INDIANAPOLIS – The Great Lakes Valley Conference (GLVC) will host its 10th annual GLVC Football Kickoff event on Friday, July 29, setting the scene for the league's 11th season on the gridiron. 

The annual celebration will be held at The Hettenhausen Center for the Arts on the campus of McKendree University in Lebanon, Ill., for the eighth time. This season's event, which will serve both the league's media members and passionate fans through several social media outlets, will take place from 12:30-3 p.m. Eastern Time.

Located just outside the gates of McKendree's Leemon Field, "The Hett," as it is commonly referred to on campus, has been a perfect setting for the GLVC Football Kickoff the past seven seasons, excluding 2020 when the event was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The first two events in 2012 and 2013 were held at the Millennium Student Center on the campus of the University of Missouri-St. Louis.

All seven Conference teams will be represented by a coach and two players again for the 2022 version.

Eight-time GLVC Champion UIndy will be represented at this year's GLVC Football Kickoff by head coach Chris Keevers in his fourth season at the helm. UIndy has compiled a 62-7 (.899) record in GLVC play since the league began sponsoring the sport in 2012, including a 5-2 mark to finish runner-up this past fall season. The Greyhounds have also garnered NCAA Division II playoff bids in six of the last nine seasons, most recently in 2019.
 
In the coming weeks, the GLVC will release its list of player attendees and launch the official GLVC Football Kickoff website, as well as the fan-interactive schedule.

Media members interested in attending the 2022 GLVC Football Kickoff can apply for credentials by contacting GLVC Assistant Commissioner Lindsey Williams at lindsey@glvc-sports.org.