The Millikin University Women's basketball team is off to a 7-3 start this season and a major contributor to the Big Blue's success has been the play of freshman Elyce Knudsen of Philo, Ill.
The Millikin University wrestling team won its second straight College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) Wrestling Championship on Feb. 13 at the Carver Center in Rock Island, Ill.
Millikin had four individual champions and had five other wrestlers earn All-Conference honors including four second place finishers. Millikin scored 153.5 team points followed by North Central at 146.5 and Augustana at 100.5 points.
Millikin University sophomore Jarius Ingram has quite the busy schedule with his academics and as a member of the Big Blue men's basketball team.
A Millikin Presidential Scholar from Decatur, Ill., the biology major has found the move to online classes helpful in balancing his schedule especially with the upcoming 2021 basketball season.
Millikin University women's basketball is coming off its best season in 10 years after finishing 16-10 overall with a fourth place finish in the College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin (CCIW) at 9-7 in 2019-20.
College coaches are always saying that "recruiting is the lifeblood of a program." Sometimes, the recruiting process leads to hidden gems right in a coach's backyard.
Ryan Birt joined Millikin University in January 2015 as the Big Blue wrestling coach. He was selected to restart the Millikin wrestling program that had been dormant since 2008. In five years, Birt has taken the wrestling program from nonexistent to a College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) championship.
The College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin (CCIW) is celebrating 75 years with a new monthly feature titled "The Decade Series."
Millikin University is pleased to announce the five newest members to the Millikin Athletic Hall of Fame. The 2020 class will be part of a formal induction ceremony at a future date as allowed by the COVID-19 pandemic.