Millikin Big Blue
| Millikin Big Blue | |
|---|---|
Decatur Indoor Sports Center Fairview Park Tennis Complex | |
| Nickname | Big Blue |
| Colors | Blue and White |
| Website | athletics |
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The Millikin Big Blue are the intercollegiate athletic programs of Millikin University (MU) located in Decatur, Illinois, United States. The Big Blue athletic program is a member of the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) and competes at the NCAA Division III level.
History
Millikin University was a member of the
Washington Redskins
.
Sports sponsored
| Men's sports | Women's sports |
|---|---|
| Baseball | Basketball |
| Basketball | Cross Country |
| Cross Country | Golf |
| Football | Soccer |
| Golf | Softball |
| Soccer | Swimming & Diving |
| Swimming & Diving | Tennis |
| Tennis | Track and field† |
| Track and field† | Triathlon |
| Volleyball | Volleyball |
| Wrestling | |
| † – Track and field includes both indoor and outdoor | |
A member of the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin, Millikin University sponsors teams in twelve men's and eleven women's NCAA sanctioned sports.
National championships
Team
- 2004–05: Women's Basketball
Individual
Wrestling
- Bradan Birt - 165 wc. (2021-22)
Men's Swimming
- Rodney Miller – 200 yd. breast (1985–86, 1986–87, 1987–88)
- Rodney Miller – 100 yd. breast (1986–87, 1987–88)
- Rodney Miller – 200 yd. IM (1987–88)
- Scott Walker – 100 fly (1990–91)
Men's track
- Carl Alexander – Outdoor 100 m. dash (1997–98)[2]
Notable former athletes
- George Corbett – football player: Chicago Bears running back from 1932 to 1938
- Sid Gepford – NFL player in 1920
- Lori Kerans – basketball coach, gave Millikin their first NCAA Division III national championship win; coached from 1985 to 2018
- Fred T. Long – Negro league baseball player and college football coach: played four seasons in Negro National League and amassed a 227–151–31 coaching record from 1921 to 1965 at various colleges including three Black college football national championships (1928, 1932, 1945)
- Harry Long – college football coach, won a Black college football national championship in 1924 as coach of Paul Quinn College; assistant coach to his brother Fred for his 1932 and 1945 championships
- Chuck Martin – football head coach at Miami of Ohio; former coach of Grand Valley State, where he won back-to-back NCAA Division II national championships
- Danny Moeller – Major League Baseball player, 1907–1916, with Pittsburgh Pirates and Washington Senators
- Jeff Monken – football head coach at United States Military Academy
- Montreal Olympic Games in 1976 in women's 100m breaststroke and 200m breaststroke; former American record holder in 200M Breaststroke[3]
- George Musso – football player: Chicago Bears lineman from 1933 to 1944; nine-year team captain, elected to the Pro Football Hall of Fame in 1982
- Jeff Query – football player: former Green Bay Packers and Cincinnati Bengals wide receiver; 141 receptions for 1,865 yards and 11 touchdowns in 84 career games.
- Mike Rowland – pitcher for San Francisco Giants, 1980–1981[4]
- Don Shroyer – college football coach at Millikin and Southern Illinois
- Virgil Wagner – Canadian Football League player, Montreal Alouettes halfback from 1946 to 1954; elected to Canadian Football Hall of Fame in 1980
- Art Wilson – Major League Baseball player
References
- ^ "Big Blue Athletics History". Millikin University Athletics. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
- ^ "Millikin Champions" (PDF). Millikin University Athletics. Retrieved December 29, 2017.
- ^ New York Times April 12, 1975, pp.31
- ^ "Mike Rowland Stats". Baseball Almanac. Retrieved 2008-06-19.