Eastern Illinois Panthers

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Eastern Illinois Panthers
Logo
University Eastern Illinois University
Conference Ohio Valley Conference
NCAA Division I
Athletic director Tom Michael
Location Charleston, Illinois
Varsity teams 9 men's and 10 women's
Football stadium O'Brien Stadium
Basketball arena Lantz Arena
Baseball stadium Coaches Stadium at Monier Field
Mascot Billy the Panther
Nickname Panthers
Website www.eiupanthers.com

The Eastern Illinois Panthers are the intercollegiate athletic programs of Eastern Illinois University (EIU) located in Charleston, Illinois, United States. The Panthers athletic program is a member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC)[1] and competes at the NCAA Division I[2] level including the Football Championship Subdivision. EIU's colors are blue and gray. Selected as the team mascot in 1930, EIU's panther, was informally known as "Billy" for many years and was officially named "Billy the Panther" in 2008.[3] Panther teams have won five NCAA national championships in three sports.[4] The Panthers also won the 1969 NAIA men's soccer title.[5]

Teams

Eastern Illinois athletics began in the school's very first year, with the inaugural football team taking the field only three weeks after the first students arrived on campus in 1899.[6]

A member of the Ohio Valley Conference, Eastern Illinois University sponsors teams in ten men's and eleven women's NCAA sanctioned sports:[7]

Men's Intercollegiate Sports Team article Head Coach Women's Intercollegiate Sports Team article Head Coach
Baseball — Jason Anderson Basketball — Debbie Black
Basketball Panthers men's basketball Jay Spoonhour Cross Country — Erin Howarth
Cross Country — Erin Howarth Golf — Mike Moncel
Football Panthers football Kim Dameron Rugby [v 1] — Frank Graziano
Golf — Mike Moncel Soccer — Jason Cherry
Soccer [v 2] — Kiki Lara Softball — Angie Nicholson
Swimming & Diving [v 2] — Jacqueline Michalski Swimming & Diving [v 2] — Jacqueline Michalski
Tennis — Sam Kercheval Tennis — Vacant
Track & Field (Indoor & Outdoor) — Tom Akers Track & Field (Indoor & Outdoor) — Tom Akers
Volleyball — Samantha Wolinski
Notes
  1. ↑ Rugby is an NCAA "emerging sport" which is fully sanctioned, but does not yet have a national championship.[8] Eastern Illinois competes as an independent.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 2.2 The men's soccer team and the men's and women's swimming teams compete as associate members of The Summit League

Sports Highlights

Baseball

    • 1981 NCAA Division II World Series Runner-Up.[9]

Men's basketball

Year Seed First Round Winner First Round Loser
1992 15 Indiana 94 Eastern Illinois 55
2001 15 Arizona 101 Eastern Illinois 76

Football

Year First Round Home Team First Round Away Team Quarterfinal Home Quarterfinal Away
1982 OT Eastern Illinois 16 Jackson State 13 Tennessee State 20 Eastern Illinois 19
1983 2OT Indiana State 16 Eastern Illinois 13
1986 Eastern Illinois 28 Murray State 21 Eastern Illinois 22 Eastern Kentucky 24
1989 Idaho 21 Eastern Illinois 38 Montana 25 Eastern Illinois 19
1995 Stephen F. Austin 34 Eastern Illinois 29
1996 Northern Iowa 21 Eastern Illinois 14
2000 Montana 45 Eastern Illinois 13
2001 Eastern Illinois 43 Northern Iowa 49
2002 Western Illinois 48 Eastern Illinois 9
2005 Eastern Illinois 6 Southern Illinois 21
2006[12] Eastern Illinois 13 Illinois State 24
2007 Southern Illinois 30 Eastern Illinois 11
2009 Southern Illinois 48 Eastern Illinois 7

Men's soccer

  • NCAA Division II runners-up in 1978, 3rd in 1977, and 4th in 1974.
  • Stripped of 1981 Division I 3rd-place finish.
  • 1969 – NAIA National Champion.

Men's cross country

Team Championships:

  • 1968 – NCAA College Division National Champions
  • 1969 – NCAA College Division National Champions
  • 1977 – NCAA Division II National Champions

Men's track and field

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See also: Track and field

Team Championships (men's):

  • 1974 – NCAA College Division National Champions

Individual Champions:

  • 1955 – Ray White, NAIA Long Jump
  • 1967 – John Craft, NAIA Triple Jump
  • 1969 – John Craft, NCAA College Division Triple Jump
  • 1972 – Rodney Jackson, NCAA College Division 400 hurdles
  • 1973 – Rodney Jackson, NCAA College Division 400 hurdles
  • 1974 – Darrell Brown, NCAA Division II Long Jump
  • 1975 – Toni Ababio, NCAA Division II Long Jump
  • 1975 – Toni Ababio, NCAA Division II Triple Jump
  • 1976 – Ed Hatch, NCAA Division II 400 Meter Dash
  • 1979 – Robert Johnson, NCAA Division II 110 hurdles
  • 1981 – Augustine Oruwari, NCAA Division II 110 hurdles
  • 1988 – Jim Maton, NCAA Division I 800 meter run (Indoor)
  • 1992 – Dan Steele, NCAA Division I 400 hurdles

Softball

The Panther softball team has appeared in two Women's College World Series, in 1971 and 1974.[13]

Notable former athletes

References

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External links

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