{"id":543,"date":"2017-02-24T01:57:32","date_gmt":"2017-02-24T01:57:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=543"},"modified":"2017-02-10T21:03:23","modified_gmt":"2017-02-10T21:03:23","slug":"siu-day-of-giving-open-the-door-to-opportunity-at-saluki-athletics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/?p=543","title":{"rendered":"SIU Day of Giving: Open the door to opportunity at Saluki Athletics"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-544\" src=\"http:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Sean-Athletics-web.jpg\" alt=\"SIU Day of Giving: Open the door to opportunity at Saluki Athletics\" width=\"1500\" height=\"1145\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Sean-Athletics-web.jpg 1500w, https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Sean-Athletics-web-300x229.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Sean-Athletics-web-768x586.jpg 768w, https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Sean-Athletics-web-1024x782.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/blog.siuf.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/02\/Sean-Athletics-web-393x300.jpg 393w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1500px) 100vw, 1500px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Saluki athletics has been a tradition on the campus of SIU Carbondale for a long time.\u00a0 SIU sponsors eight men\u2019s and eight women\u2019s teams in NCAA sanctioned sports.\u00a0 The Salukis currently compete as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference, with the exception of the men\u2019s swimming and diving team who compete in the Mid-American Conference.\u00a0 The men\u2019s teams consist of baseball, basketball, cross country, football, golf, swimming &amp; diving, tennis, and track &amp; field.\u00a0 Women\u2019s teams consist of basketball, cross country, golf, softball, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, and volleyball.\u00a0 Throughout the history of SIU athletics there have been 50 past students compete in the Olympic Games.<\/p>\n<p>SIU athletics takes pride in a long tradition of producing not only great athletes but great minds.\u00a0 During the 2015-2016 academic year, our student athletes combined to earn a GPA of 3.193.\u00a0 In the spring of 2016, 64 student-athletes recorded a perfect 4.00 GPA while 68 percent recorded a GPA of 3.00 or better.<\/p>\n<p>Your contribution is an investment in our student-athletes and their success.\u00a0 We are thankful for your generosity.<\/p>\n<p>You can support <a href=\"http:\/\/www.siusalukis.com\/\" target=\"_blank\">Saluki Athletics<\/a>\u00a0during SIU Day of Giving on Wednesday, March 1:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/siuday.siu.edu\/giving-day\/1003\/department\/1394\" target=\"_blank\">https:\/\/siuday.siu.edu\/giving-day\/1003\/department\/1394<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/LPppFrjr45E\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Saluki athletics has been a tradition on the campus of SIU Carbondale for a long time.\u00a0 SIU sponsors eight men\u2019s and eight women\u2019s teams in NCAA sanctioned sports.\u00a0 The Salukis currently compete as a member of the Missouri Valley Conference, with the exception of the men\u2019s swimming and diving team who compete in the Mid-American &hellip; 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