Indiana Wesleyan is a member of the [[National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics]] (NAIA) and competes in the [[Crossroads League]]. The Wildcats also compete as a member of the [[National Christian College Athletic Association]] (NCCAA) Division I level.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indwes.edu/athletics/philosophy.asp |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2007-07-30 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070928015820/http://www.indwes.edu/athletics/philosophy.asp |archivedate=2007-09-28}}</ref> Men's sports include football, baseball, basketball, cheerleading, cross country, football, golf, soccer, tennis, and track &and field (indoor and outdoor). Women’sWomen's sports include basketball, cheerleading, cross country, golf, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track &and field (indoor and outdoor), and volleyball. IWU also fields a co-ed competitive cheer team. Indiana Wesleyan is the winningest school in Crossroads League history. IWU won the league Commissioners Cup a record twelve consecutive years, and swimmingplaced among the Top 20 in the NAIA United States Sports Academy Directors' Cup Standings 13 straight years. The university was awarded the 2008 NCCAA President's Cup as the best overall athletic program in the nation, and shared the award with [[Cedarville University]] in 2009, the fourth time IWU won the award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenccaa.org/prescupcurrent_year.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-08-23 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090813133955/http://www.thenccaa.org/prescupcurrent_year.html |archivedate=2009-08-13}}</ref>
Indiana Wesleyan is the winningest school in Crossroads League history. IWU won the league Commissioners Cup a record twelve consecutive years, and placed among the Top 20 in the NAIA United States Sports Academy Directors' Cup Standings 13 straight years. The university was awarded the 2008 NCCAA President's Cup as the best overall athletic program in the nation, and shared the award with [[Cedarville University]] in 2009, the fourth time IWU won the award.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.thenccaa.org/prescupcurrent_year.html |title=Archived copy |accessdate=2009-08-23 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20090813133955/http://www.thenccaa.org/prescupcurrent_year.html |archivedate=2009-08-13}}</ref>