The Millikin University women's basketball team is continuing its successful start to the 2021-22 season following a recent 87-43 win over Eureka College on Jan. 3. Millikin is 10-3 on the season as the Big Blue set to return to College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) play.
Senior year, for most students, can end up being a crazy roller coaster. The moments these seniors experience can be a scary, yet exciting new step in their lives. Cal Pohrte, a senior sports management major from New Lenox, Ill., will forever remember the friends and memories made at Millikin.
To be a student-athlete at Millikin University takes sacrifice and commitment. "Wearing the Blue" is a privilege reserved for individuals willing to do anything to represent Millikin and the Big Blue family.
In the latest edition of Millikin Magazine, we celebrate those who excelled in competition and became role models for the next generation of student-athletes. Millikin University has a long-standing history of women's athletics, and now, over 50 years and 10 NCAA teams later, Millikin is celebrating a proud tradition of women wearing the Big Blue.
Millikin University junior Gretchen Gould is working to bring agriculture back into elementary school classrooms with the help from her professors and inspiration from her internship experiences. Gretchen is an elementary education major in Millikin's School of Education and is also pursuing an endorsement in special education.
Millikin University Athletic Director Dr. Craig White announced on Dec. 9 that Carlton Hall has been named the Big Blue's new Head Football Coach. Hall, Millikin's Defensive Coordinator for the last two years, takes over the position effective immediately.
Back in April 2021, Millikin University Director of Athletics Dr. Craig White announced that former Big Blue assistant coach Kramer Soderberg was named Millikin's new Head Men's Basketball Coach.
Soderberg has been on the Millikin staff since 2015 serving as the program's top assistant coach. Now as head coach, Soderberg is dedicated to changing the culture of the program.
Millikin University's women's basketball team is off to a 3-1 start to begin the 2021-22 season. In her first three seasons leading the program, head coach Olivia Lett has installed her system and her recruiting classes have now filled the roster.
Lett's hard work is paying off as the team is coming off its first College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) Tournament title since 2005.
Millikin University wrestlers are helping make a difference in the local Decatur (Ill.) community by working with members of the Decatur Police Department and how the department approaches public safety.