Quincy Hawks

Athletic teams representing Quincy University

Quincy Hawks

University| Quincy University
Conference| GLVC–West Division
MIVA (men's volleyball)
MSFL (sprint football)
NCAA| Division II
Division I (men's volleyball)
Location| Quincy, Illinois
Varsity teams| 24
Football stadium| QU Stadium
Basketball arena| Pepsi Arena
Baseball stadium| QU Stadium
Softball stadium| Mart Heinen Softball Complex
Soccer stadium| Legends Stadium
Mascot| Victor E. Hawk
Nickname| Hawks
Colors| Brown, white, and gold[1]

Website| quhawks.com

The Quincy Hawks are the athletic teams that represent Quincy University, located in Quincy, Illinois, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sports. The Hawks, members of the Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) since 1994, compete in that league in all but three sports. Men's volleyball plays in the Midwestern Intercollegiate Volleyball Association through the 2025 season (2024–25 school year), after which the GLVC will begin sponsoring that sport.[2] Since there is no men's volleyball at the Division II level, the men's volleyball team is the only program that plays at the Division I level. Sprint football, a weight-restricted form of American football governed outside the NCAA structure, competes in the Midwest Sprint Football League. Men's bowling is also governed outside of the NCAA (the NCAA governs only women's bowling); QU competes as an independent.

Quincy added women's lacrosse in 2017 and men's lacrosse in 2018, bringing the total number of programs up to 23.[3] Sprint football became the 24th varsity sport in 2022. QU is one of six charter members of the Midwest Sprint Football League.[4]

## Varsity teams

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Men's sports  | Men's sports

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Baseball | Basketball
Basketball | Bowling
Bowling | Cross country
Cross country | Golf
Football | Lacrosse
Golf | Golf
Lacrosse | Soccer
Soccer | Softball
Sprint football | Swimming
Swimming | Tennis
Tennis | Track and field
Track and field | Volleyball
Volleyball | Wrestling
Wrestling |

## National championships

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### Team

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Association  | Division  | Sport  | Year  | Opponent/Runner-up  | Score

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Men's Soccer (11)[5] | NAIA (11)  | Single (11)  | 1966 | Trenton State | 6–1
1967 | Rockhurst | 3–1
1971 | Davis & Elkins | 1–0
1973 | Rockhurst  | 3–0
1974 | Davis & Elkins  | 6–0
1975 | Simon Fraser | 1–0
1977 | Keene State | 3–0
1978 | Alabama–Huntsville | 2–0
1979 | Rockhurst  | 1–0
1980 | Simon Fraser  | 1–0
1981 | Alderson Broaddus | 4–1
Softball (1)  | NAIA (1)  | Single (1)  | 1985  | Washburn | 4–2

## Individual sports

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### Football

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First Season \- 1916

1993 National Champion \- No. 1 in the final NCAA Division II Non-Scholarship Football Poll released by Don Hansen's National College Football Weekly Gazette.

### Soccer

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The men's soccer team won the NAIA national men's soccer championship a record eleven times, 1966–67, 1971, 1973–75, and 1977–81 (the five consecutive titles is also a record) and finished second in 1968 and 1970. The program moved to the NCAA's Division I in 1984. From 1987 through 1990, the Hawks competed in the Big Central Soccer Conference and was an associate member of the Mid-Continent Conference in 1994 and 1995. In 1996, both Quincy and SIU Edwardsville joined the GLVC, stepping down to division II.[6]

### Softball

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Prior to joining the NCAA, Quincy's women won the NAIA national softball championship in 1985 (after being runners-up the previous year).

## References

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1. ^ "Quincy FB Fast Facts" (PDF). Retrieved January 30, 2017.
2. ^ "Men's Volleyball Announced as Next GLVC Sport in 2025-26" (Press release). Great Lakes Valley Conference. July 25, 2024. Retrieved July 25, 2024.
3. ^ "QU Secures $4 Million Investment to Renovate QU Stadium". Quincy University. 8 December 2014. Retrieved December 9, 2014.
4. ^ "New Intercollegiate Athletic Conference Forms for Sprint Football" (Press release). Midwest Sprint Football League. June 21, 2021. Retrieved December 14, 2021.
5. ^ "NAIA Men's Soccer Championship History" (PDF). NAIA. Retrieved 13 January 2022.
6. ^ "NAIA Men's Soccer Championship Results" (PDF). NAIA. NAIA Honors.com. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 20, 2016. Retrieved February 2, 2016.

## External links

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Great Lakes Valley Conference

Full members|

* Drury Panthers
* Illinois-Springfield Prairie Stars
* Indianapolis Greyhounds
* Lewis Flyers
* Lincoln Blue Tigers
* Maryville Saints
* McKendree Bearcats
* Missouri S&T Miners
* Missouri–St. Louis Tritons
* Quincy Hawks
* Rockhurst Hawks
* Southwest Baptist Bearcats
* Truman Bulldogs
* Upper Iowa Peacocks
* William Jewell Cardinals

Affiliate members|

* Central Missouri Jennies1
* East Stroudsburg Warriors3
* Ferris State Bulldogs3
* Jamestown Jimmies4
* Newman Jets1
* Oklahoma Christian Lady Eagles1
* Missouri Western Griffons2
* Purdue Northwest Pride3
* Roosevelt Lakers4
* Thomas More Saints4
* Trevecca Nazarene Trojans3

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* 3stunt (women's)
* 4volleyball (men's)

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* Lewis Flyers
* Lindenwood Lions
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* McKendree Bearcats
* Northern Kentucky Norse
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Basketball|

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G League
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Football|

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Hockey|

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Soccer|

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Indoor soccer|

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Division I|

* Bradley Braves
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* DePaul Blue Demons
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* Loyola Ramblers
* Northern Illinois Huskies
* Northwestern Wildcats
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* Southern Illinois Salukis
* UIC Flames
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NCAA
Division II|

* Illinois–Springfield Prairie Stars
* Lewis Flyers
* McKendree Bearcats
* Quincy Hawks
* Roosevelt Lakers

NCAA
Division III|

* Augustana Vikings
* Aurora Spartans
* Benedictine Eagles
* Blackburn Beavers
* Concordia Cougars
* Chicago Maroons
* Dominican Stars
* Elmhurst Bluejays
* Eureka Red Devils
* Greenville Panthers
* Illinois College Blueboys and Lady Blues
* Illinois Tech Scarlet Hawks
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* Knox Prairie Fire
* Lake Forest Foresters
* Monmouth Fighting Scots
* Millikin Big Blue
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* North Park Vikings
* Principia Panthers
* Rockford Regents
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NAIA|

* Governors State Jaguars
* Judson Eagles
* Lincoln Christian Red Lions
* Olivet Nazarene Tigers
* St. Francis Fighting Saints
* Saint Xavier Cougars
* Trinity Christian Trolls
* Trinity International Trojans

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