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Previously Western Illinois was a member of the Summit League, with its football team playing in the Missouri Valley Football Conference (MVFC). On May 12, 2023 the school announced its departure from the Summit League to become a full member of the Ohio Valley Conference (OVC) in most sports beginning seven weeks subsequent on July 1.
2016–17 Western Illinois Leathernecks women's basketball team; 2017 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team; 2017–18 Western Illinois Leathernecks men's basketball team; 2018 Western Illinois Leathernecks football team; 2018–19 Western Illinois Leathernecks men's basketball team; 2018–19 Western Illinois Leathernecks women's ...
Western Illinois University was founded on April 24, 1899. [7] The land for the university was donated by Macomb's Freemasons (Illinois Lodge #17). Macomb was in direct competition with Quincy, Aledo, Monmouth, La Harpe, and Rushville, as candidates for the site of a "western" university. [8]
Western Illinois had an unofficial football team in 1902, the year the school was established. The team played four games against regional high schools and the Western Illinois Normal & Business Institute going 2–2.
Western Illinois has moved on from Myers Hendrickson after the 34-year-old coach went 0-22 in his two seasons as football coach.
The Western Illinois Leathernecks baseball team is the varsity intercollegiate baseball program of Western Illinois University in Macomb, Illinois, United States. The team is a member of the Ohio Valley Conference, which is part of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division I. Western Illinois’ first baseball team was fielded in ...
Victor E. Huskie – mascot of the Northern Illinois Huskies; Victor E. Tiger – mascot of the Fort Hays State Tigers; Victor E. Lion – mascot of the Molloy Lions; Victor E. Viking – mascot of the Northern Kentucky Norse, the Portland State Vikings, and the Western Washington Vikings; Victor E. Hawk – mascot of the Viterbo V-Hawks