Illinois State student-athletes set a new semester departmental grade-point average (GPA) record of 3.31 during the Spring 2019 semester, topping the previous mark of 3.24 set during the previous two semesters, and five teams tied or beat their previous team GPA records as announced by Assistant Athletics Director for Academics and Life Skills Joe Klausner on Monday.
Jack Anstey, Sydney Laufenberg, and Kameesha Smith will represent Illinois State on the NCAA’s biggest stage when they travel to Austin, Texas, for the 2019 NCAA Division I Outdoor Track & Field Championships, June 5-8.
For the first time since 2010 and the fourth time in program history, the Illinois State baseball team is headed to the NCAA Tournament as the Redbirds earned an at-large bid to the Louisville Regional.
Illinois State Director of Athletics Larry Lyons announced the hiring of Normal native and former Indiana assistant coach Caitlin Hamilton as the program’s new head swimming coach.
As part of the Redbird Arena Seating Enhancement project, Redbird Athletics invites fans and alumni to own a piece of Redbird Arena history by purchasing lower bowl seats. Seats will be sold as individuals, but fans are able to purchase more than one.
The Illinois State women’s tennis team (20-7, 5-0) wrapped up a historic spring season that saw them finish the dual season with 20 or more wins, a feat that hasn’t been accomplished since 2010.
For the first time since 1983-84, the Illinois State women’s track and field team has won back-to-back Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Track & Field titles, as the Redbirds claimed the 2019 MVC Women’s Outdoor Championship on Sunday afternoon.
A team of pioneering Redbird softball players returned to campus 50 years after they finished runners-up in the inaugural Women’s College World Series.
We applaud these Illinois State alumni featured in the March 2019 issue.
Football fans wanting to be a part of the action can get their season tickets now and if they do, head coach Brock Spack will step up as part of the new “Spack Gives Back” campaign.
