Image courtesy of Illinois State Athletics The Illinois State baseball team has made a new hire at the assistant coach position, hiring Tony Jandron. Tony Jandron has been building his reputation as a successful coach in every program he has been a part of. He was the assistant at Central Michigan for five seasons before joining the Redbirds. The Chippewas went 177-80 while he was the assistant there. Before coaching […]
Image courtesy of ISU Redbird Hockey on Facebook NORMAL, Ill. - When most kids get into hockey, they look up to players like Patrick Kane, Connor McDavid, or Cale Makar; forwards and defensemen who dazzle with skills like insane speed or quick stickhandling. For Payton Aldridge, he found inspiration somewhere else. “I went to a Blackhawks game with my dad when I was about 8, and I liked watching Corey […]
NORMAL, Ill. - The Illinois State hockey program had a busy weekend as the D1 team traveled to take on the #7-ranked University of Jamestown, D2 took on in-state rival Southern Illinois-Edwardsville at home, and D3 traveled to face off against the University of Arkansas. D1 had a close game one, but managed to pull out a 3-2 win off of Pavel Bakhtin’s first collegiate goal and captain Tony Campise’s […]
Photo Courtesy of Redbird Athletics NORMAL, Ill. – Paul Kabbes, who knows the Bloomington-Normal area well, will become the schools new Deputy Director of Athletics for External Operations at Illinois State University. ISU Interim Director of Athletics Dr. Jeri Beggs made the announcement about the hiring. “We are excited to welcome Paul and his family back to Illinois State,” Beggs said. “ He brings with him a wealth of knowledge […]
Image courtesy of Boise State Athletics NORMAL, Ill - The Illinois State University Athletics Department recently announced the newest addition to its coaching staff, proudly welcoming Jake Jacoby as the new assistant coach of the for the horizontal jumps and multis. “I'm very excited to be here with a good group of athletes that I will be working with and with a great attitude as well" Jacoby said, "I can […]
Image courtesy of Dana White's Contender Series BLOOMINGTON, Ill - The BloNo twin cities are known for a lot of things. The low-profile city is known for its two universities, the State Farm Insurance headquarters, and more. When it comes to sports, Bloomington and Normal have yearly competitive and exciting collegiate and high school competition. However, outside of the college level, this area hasn’t produced much. In rare instances, we’ve […]
Image courtesy of Redbird Athletics Each year, Illinois State University Head Football Coach Brock Spack chooses Illinois State football student-athletes for prestigious endowed scholarships, and this year Coach handed out four. The winners of these endowed scholarships; runningbacks Wenkers Wright and Cole Mueller, Tight End Max Ziebarth, and quarterback Zach Annexstad (pictured above). Wright was awarded the W.F. Ruebush Endowed Scholarship, a redshirt sophomore running back from Floyds Knobs, Indiana, […]
Image courtesy of ISU hockey NORMAL, Ill - Illinois State University Hockey was split this weekend as the #15 ranked D1 team stayed at home to take on the #23 ranked University of Mary Marauders, as the D3 team left town to face the Purdue Boilermakers. The D1 team managed to sneak out a win over the Marauders in game one, winning in the shootout, 4-3. Mitch Oberlag and Mike […]
Image courtesy of Redbird Athletics NORMAL, Ill. - Illinois State University Redbird volleyball is on the road this weekend as they move into their second week of MVC conference play starting against Murray St. The redbirds (2-12) look to begin a stretch of winning ball as the time for MVC play has finally arrived. The birds who wrapped up preseason non-conference play (2-10) lost their first two conference games against […]
