Jaden Ivey named Wooden All-American
Purdue sophomore standout Jaden Ivey has been named a John R. Wooden Award All-American. The Wooden Award All American Team is comprised of ten student-athletes who were the top vote-getters in the quest to earn college basketball’s most prestigious honor. The ten-player team, alphabetically, consists of: Ochai Agbaji (Kansas), Kofi Cockburn (Illinois), Johnny Davis (Wisconsin), Chet Holmgren (Gonzaga), Jaden Ivey (Purdue), Bennedict Mathurin (Arizona), Keegan Murray (Iowa), Jabari Smith (Auburn), Drew Timme (Gonzaga), and Oscar Tshiebwe (Kentucky).
Ivey, a 6-foot, 4-inch guard from South Bend, Indiana, and likely top-5 pick in the NBA Draft in June, earned consensus second-team All-American honors after being voted to either the first or second team All-American squads by the four organizations that make up the All-America awards. He was named a first-team honoree by NABC and second-team mentions by the Sporting News, USBWA and Associated Press. A player is considered a consensus All-American if named to all four lists.
Ivey becomes the fourth consensus All-American under head coach Matt Painter (JaJuan Johnson, Caleb Swaningan, Carsen Edwards) and is just the second underclassmen (freshman or sophomore; Swanigan) to be named a first-team All-American in any of the four major services in the last 92 years (John Wooden was consensus All-American as a sophomore in 1930).
Purdue shooting guards (Edwards, Ivey) have been named consensus All-Americans in two of the last four seasons. Purdue is the only school in America with two shooting guards to be named consensus All-Americans in the last four seasons.
YMCA Summer Camp Details
Take advantage of the YMCA Summer Camp’s Early Bird Rates through April 30th Summer Camp rates increase on May 1st. This year’s catalog includes an abundance of information about every camp the YMCA is offering this year at our Southeast Y and Northwest Y, along with information about Summer Camp policies & procedures. For more information about what your camper and your family can expect from your camp experience, check out our Parent Guide.Camp
Upcoming Monroe Lake Activities
National Walking Week Hike, April 1 at 3 p.m. (begins at Paynetown SRA)
Meeting Location: Paynetown SRA, parking lot behind the Property Office
Additional details: meetup.com/Indiana-Volkssport-Walking-Meetup/events/283976962/
This walk is organized and sponsored by the Bedford Hiking Club and the Indiana Volksport Association. Please contact Linda Woods with any questions, lawoods4330@gmail.com.
Please arrive at least 15 minutes before to register. Walkers can do either a 5k or 10k hike. The route is on challenging trails through a beautiful forest of mixed hardwoods with views of Monroe Lake. It uses the Pate Hollow Trail in Hoosier National Forest (which is adjacent to Paynetown SRA). Hiking poles may be helpful. Walkers should bring and carry their own water.
You may also do this walk anytime by registering using the start box kept at the Monroe Lake Property Office (at the entrance to Paynetown SRA) or at the Courtyard by Marriott (310 S. College Ave. in Bloomington – ask at the front desk for the walk box). The start box contains a registration log, trail map, and directions for doing the walk. Online registration is also available by setting up a personal account at my.ava.org.
Salt Creek Wildflowers Hike, April 13 at 9:30 a.m. (U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Office)
One of the best locations to see spring wildflowers in bloom is in Salt Creek at Monroe Lake! This spot is home to an unusual white-blooming form of Virginia bluebells, along with more than 30 other species of spring ephemerals. Our hike will take us from the ridge-top woods into a floodplain valley and includes off-trail hiking on a moderate slope. 2 hours
Sign up at HERE by April 10. Limited to 20 people. *FULL, click on registration link to join waitlist.
37th Annual Spring Wildflower Foray, April 22-24 (multiple locations)
The Spring Wildflower Foray takes place at multiple locations in Brown and Monroe counties, with a variety of hikes led by natural resource professionals and volunteers. Most (but not all) programs require advance registration by April 20 at noon.
Click here for info on all Spring Wildflower Foray programs!
Financial Education and Student Essay Contest
As a sponsor of the 3rd annual EVERFI Financial Literacy Bee, German American Bank is excited to once again offer students and parents access to an online financial literacy course. The course is available now through April 15th at germanamerican.com. While designed for junior high and high school students, all ages can access the course. We recommend parents either take the course separately, or with their child, to encourage family conversation about healthy money habits. The short, interactive lessons teach students how to save, set financial goals, budget, and invest and can be taken by using a desktop computer, tablet or smartphone.
As an added benefit, the Financial Literacy Bee offers an essay contest opportunity to junior high and high school level students (ages 13 – 19). Students in this age range who take the course and submit a short essay will be entered to compete for one of (5) $500 prizes awarded on behalf of EVERFI and German American Bank. Click HERE to view last year’s award-winning essays.
In addition to a regional $500 VISA Gift Card prize offered by EVERFI, German American Bank will award a total of $2,000 to essay winners: two in Indiana and two in Kentucky, with each to receive a $500 VISA Gift Card.
To participate:
- 1. Visit The Financial Literacy Bee | German American Bank
- 2. Complete the challenge lessons that will be made available through April 15, 2022 (four lessons ~ten minutes each)
- 3. Any junior high or high school student (age 13-19) who would like to compete for the gift card prizes can submit a short essay on their biggest financial dream and how they plan to achieve it. To be eligible for prizes, essays must be submitted by April 15, 2022.
This Week in Hoosier History
1965 – The First National Bank in Richmond introduced the public to the first electronic data processing center in Eastern Indiana. Special demonstrations were presented of the Burroughs B270 computer system. On display were the central processor, a sorter-reader what could process up to 1200 items a minute, the magnetic tape units where information was stored, and a printer which could produce 40 statements a minute.
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