| Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles | |
|---|---|
 | |
| University | University of Southern Indiana |
| Conference | Ohio Valley Conference (Main Conference) Summit (Men's soccer, swimming & diving) Horizon (Men's tennis) |
| NCAA | Division I |
| Athletic director | Jon Mark Hall |
| Location | Vanderburgh County, Indiana |
| Varsity teams | 19 (9 men's and 10 women's) |
| Basketball arena | Screaming Eagles Arena |
| Baseball stadium | USI Baseball Field |
| Soccer stadium | Strassweg Field |
| Mascot | Archibald T. Eagle |
| Nickname | Screaming Eagles |
| Fight song | "Fight On, Screaming Eagles!" |
| Colors | Blue, white, and red[1] |
| Website | gousieagles |
The Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles (colloquially known as Screagles[2]) are the athletic teams that represent the University of Southern Indiana, located outside Evansville in Vanderburgh County, Indiana, in NCAA Division I intercollegiate sports. The Screaming Eagles compete as members of the Ohio Valley Conference. Southern Indiana had previously been a member of the NCAA Division II Great Lakes Valley Conference from 1978 to 2022, when the school announced it would reclassify to NCAA Division I.[3][4]
USI was a founding member of the GLVC and began competing in 1979, leading to 188 NCAA Tournament appearances and 231 athletes earning All-American honors. USI has ten NCAA II individual national championships in cross country and track & field, and 16 NCAA II regional championships in baseball, men's basketball, women' basketball, men's cross country, women's cross country and softball. In 2018, USI won the NCAA II Softball National Championship, becoming the first softball team in Indiana to win an NCAA championship. In 2010, USI was the first GLVC member and university in the state of Indiana to win a national championship in baseball, repeating in 2014 to become the first NCAA II program to win multiple team titles. Men's basketball won the NCAA II National Championship in 1995 with 3.9 million viewers watching them on CBS Sports.[5]
USI boasts a strong academic record as well, with 228 Academic All-GLVC athletes in 2021–22 and 35 Academic All-America honors. Student athletes maintain an average GPA of 3.29 and are retained at a high percentage.[6]
- ^ University of Southern Indiana Athletic Brand Standards Guide (PDF). Retrieved December 30, 2022.
- ^ "Screagles Mentoring Program".
- ^ Magley, Hendrix (February 7, 2022). "University of Southern Indiana moving to NCAA Division I sports". Evansville Courier & Press. Retrieved February 7, 2022.
- ^ "Southern Indiana Screaming Eagles to apply to NCAA for move to Division I" ESPN. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- ^ "USI announces OVC as partner for NCAA reclassification". USI. Retrieved February 9, 2022.
- ^ "USI announces OVC as partner for NCAA reclassification". USI. Retrieved February 9, 2022.