WBB: College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin

[gordonmann]

Thanks, RogK.

Elyce was a great guest.

[GoPerry]

Gordan - Agree.  Great interview with Elyce Knudsen.  Thank you for doing that.  You should get your own NIL deal . . .

I love the stories of how these players get recruited (High School freshman year, whoa!) especially to the D3 level.  And she wasn't even intending to play hoops until late in her senior year!  The decision kinda worked out well.

I'm an even bigger fan of Big Blue #22 now.

[RogK]

Jason Pruitt, most recently at the University of La Verne (an eastern suburb in Los Angeles County), is the new WBB head coach for Elmhurst :
https://elmhurstbluejays.com/news/2023/4/25/pruitt-tabbed-to-lead-elmhurst-womens-basketball.aspx
more info :
http://stats.ncaa.org/people/1956566?sport_code=WBB
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[iwu70]

IWU Women's Basketball has announced their incoming freshmen recruits:

Anna Byers, Pana High School
Ellie Cahill, Eureka HS
Sophie Feeney, Normal Community HS
Ashlyn May, Fieldcrest HS
Liv Myers, Elmwood HS

Four guards, one forward.   FYI.

Of course, there may be more later in the recruiting season.   

Have a great summer, all!

IWU'70

[iwu70]

I'm delighted to report that All-CCIW guard, Katelyn Heller, will return to IWU next season, using her extra covid year of eligibility, to complete a nursing degree, and to play another season.  This means the Titans will have two excellent, scoring point guards back in Heller and Sawyer White.   There may be more on the recruitment front as well . . . via transfer.   Of course, we need Mallory Powers and Caite Knutson to return fully healthy.

Stay tuned.

Hopeful, IWU '70

[RogK]

I think you have good reason for optimism for the Titans in '23-'24, iwu70.
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Wheaton has revealed their new schedule :
https://athletics.wheaton.edu/sports/womens-basketball/schedule
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[Gregory Sager]

North Park's newest recruit is 5'6" Aliyah Hershberger from Elkhart Marion.

Along with Caroline Long, that makes two Vikings recruits who hail from Hoosierland. That sounds great to me, as I'm a big fan of Indiana-bred basketball players ... a partiality I had long before I nephews who played high-school basketball in Indiana.

[lmitzel]

NCC's announcing their recruits this afternoon. So far:

-Kennedy Hartwig (G, Seneca HS)
-Elizabeth Daly (F, Peoria Notre Dame HS)
-Keira Hunt (G, Lincoln-Way Central HS)

[lmitzel]

I guess they're doing this a few a day.

-Makayla Richardson (G, Concordia Lutheran HS Ft. Wayne)
-Hannah Brannigan (G, Lockport HS)
-Jaden Newson (G, Rock Valley College)

[Gregory Sager]

I suspect that this is the full list of NPU's incoming freshmen:

Bella Cabrales, 5'3" G, Des Plaines, IL (Maine East)
Jocelyn Chammas, 5'8" G, Chicago, IL (Amundsen)
Aliyah Hershberger, 5'6" G, Elkhart, IN (Marian)
Caroline Long, 6'0" F, Russiaville, IN (Western)
Teresa Morrissey, 5'11" G, Chicago, IL (Lincoln Park)
Brooke Panush, 5'10" F, Lemont, IL (HS)

I know that Annie and her staff are also currently hard at work in terms of who's available in the transfer portal.

[lmitzel]

Forgot to add the remaining NCC recruits spread out over the last couple of days last week.

-Kaeli Ford (G, University of St. Francis)
-Carli Gatlin (G, Basalt, CO)
-Jocelyn Trotter (G, Plainfield East HS)
-Patty Savoia Cooley (G, Bartlett HS)
-Riley Boyer (Lowell, IN)
-Josylin Simmons-Doxie (G, Morton College)

[lmitzel]

NCC's 2023-24 schedule is out.

Cardinals open the season November 10th at Wisconsin Lutheran's season opening tournament. Home opener is against St. Mary's on the 18th. Bunch of non-conference home games in mid to late December (Edgewood, Coe, and Aurora) with some return trips of home-and-homes rounding out the schedule most of the rest of November (at Concordia-WI, BenU, and Chicago).

CCIW opener is at Carroll on November 29th.

[RogK]

the new schedule for iwu70's Titans :
https://www.iwusports.com/sports/womens-basketball/schedule/2023-24
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[iwu70]

Thanks, RogK . . . for the schedule.

Looks like the normal, very tough pre-CCIW schedule for the Titans, likely with Hope, WI Whitewater, DePauw . . .  some others.  Let's hope IWU can get over the hump with Millikin this year.   Glad Heller is back . . . and likely Powers and Knutsen healthy again.  I expect a stronger year from Palmer . . . and some great improvement from the previous freshmen:  Balli, White and Mahlem.  Huber will be Huber! 

As stated earlier, I'm very optimistic.  Have no idea about the 4-5 newbies . . . or what might yet come from the transfer portal. 

IWU'70

[iwu70]

Some important news from the transfer realm for IWU:

Ava Bardic will become a Titan.  She's transferring from U of I Springfield, coming in as a Sophomore.  She averaged 11 ppg there.  She was the starting guard on the Stevenson HS 4A Title Team in 2022.  A major recruit for the Titans.

IWU only lost senior Kelly Carlson and a few pine-sitting seniors . . . all others back, including another year for Heller.   Huber will be Huber.    I have every expectation that Powers, Palmer, Knutsen, Balli, White and Malhum will all be back, fully healthy and improved.  Perhaps White shifts to the 2.  We may get more from Tarver, too.  Other surprises?   Time will tell . . .

The program's future looks strong and bright.  With my Titan green glasses, of course, I'm always optimistic.   In Mia Smith we trust.   

IWU'70