ATHLE TICS AND RECRE ATION
It’s difficult to overstate THE TRADITION OF
EXCELLENCE of Illinois Wesleyan University’s
athletic programs.
I N THE Learfield Director’s Cup STANDINGS (based on NCAA postseason competition),
IWU RANKS
14 TH NATIONALLY
(the HIGHEST RANKING for any CCIW member institution), placing us alongside the likes of MIT, Emory, and Johns Hopkins.
WITH
128 ACADEMIC
ALL-AMERICANS
IWU is among the
™
TOP 25 institutions across
ALL NCAA PROGRAMS in the NATION, regardless of division! That’s more than Duke. More than Harvard. And twice as many as Butler.
O NLY five Division III athletic programs ARE RANKED in the TOP 10 for all-time Academic All-Americans™ AND finished in the
TOP 15 in the Learfield
Director’s Cup: Emory, Johns Hopkins, MIT, Washington University in St. Louis and Illinois Wesleyan!
BREAKTHROUGH FACILITIES Great programs require top-notch facilities. Few colleges can boast the impressive athletic and recreational facilities that are available for ALL Illinois Wesleyan students (not just our Varsity athletes): SHIRK CENTER FOR ATHLETICS AND RECREATION • 155,355 square-foot multi-purpose facility • Six-lane, 200-meter indoor track
• Four multi-purpose courts for tennis, basketball and volleyball • Putting surface for golf
• Two baseball/softball batting cages SHIRK STRENGTH CENTER
SHIRK FITNESS CENTER
• Two racquetball courts
• 30 cardiovascular machines
• Golf simulator room
• 27 circuit training machines
• Cardiovascular machines
• Spinning room with a 70˝ TV
• Free weight room with six platforms and seven power racks FORT NATATORIUM • Eight-lane, 25-yard by six-lane, 25-meter swimming pool • Two diving boards — one-meter and three-meter • State-of-the-art water filtration and dehumidification systems KECK TRACK • Outdoor eight-lane, 400-meter track
• NCAA/IAAF-sanctioned
BEADLES-MORSE TENNIS COURTS • Seven outdoor courts (four of which are lighted) • Resurfaced in the summer of 2017
PUSH PAST.
Here’s the bottom line. If you’re looking for a great education and the chance to play on a nationally-ranked athletic team, you’d be hard
pressed to do better than Illinois Wesleyan University. • The Titans compete for conference and national championships as a member of the NCAA Division III and the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) • IWU sponsors 22 varsity sports for men and women • Students also participate in a wide range of intramural and club sports and recreational activities • The Titans have won 152 conference championships and are considered one of the strongest athletic programs nationally • Each year, our student-athletes raise approximately $30,000 for charity and record more than 6,000 service hours in the community
REACH FURTHER.
KARLY GOODMAN
Track & Field JAVELIN NATIONAL RUNNER-UP SHOT PUT 8TH IN THE NATION
AMELIA GLUECK
Track & Field LONG JUMP NATIONAL CHAMPION and 2018 CCIW WOMAN of the YEAR
Softball National Runner-Up Women’s Lacrosse 9th in the Nation Women’s Outdoor Track 12th in the Nation Women’s Golf 13th in the Nation Men’s Golf 15th in the Nation Football 17th in the Nation Men’s Lacrosse 17th in the Nation Women’s Basketball 17th in the Nation Women’s Soccer 17th in the Nation Volleyball 17th in the Nation Women’s Indoor Track 27th in the Nation Men’s Basketball 33rd in the Nation Women’s Swimming 45th in the Nation
BASEBALL
Coach Dennis Martel | dmartel@iwu.edu
• Men: finished 22-17, including a 10-4 victory over Division I Illinois State
BASKETBALL
Men’s Coach, Ron Rose | rrose@iwu.edu
• Men: finished 19-8, conference co-champions, NCAA Tournament
Women’s Coach, Mia Smith | msmith@iwu.edu • Women: finished 25-4, conference regular season and tournament champions, hosted first and second round NCAA tournament games
CROSS COUNTRY
Coach Greg Huffaker | ghuffake@iwu.edu
• Men: finished 5th in conference and 16th at NCAA Regional • Women: finished 2nd in conference and 9th at NCAA Regional
FOOTBALL
Coach Norm Eash | neash@iwu.edu
• Men: finished 9-2, conference co-champions, hosted first round NCAA playoff game
GOLF
Men’s Coach, Jim Ott | jott@iwu.edu
• Men: won 7 straight conference championship, finished 15th th
in NCAA Tournament Women’s Coach, Patrick Freeman | pfreemantpi@gmail.com • Women: won 3rd straight conference championship, finished 13th in NCAA Tournament
LACROSSE
Men’s Coach, Zach Iannucci | ziannucc@iwu.edu
• Men: finished 16-4, won conference regular season and tournament championship, first round of NCAA Tournament, nation’s highest scoring offense
Women’s Coach, Lindsey Kellar | lkellar@iwu.edu • Women: finished 16-5, won conference regular season and tournament championship, hosted first round of NCAA Tournament, advanced to Sweet Sixteen
2017-18 Season Recap Last season, 8 IWU teams won or shared a conference championship, and 4 teams captured conference tournament titles!
SOCCER
Men’s Coach, Kyle Schauls | kschauls@iwu.edu
• Men: finished 11-6-1, 2 in conference, conference tournament qualifier nd
Women’s Coach, Tony Dulak | adulak@iwu.edu • Women: finished 17-5, 2nd in conference, advanced to conference tournament championship, advanced to NCAA Tournament second round
SOFTBALL
Coach Tiffany Prager | tprager@iwu.edu
• Women: finished 40-14-1, conference regular season and tournament champions, NCAA Regional Champions, NCAA Super-Regional Champions, NCAA National Runner-Up
SWIMMING & DIVING
Coach Teresa Fish | tfish@iwu.edu
• Men: finished 4 at conference championships, sophomore Will Garcia th
chosen as Co-Swimmer of the Meet at conference championships • Women: finished 2nd at conference championships, junior Lisa Cheng finished 13th in NCAA 50 Freestyle, 32nd in 200 Freestyle, and 23rd in 100 Freestyle
TENNIS
Director Matt Runyan | mrunyan@iwu.edu Men’s Coach, Sam Totten | stotten@iwu.edu
• Men: finished 7th in conference championships Women’s Coach, Greg Lumb | glumb@iwu.edu • Women: finished 6-9, including win over Division II Shepherd, finished 7th at conference championships
TRACK & FIELD
Coach Chris Schumacher | cschumac@iwu.edu
• Men: finished 5 at conference indoor championships and 6th in outdoor th
• Women: finished 4th at conference indoor championships and 2nd in outdoor, finished 27th in NCAA Indoor Championships and 12th in NCAA Outdoor Championships
VOLLEYBALL
Coach Kim Nelson-Brown | knbrown@iwu.edu
• Women: finished 23-8, 2nd in conference regular season, conference tournament semi-finalist, hosted NCAA Regional Tournament, advanced to second round of NCAA Tournament
“As a Titan, you will receive an outstanding education. You will not be asked to miss a class to practice your sport and we work hard to avoid conflicts when scheduling competitions away from campus. Our top priority is utilizing athletic participation to enhance the educational experience while also developing true leaders who are successful on the field, off the field, and prepared for life.” Michael Wagner, Athletic Director
Sean O’Carroll ’18 Titan Track & Field Fulbright Scholar
INTRAMURAL, RECREATIONAL, AND WELLNESS ACTIVITIES At Illinois Wesleyan, we want ALL
OUR STUDENTS, (not just
our athletes) to be as healthy and have as much active fun as possible. • IWU INTRAMURAL AND CLUB SPORTS programs include: badminton, basketball, cheerleading, dance team, soccer, softball, Tae Kwon Do, volleyball, and yoga, and more. • IWU STUDENT WELLNESS offers a variety of fitness-oriented classes such as: boot camp, hoop, kickboxing, pilates, spinning, WERQ, yoga, and zumba. THE COMMUNITY OF
Bloomington-Normal OFFERS
an array of opportunities for athletic and recreational activities:
• PEPSI ICE CENTER provides ice time for hockey and skating year-round. • UPPER LIMITS Rock Gym and Pro Shop, among the largest climbing gyms in North America, features more than 20,000 square feet of climbing surface, a 110-foot outdoor wall, and even ice climbing on an artificial frozen waterfall during the winter months. • CONSTITUTION TRAIL features more than 24 miles of paved trail through both forested and commercial areas of the Twin Cities. The trail is perfect for runners, cyclists and in-line skaters and is accessible just a few blocks from the Shirk Athletic Center.
10 T OP COLLEGE TOWN BLOOMINGTON – NORMAL
No.
(Business Insider, 2017)
No. 1 Most educated city in Illinois (Yahoo! Finance, 2016) No. 3 Top 25 small college towns in America (USA Today, 2016) No. 3 Best job destinations for college grads (under 250,000 residents) (American Institute for Economic Research, 2016)
No. 4 Best cities for new graduates (ValuePenguin, 2016) No. 7 Best small cities for educated millenials (Business Insider, 2015) 1 of 11 “Amazing cities you’ve never thought to live in, but should”
(Huffington Post, 2016)
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No. 28 Best places for STEM grads (Nerd Wallet, 2016) Top 50 College towns with best music scenes (GoodDeedSeats, 2018)
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www.iwusports.com | www.iwu.edu Illinois Wesleyan University | PO Box 2900 | Bloomington, IL 61702-2900 Photo on front cover: Men’s Lacrosse 2018 CCIW Tournament Championship