Indiana University Women’s Basketball lands Duquesne Transfer Jerni Kikau IU women’s basketball’s roster continues to solidify for the 2025-26 season. Duquesne transfer guard Jerni Kiaku announced her commitment to the Hoosiers on social media on Monday, giving head coach Teri Moren her fifth portal addition of the offseason. Kiaku, standing 5-foot-7, will be a senior this season, her final year of collegiate eligibility. She spent her first season at North Carolina Central in 2022-23, before joining the Dukes for her sophomore and junior years. She’ll bring more experience into a relatively young Indiana backcourt this coming season, joining Shay Ciezki as the lone upperclassmen in the group. The Hoosiers also have Lenée Beaumont, Chloe Spreen, and Phoenix Stotijn at guard with one season of game action apiece, and true freshman Nevaeh Caffey also enters the picture this year.
The Garner, N.C. native appeared in and started 33 of Duquesne’s 34 games last season, averaging 13.2 points, 3.4 rebounds, 1.7 assists, and 1.1 steals per game. She shot a team-best 47.1 percent from the field, and 26.7 percent on 3-pointers while attempting 2.3 per game. Those statistics represented nice jumps from Kiaku’s sophomore year with the Dukes, when she put up 6.6 points, 1.0 assists, 2.7 rebounds, and 0.9 steals per game while shooting 44.5 percent from the field and 21.4 percent from 3-point range. Kiaku was named MEAC Rookie of the Year in 2023 at N.C. Central, averaging 10.7 points, 2.1 assists, and 1.4 steals per game. She also earned third-team all-conference honors that year.
Indiana University’s Will Moore Named the Big Ten Baseball Freshman of the Week Freshman third baseman Will Moore was the right guy at the plate this weekend as the Hoosiers picked up a big series win over Maryland. His efforts in the batter’s box earned him his first career Big Ten Freshman of the Week award, as announced by the league office on Monday evening. Moore was instrumental in IU’s weekend, delivering clutch hits at just the right time. On Friday night, he helped complete the comeback win over Maryland with a RBI single in the ninth inning. He was down to two strikes but sat on a breaking ball and hit it into left field to beat the Terrapins. On Sunday, IU’s coaching staff moved Moore into the leadoff spot for the first time in his career. He answered the call by reaching base safely five different times with three hits and two walks. He scored a career best four runs and tallied the second three-hit game of his IU tenure.
The young Canadian leads the Big Ten in on-base percentage among qualified hitters (.527). He’s reached safely on 59 occasions with 26 hits, 23 walks and 10 hit-by-pitches. He’s also scored 22 times and has 11 RBIs. He’s been the primary third baseman for the Hoosiers since the end of March. Moore is the 13th different IU player to win a Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor under head coach Jeff Mercer (since 2019). It’s the first time that the Hoosiers have had four different players honored in the same season with the award since 2012. In fact, IU has now matched some Big Ten history. It is one of two teams in conference history (Rutgers – 2021) to have four different freshman position players win a Big Ten Freshman of the Week honor in the same season. Moore joins Cooper Malamazian, Hogan Denny and Jake Hanley on the list this year.
Indiana University Football secures a Commitment from Four Star Prospect Henry Ohlinger for 2026 Indiana has secured a commitment from one of the top running backs and linebackers in the high school class of 2026. Columbus, Ohio product Henry Ohlinger announced his verbal pledge to Curt Cignetti and the Hoosiers. The 6-foot-1 and 210-pound Ohlinger chose IU over offers from Miami (Fla.), Iowa, Boston College, Rutgers, Virginia, Purdue, Cincinnati, and several others. Indiana made a strong impression during the 2024 season when Ohlinger visited Bloomington with ESPN’s College GameDay on campus. There have been multiple visits by Ohlinger to IU since, as well as visits by the IU staff to Columbus. The Grandview Heights H.S. product is a 4-star based on the On3 industry average. He’s a top-400 overall player in the class, and a top-25 running back in the class. As a junior in 2024, Ohlinger rushed for 1,728 yards on 139 carries (12.4 ypc). He scored 32 touchdowns and helped lead his team to a 12-1 record. But Ohlinger could end up playing linebacker at IU. Ohlinger also played defense in 2024 and posted 112 tackles with 23 tackles for loss, 12 sacks and three forced fumbles from his linebacker spot. He also posted 403 yards and a score on kickoff returns. He was first-team All-State. Ohlinger is Indiana’s second commit in the 2026 class, following Wisconsin-based interior offensive lineman Sam Simpson.
Indiana University Baseball’s Cole Gilley Named to National Pitcher of the Year Watch List Veteran right-hander Cole Gilley was named to the College Baseball Foundation National Pitcher of the Year watch list, as announced by the organization last Friday. 54 pitchers throughout the country were honored on the midseason list. After transferring over from Indiana State, the native Hoosier has been a revelation for head coach Jeff Mercer. He holds a 7-2 record and a 3.92 earned run average on the season. Before this past weekend, IU had won seven-straight games that Gilley had pitched in. Gilley burst onto the scene in the opening weekend of the 2025 campaign. He compiled 11 strikeouts against Xavier in a game in Surprise, Arizona – part of a 21-strikeout effort from IU’s pitching staff. He picked up his second double-digit strikeout (10) outing of the season in a win over USC on March 28th.
He is one of four Big Ten pitchers named on the list – joining Joseph Dzierwa (Michigan State), Cade Obermueller (Iowa) and Ian Umlandt (Oregon). The award is handed out annually to the nation’s best pitcher. It was won last year by Arkansas’ Hagen Smith. Gilley’s seven wins are already as many as any IU pitcher recorded all of last year. He is searching to become the first hurler for the Hoosiers to record at least nine wins in a season since Kyle Hart in 2016 (10). IU will play Ball State tonight in a midweek and still has four weekend series left this year.
Former Indiana University Pitcher Craig Yoho Makes his Major League Baseball Debut with the Milwaukee Brewers When Craig Yoho left spring training having missed making Milwaukee’s roster to start the year, manager Pat Murphy assured the right-hander he would be in the major leagues soon enough. The 25-year-old Yoho had never even pitched at Triple-A, so that remained an important step in his path to the majors — and over the weekend he found out he would be joining the Brewers. On Monday night, he made his big-league debut when he took the ball to start the eighth inning with his team trailing 4-2. After striking out Heliot Ramos, Yoho walked LaMonte Wade Jr. and gave up a single to Wilmer Flores before a mound visit. Patrick Bailey hit a sacrifice fly as Milwaukee turned an inning-ending double play. The San Francisco Giants won 5-2. “I got off to a hot start this year in Triple-A and felt like I put myself into the conversation, and I’m here and now I’m ready to help this team,” Yoho said, sitting in the visiting dugout at Oracle Park before the game. “Ready to go whenever my name’s called.”
He arrived in time for the opener of a four-game series with the Giants and had plenty of supporters ready to cheer his major league debut. Yoho’s wife, Sydni, and 8-month-old daughter Daisy made the trip with him from Charlotte, North Carolina, while his parents, Lance and Connie, and brother Brandon and his wife, Madison, traveled from the Indianapolis area. In addition, his in-laws came from near San Antonio. Yoho allowed just one unearned run over 9 2/3 innings at Triple-A Nashville this year after posting an 0.94 ERA over 48 relief appearances with various minor league team’s last season. He will take all he gained during spring training into this next step; one he is counting on being a prolonged stay with Milwaukee. “There was just a lot of confidence coming away from that. I got to get some exposure with the coaching staff and teammates and know that my stuff plays at this level,” he said. “And I just need to trust myself and go out there and just pitch.” Murphy’s message was simple: “Don’t be satisfied you’re just here. You earned it, you deserve it.”
For Yoho, this has been a long time coming. An eighth-round pick by Milwaukee in the 2023 amateur draft, he transferred from the University of Houston after the pandemic-interrupted 2020 season and almost immediately was injured — missing two seasons when he needed Tommy John elbow reconstruction. He also dealt with a knee injury. The Fishers, Indiana native came back home to Pitch for the Indiana Hoosiers for the 2023 season and was going to transfer to the University of Arkansas for the 2024 season but signed with the Brewers instead. Yoho becomes 37th player from Indiana University to make it to the Big League. The Brewers are hoping he can boost a bullpen that has struggled this season. Milwaukee’s 5.14 bullpen ERA ranks 26th in the majors. Last year, the Brewers had a 3.11 bullpen ERA that was second in the majors. Murphy looked forward to the moment he would call Yoho’s name to make his long-awaited debut.
“It’s the greatest part of the job is to see players and I guess their families, too, although I don’t get to see that all the time, but the greatest part of the job is to see the guys start believing they can and to see them realize they’ve made it,” Murphy said. “But that’s not what they’re here for, just to make it. They want to excel. But that’s a priceless part of the job, I promise you. I feel very very grateful that I can be part of something like that because it is so very special.” Milwaukee cleared roster space for Yoho by optioning right-hander Logan Henderson to Nashville and transferring lefty Nestor Cortes to the 60-day injured list. Henderson was sent down one day after striking out nine batters and allowing only one run over six innings in his MLB debut.
Bloomington North’s Luke Lindeman to Play in the Hoosiers All-Star Classic at the Hoosier Gym in Knightstown The Hoosier Gym All-Star Classic is set for Saturday at the home of the Hickory Huskers. The annual high school basketball all-star event for senior players will begin with the girls at 11 a.m., followed by the boy’s game. The venue is the gym in Knightstown made famous by the movie “Hoosiers.” There are still 200 tickets available, which can be purchased at thehoosiergym.com. Bobby Plump, the star of the 1954 Milan team that inspired the movie, will be the honorary guest for this year’s game.
Here are the rosters: (teams have not yet been divided)
Girls: Jacklynn Hosier, Alexandria (Vermont), Aniah Smith, Avon (Jacksonville), Avery Gordon, Brownsburg (Purdue), Addison Baxter, Columbia City (Butler), Nevaeh Dickman, Fishers (Buffalo), Lily Graves, Franklin Central (Southern Indiana), Gabby Spink, Gibson Southern (Murray State), Leah West, Greensburg (Belmont), Maya Makalusky, Hamilton Southeastern (Indiana), Hadley Crosier, Lanesville (Maryville), Jaylah Lampley, Lawrence Central (Mississippi State) ,Laila Abdurraqib, Lawrence Central (New Mexico), Kya Hurt, Lawrence North (Illinois State), Jamaya Thomas, Lawrence North (Northern Kentucky), Meredith Tippner, Noblesville (Miami, Fla.), Kaycie Warfel, Pendleton Heights (Taylor), Kira Reynolds, South Bend Washington (UT-Arlington), Monique Mitchell, South Bend Washington (Akron), Ellie Richardson, Scottsburg (Western Carolina), Kenzie Garner, Sheridan (Ferris State), Ella Bobe, South Knox (Southern Indiana), Addie Bowsman, Twin Lakes (St. Francis) and Brooke Winchester, Warsaw (Ball State). Coaches: Brad Bowsman, Twin Lakes; David Baxter, Benton Central; Brian Satterfield, Hamilton Southeastern; Gary Satterfield, Knightstown.
Boys: Azavier Robinson, Lawrence North (Butler), Grady Carpenter, Tipton (Grace), Dezmon Briscoe, Crispus Attucks (Uncommitted), Julius Gizzi, New Palestine (Indiana Wesleyan), Justin Kirby, Fishers (Miami, Ohio), Tre Singleton, Jeffersonville (Northwestern), Mark Zackery IV, Ben Davis (Notre Dame), Gavin Betten, Manchester (Grace) Brady Koehler, Cathedral (Notre Dame), Braylon Mullins, Greenfield-Central (UConn), Chase Barnes, Fort Wayne Wayne (UIndy), Ethan Edwards, Whiteland (UIndy), Chase Konieczny, South Bend St. Joseph (Uncommitted), Damien King, Anderson (UT-Martin), Drelyn Truesdale, Fort Wayne Bishop Luers (Uncommitted), Dereon Truesdale, Fort Wayne Bishop Luers (Uncommitted), Bryson Cardinal, Guerin Catholic (Uncommitted), Luke Lindeman, Bloomington North (Marian), Boston Willard, Greenfield-Central (Uncommitted), P.J. Douglas, Jeffersonville (Wright State), Michael Cooper, Jeffersonville (Wright State). Coaches: Trent Whitaker, New Palestine; Jordan Myers, New Palestine; Chris Hawkins, Crispus Attucks; Matt Thompson, Crispus Attucks.