Hillsdale Chargers


The Hillsdale Chargers are the athletic teams that represent Hillsdale College, located in Hillsdale, Michigan, in NCAA Division II intercollegiate sporting competitions. The Chargers are currently members of the Great Midwest Athletic Conference as of 2017. The Chargers had been members of the GLIAC since 1975.
The college also has club teams and intramural sports that vary from year to year.
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Conference history

Varsity teams

Men's sportsWomen's sports
BaseballBasketball
BasketballCross Country
Cross CountrySoftball
FootballSwimming
GolfTennis
TennisTrack and field
Track and fieldVolleyball

Baseball

The Chargers baseball team plays their home games at Simpson Field, located near Frank "Muddy" Waters Stadium. The Chargers made their first appearance in the NCAA tournament in 2016 where they fell to the Grand Valley State Lakers and the Indianapolis Greyhounds. After the Chargers move to the Great Midwest Athletic Conference, the Chargers secured their first conference championship in 2018 with a 15–2 win over the Kentucky Wesleyan Panthers, their first conference championship since 1960.

Basketball

The men's and women's basketball programs of Hillsdale College play their home games in the newly renovated Dawn Tibbetts Potter Arena. The arena is located within the Roche Sports Complex and is adjacent to Frank "Muddy" Waters Stadium. It has a maximum seating capacity of 2,200 spectators. However, additional standing room is available.

Football

The Hillsdale College Chargers football teams play their home games at Frank "Muddy" Waters Stadium. The stadium has an official seating capacity of 8,500 spectators. Football coach Muddy Waters was the head coach at Hillsdale from 1954 to 1973. The football stadium is named in his honor.

Softball

At Hillsdale, the varsity softball team competes at their home Johnny Williams Field. The Charger softball team won the Great Midwest Athletic Conference championship in 2018, the school's softball team's first conference championship at the NCAA Division II level. This win earned them a berth in the NCAA regional tournament where the Chargers went on to beat the nationally ranked, and first place in the region, Grand Valley State University Lakers before falling to that year’s national champions: the Eagles of the University of Southern Indiana. The Charger softball team has recently acquired a new coach, Kyle Gross, after previous head coach Joe Abraham took the position at University of Toledo. Gross, who took over in the 2019 season, led the Chargers to yet another G-MAC conference championship and a 13–11 conference record.

Volleyball

The women's volleyball team of Hillsdale College play their home games in the newly renovated Dawn Tibbetts Potter Arena, formerly known as the Jesse Phillips Arena.

Facilities

VenueSportOpen.Ref.
Frank "Muddy" Waters StadiumFootball1947
Dawn Tibbetts Potter ArenaBasketball
Volleyball		1986
Lenda and Glenda Hill StadiumBaseball2024
Johnny Williams FieldSoftball1986
Hayden ParkTrack and field2010
Mary Jane Delp CourtsTennis2015
Jack McAvoy NatatoriumSwimming1989

National championships

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National Runners-up

  • 1957: Football – NAIA
  • 1992: Men's Cross Country – NAIA
  • 1994: Men's Cross Country – NAIA
  • 1992: NAIA Men's Outdoor Track & Field, High Jump : Jim McHugh
  • 1994: NCAA DII Indoor Track & Field, High Jump : Jim McHugh
  • 2014: NCAA DII Women's Cross Country,
  • 2015: NCAA DII Women's Indoor Track & Field
  • 2015: NCAA DII Women's Indoor Track & Field, 3000 Meter and 5000 Meter: Kristina Galat
  • 2015: NCAA DII Men's Indoor Track & Field, Pole Vault: Jared Schipper

Basketball Final Four

  • 1981: Men's Basketball – NAIA Division I

Alumni

Chargers athletes have enjoyed numerous accolades in their respective sports, and many have moved on to the professional level: