The UIS softball team was picked 7th with 115 votes in the GLVC Preseason Poll of the league's head coaches. The preseason poll, which does not allow coaches to vote for their own team, has the Indianapolis Greyhounds as the top pick with 11 first-place votes and 192 points.


Madelyn Miller of UIS Women's Indoor Track & Field has been named the Jimmy John's Athlete of the Month for January 2025, following a record-breaking performance in the 3,000 meter run.

Miller began the season on January 18 with a new personal best of 10:08.52 and then improved by twenty seconds just a week later, setting a new UIS indoor 3,000m school record with a time of 9:48.45 at the PNC Bank Bellarmine Classic on January 24.