st BIG BLUE NEWS A look back at the season . 1 Tournament win since 2005-06 season ending 17-14 (8-12 MVC). Indiana State Women’s Basketball ISU Arena, Suite 107 Terre Haute, IN 47809 ISU in the MVC Rankings th 812-237-8357 Scoring Offense 6 64.8 avg. www.indstate.edu/bbboosters Scoring Def. 3rd 62.3 avg. th Scoring Margin 4 +1.6 April 10, 2010 V.5 No. 8 Editor: Sheila Mitchell Free Throw % 4th .750 th FG % 8 .390 th We enthusiastically welcome Teri Moren as new 3-Pt. FG % 7 .328 3-Pt. FG % Def. 2nd .317 women’s basketball coach introduced at a press th conference on April 6. Coach Moren emphasized her Rebounding Off 6 36.9 Rebounding Def 6th 36.2 first priority will be academics and will continue to th recruit student athletes with high character and will Rebounding Marg. 6 +.7 Blocks 3rd 2.9 never sacrifice integrity, character nor academics. She th stated that she and her assistants will be the “hardest Assists 9 11.5 Steals 4th 8.4 working staff…is anxious to get to the next level–the th NCAA…defense wins games and rebounding wins TO Marg. 6 .52 A/TO Ratio 7th 0.7 championships.” She also said we have a special thing th in the community with our attendance and support of Off. Rebounds 10 10.9 Def. Rebounds 3rd 2.6 women’s basketball and her goal will be to get us into rd th Def. Reb. % 3 .703 the top 10 in attendance. Last year we were 26 in the th nation of Division I schools. She also said she would Off Reb. % 8 .303 3-Pt. FG Made 3rd 6.2 continue High Noon Huddles, the Sycamore Squad and Pre-game Coach’s Comments. If you’ve missed the newspapers and/or website, following is her BIO: Individuals (Conference Top 10) Kelsey Luna th Family: Parents-Dick & Barbara Moren of Seymour, Scoring 4 14.4 ppg Assists 6th 3.4 pg Sister-Leeann Hutchinson st Brother-Scott Moren FT % 1 .933 Steals 5th 2.2 High School: Seymour, IN; IN All-Star 1987; th Led Seymour to single-class Final Four in ‘87 3-Pt. FG Made 7 1.9 A/TO Ratio 3rd 1.6 rd College: Purdue 4 years; 2-yr. starter; led PU to ‘91 Minutes Played 3 34.8 th Shannon Thomas Big 10 title; ranks 15 all-time at PU in assists. th Coaching: AAU-Coached Stephanie White & AAU Rebounding 8 7.0 pg FG% 1st .556 15-&-under team to national title rd Recruiting coordinator at Butler 1993-99 Blocks 3 1.7 Off. Rebounds 8th 2.2 Asst. @ Northwestern 99-2000 th Head coach @ Division II U Indy w/ 3 NCAA Def. Rebounds 7 4.8 Brittany Schoen appearances 2000-07 th Assoc. Head Coach @ GA Tech w/ 3 NCAA 3-Pt. FG Made 5 2.2 pg Kelsie Cooley appearances 2007-10 th FT% 6 .842 Taylor Whitley Kudos to Coach Moren for naming Coaches Steals 10th 1.8 Weddle, Boeglin and Campbell to her staff whom we heartily welcome back (never really off the job). Coach Thank you to the ISU boosters who were FAN-tastic all Moren had high praise for all three stating that year and propelled us into #1 in attendance in the “wherever I would have gone, I would’ve taken Clint conference averaging 4172 tickets sold per game. with me. That’s how much I think of him.” and that she And a special thank you to Chad and Natalie was impressed with Mel and Cammie with “how passionate they are about ISU basketball and they had a Overton of Servpro who helped us reach #1 with desire to learn and they want to work.” Coaches Moren their fan appreciation event. and Weddle began a trip Friday to visit all the incoming ISU recruits. Thank you to the BEST BAND IN THE COUNTRY - A message from Bill Littlejohn, BBBC our ISU Athletic Band led by Doug Keiser. They Website Committee: continue to be the greatest. The BBBC Communications Committee has been working on improvements to the BBBC website, and Thank you to our BBBC Company Boosters and other invites you to visit the site. businesses that held fund raisers, donated food and/or gift cards and/or donated to the women’s basketball The BBBC site is a resource that can help in the recruitment of program: Baesler’s Market, Beef O’Brady’s, Capital new members. Our Newsletter, by Sheila Mitchell, is a Planning Systems ,Panera Bread, 7th & Elm Bar and tremendous benefit of BBBC membership. The newsletters Grille, University Village Apts. and Rick’s Smokehouse (from the very first one through the past season) are stored in & Grille. an archive on the site. You could guide prospective members to the site to see the newsletters of the past, to serve as one Thanks to all the cookie bakers who provided cookies good reason to become a member. There are also sections on the site that tell how to join, share the benefits, and a at home games to the band, cheer & dance teams. membership application. Your help to gain new BBBC members is a significant way to support the ISU Women’s Last but not even the least—THANK YOU and a sad Basketball program. farewell to Kaleb Kearns who was/is THE GREATEST Sycamore Sam ever. You will forever be THE SAM! The Photo Gallery has been activated with pics from the 2009 Block Party, the Open Practice Event, of the Locker Room, Coach Comments and several other BBBC events taken by Congratulations . Ken Walker. Kelsie Cooley MVC Scholar-Athlete 2nd Team Honors w/ a 4.0 major Carol Walker, the BBBC webmaster, has spent many, many in business hours writing code and redesigning the site. The links on the State Farm MVC Good Neighbor Award left side and top of the Home and other pages have been reworked and improved. Carol has also added a new page that MVC Commissioner’s Academic Excellence Award includes links to a number of other websites related to ISU ISU All Academic Team Women’s Basketball and women’s basketball in general. Most of these links were suggested by Mike McCormick. Kelsey Luna Now you can easily find sites with RPI ratings, discussion MVC Scholar-Athlete of the Year for 2nd straight year; groups, Missouri Valley Conference information, photos of 1st women’s basketball student-athlete in the ISU Women’s team in action, and more. There are also conference history to earn back-to-back. several links to key ISU websites, directory, etc. 1st Team Academic All-American ISU Gillum Award-given to an ISU athlete with The focus of our site is on BBBC news, activities, and highest GPA & Outstanding leadership abilities membership. Our Photo Gallery will focus mostly on fans and BBBC events. Links are provided to other sites for photos of ISU All Academic Team the players. One such link is to isubball.com by Dave ISU Presidential Scholar-Athlete Award; ISU’s most Shields. It offers great action shots of our women players prestigious award given to a female & male (and men) along with a number of other great features. student-athlete. Please see our BBBC site at: Women’s Basketball Team http://www.indstate.edu/bbboosters and Bookmark it ISU Athletic Director’s Cup; given to the “Athletic for quick access. Team with the highest combined GPA (3.59) that illustrates a team commitment to the essential Incidentally, fans are invited to submit their pics for balance between athletics and academic achievement.” consideration to be included on the site. Send the pics (in .jpg format) and information about the pics (who, what, where, Also, I think I can speak for all the fans, the #1 Team when, etc.) to Bill Littlejohn at: Award to THE Women’s Basketball Team for providing [email protected]. an exciting season of basketball, displaying exemplary You can contact Carol Walker with your reactions, ideas, etc. citizenship, achieving academic excellence, and never about the website: [email protected] giving up by persevering through adversity. Members of the BBBC Communications Committee And the #1 Coaches’ Award to Coach’s Weddle, responsible for the Newsletter and Sidelines are Sheila Boeglin and Campbell for rallying the troops, showing Mitchell & Mike McCormick. Members responsible for the true team leadership and representing ISU with high website are Carol Walker, Gary Busiere, Bill Littlejohn integrity. Dave Sheilds and Ken Walker. st Recruit Watch . Northern Iowa-Lost in 1 round of NCAA to Nebraska Jessica Valley, 2011 recruit, McCutcheon HS was Calendar of Events named to the IBCA All-Star Underclass Team and will play in the Jr. All Star Game vs. Kentucky on June 6 & 7 No basketball, but plenty of other ISU sports to enjoy: Anna Munn, 2010 recruit from Decatur Central, was named to the Indiana All-Star team and will Women’s Soccer @ Memorial Stadium play in the 22nd Annual North-South IN All-Star April 11 Classic on April 18, 4:00 pm at Oak High School, Softball Converse, IN. The boys will play at 2:00 pm. Also Munn April 14, 17, 18, 22, 24, 25 was selected to play in the 2010 Eric Gordon Super May 8, 9 Shootout All-Star game at Indianapolis Tech. on April 24, at noon. The boy’s game is at 2:30 pm. Track & Field @ ISU Quadrangular Sadie Oyer, 2010, was named to the 1st Team Central April 16, 17, May 1 Buckeye Conference, received 3rd Team Division II All- Boys Baseball @ Bob Warn Field District Honors and named to the Ohio High School April 16, 17, 18, 27, 30, May 2 Basketball Coach’s Assoc.