Devin Taylor Selected 48th Overall by the Athletics in the Major League Baseball Draft Junior Devin Taylor officially made Indiana history on Sunday evening, becoming the highest-drafted outfielder in program history. He was selected 48th overall by the Athletics in the second round of the 2025 MLB First Year Player Draft. Taylor is the highest-drafted player in the coaching career of head coach Jeff Mercer. The veteran outfielder is also the seventh-highest selected player in program history during the summer MLB Draft era (since 1965).
The Cincinnati, Ohio native was one of the most decorated recruits to ever make it to campus when he showed up in the fall of 2022. The No. 78 overall recruit by Perfect Game three years ago was described as a “program changer” by Mercer when he chose the Hoosiers over a plethora of high-major teams. During his collegiate career, Taylor was nothing short of special. He was a unanimous All-American in 2025 and earned eight All-American honors during his three seasons. Taylor was the 2023 Big Ten Freshman of the Year – one of four in program history. He helped lead IU to 108 wins during his time in Bloomington and was part of three Big Ten Tournament teams and two NCAA Tournament teams. In April, Taylor broke the program’s all-time home run record. He hit at least 16 home runs in each of his three seasons and finished his illustrious career with 54 long balls. He racked up 229 hits, 37 doubles, 191 runs scored and 179 RBIs. He finished top-10 in program history in walks (125) and was a career .350 hitter at the top of IU’s lineup.
Six years after former IU player Matt Gorski (2-57) was selected in the second round by the Pittsburgh Pirates, Taylor officially became the highest-drafted outfielder in program history. He’s just the fifth IU position player (Kyle Schwarber, 1-4 – 2014, Jim DeNeff, 1-8 – 1966, Kevin Orie, Comp A – 29 – 1993 and Josh Phegley, Comp A – 38 – 2009) to be picked inside the top-50 selections of the MLB Draft. Before tonight, the Athletics had selected five former IU players in the MLB Draft. Taylor is the first picked by the organization since Jack Perkins in 2022. Perkins, who played one season for the Hoosiers, made his MLB debut for the club earlier this season. Taylor is the 27th unique player drafted from IU during the Mercer era – extending IU’s Big Ten lead in the category over the previous seven seasons. He was the second-highest selected Big Ten player in this year’s proceedings (Mitch Voit, Michigan – Comp A – 38). Taylor is the 15th IU player selected in the top-10 rounds under Mercer.
Teri Moren and Team USA Take Care of Hungary at the FIBA U19 Women’s Basketball World Cup Indiana University Women’s Basketball Head Coach Teri Moren and Team USA Beat Hungary 79-49 Sunday at the FIBA U19 Women’s Basketball World Cup in Brno, Czechia to improve to 2-0 with one more Group A Game to play this morning against Isreal at 8:30 AM Eastern Time. IU Sophomore Zania Socka-Nugemen played 7 minutes and 13 seconds off the bench scoring 3 points and pulling down 2 rebounds. Socka-Nugemen went 1-1 from the field and 1-2 from the free throw line. The 6-3 Forward from Silver Spring, Maryland has scored 12 points and pulled down 7 rebounds in 18 minutes through the first two games of the tournament. Socka-Nugemen is 4-5 from the field, 1-1 from three-point range and 3-4 from the free throw line.
Kate Harping led the Americans with 15 points as Team USA had five in double-figures. Incoming UCLA Freshman Sienna Betts scored 13 points and pulled down 13 rebounds. Jerzy Robinson and Jasmine Davidson scored 12 points each and Saniyah Hall added 10 points. All 12 Americans played and 11 of 12 scored as Sydney Douglas did not score in her 1 minute and 21 seconds of action. 9 of 12 Americans played 10 or more minutes showing how deep this team is as they get deeper in this tournament. Team USA led 26-15 after the first quarter and both teams scored 16 points in the second quarter as the Americans led 42-31 at halftime. Team USA outscored Hungary 17-12 in the third quarter to lead 59-43 going into the final ten minutes. The Red, White and Blue put the clamps down on defense a staple of their Head Coach in this tournament holding Hungary to six points in the fourth quarter as the Americans scored 20 to the put the game out of reach.
Incoming Indiana University Men’s Basketball Freshman Aleksa Ristic and Serbia are 2-0 at the FIBA U20 European Championships Incoming Indiana University Men’s Basketball Freshman Aleksa Ristic scored 8 points as Serbia rolled to a 98-54 victory over Slovenia Sunday at the FIBA U20 European Championships in Heraklion, Greece. Serbia is 2-0 in Group D and wrapped up group play on Monday against France. Ristic started and played 28 minutes and 58 seconds going 4-12 from the field and 0-5 from the three-point line. Ristic dished out four assists, two steals, a rebound and committed a turnover. In two games the 6-3 Point Guard has scored 19 points, 11 assists, 2 steals, 2 rebounds, committed 3 turnovers and 1 foul in the tournament. Ristic started both games for Serbia and played a total of 56 minutes. Ristic is 7-22 from the field, 0-10 from three-point range and 5-6 from the free throw line. He is leading Serbia in minutes played at 28.2 and 5.5 assists per game.
Four Bloomington City Golf Champions Crowned Sunday at Cascades Golf Course Four Champions were crowned Sunday during the 97th annual City of Bloomington Golf Tournament held at the Cascades Golf Course on the Northside of Bloomington. Three of the four divisions featured repeat champions, and one became a first-time winner. Missy Ringler defeated Mira Bruce to win the Jane Foddrill Women’s Division. The Former Edgewood standout won her 11th City Title and first since 2017. Ringler won five in a row from 1990-95 and 2013-17 and now adds to the collection along with two Nevada State Amateur State Titles in 2003 and 2007. Ike Martin defeated Dan Neubecker to win the Ross Rush Super Seniors Division. It’s the 11th title for Martin who won the Super Seniors in in 2021 along with three Senior Division Titles in 2009, 2017 and 2019. Martin won his first Men’s Title in 1983 and won in 1990, 1993, 1995, 1997-98, and 2003-04.
Jason Bannister beat Simon Deliyannis to win his fourth straight Phil Talbot Men’s Division Championship. Bannister becomes just the Second ever to win four straight City Golf Titles joining Phil Talbot who won nine in a row from 1935-43. Bannister Joins Talbot, Ike Martin, Bob Cook, Troy Gilliespie and Bob Karcher as the only golfers to win four or more titles in the Men’s Division. Chad Osborne became a first-time winner when he defeated Matt Till for the Paul Gray Seniors Division Championship. The Marian Lawson Women’s Senior Division and Eddie Lawson Junior Division were not held this year.
Indiana Fever Score a Franchise Record 64 First Half Points to beat the Dallas Wings The Indiana Fever (11-10) secured a dominant 102-83 victory over the Dallas Wings behind double-digit performances from Aliyah Boston, Caitlin Clark, Sophie Cunningham, Natasha Howard and Kelsey Mitchell. Indiana Fever battled back-and-forth throughout the first quarter with the Wings, trading leads, but nine points from Mitchell and seven from Clark saw the home team in front 28-27. The Fever’s offense took over in the second quarter, scoring 36 points, with 10 from Howard, seven from Boston and six from Cunningham, while the defense held the Wings to just 15 points for a dominant 64-42 lead at halftime. The team continued its 20+ point lead in the third quarter, this time spreading the ball around with six different players putting themselves on the scoring sheet. The Fever maintained their sizable lead throughout the remainder of the game, putting up 18 points in the final quarter to secure the win.
In the first half the Indiana Fever scored 64 points, setting a new record for most points scored in a half this season, surpassing a record set on September 1, 2016, against the New York Liberty where the team scored 63 points. The 63 first-half points are also the most scored in any half by any WNBA team this season, passing the Minnesota Lynx who scored 58 against the LA Sparks on June 14. The team’s 36-point second quarter tied for the third-most points scored in a single quarter, matching games against the Minnesota Lynx on May 10, 2022, and against the Atlanta Dream on June 16, 2018.
Caitlin Clark recorded a double-double making it her fifth of the season and 19th career, ending the night with 14 points and 13 assists. Kelsey Mitchell finished the night with 20 points, extending her double-digit scoring streak to 21 games, posting 10+ points in every game so far this season. Sophie Cunningham recorded her 1,500 point in the second quarter with a driving layup assisted by McDonald, ending the night with 13 points. Aliyah Boston moved into sixth all-time in franchise history with her two defensive rebounds on the night, her 570th career defensive rebound, passing Candice Dupree. Damiris Dantas recorded her 350th WNBA career rebound in the first quarter. Aari McDonald eclipsed 250 career rebounds in the first quarter. The team finished the night with 102 points scored, tied for the most in a game this season, previously occurring on June 14 against the New York Liberty. Indiana finished the night with 30 assists, tied for the most in franchise history, originally set on June 29, 2019, however that record was set with an overtime period included. The Indiana Fever begin a two-game back-to-back road series, first against the Connecticut Sun in Boston at TD Garden tonight at 8 p.m. ET. The Fever then take on the New York Liberty tomorrow evening at 7:30 p.m. ET from the Barclays Center.
Indianapolis Indians close out Gwinnett with a 6-5 Win at Victory Field The Indianapolis Indians battled back from an early deficit and traded runs with the Gwinnett Stripers throughout the entire contest but managed to take Sunday afternoon’s series finale at Victory Field, 6-5. With the contest knotted at 5-5 in the eighth inning, Brett Sullivan led off the frame with his second double of the day to spark Indy’s (13-5, 55-37) offense. Alika Williams reached on a bunt single which advanced Sullivan to third, setting him up to score the game-winning run on a groundout from Tsung-Che Cheng.
The Indians found themselves in an early 2-0 hole within the first four pitches of the game thanks to back-to-back homers from Jarred Kelenic and Luke Waddell. The Stripers (8-10, 37-56) kept their foot on the gas, adding another run in the second on a sacrifice fly from Cody Milligan, but the Indians battled back in their half of the frame. Jared Triolo started the second-inning rally with a walk and scored the first Indians run on an Alika Williams single. Cheng also drew a walk to load the bases for Indy and Ronny Simon immediately followed with a 405-foot, two-run double to tie the game. The next batter, Billy Cook, reached on an error, which scored Cheng and granted Indy a 4-3 lead.
The two teams traded runs before the game-deciding inning. Gwinnett loaded the bases in the fourth and scored on a wild pitch to knot the game at four. Nick Solak responded with an opposite-field solo home run to retake the lead in the sixth inning before the Stripers strung together a double and a single in the sixth to tie the contest once again. Eddy Yean (W, 6-3), one of six Indians arms used in relief of Thomas Harrington, earned the win for Indy after tossing a scoreless eighth and Kyle Nicolas (S, 4) earned his second straight save in as many appearances with a clean ninth. José Ruiz (L, 0-2) took his second loss of the series for Gwinnett after allowing the game-winning run in the eighth. The Indians first series out of the four-day All-Star break will begin on Friday at 7:35 PM at First Horizon Park, home of the Nashville Sounds, the Triple-A affiliate of the Milwaukee Brewers.