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March 09, 2025
Men's Bowling

SMYRNA, Tenn. – The 2024-25 Vincennes University Bowling season came to a close over the weekend at the 2025 United States Bowling Congress Intercollegiate Sectional Championships in Smyrna, Tenn. The busy bowling weekend began Friday with the Singles Championships, consisting of six traditional games. Sophomore Dakota Waskom (Louisville, Ky.) paced the Trailblazers Friday in the singles competition, finishing his six games with 1,255 pins to take 50th overall.

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Schedule Tabs

Schedule
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at Dirty Bird Classic
2nd
Jackson, MI
at Midwest Collegiate Championship
34th
Wauwatosa, WI
at Midwest Collegiate Championship
34th
Wauwatosa, WI
at Western Shootout
V - 8th JV - 12th
Indianapolis, IN
at Western Shootout
V - 8th JV - 12th
Indianapolis, IN
Oct 19
Final
at Orange Tournament Bakers
4th
Beavercreek, OH
Oct 20
Final
at Black Tournament Team
3rd
Beavercreek, OH
Nov 02
Final
at Bowlero Southern Classic
17th
Marietta, GA
Nov 03
Final
at Bowlero Southern Classic
17th
Marietta, GA
at National Collegiate Team Match
22nd
St. Clair, IL
at National Collegiate Team Match
22nd
St. Clair, IL
at AHBA No. 4
3rd
Fort Wayne, IN
at Kegel-ISBPIA Midwest Classic
Addison, IL
at Kegel-ISBPIA Midwest Classic
Addison, IL
at MSC Lynne Jordan Memorial
12th
Jeffersontown, KY
at MSC Thomas N. Burris Memorial
11th
Jeffersontown, KY
at Bakers Challenge
6th
St. Clair, IL
at Bakers Challenge
6th
St. Clair, IL
at USBC Sectionals - Singles
Smyrna, TN
at USBC Sectional - Team
Smyrna, TN
at USBC Sectional - Team
Smyrna, TN
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Standings

Standings
teams Conf Overall
Heartland Community College
18-4 28-13
Parkland College
15-5 25-11
John Wood Community College
17-7 21-19
Lincoln Land Community College
12-8 22-13
Lewis & Clark Community College
10-14 21-21
Danville Area Community College
9-15 12-24
Illinois Central College
6-14 11-30
Vincennes University
6-16 16-26
Spoon River College
5-15 15-24
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Recent news

Men's Bowling
Oct. 14
Men's Bowling

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. – The Vincennes University Bowling season continues to roll on as the Trailblazers headed to Indianapolis this past weekend to take part in the Western 300 Shootout. The two-day tournament consisted of six traditional games on Saturday, followed by 16 baker games on Sunday. The Trailblazers were led by freshman Ryan Webber (Evansville, Ind.) who came away with a big Top 10 finish for the tournament, finishing the six traditional games with a total of 1350 pins and a team leading game of 278 to close out the first day of competition and finish ninth overall.

Oct. 07
Men's Bowling

WAUWATOSA, Wis. – The Vincennes University Bowling season rolled on over the weekend as the Trailblazers headed up to Wisconsin for the 2024 Midwest Collegiate Championships Saturday and Sunday. Vincennes came away with a 34th place finish in a loaded field after five traditional games Saturday and 16 baker games on Sunday. The Trailblazers were led in the traditional games by sophomore Dakota Waskom (Louisville, Ky.) who finished with a total of 1,082 pins, including a team-leading game of 262 to begin the weekend and would place 26th overall.

Sep. 24
Men's Bowling

JACKSON, Mich. – The Vincennes University Bowling team had a great start to their 2024-25 season this past Saturday at the annual Dirty Bird Classic hosted by Concordia University in Michigan. The Trailblazers took second place as a team in the tournament, posting a team score of 2803 in three traditional games and a total of 1899 pins in 10 Baker games. Vincennes was led by sophomore Dakota Waskom (Louisville, Ky.) who got the season started with a bang, posting the best game score of the tournament with a 247 in his first game.

Aug. 21
Baseball

VINCENNES, Ind. - John Meeks, an experienced athletics administrator with an academic ethos, is the new Vincennes University Director of Athletics. VU President Dr. Chuck Johnson proudly announced the appointment of Meeks on Wednesday, August 21, during a VU Board of Trustees meeting.  Meeks is a former college basketball coach currently serving as the Director of Athletics at Big Bend Community College in Moses Lake, Washington. He will begin his role leading VU Athletics on Monday, Sept. 9.

Jul. 18
Baseball

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The 2023-24 National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Academic awards were announced Thursday, with Vincennes University well represented. First came the announcement of the 2023-24 Academic Teams of the Year, with teams needing to hold a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or better to be honored. Nearly 1,200 teams were named across the NJCAA members colleges and sports, with Vincennes University being named twice.

Mar. 10
Men's Bowling

SMYRNA, Tenn. – The 2023-24 Vincennes University bowling season came to an end over the weekend at the United States Bowling Congress Intercollegiate Singles and Team Championship Sectionals hosted at the Smyrna Bowling Center in Tennessee. VU freshman Cayden Russell (Noblesville, Ind.) led the charge for the Trailblazers at Friday’s Singles Championships, finishing with a total of 1,343 pins over six games and just missed the cut to advance to Nationals by only seven pins. Russell got the weekend off to a great start by finishing all six games with over 200 pins, including a best game of 255 to place seventh out of 171 bowlers competing.

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