sports include baseball, basketball, bowling, cross country, football, golf, ice hockey (D-I and D-II), soccer, tennis, track and field and volleyball; while women's sports include basketball, bowling, cross country, ice hockey, soccer, softball, tennis, track and field and volleyball; and co-ed sports include cheerleading, dance, eSports performing arts. The Lakers previously competed in the Chicagoland Collegiate Athletic Conference (CCAC) of the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics (NAIA) from 2010 to 2011 (when the school revived its athletics program and joined the NAIA) to 2022–23.
== Notable people ==
The university's alumni include many entertainers, academics, and politicians such as Robert Lamm, Anthony Braxton, Jacques Paul Klein, Danitra Vance, and Harold Washington.
== References ==
== External links ==
Official website
Athletics website
