collegiate Hockey Association. The university also offers club sports for students, including men's volleyball, badminton, paintball, Jiu Jitsu, and rock climbing. From 1991 to 2009, the Kansas City Chiefs used the university's athletic facilities during their annual summer training camp. The Chiefs moved their training camp to Missouri Western State University in St. Joseph, Missouri in 2010. In 2007, the HBO sports documentary, Hard Knocks'', followed the Chiefs throughout their summer training camp at UWRF. The series featured a number of university buildings, including the new student union, Rodli Commons, McMillan Hall, Ramer Field Complex, Hunt Ice Hockey Arena and Laboratory Farm #1. Notable faculty Osborne Cowles, basketball coach John Q. Emery, early university president Michael Norman, author Edward N. Peterson, historian Greta Gaard, ecofeminist scholar Notable alumni References External links Wisconsin–River Falls Athletics website University of Wisconsin-River Falls River