IU Athletes Thomas Allen and Ali Patberg named Big Ten Outstanding Sportsmanship Award Winners
Indiana football linebacker Thomas Allen and women’s basketball guard Ali Patberg were tabbed by the Big Ten Conference as Indiana’s honorees for the Outstanding Sportsmanship Award for the 2021-22 academic year.
Allen appeared in eight games during the 2021 season before suffering a season-ending injury. He was named the program’s Ted Verlihay “Mental Attitude” Award. Over his four seasons, he appeared in 32 games with 56 career tackles and 3.5 tackles for loss. He made an immediate impact with 28 stops, 3.0 tackles for loss, and one sack during his redshirt freshman season. He added an interception that season, as well. The Tampa, Florida native was a four-time Academic All-Big Ten selection and earned Big Ten Distinguished Scholar accolades during his junior season. He was the Hoosiers Sportsmanship Award honoree as a senior.
Patberg wrapped up her career at IU as a four-time All-Big Ten honoree in 2021-22 as she led Indiana to back-to-back Sweet Sixteen appearances and three NCAA Tournaments. She finished ninth in all-time scoring at IU with 1,752 points, third in assists (527) and a career average of 14.2 points per game which ranked eight. She was a two-time Nancy Lieberman Award finalist and WBCA All-American honorable mention. Patberg was drafted 33rd overall in the 2022 WNBA Draft by the Indiana Fever. In her final season in 2021-22, Patberg native averaged 11.6 points, 3.4 assists, 3.2 rebounds, and shot 42.6 percent from the floor. She was one of three players all-time to earn four All-Big Ten honors in her Indiana career and started in 123 career games. The Columbus, Indiana, native also excelled in the classroom where she was a 2019 CoSIDA Academic All-American, four-time All-Big Ten selection and is a Big Ten Distinguished Scholar. She holds a pair of degrees from Indiana, a bachelor’s degree in finance from IU’s Kelley School of Business in May 2022 and a master’s degree in recreational administration in May 2022.
IUWBB Players Mona Zaric and Henna Sandvik compete in Under 20 European Championships
Indiana University Women’s Basketball Players Mona Zaric and Henna Sandvik competed for their countries in the FIBA Under 20 European Championships in Sopron Hungary Tuesday. Zaric scored 8 points in 20 minutes off the bench as Serbia beat Lithuania 71-41 to advance to the quarterfinals. Zaric was 3-7 from the field, 1-2 from three-point range and 1-2 from the free throw line she pulled down 5 rebounds and committed 1 foul. Serbia will play Italy at 7:30am.
Sandvik started and played 36 minutes as Finland lost to Hungary 84-74. Sandvik scored 14 points pulled down 8 rebounds, 2 blocks, 2 assists and had a steal. Sandvik was 6-12 from the field and 2-6 from three-point range. She likes to set up in the corners for the three-point shot but in the second half she had a nice cut to the basket that helped get team back in the game after trailing in the second half. Finland will play Ireland in a consolation game at 1:45pm.
Incoming Freshman Yarden Garzon and Israel will play is final pool play game at the Division B Under 20 European Championships against Georgia 10:30am. The tournament is being held in Skopje North Macedonia. Israel is 2-0 and Georgia is 0-2.
Kyle Schwarber to compete in the Home Run Derby at the MLB All Star Game
Philadelphia Phillies slugger and former Indiana University Baseball Player Kyle Schwarber will officially join the 2022 Home Run Derby next Monday Night at Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles California. The outfielder is the latest to join the field on July 18 alongside Pete Alonso, Ronald Acuna Jr., Albert Pujols and Juan Soto.
Schwarber entered Tuesday with 28 home runs, which leads the National League and only trails Aaron Judge for the most in the majors. The 29-year-old had a slow start to his first season in Philadelphia, totaling just 11 home runs through the end of May. He got red-hot in June with 12 home runs in the month, adding five more in 10 games in July. After producing a .721 OPS through May 31, Schwarber has a 1.022 OPS in 37 games since. The former Chicago Cubs player hit 38 home runs in 2019, but he is now on pace to obliterate his career high.
The outfielder has participated in the Home Run Derby just once in his career, but he made the finals in 2018 after winning head-to-head battles against Alex Bregman and Rhys Hoskins. He eventually lost to future teammate Bryce Harper. Alonso might still be the one to beat, considering the New York Mets first baseman has won each of the last two competitions.
Indiana Fever host Connecticut Sun in afternoon game at Indiana Farmers Coliseum
The Indiana Fever is in action at noon today when they host the Connecticut Sun in the annual kids’ day game. The Fever are 5-19 on the season and 3-9 at home. The Fever have lost six in a row and are looking to change things around after the All-Star Break. Kelsey Mitchell leads the team in scoring with 19 Points per game. Rookie NaLyssa Smith from Baylor is scoring 13.2 points and pulling down 8.2 rebounds per game. Victoria Vivans is averaging 10.7 points per game.
The Sun have beaten the Fever in all three meetings this season and come in with a 14-8 record. The Sun have five players in double figures with Jonquel Jones leading the way averaging 14.6 points per game. Head Coach Curt Miller and Assistant Coach Brandi Poole were at Indiana University from 2012-2014 as Miller had a 32-32 record as head coach with WNIT Quarterfinal Appearance in 2014 then resigned citing health and family reasons. Miller has been the coach at Connecticut since 2016 and has a 125-83 record with 5 playoff appearances.
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