Photo Courtesy of ISU Athletics NORMAL, Ill. - The NCAA Gymnastics Regionals will feature three Redbirds when the meet takes place in Oklahoma. Angelica Labat, Jaye Mack and Alana Laster will be the trio competing in the meet. For Labat, this will be her second year competing in the meet. As for the other two, their years as freshmen are wrapping up with their first appearance in the regional.“We are […]
Photo courtesy goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. - Illinois State gymnastics put on a show for their senior night on Saturday, topping Southeast Missouri State with a final score of 195.350-192.750.The meet started out strong with a vault score of 48.900, as expected for a team that has dominated that event this season. However, they scored even better on bars, scoring a 49.150 in the event to make it not only their […]
Image courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. - ISU gymnastics was able to host their first home meet of the year on Friday night against Eastern Michigan. It was in front of that home crowd that the Redbirds lost 193.950-192.650. However, the meet certainly wasn’t all Eagles.The night started on vault for the ‘birds, where they put up a season-best score of 48.725. They carried that momentum into the bars, where […]
Photo courtesy of goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. - Illinois State University has appointed Kyle Brennan Director of Athletics. Brennan succeeds Larry Lyons who announced his retirement after 33 years with the university. Brennan will become the 12th athletic director in school history. Prior to this position he served as the University of Utah's chief operating officer and deputy athletics director for internal operations. He brings more than 16 years of athletic […]
Photo courtesy goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. - With nine new players on the roster this year and their leading scorer graduated, Head Coach Dan Muller is looking towards some of those new players to make an impact on the court. One of the most intriguing newcomers is 6"2 combo guard Josiah Strong. Strong started off his collegiate career at the United States Naval Academy where he played 31 games coming off […]
Photo courtesy ISU Athletics NORMAL, Ill. - It's all about the execution in sports regardless if you're an athlete or not. The same goes for ISU Athletic Director Larry Lyons as he looks to recover from the situation with his Plan for Social Change. Associate Dean in the College of Arts and Sciences Dr. Joseph Blaney, who has researched image restoration in sports, said that the plan put in place […]
Photo courtesy Redbird Athletics website ST. LOUIS - Redbird senior golfer Becca Black was named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete team Thursday, April 9. According to GolfStat, Black is third in the MVC and averaging about 76 strokes per round. She scored par or under par in three rounds this season. During the 2019-2020 season, Black placed third at the Dayton Invitational and finished within the top-25 in all seven tournaments […]
NORMAL - As a result of the concerns surrounding COVID-19, Illinois State Athletics decided to cancel all home spring sports events through March 30th. This doesn't apply to individuals participating in NCAA competition. Redbird teams competing on the road can still play if the host school doesn't cancel the event. ISU Athletic Director Larry Lyons released the following statement Thursday afternoon: “The health, safety, and well-being of our student-athletes, coaches, […]
