August 21, 2024
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.
July 18, 2024
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.
May 19, 2024
Women's Track
VINCENNES, Ind. – The Vincennes University Men’s and Women’s Track and Field teams represented very well over the weekend at the three-day NJCAA Division I Outdoor National Championships hosted by the University of Louisiana-Monroe.
Vincennes claimed two National Championships, six All-American honors and brought home a bunch of Region honors as well.
VU got off to a good start with freshman Cody Noel (Hebron, Ind.) kicking things off Thursday morning in the 10,000 meters.
May 04, 2024
Women's Track
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The Vincennes University Track and Field teams took their final tune up before the 2024 NJCAA Division I National Championships Friday evening, heading up to Bloomington to take part in the Billy Hayes Invitational hosted by Indiana University.
The Blazers again found themselves in a stacked field of NCAA Division I athletes and more than held their own.
The VU men’s team was led by the Trailblazer relay teams, winning the 4x400 relay with a time of 3:11.36 and taking second place in the 4x100 relay with a time of 40.67 seconds.
VU welcomes new Director of Athletics John Meeks
