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As a member of the highly competitive Gateway Football Conference and the Missouri Valley Conference, Southern Illinois University sponsors 18 intercollegiate sports.

Each season, the Salukis build on a tradition of academic and athletic excellence.  Since 2001, Southern Illinois University has won 18 conference championships and appeared in 24 NCAA tournaments or regionals.     

• Saluki football has won three of the last five Gateway Football championships and earned five straight appearances into the NCAA Division I Football Championship Subdivision playoffs
• Saluki football has won the Gateway's Academic Excellence award in 2004, 2005 and 2006
• Saluki basketball has won 6-straight Missouri Valley Conference championships (2002-2007) and earned a sixth consecutive NCAA tournament appearance advancing to the NCAA Sweet Sixteen in 2007
• Saluki softball has won Valley championships in 2004 and 2005 and has made five consecutive NCAA tournament appearances
• Saluki Track & Field had four NCAA Mideast Regional Champions in 2006 and one Mideast Regional Champion in 2007 and has recently won conference championships in Indoor Track and Cross Country in 2007
• Since 2002, Saluki student-athletes have won 16 Academic All-American awards and averaged more than 50 Academic All-Conference awards per year

What is a Saluki?

Saluki Athletic Department Mission Statement