Cross country ===
During the fall of 2015 the woman's cross country team won first place in the NAIA Cross Country National Championship in Charlotte, North Carolina. This was the first time Bushnell University's (then known as Northwest Christian) cross country team won first place in this championship. The seven runners who competed at the meet were, Melissa Rios (Freshman), Rosa Schmidt (Sophomore), Shea Vallaire, (Junior), Michelle Fletcher, (Junior), Macie Gale, (Junior), and Alyssa Harmon (Junior).
=== Other sports ===
In 2018, Bailey Dell won the NAIA national championship in women's javelin. In 2019, Anika Rasubala won the NAIA national championship in women's steeplechase.
== Notable alumni ==
Mary Burrows, politician
Bruce Hanna, politician
Mickey Loomis, general manager of the New Orleans Saints (NFL)
E. R. Moon, class of 1903, Christian missionary to the Belgian Congo from 1908 to 1923 as well as Jamaica from 1938 to 1944
Frank Morse, class of 1966, president of Morse Brothers construction company …
