The Men's Outdoor Track & Field 4x100-Meter Relay team were 2019 Honorable Mention All-Americans and WAC Champions. CSU's women's basketball team earned a spot in the 2011 Women's Basketball Invitational and CSU's men's basketball team won the 2013 Great West Conference Tournament title, also making an appearance in the Postseason Tournament (CIT). In 1991, the Chicago State women's tennis team became the first all-black college team to amass an unbeaten season at the NCAA level. Fred Evans became the first black swimmer ever to win a national championship in 1975. Melvin Bland was the first CSU student-athlete to gain NAIA All-American status in 1974 as a wrestler. CSU held memberships in the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) and NCAA Division II before transitioning to NCAA Division I in 1994. Chicago State University Athletics is comprised of 15 intercollegiate teams involving over 150 student-athletes that compete in basketball, cross country, golf, soccer, tennis, indoor and outdoor track and volleyball.
