Team
Northern Iowa
92 NCAA tournaments, 1928–2026. Best team finish: 1st (1950).
1team title
19top-10 finishes
23individual titles
128All-Americans
481qualifiers
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Team history
No team history has been written for Northern Iowa yet. The record below is complete; the writing comes one program at a time.
Recent tournaments
All years| Year | Place | Qualifiers | Record | Champions | All-Americans |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | T31 | 5 | 10–10 | 0 | 0 |
| 2025 | 9 | 10 | 22–19 | 0 | 2 |
| 2024 | 14 | 7 | 16–12 | 1 | 1 |
| 2023 | T16 | 7 | 16–13 | 0 | 1 |
| 2022 | T20 | 8 | 17–15 | 0 | 1 |
| 2021 | 19 | 6 | 12–11 | 0 | 1 |
| 2019 | T13 | 6 | 16–11 | 1 | 2 |
| 2018 | T24 | 6 | 12–12 | 0 | 1 |
| 2017 | 18 | 7 | 17–14 | 0 | 2 |
| 2016 | T25 | 5 | 9–11 | 0 | 1 |
Place is the published NCAA team standing. Qualifiers are tournament entries; All-Americans are top-eight finishes as each era awarded them.
Individual champions
23- 2024 184 Parker Keckeisen
- 2019 184 Drew Foster
- 2000 149 Tony Davis
- 1963 137 Bill Dotson
- 1955 157 Bill Weick
- 1953 157 Jim Harmon
- 1952 130 Gene Lybbert
- 1952 157 Bill Weick
- 1951 147 Keith Young
- 1950 145 Keith Young
- 1950 155 Bill Nelson
- 1950 165 Bill Smith
- 1949 145 Keith Young
- 1949 155 Bill Nelson
- 1949 165 Bill Smith
- 1948 147 Bill Koll
- 1947 128 Russ Bush
- 1947 145 Bill Koll
- 1947 165 Bill Nelson
- 1946 121 Cecil Mott
- 1946 128 Gerry Leeman
- 1946 145 Bill Koll
- 1937 135 Ray Cheney