Athletics

  • The women's volleyball Cardinals earn their eighth Mid-American Conference (MAC) regular season title in 2010.
  • In the 2010 season, the softball Cardinals tied for first place in the MAC and won the MAC Tournament championship. Plus, they qualified for the NCAA regional tournament.
  • Ball State earned an A grade and a perfect score in the 2010-11 Black Coaches and Administrators report card on hiring football head coaches. 
  • The Ball State athletics program received the MAC's Institutional Academic Achievement Award for the 2008-09 academic year. The award recognizes the school with the highest student-athlete grade point average. 
  • In the 2008-09 season, the women's basketball Cardinals had their best record, 26-9. The team won its third straight MAC West title, its first MAC Tournament championship, and its first NCAA Division I Tournament berth. The Cardinals stunned the women's basketball world with their first-round win in the NCAA tournament against two-time defending national champion, the University of Tennessee.