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UWM's athletic teams are nicknamed the Panthers. UWM has had three mascots and nicknames: Green Gulls (1927–1956), Cardinals (1956–1964) and Panthers (1964–present).<ref>[http://digicoll.library.wisc.edu/cgi/f/findaid/findaid-idx?c=wiarchives;cc=wiarchives;q1=Green%20Gulls;rgn=main;view=text;didno=uw-mil-uwmac0008 UWM Library Archives], Golda Meir Library. Retrieved on Feb. 18, 2009.</ref> Before 1990, the university's athletics program spent the majority of its history at the NCAA Division III and II levels, as well as several years at the NAIA level. All non-Division I sports moved to the NCAA Division I level for the 1990–91 academic year.
 
From 1998 to 2007, the Milwaukee Panthers have qualified for NCAA Tournaments at the team level a total of 24 times in six different sports, making Milwaukee the second most successful college athletic program in the state of [[Wisconsin]] (trailing only the [[Wisconsin Badgers]] of the [[Big Ten]] Conference).
 
The Panthers received national media attention with an appearance in the [[NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Championship#Regional semifinals and finals|Sweet Sixteen]] of the [[2005 NCAA Men's Division I Basketball Tournament|2005 Men's Basketball NCAA Tournament]]. Other sports that Milwaukee competes in include [[baseball]], women's [[volleyball]], men's and women's [[cross country running|cross-country]], men's and women's Indoor and Outdoor [[Track and Field]], men's and women's [[Swimming (sport)|Swimming]] and [[Diving (sport)|Diving]], and women's [[tennis]].