Rutgers Scarlet Knights
Intercollegiate sports teams of Rutgers University
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| 2024 | Yaraslau Slavikouski placed 7th in NCAA Wrestling Championship in Heavyweight class in Kansas City, MO |
| 2024 | Dylan Shawver placed 7th in NCAA Wrestling Championship at 133 lbs in Kansas City, MO |
| 2024 | Anticipating a highly-ranked recruiting class featuring two McDonald's All-American players: forward Airious 'Ace' Bailey and guard Dylan Harper. |
| 2023 | Sebastian Rivera secured 2nd place in the 65 kg Freestyle category at the World Championships in Belgrade |
| 2023 | Both Ron Harper Jr. and Caleb McConnell enter the NBA, continuing Rutgers' tradition of producing professional basketball players. |
| 2023 | In their most recent NIT appearance, Rutgers lost to Hofstra in overtime in the First Round. |
| December 28 2023 | Rutgers won the 13th Bad Boy Mowers Pinstripe Bowl against the Miami Hurricanes with a score of 31-24. |
| 2022 | Men's Soccer team won the Big Ten Tournament championship. |
| 2022 | Greg Bulsak placed 8th in NCAA Wrestling Championship at 197 lbs in Detroit, MI |
| 2022 | Sebastian Rivera placed 3rd in NCAA Wrestling Championship at 141 lbs in Detroit, MI |
| 2022 | Eugene Omoruyi joins the NBA, playing until 2023. |
| 2022 | Rutgers returns to the NCAA tournament as the lowest NET-ranked team (77th) to receive an at-large bid. |
| 2022 | Rutgers participated in the First Four of the NCAA tournament, losing to Notre Dame in double overtime. |
| 2022 | The team's most recent appearance in the NCAA tournament, continuing their tradition of competitive collegiate basketball. |
| March 2022 | Rutgers president Jonathan Holloway admitted the athletic department was 'highly unlikely' to break even financially, despite Big Ten revenue. |
| 2021 | Rutgers accumulated $265 million in debt since joining the Big Ten conference, causing concern from New Jersey's governor. |
| 2021 | Women's Soccer team won the Big Ten Regular Season championship. Women's Field Hockey team won the Big Ten Tournament championship. |
| 2021 | Won the first Big Ten team title in school history, achieving an undefeated record against Big Ten teams during the regular season. |
| 2021 | The Rutgers field hockey team won their first-ever Big Ten Tournament championship by defeating the Michigan Wolverines 1-0 in the championship game, becoming the first Rutgers program to achieve this milestone. |
| 2021 | Jackson Turley placed 8th in NCAA Wrestling Championship at 174 lbs in St. Louis, MO |
| 2021 | John Poznanski placed 4th in NCAA Wrestling Championship at 184 lbs in St. Louis, MO |
| 2021 | Sebastian Rivera placed 4th in NCAA Wrestling Championship at 141 lbs in St. Louis, MO |
| 2021 | Rutgers breaks its 30-year NCAA tournament drought, earning a 10-seed and achieving its first tournament win since 1983 by defeating Clemson in the first round. |
| December 31 2021 | Rutgers lost to Wake Forest 38-10 in the Taxslayer Gator Bowl. |
| 2019 | Anthony Ashnault won 1st place in the 70 kg Freestyle category at the Pan American Championships in Argentina |
| 2019 | Anthony Ashnault won the NCAA Wrestling Championship at 149 lbs in Pittsburgh, PA |
| 2019 | Nick Suriano and Anthony Ashnault became the first NCAA champions for Rutgers wrestling program. Anthony Ashnault also became the first four-time All-American in program history, finishing first at the national championships in Pittsburgh. |
| 2019 | Under coaches Geo Baker and Ron Harper Jr., Rutgers reaches 20 wins for the first time since 2003-04, with an 18-1 home record and four wins against ranked opponents. The team ranks in the top 25 of the AP men's college basketball poll for the first time since 1979. |
| 2018 | Nick Suriano placed 2nd in NCAA Wrestling Championship at 125 lbs in Cleveland, OH |
| 2018 | Scott DelVecchio placed 6th in NCAA Wrestling Championship at 133 lbs in Cleveland, OH |
| 2016 | Steve Pikiell is hired as Head Coach, marking the beginning of a renewed period of success for the program. |
| 2014 | Rutgers Women's Basketball team won the WNIT Championship. |
| 2014 | Rutgers plays its first season in the Big Ten conference. |
| December 26 2014 | Rutgers won the Quick Lane Bowl against the North Carolina Tar Heels with a score of 40-21. |
| 2013 | A scandal involving head coach Mike Rice Jr. occurs, where he is shown on video verbally and physically abusing players, resulting in his firing and the resignation of athletic director Tim Pernetti. |
| December 28 2013 | Rutgers lost to Notre Dame 16-29 in the New Era Pinstripe Bowl. |
| 2012 | Football team became Big East Conference co-champions. |
| 2011 | Professor William C. Dowling received the Drake Group's Robert Maynard Hutchins Award for opposing commercialized Division I athletics. |
| 2011 | The Scarlet Knights Wrestling Club (SKWC) was founded as an independent, non-profit charitable organization to promote amateur wrestling in the United States. In the same year, the IRS approved SKWC as a tax-exempt, charitable, educational organization under Section 501(c)3. |
| 2011 | Hamady N'Diaye enters the NBA, playing until 2014. |
| December 20 2011 | Rutgers beat Iowa State 27-13 in the Pinstripe Bowl. |
| 2010 | Rutgers football team set a record high Academic Performance Rate (APR) of 992 for a Football Bowl Subdivision team. |
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