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Plan for Homecoming 2017 and nominate royalty
Days of May: Inside the infamous flagpole standoff that put ISU on the brink
Proudly he served: Alumnus honored with Congressional Gold Medal
Birthing dreams: Alumna achieves family, career success through surrogacy
Alumni Association honors seven award recipients
Season of celebration: Unique ceremonies enrich graduation
How we met: Kelsey Wallace and Alex Nagyivan
ISU Olympian inducted into Hall of Fame
Five athletes competed at U.S. volleyball tryouts
Redbird legacy: Family’s Redbird ties extend across 3 generations
Conference champions: Top Valley honors go to men’s basketball coach, player
Pause for applause
Where are they now? Marie DiGiammarino
Mail to the Editor: May 2017
Annual alumni meeting set for June 24
Loyal Redbird couple honored
A NEW alumni service, online book club available
Milner receives $268,000 grant to save circus history
Derrius Rodgers made Illinois State University history as the first 60-meter runner to ever qualify for the NCAA Indoor Championships held during the spring semester. He finished with a time of 6.77 in the preliminary round, missing the finals.
His time earned him Second Team All-American honors and capped an impressive year as a freshman from Lockport studying business management.
“To be a NCAA qualifier is not an easy task, especially indoors where it is only the top 16 in the country that qualify,” assistant coach Brenton Emanuel said. “Not very many people can say they have done that, especially as a true freshman.”
During the season Rodgers crushed a 21-year-old school record in the 60-meters with a time at 6.64, which he ran at the Missouri Valley Conference Championships. He received All-MVC accolades in the 60- and 200-meter dash. He also ran a leg on the Valley champion 4×400-meter relay.
Rodgers captured the MVC Male Freshman of the Year Award and entered the national competition ranked 13th in the country.
