Cardinal Champions: Cheer, Dance, Softball Stand Out
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SVSU Cardinals are at the top of their game! Proving that grit, determination and preparation pay off, SVSU student-athletes have claimed national and GLIAC championships.
In April, the SVSU cheer team reigned supreme at the NCA-NDA College Nationals, claiming the top spot in the Intermediate Small Coed Division II Finals! After placing third in 2024 and second in 2025, the team went into this year's championship determined to make program history once again. During the two-minute-15-second routine featuring elite stunt skills, high-level tumbling, pyramids and choreography, they did just that.
SVSU dance left it all on the floor at The College Classic, becoming five-time national champions! The Cardinals claimed a three-peat victory in Division II Pom, dominated the DII Team Performance category and took fourth place in the Spirit Showdown Rally Dance. The Team Performance score was the seventh-highest of all teams in all divisions, proving Cardinals can compete at any level. First-year dance coach Kat Albertson won the Student Club Awards Club Sport Coach of the Year Award for the 2025-2026 school year.
The SVSU softball team defeated Ferris State 2-1 in nine innings to win the 2026 GLIAC Tournament Championship, advancing to the NCAA Division II Midwest Regionals. The Cardinals (37-14) became the second team in GLIAC history to win five-straight tournament titles.
The team defeated Ashland 5-2 on Thursday, May 14, in the first NCAA Division II Midwest Regional matchup. They fell to the University of Indianapolis today, May 15, and will play the winner of the 1:30 p.m. matchup between Tiffin and Ashland in an elimination game at 4:00 p.m.
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Moon Shot: SVSU Lunabotics Aiming High
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SVSU’s Lunabotics Club has been re-energized and is once more setting its sights on the moon ... or a facsimile of its surface. The team was one of 50 higher education teams in the United States to qualify for the NASA Lunabotics Challenge. The multidisciplinary team of students from electrical engineering, computer engineering, mechanical engineering and computer science has fabricated and programmed a prototype off-world construction robot.
A small contingent is participating in the Qualifying Challenge at the University of Central Florida, Florida Space Institute’s Exolith® Lab through Sunday, May 17. Participating teams must guide their robots to scoop up simulated regolith (loose, fragmented material on the lunar surface) and deposit it on a berm. Today marked the first official competition day, and the SVSU robot earned valuable competition points!
Watch today’s run in a livestream recording (timestamp 2:35:45).
Successful teams advance to the KSC Lunabotics Challenge from Tuesday, May 19, through Friday, May 22.
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Cardinal Formula Racing at the Track
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Cardinal Formula Racing is at Michigan International Speedway in Brooklyn competing in the Formula SAE competition through Saturday, May 16.
After tech inspection, cost and design events on Thursday and Friday, May 14 and 15, the team will compete in dynamic events, including autocross and endurance, on Saturday.
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The Office of Diversity Programs will host a number of Creative Conversations in June and July. These sessions are designed to create a more inclusive and respectful environment at SVSU.
The first three Courageous Conversations are:
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- Tuesday, June 2: Workplace Ethics 101 presented by Tarsha Works Consulting, at 10-11:30 a.m. in Wickes 280
- Thursday, June 18: So, You Want to Be a Title IX Advisor, 10-11 a.m., virtual presentation
- Thursday, June 18: SVSU Juneteenth Celebration, The Power of Legacy presented by Renee Morris, 4-6 p.m., Emeriti Room
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To RSVP for Courageous Conversations, call the Office of Diversity Programs at 989-964-4068.
Watch for more information about other sessions this summer.
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Four Qualify for Men’s Track and Field DII Championship Meet
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Four Saginaw Valley State University men's track and field athletes have qualified for the 2026 NCAA Division II Outdoor Track and Field Championship meet, which will be hosted by Emporia State in Emporia, Kansas, from Thursday, May 21, through Saturday, May 23.
Sawyer Moloy and Xavier Santiago will compete in the men's high jump; Andrew Quinn will throw the shot and Jacob Walker will run both the men's 5K and 10K during the meet.
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