Category: Sports Update

Already known for athletic and academic excellence, the University of Indianapolis Greyhounds are seeking support to cement their status among the elite of NCAA Division II. A new one-year Champions Challenge campaign aims to generate funding for programs and capital improvements that will propel UIndy’s athletics program to the next level. An anonymous donor has pledged $250,000 toward a matching […]

Football preview For the third season in a row, the UIndy football team comes into the 2014 season as the unanimous favorite to win the Great Lakes Valley Conference title.  UIndy is coming off consecutive GLVC championships and NCAA postseason appearances and returns 15 starters—nine offensive, six defensive—from last year’s 10-2 squad. The Greyhounds swept through their 2013 conference slate, […]

Former minor league baseball player fuels hope of national title for the Greyhounds Reece Cheatham was fresh out of Pike High School in Indianapolis when he was drafted to play baseball for the Chicago White Sox minor league affiliation. For the next four years, Reece played for four clubs, but was released in 2010 at the age of 22. He […]

Men’s basketball The UIndy men’s basketball team enjoyed one of its best seasons this year. The Greyhounds captured the 2014 GLVC East Division title while notching their third straight 20-win season and securing a fourth consecutive NCAA Tournament berth—all program firsts. The team’s primary strengths came from its up-tempo play and willingness to share the basketball. In mid-March, UIndy ranked […]

Football team on track for success Winners of seven of their first eight games, the No. 10-ranked UIndy football team is gearing up for the first round of the NCAA Division II Championships in 2013. Last season, the Greyhounds made their first postseason appearance since 1975 and first since joining Division II; UIndy earned the No. 4 seed and ousted […]

Can volleyball squad repeat success? A new face will patrol the sidelines of Ruth Lilly Center during volleyball matches this fall, but expect to see plenty of similarities when the Greyhounds’ 2013 edition takes the court. Jason Reed steps in as the new head coach to replace two-time national coach of the year Jody Rogers, who is now leading Virginia […]

Eight UIndy sports teams volunteered at UIndy for Riley’s annual Dance Marathon on January 19, helping the organization raise more than $6,000 for Riley Hospital for Children. The annual Dance Marathon event is the largest fundraiser of the year for UIndy for Riley, which is dedicated to raising funds for the hospital. The group’s goal for the year was $6,000, […]

GLVC Scholar Athlete In February UIndy junior Klay Fiechter found out that he was one of seven student-athletes from the fall sports to be named as a 2012–13 Great Lakes Valley Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Fiechter, a running back and return specialist on the UIndy football squad that captured the inaugural GLVC Championship this past fall, was a unanimous […]

The Great Lakes Valley Conference announced in January that retired administrator and professor Dr. Ken Borden has been elected for induction into the GLVC Hall of Fame. “I’ve always said that the GLVC is the best conference in Division II, so I’m very priviliged and honored to be elected to the Hall of Fame, especially knowing the caliber of people […]

UIndy’s Athletics & Recreation Center soared to international fame last year when it hosted practice sessions for the Super Bowl Champion New York Giants, but now it is realizing its true destiny. The football field that once filled the center’s 68,000-square-foot air-supported dome has long since been replaced with field sports amenities and a six-lane track that’s been enjoyed throughout […]