The 2001 Season, known by the marketing promotion "Come watch the Excitement!" turned out to have various meanings throughout the year. The Wildcats rocketed off with a 13-0 season record (not including exhibition) to start to their season en route to the coveted McFlurry Cup. Lead by seven GLIAC All Conference players and the runner up to the widely popular Public Radio 90's Most Improved Player, the 'Cats posted a remarkable 24-6 on the season to win the regular season trophy, the McFlurry Cup.

Along with the All Conference players, the backbone to the Wildcat's winning season was their "Error Free Infield", the only team in the league to have their infielders go the whole regular season without giving up an error. Along with the excitement created by the stellar start to the season, and the error free infield, C.W. Mayher, better known his senior year as "Mr. Excitement," was also the first pitcher in NMU Wildcat history to pitch a perfect game in the new millennium. The last time a perfect game was pitched was in 1999.

The following schedule includes most of the game highlights from that magical 2001 championship season.
 

Final Conference Standing: First Place 24-6 (38-9 overall)

April 1st @ South Carolina State (Div I) Loss (exhibition)
April 2nd @ National Defense University Win (1-0)
April 3rd @ Trinity College Win (2-0)
April 5th Moorhead St (DH) Win/Win (4-0)
April 6th Kettering Win (5-0)
April 8th @ Alaska Anchorage (DH) Win/Win (7-0)
April 9th @ Alaska Pacific Win (8-0)
April 10th @ Alaska Fairbanks Win (9-0)
April 12th Cleveland Inst of Arts % Win (GLI)
April 13th North Central Michigan College % Win (GLI)
April 15th @ Buffalo (Div I) Loss (exhibition)
April 16th UW Fox Valley (DH) Win/Win (11-0)
April 17th @ UW Green Bay (Div I) Win (exhibition)
April 19th Central State (DH) Win/Win (13-0)
April 20th @ Kettering (DH) Loss/Loss(13-2)
April 22nd Michigan Tech * Loss (13-3/0-1)
April 23rd Finlandia (DH) * Win (0-4) Win (1-5) (15-5) (Gliac 2-1)
April 25th @ Indianapolis * Win (6-1) (17-5) (Gliac 3-1)
April 26th @ Ferris State (DH) * Win (6-3) Loss (2-7) (18-5) (Gliac 4-2)
April 27th @ Lake Superior State (DH) * Win (5-0) Win (5-0) (20-5)(Gliac 6-2)
April 29th Indianapolis (DH) * Win (2-5) Win (3-4) (22-5) (Gliac 8-2)
April 30th Ferris St * Win (2-8) (23-5) (Gliac 9-2)
May 1st @ Finlandia * Win (5-1) (24-5) (Gliac 10-2)
May 2nd @ Michigan Tech (DH) * Loss (2-5) Loss (1-5) (24-7) (Gliac 10-4)
May 3rd Lake Superior State (DH) * Win (1-5) Win (5-8) (26-7)(Gliac 12-4)
May 5th @ Ferris State * Win (3-1) (27-7) (Gliac 13-4)
May 6th @ Indianapolis (DH) * Win (8-0) Win (7-1) (29-7) (Gliac 15-4)
May 7th @ Lake Superior State * Win (6-4) (30-7) (Gliac 16-4)
May 9th @ Finlandia (DH) * Win (7-6) Win (6-4) (32-7) (Gliac 18-4)
May 10th @ Michigan Tech * Loss (0-1) (32-8) (Gliac 18-5)
May 11th Michigan Tech (DH) * Win (4-5) Loss (10-2) (33-9) (Gliac 19-6)
May 12th Finlandia * Win (8-0) (34-9) (Gliac 20-6)
May 13th Lake Superior State * Win (0-6) (35-9) (Gliac 21-6)
May 14th Indianapolis * Win (3-5) (36-9) (Gliac 22-6)
May 15th Ferris State (DH) * Win (1-6) Win (5-6) (38-9) (Gliac 24-6)

May 17th GLIAC Tournament, Battle Creek, MI

NCAA Div II regionals, campus sites, May 19-21

NCAA Div II Finals, Valdosta State, May 26- June 2

DH- Double header
*- Conference game
% Great Lakes Invitational of Baseball, Petoskey, MI