BY THE NUMBERS
The National W Club held a reunion for the 1990 NCAA champion men’s hockey team last fall.
The National W Club is the nation’s largest letterwinners organization with 2,200 active, dues-paying members. In the spirit of “Where Are They Now?” here’s a look at the W Club, By The Numbers:
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The National W Club hosts four “Celebrate the Legacy” reunions each fall to welcome letterwinners back to campus. This year, men’s crew (Sept. 1), football (Sept. 10), women’s tennis (Sept. 23-24) and men’s golf (Oct. 14-15) will all be invited back to Madison.
All-time, a total of 11,100 student-
8,600 11,100 10 athletes have earned a letter at Wisconsin.
The number of living letterwin- ners stands at 8,600 (in-
cluding 2,400 that currently live in the state of Wisconsin).
The W Club sponsors 10 events each year for current UW stu- dent-athletes, ranging from the Buckingham Awards show and
letter jacket presentations to the Diversity BBQ and Career Night.
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The W Club organizes and hosts around 25 former letterwinner events each year in the state of Wisconsin. These events include
golf outings, banquets, reunions and alumni weekends.
8,700 2,400
The number of male student- athletes that have earned a
letter at UW, all-time, numbers 8,700.
The UW athletic program has handed out a total of 2,400
letters to female student-athletes in its history
