At Olivet Nazarene University, champions are trained for success on and off the playing field. Competitors bloom while playing for a national title; they become champions by serving the community around them. Olivet coaches and players understand winning comes from excellence, and that character comes from perseverance.
Olivet competes at the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) Division I level, comparable to National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division II. The Tigers compete in two of the strongest conferences in the NAIA, the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) and the Mid-States Football Association (MSFA).
Athletics Mission Statement
Olivet Nazarene University, a denominational university in the Wesleyan tradition, exists to provide a university–level liberal arts “Education with a Christian Purpose." In keeping with the traditional association of sports with education, intercollegiate athletics constitutes an integral and very visible part of Olivet’s education and spiritual purpose. Our athletics program provides a link and rallying point to our community, students, faculty and alumni. Therefore, our athletes are among our finest ambassadors. They are given the daily opportunity to demonstrate that piety, scholarship and competitiveness can effectively work together to provide opportunity for ministry through athletics.
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Phone: (800) 648-1463 • (815) 939-5011
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