Founding & history
Opened in 1964 as a branch of these two Ohio universities
What are Miami University and Ohio State University?
Wright State is classified as this level of research university.
What is R2: Doctoral Universities – High research activity?
Wright State’s NCAA Division I teams are known by this nickname.
Who are the Raiders?
Wright State’s colors are this duo.
What are green and gold?
The first WSU intercollegiate team formed in 1968 played this sport.
What is men’s soccer?
Wright State became an independent university in this year.
What is 1967?
The branch campus located on Grand Lake St. Mary's is called this
What is Wright State University–Lake Campus?
Wright State competes primarily in this athletic conference.
What is the Horizon League?
This iconic Dayton prairie near campus served as the Wright brothers’ early test-flight site.
What is Huffman Prairie?
WSU baseball finished second in the NCAA Division II World Series in this year.
What is 1987?
The university is named after these famous Dayton aviation pioneers.
Who are Orville and Wilbur Wright?
The university offers more than this number of total academic programs.
What are more than 340 programs?
The Raiders won the NCAA Division II Men’s Basketball national championship in this year.
What is 1983?
In 2017, Wright State celebrated this major milestone.
What is its 50th anniversary?
This WSU sport made a notable NCAA Division I appearance in 1993 with a major upset.
What is men’s basketball?
Much of Wright State’s campus land came from this nearby military base.
What is Wright‑Patterson Air Force Base?
Wright State’s motto, “Ad docendum, Investigandum, Serviendum,” translates to this.
What is “Teaching, Research, Service”?
Wright State’s mascot is this wolf character.
Who is Rowdy Raider?
Wright State officially adopted this health policy in 2017.
What is becoming a tobacco‑free campus?
The new women’s sport added in recent years that now competes in Conference USA.
What is bowling?
Wright State’s first building opened as part of a major fundraising effort that raised this amount in 1962.
What is $3 million?
This is the approximate total student enrollment across all campuses (2024–25).
What is about 11,924 students?
The women’s bowling team competes in this conference.
What is Conference USA?
Raider Country consists of this number of Ohio counties.
What is 16 counties?
The athletic director, Joylynn Brown, was a former athlete in this Raider sport.
What is volleyball?