USI Division I Conference Partnership Announcement Set For Today
WHO: USI President Ronald S. Rochon, Athletic Director Jon Mark Hall and Conference partner representation. USI coaches and athletes, students, employees, retirees and media are encouraged to attend in-person to celebrate the announcement.
WHAT: USI Athletics is hosting a press conference to announce the University’s Division I conference affiliation. Conference affiliation is the next step for the University before making a formal bid for reclassification with the NCAA prior to a June 1 deadline. Upon acceptance, the transition process takes four years to complete. USI would begin competing in a Division I conference at the beginning of the 2022-23 academic year and would leave the GLVC at the end of this academic year.
WHEN: The press conference will be held at 10 a.m. Wednesday, February 9.
WHERE: The press conference will be held in the Screaming Eagles Arena. A map of the USI campus, featuring the Screaming Eagles Arena, can be found at USI.edu/map. If you are unable to attend the event in person, a live-stream link is available.
*A limited number of media parking spots will be reserved in Lot C in front of the Screaming Eagles Arena.
Founded in 1965, the University of Southern Indiana enrolls more than 11,000 dual credit, undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral students in more than 130 areas of study. A public higher education institution, located on a beautiful 1,400-acre campus in Evansville, Indiana, USI offers programs through the College of Liberal Arts, Romain College of Business, College of Nursing and Health Professions and the Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education. USI is a Carnegie Foundation Community Engaged University and offers continuing education and special programs to more than 20,000 participants annually through Outreach and Engagement. USI is online at www.usi.edu.
