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The Western Illinois Leathernecks are the teams and athletes that represent Western Illinois University, located in Macomb, Illinois, in NCAA Division I sports. The school's primary conference affiliation is with The Summit League; its football team is a member of the Division I FCS (formerly Division I-AA) Missouri Valley Football Conference. WIU's nickname, the Leathernecks, and its mascot, the English bulldog, are taken from the traditions of the United States Marine Corps. The university has had permission to use the official nickname and mascot of the Corps since 1927, when Ray Hanson, then-athletic director and coach of the baseball, basketball and football teams, gained permission to use the symbols as a homage to his service in that military branch during World War I.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title= The Leatherneck Nickname )〕 Western Illinois University is the only non-military university to use a military nickname.〔 Since the fall semester of 2009, the men's and women's teams have been unified under the Leathernecks name; previously, the women's teams and athletes at the school had been known as the Westerwinds. ==Teams== A member of The Summit League, Western Illinois University sponsors teams in ten men's and ten women's NCAA sanctioned sports:〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Fighting Leathernecks )http://www.goleathernecks.com/〕 Men's Teams * Baseball * Basketball * Cross Country * Football * Golf * Soccer * Swimming & Diving * Tennis * Track & Field (Indoor & Outdoor) * Women's Teams * Basketball * Cross Country * Golf * Soccer * Softball * Swimming & Diving * Tennis * Track & Field (Indoor & Outdoor) * Volleyball *NOTE: The football team competes as a member of the Missouri Valley Football Conference. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Western Illinois Leathernecks」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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