Bloomington-Normal, IL Major Sporting Events * 1 National Jr. Olympic Air Rifle National Championship * 6 NJCAA National Championships * 7 NCAA National Championships * 9 USA Olympic Team Exhibitions * 12 USA Softball National Tournaments * 18 Missouri Valley Conference Championships * 45 College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin Championships * 186 Illinois High School Association State Finals Tournaments
Bloomington-Normal, IL Major Events Resume Sport Event Date BASEBALL Frontier League All-Star Game 2012 Japanese Youth Baseball Exchange 1998 Operation Youth Midstate Tournament of Champions 1996-98 Missouri Valley Conference Baseball Championship 2013 NCAA Div. III Baseball Regional Tournament 2001, 2004-05, 2007, 2011 BASKETBALL American Youth Basketball TOUR National Tournament 2005-present College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin Men s Championship 2013-14 College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin Women s Championship 2003, 2008-12 Illinois Basketball Coaches Assoc. Girls All-Star Games 1998-2015 Illinois Basketball Coaches Assoc. Boys All-Star Games 2000-2015 Illinois Basketball Coaches Assoc. Hall of Fame Banquet 1995-present IL High School Assoc. Girls Class 1A & 2A State Finals 1992-present IL High School Assoc. Girls Class 3A & 4A State Finals 1992-present McLean County Boys Basketball Tournament 1911-present Missouri Valley Conference Women s Basketball Championship 2005 NCAA Div. I Women s Midwest Regional 1999 NCAA Div. III Men s Basketball Regionals 1995-97, 2001, 2004-05, 2013-14 NCAA Div. III Men s Basketball Sectionals 1995-96, 2014 NCAA Div. III Women s Basketball Final Four 2010-11 NCAA Div. III Women s Basketball Regionals 2008-11 NCAA Div. III Women s Basketball Sectionals 2009-10
BOWLING GTE State Bowling Tournament 1992 Illinois Bowling Association State Tournament 2013, 2018 IL High School Assoc. Girls Bowling State Finals 1992 Illinois Lions State Bowling Tournament 1993 Illinois State Youth Bowling Assoc. Pepsi Youth Championship 2014 Illinois Women s Bowling Association State Tournament 1991, 2001 CHEERLEADING Illinois Cheerleading Coaches Assoc. State Tournament 1985-98 IL High School Assoc. Competitive Cheerleading State Finals 2006-present CHESS Illinois All-Grade Chess Championship 1993 IL Elementary School Assoc. Chess State Finals 2011-2015 Illinois Grade School Chess Championship 1989, 1995 IL High School Assoc. Chess Team State Finals 1995-2002 Illinois K-8 Scholastic Chess Championship 2011, 2013 United States Action Championship 1993-94 United States Junior Chess Championship 1990-92, 1994-95 United States Junior Chess Open 1992, 1994 United States Women s Chess Championship 1993-94 CLIMBING American Federation of Sports Climbers Midwest Nationals 1996 CROSS COUNTRY College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin Championship 1999, 2007 IL Elementary School Assoc. Cross Country Championships 1995-present Missouri Valley Conference Cross Country Championship 2012 CYCLING Illinois State Bicycle Road Race Championships 1992 Bloomington Criterium 2013-present DANCE Illinois High School Assoc. Competitive Dance State Finals 2013-present
FOOTBALL IL High School Assoc. Football State Finals 1974-98 Illinois High School Shrine Game 1985-94, 2012-present Indoor Football League All-Star Game 2007 NCAA FCS (Div. I-AA) Playoff game 1999, 2014, 2015 NCAA Div. III Playoff game 1992, 2009, 2013 GOLF College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin Women s Championship 2006 College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin Men s Championship 2013 State Farm Youth Classic 2002-present IL High School Assoc. Boys Golf State Finals 1993-present IL High School Assoc. Girls Golf State Finals 1975-2002 Illinois State Amateur Golf Championship 1991, 1997, 2005, 2018 Illinois State Senior Amateur Golf Championships 1997 IL Women s Golf Assoc. State Senior Amateur Championship 2013 Junior World Golf Qualifying Tournament 1996-97 Missouri Valley Conference Men s Golf Championship 1989 Missouri Valley Conference Women s Golf Championship 2011 NCAA Div. III Women s National Championships 2000 NCAA Div. I Women s East Regional 1997 NCAA Div. I Men s Regional 2004 Senior PGA Golf Event - The First of America Challenge 1993 Senior Series Professional Golf Tour 1995 GYMNASTICS AAU Tumbling & Trampoline State Meet 2007-09 Southern Illinois State Tumbling &Trampoline Meet 1996, 1997 USA Gymnastics Region 4 Championship 2007, 2010 Gymnastics Etc. Horton Invitational ICE SKATING Festival on Ice starring Scott Hamilton 1987 IN-LINE HOCKEY Collegiate Roller Hockey League Invitational 2000
SHOOTING SPORTS National Jr. Olympic Air Rifle National Championship 2005 Midwest Open Indoor Archery Tournament 2014-2016 SOCCER Illinois Fire Juniors Spring Shootout 2009-present IL High School Assoc. Class 1A Boys Soccer State Finals 2011-2015 Missouri Valley Conference Women s Soccer Championship 2014 NCAA Div. III Women s Soccer Regional 2013 SOFTBALL USA Softball Girls 18A National Tournament 2000, 2011 USA Softball Girls 16A National Tournament 1994, 2001 USA Softball Girls 14A National Tournament 2007, 2013 USA Softball Girls 12A National Tournament 2009 USA Softball Girls 10A National Tournament 2015 USA Softball Men s Major Fastpitch National Tournament 1988, 1992 Canada Women s Olympic Team exhibition 1996 College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin Softball Championship 2002-03, 2007-2009, 2012, 2014 IL Elementary School Assoc. Softball State Finals 1997-present ISF Junior Girls World Tournament 1995 ISF Women s World Tournament 1990 Missouri Valley Conference Softball Championship 1996, 2007, 2014 National Jr. College Athletic Assoc. Div. II National Championship 2006-2011 NCAA Div. III Women s Softball Regional 2002-03, 2009, 2012, 2014 State Farm Illinois Collegiate Softball Championship 2008-2013 USA Olympic team exhibition 1996, 2000, 2004, 2008 SPECIAL OLYMPICS Special Olympics Illinois State Basketball Tournament 1987-present Special Olympics Illinois Summer Games 1985-present SWIMMING College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin Swimming Championships 1996
TENNIS College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin Men s Championship 2005-08, 2010-11, 2013 College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin Men s Championship 1998-2009, 2013 Middle Illinois Tennis Association Western Qualifier 1996 Missouri Valley Conference Men s Tennis Championship 1998, 2014 Missouri Valley Conference Women s Tennis Championship 2014 US Tennis Association Level 3 Girls Tournament 2018 TRACK & FIELD AAU Indoor National Championship 2010 College Conference of Illinois & Wisconsin Outdoor Championships 1991, 1996, 2004, 2012 Missouri Valley Conference Indoor Track & Field Championships 1995, 1998, 2000 Missouri Valley Conference Outdoor Track & Field Championships 1997, 2010, 2015 NCAA Div. III Indoor National Championships 2000, 2005 USA Track & Field National Youth Indoor Championship 2012 TRIATHLON Evergreen Lake International & Sprint Triathlons 2006-2013 Tri-Shark Triathlon Classic 1994-present VOLLEYBALL Brazil vs. Holland Women s Olympic Teams Exhibition 1996 IL High School Assoc. Girls Volleyball State Finals 1977-80, 1990-present Missouri Valley Conference Volleyball Championships 1998, 2001 NCAA Div. I Tournament First Round Match 1993, 1996 NCAA Div. III Women s National Championship 2007-08 USA Men s Olympic Team vs. Yugoslavia exhibition 1996 USA Women s National Team vs. Brazil exhibition 1995 USA Women s National Team vs. Russia exhibition 1998 WHEELCHAIR BASKETBALL National Wheelchair Basketball Assoc. Div. III National Tournament 2004-2005
WRESTLING IL High School Assoc. Dual Team Wrestling State Finals 2009-present Midwest Nationals Wrestling Tournament 2004-present