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PANTHER VARSITY SPORTS FALL Men’s Cross Country Women’s Cross Country Football Women’s Rugby Men’s Soccer Women’s Soccer Volleyball WINTER Men’s Basketball Women’s Basketball Men’s Swimming & Diving Women’s Swimming & Diving Men’s Indoor Track & Field Women’s Indoor Track & Field SPRING Baseball Men’s Golf Women’s Golf Softball Men’s Tennis Women’s Tennis Men’s Outdoor Track & Field Women’s Outdoor Track & Field EIU FIGHT SONG “We are loyal EIU, we’re loyal and true ‘though the odds be great or small, we’ll still be cheering you - rah, rah So fi ght you Panthers for the glory of our dear name fi ght on for Eastern, come on you Panthers win this game!” CTS ty EIU QUICK FA Eastern Illinois Universi Name ................................................... ....................................... Charleston, Illinois EIU ALMA MATER Location ................... ......................1895 / 12,129 Founded / Enrollment ........................ ................ Panthers “For us arose thy walls and towers Nickname ....................................................... Colors .....................................................................Blue and Gray NCAA Division I / FCS in Football Their beauty, strength and grace Affi liation ................................. Ohio Valley Conference, since 1996-97 are ours Conference ................... .......... www.EIUpanthers.com Website .......................................... Thy hills and prairies at thy feet for us in lovely landscape meet So must our hearts remember thee, so may our lives a tribute be Strong, true and beautiful and brave and free So shall our hearts, our hearts, remember thee.” 13 Below is the complete listing of Ohio Valley Conference and independent championships won by EIU Panther squads (thru spring, 2007) during the past 12 seasons. 2006-2007 Football .............OVC Co-Champion and ......NCAA First Round (at-large berth) Men’s Indoor Track & Field ..................... ....................................OVC Champion Women’s Indoor Track & Field ............... ....................................OVC Champion Men’s Outdoor Track & Field .................. ....................................OVC Champion Women’s Outdoor Track & Field ............. ....................................OVC Champion 2005-2006 Men’s Cross Country .....OVC Champion Football ...................OVC Champion and NCAA First Round Men’s Indoor Track & Field ..................... ....................................OVC Champion 2004-2005 Women’s Soccer .........OVC Tournament Champion and NCAA First Round Men’s Swimming .................................... ..................Midwest Classic Champion Men’s Indoor Track & Field ..................... ....................................OVC Champion Volleyball ................. OVC Co-Champion 2003-2004 Men’s Cross Country .....OVC Champion Women’s Soccer .........OVC Tournament Champion and NCAA First Round Men’s Swimming .................................... ..................Midwest Classic Champion Men’s Indoor Track & Field ..................... ....................................OVC Champion Men’s Outdoor Track & Field .................. ....................................OVC Champion continued on next page... VOLLEYBALL faced eventual Final Four fi nisher, Arizona, in the fi rst round of the 2001 NCAA Tournament after winning the OVC post-season title. FOOTBALL has reached the NCAA Playoffs seven times in the past twelve seasons, including three straight appearances from 2000-02. As the premiere NCAA Division I squad in the country, WOMEN’S RUGBY went 11-0 in 2002, while the 2006 team posted a 9-1 record, outscoring the opposition 653 to 42. 14 EIU PANTHER CHAMPIONSHIPS continued from previous page... 2002-2003 Men’s Cross Country .....OVC Champion Football ......................NCAA First Round (at-large berth) Women’s Rugby ..................11-0 Record Women’s Soccer .........OVC Tournament Champion and NCAA First Round Women’s Swimming ............................... ..................Midwest Classic Champion Men’s Indoor Track & Field ..................... ....................................OVC Champion Men’s Outdoor Track & Field .................. ....................................OVC Champion 2001-2002 Men’s Cross Country .....OVC Champion Women’s Cross Country ......................... ....................................OVC Champion Football ...................OVC Champion and NCAA NCAA First Round Women’s Soccer ...............OVC Tourney Champion & NCAA First Round Men’s Swimming .................................... ..................Midwest Classic Champion Men’s Indoor Track & Field ..................... ....................................OVC Champion Men’s Outdoor Track & Field .................. ....................................OVC Champion Volleyball .....................OVC Tournament Champion and NCAA First Round 2000-2001 Baseball ......................... OVC Champion Men’s Basketball .........OVC Tournament Champion and NCAA First Round Men’s Cross Country .....OVC Champion Football ...................OVC Champion and NCAA NCAA First Round Women’s Soccer ........... OVC Champion Men’s Indoor Track & Field ..................... ....................................OVC Champion Men’s Outdoor Track & Field .................. ....................................OVC Champion continued on next page... WOMEN’S SOCCER qualifi ed for four straight NCAA College Cup appearances in 2001, 2002, 2003, and 2004. MEN’S CROSS COUNTRY has won eight of ten OVC championships while the WOMEN’S CROSS COUNTRY squad ran away with the OVC title in 2001. A perrenial conference power, the MEN’S TRACK & FIELD squad has won 19 of 21 Ohio Valley Conference indoor and outdoor championships and joined up with WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD to sweep both the indoor and outdoor titles in 2007. 15 EIU PANTHER CHAMPIONSHIPS continued from previous page... 1999-2000 Women’s Soccer .... OVC Champion and OVC Tournament Champion (no automatic NCAA berth in 1999) Men’s Outdoor Track & Field .................. ....................................OVC Champion 1998-1999 Baseball .......................OVC Tournament ........Champion and NCAA First Round Men’s Cross Country .....OVC Champion Men’s Indoor Track & Field ..................... ....................................OVC Champion Men’s Outdoor Track & Field .................. ....................................OVC Champion Volleyball ....................... OVC Champion 1997-1998 Baseball ......................... OVC Champion Men’s Indoor Track & Field ..................... ....................................OVC Champion Men’s Outdoor Track & Field .................. ....................................OVC Champion 1996-1997 Men’s Cross Country .....OVC Champion Football ...........NCAA NCAA First Round (at-large berth) Men’s Indoor Track & Field ..................... ....................................OVC Champion Men’s Outdoor Track & Field .................. ....................................OVC Champion WOMEN’S SWIMMING captured the 2003 Midwest Classic championship while MEN’S SWIMMING claimed respective 2002, 2004 and 2005 Midwest Classic titles. The men swam to a perfect 11-0 dual record in 2002. BASEBALL won the OVC and then upset former national champion Arizona in the 1999 NCAA Tournament in Waco, Texas. OVC all-time scoring leader HENRY DOMERCANT (2000-03) takes it to the rim. The Panthers show off their 2001 OVC tournament championship trophy, which they won in dramatic fashion. The win qualifi ed EIU for its second NCAA tournament appearance. 16 Team and individual success continued for EIU athletics during the 2006-07 school year as the Panthers fi nished second in the OVC Men’s All-Sport race and fourth in the OVC Women’s All-Sport race. Since joining the league in 1996, EIU has won four OVC ‘All-Sports Championships’ and has never fi nished lower than fourth. Over the course of the season EIU claimed fi ve conference titles with FOOTBALL winning its second straight OVC title while the EIU MEN’S TRACK & FIELD team returned to dominance sweeping the indoor and outdoor titles. The EIU WOMEN’S TRACK & FIELD team also climbed to the top of the conference by winning its fi rst indoor and fi rst outdoor titles. EIU student-athletes also found success in the classroom with fi fteen teams posting a 3.0 or better GPA and 56 percent of EIU athletes posting a 3.0 or higher GPA. Eleven EIU athletes were named to CoSIDA/ESPN The Magazine Academic All-District teams with baseball’s ERIK HUBER, golf’s ANTHONY IMBURGIA, and track & field’s NICOLE MARCZEWSKI and DAN STRACKELJAHN becoming the latest Panthers to earn Academic All-American honors. This marks the fi rst time since 1989 that four or more Panthers have earned the prestigious honor. EIU football swept both OVC ‘Player of the Year’ Awards as VINCENT WEBB was named the offensive player of the year and DONALD THOMAS the defensive player of the year. WOMEN’S SOCCER was represented on the OVC stage as junior KELLIE FLOYD was named the conference Player of the Year as EIU advanced to the OVC Tournament semifi nals for the eighth straight season. Freshman basketball players ROMAIN MARTIN and JESSICA HUFFMAN were each chosen the men’s and women’s OVC ‘Freshman of the Year’ giving EIU two straight seasons with both the men’s and women’s top freshman. Head coaches TOM AKERS and MARY WALLACE both swept indoor and outdoor track and fi eld Coach of the Year honors as the EIU men and women won all four championships. Senior runner DAN STRACKELJAHN was named the