Illinois Men's Volleyball Club

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Illinois Men's Volleyball Club
Year founded1984
City Champaign, Illinois
Team Colors Orange and Blue
Mascot Fighting Illini
Team history as of April 29, 2023:

Big Ten Championships (13)

  • 1994, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2016

MIVA Championships (6)

  • 1998-2001, 2007, 2022, 2023

The Illinois Men's Volleyball Club is a registered student organization at the University of Illinois that plays men's volleyball. This team is composed of students from the University of Illinois and is designated as a club team because the University does not have a varsity men's volleyball team. The club is based at the University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign and is a member of the Midwest Intercollegiate Volleyball Association. The club is divided into three teams divided according to level of competitiveness. All teams in the club compete only in tournaments and there are no lone matches unless they are specially scheduled. The Illinois Men's Volleyball Club was established in 1984 and quickly became one of the top collegiate men's club volleyball teams in the nation. The team has been ranked among the top ten club teams in the nation since 1997. The club placed third in the nation in 2003, 2005, and 2007 and second in 2004. Additionally, the Illinois Men's Volleyball Club hosts an annual tournament in Champaign, Illinois called the Illini 16 and co-hosts the Hoosier-Illini Classic with Indiana University. [1] Additionally, the club hosted an exhibition match for the Blue and Orange teams for the first time in 2008. The Blue team played Purdue University while the Orange team played Illinois State University. [2]

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Organization

The Illinois Men's Volleyball Club consists of three teams of varying competitiveness and time commitment. The first team is the 1s Team and is considered to be the best team. This team competes in Division One of the Midwest Intercollegiate Volleyball Association and generally participates in about twelve tournaments a year including the national tournament. The 2s Team is considered the second team and competes in Division 3 of the Midwest Intercollegiate Volleyball Association. This team participates in about eight tournaments a year. All 3 teams travel to the national championships hosted by the National Intramural-Recreational Sports Association. This tournament hosts only club teams from within the United States and no NCAA varsity men's volleyball teams. . This team competes in the Midwest Collegiate Volleyball Association. The 3s team travelled to the National Tournament for the first time ever in 2017. [3] The Blue and Orange teams generally practice three times a week while the White team practices twice a week. The tryouts for all teams are in September and generally last two or three days. The season for all three teams lasts throughout the school year with nationals being held in April. On average, eighty students try out for the club and tryouts are open to any University of Illinois male student. Each team consists of about fifteen players. Students may also attempt to join the team at other times throughout the year by attending several practices that are viewed as their tryout. The Illinois Men's Volleyball Club is organized and operated by player-elected officers that are chosen at the end of each season. The current officer positions are President, Vice President, Secretary, and Treasurer. [4] The club does not have a coach and each team is instead led by a player who is chosen to be the captain. The club is supported by dues paid by every club member and through funding provided by the University's student organization fund. Additionally, fundraising events are held including a T-shirt sale. [5] The club also receives funds from the University of Illinois because it is registered as a student organization. The designation as a registered student organization allows the club to receive funds from the university, use university buildings for practice, and be officially associated with the university. [6]

Past standings and results

The Illinois Men's Volleyball Club has placed in the top ten nationally since 1999. They have also won the Big Ten Conference ten times and have five Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association championships. The Big Ten Conference in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association consists of the University of Illinois, the University of Michigan, the University of Iowa, Michigan State University, Purdue University, Indiana University, the University of Minnesota, Ohio State University, Northwestern University, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison. This conference is not associated with the Big Ten Conference present in NCAA athletics [7] The club competes in a Big Ten Conference championship tournament as well as the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association tournament and the national tournament at the end of the season. The Illinois Men's Volleyball Club Blue team also had two players named to the First Team All-Tournament team in 2007 and has had at least one player on the First Team All-Tournament team since 2003. [8] The table below displays the results of the National-Intramural Recreational Sports Association/National Club Volleyball Federation tournament and the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association tournament.

YearNational Results [9] Conference Results [10]
199749th-
19983rd-
19995th2nd
20005th-
20013rd-
200229th-
20035th3rd
20042nd-National Runner Up1st
20053rd-Final 42nd
20063rd-Final 41st
20073rd-Final 41st
20082nd-National Runner Up1st
20093rd-Final 41st
20105th-Elite 81st
20115th-Elite 81st
20123rd-Final 41st
20135th-Elite 81st
20149th-Quarter-finals3rd
20159th-Quarter-finals5th
201625th1st
20175th3rd
201825th2nd
20192nd2nd
20221st
20232nd1st

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  6. ↑ Registered Student Organizations. Retrieved March 4, 2008 from www.union.uiuc.edu/involvement/rso/
  7. ↑ Midwest Intercollegiate Volleyball Association. Retrieved March 10, 2008 from www.miva-vball.org/schools/index.cfm
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