The Cal Baptist University men’s wrestling team has raised more than $1 million in an effort to reinstate its program after school officials announced it would be one of three major sporting programs getting cut by the school in the coming months.
In January, the university announced that wrestling, men’s golf and men’s swimming and diving would be discontinued due to the “evolving intercollegiate landscape,” which has CBU joining the Big West Conference starting in July.
“We have closely monitored the shifting landscape of intercollegiate athletics that has affected institutions across the nation,” said a statement from Micah Parker, CBU’s vice president of athletics. “While we had hoped to continue offering our full slate of athletic programs in this new environment, it has become clear that changes are required to realize the university’s goal of achieving greater competitive excellence that the new Division I era demands.”…