The strength of ISU’s volleyball roster was proven during the spring semester, when five team members were chosen to participate in the U.S. Women’s National Team Open Tryouts held in Colorado.
Five athletes competed at U.S. volleyball tryouts
Unit: Athletics
Freshman runner at NCAA championships
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.
Conference champions: Top Valley honors go to men’s basketball coach, player
After leading the Redbirds to a regular-season championship for the first time in nearly two decades, head men’s basketball coach Dan Muller was named the 2017 Missouri Valley Conference Coach of the Year. Senior Paris Lee also captured top honors when named the MVC Larry Bird Player of the Year and the Defensive Player of the Year.
Loyal Redbird couple honored
Sandi (Platta) ’67 and Steve Adams received the 2017 Joseph F. Warner Golden Redbird Award.
ISU gymnastics star grabs top-20 finish at NCAA Regional
In her first appearance at the NCAA Regional, Illinois State freshman gymnast Gabrielle Cooke recorded a top-20 finish on the floor exercise.
Record-breaking Redbirds to host MVC softball tournament
After 29 games away from home, the Redbirds returned to the newly renovated Marian Kneer Stadium.
ISU tennis to host men’s and women’s team championships
The 2017 MVC Men’s and Women’s Team Tennis Championships will be played April 28 to 30 at Illinois State’s Gregory Street Tennis Courts.
Former MLB player to address suicide awareness, April 12
John Trautwein, former Major League Baseball player, international business executive, and author, will speak about suicide awareness at 8 p.m. on April 12.
Swimming, track, gymnastics earn academic honors
Amanda McClain has been named the 2016-2017 Missouri Valley Conference Elite 18 Award recipient for the Women’s Indoor Track & Field Championship and a total of 11 members of Illinois State’s swimming and diving team have been named to the Missouri Valley Conference’s Scholar-Athlete Team.
Winter sports capture titles, break records, and earn top seeds
The Illinois State winter sports teams worked and played hard with many positive outcomes including men’s basketball earning No. 1 seed in the NIT.
