RB4L Spotlight: Moving medical school online

Moving his education online during the COVID-19 crisis provides a much bigger challenge for Jared Hendren than it does for many other college students. The former Redbird baseball athlete and current Southern Illinois University (SIU) School of Medicine student is in his second year of medical school, when future doctors usually are paired up with a physician mentor and gain clinical and face-to-face practice with patients.

Three coaches sign contract extensions

Jeff Bovee

Illinois State Director of Athletics Larry Lyons rewarded three head coaches with contract extensions in early November: head baseball coach Steve Holm, head women’s basketball coach Kristen Gillespie and director of track and field/cross country Jeff Bovee.

Redbird Baseball upsets No. 1 Vanderbilt

The Illinois State baseball team split a doubleheader with No. 1 Vanderbilt on Sunday in Nashville, winning the second game 7-3 and handing the Commodores their third loss of the season.