Indiana University Football loses two players going into fall camp
Indiana football coach Tom Allen shared some roster updates on Tuesday during his virtual press conference previewing fall camp. According to Allen, wide receiver David Baker signed a medical hardship waiver and offensive lineman Cam Knight has retired from football. The medical hardship waiver allows an athlete to retain their scholarship without counting against the team’s 85-player limit. Both Indianapolis-area natives were part of a 2020 signing class that only has three players still on the roster (Dexter Williams II, Kahlil Benson and Bryson Bonds).
Baker missed the 2022 season with an undisclosed injury, and it was the second straight season he didn’t get into a game. His lone appearance for the Hoosiers came during his freshman year during the 2020 season. The former three-star prospect out of Scecina Memorial High School didn’t record any statistics. Knight, who was a three-star signee out of Noblesville High School, followed in his older brother Brandon’s footsteps in coming to Indiana. Brandon was an offensive lineman for the program from 2015-18 and spent three years in the NFL. Cam Knight played in three games after redshirting in 2020 and earned Academic Big Ten honors in 2021. The good news for Indiana is that the departures come at positions where they have strong depth numbers-wise. The Hoosiers have 10 scholarship receivers and 15 scholarship offensive lineman to open fall camp and the majority of those players are full-go.
Indiana University Women’s Basketball earns special mention on 2022-23 WBCA Academic Honor Roll
With a cumulative 3.553 GPA for the 2022-23 season, the Indiana women’s basketball team earned a special mention on the WBCA Academic Top 25. The Hoosiers finished 29th out of all Division I teams for the academic year. The WBCA Academic Top 25 recognizes NCAA Division I, II and III, NAIA and two-year college women’s basketball teams across the nation that carry the highest combined GPAs inclusive of all student-athletes on their rosters for the entire season. The 2022-23 season is the 28th in which the WBCA has compiled the honor rolls.
Indiana heads into the 2023-24 season with four starters returning from a team that went 28-4 overall, was a No. 1 seed in the NCAA Tournament, and won the program’s first-ever outright Big Ten regular season championship. Headlining the list of returnees is graduate student forward Mackenize Holmes, who earned First-Team All-America honors after ranking seventh nationally in scoring (22.3) last season. Four other All-Big Ten selections will also be back for the Hoosiers including seniors Sydney Parrish and Chloe Moore-McNeil along with graduate student guard Sara Scalia and sophomore guard Yarden Garzon.
The team departed yesterday for its first foreign tour in six years as it will travel to Greece through August 10. The Hoosiers will play two games in the country along with multiple stops for sightseeing. Fans can follow along with a travel blog and on its social media accounts @IndianaWBB on Facebook, X and Instagram.
Indiana University Volleyball to appear on Big Ten Network Four times during the 2023 Season
The Indiana volleyball team is set to have a program record four matches televised on the Big Ten Network this fall, as announced by the conference office on Tuesday afternoon. IU will feature on national television three times in Wilkinson Hall this season including the conference opener on September 20th against Illinois (8:00 PM ET). The Hoosiers welcome Nebraska for a Saturday night matchup on the final day of September, the programs’ only meeting of the season. This marks the third-consecutive season that the two teams have met on national television but the first time playing in Bloomington.
The Monon Spike game between IU and Purdue returns to Bloomington this year and will be televised as part of the Big Ten Network’s Wednesday night volleyball doubleheader on October 11th. IU and Purdue have played a Big Ten record 110 matches against each other and will play on consecutive Wednesdays in October on the 11th (Bloomington) and 18th (West Lafayette). The Hoosiers head to Champaign on October 25th to begin a four-game road swing with a matchup against Illinois (8:00 PM ET). IU defeated Illinois in four sets in 2022 but hasn’t played in Champaign since the 2021 campaign. A full list of start times for IU’s remaining conference matches will be announced in the coming weeks by the respective host school.
2023 Indiana Volleyball Big Ten Network Schedule- All times listed are Eastern Standard Time. September 20th vs. Illinois (8:00 PM), September 30th vs. Nebraska (7:00 PM), October 11th vs. Purdue (6:00 PM) and October 25th at Illinois (8:00 PM)
Henna Sandvik and Finland finish group play with a win at the FIBA U-20 Women’s European Championships
Indiana University Women’s Basketball Sophomore Henna Sandvik scored 9 points as Finland beat Lithuania 78-49 Tuesday in the final game of group play at the FIBA U-20 Women’s European Championships in Klaipeda Lithuania. Finland who finished 1-2 will play Israel in a round of 16 game at 8:30am Bloomington Time this Morning and 3:30pm local time in Klaipeda.
Sandvik started and played 15 minutes and 45 seconds going 3-4 from the field, 0-1 from three-point range and 3-4 from the free throw line. The Helsinki native pulled down 4 rebounds, dished out 2 assists and committed three turnovers. In three games Sandvik has started all three games. She has played 77 minutes, scored 35 points, pulled down 14 rebounds, dished out 6 assists, blocked 4 shots, 2 steals and committed 3 turnovers. Sandvik turned 20 on May 26, is averaging 11.7 points and 25.6 minutes per game. She is 11-26 from the field for 42%, 1-6 from three-point range for 16% and 12-14 from the free throw line for 85%.
IU Field Hockey’s Maddie Olshemski selected to the U.S. U-21 Junior Women’s National Team Camp
Indiana Field Hockey’s Maddie Olshemski was named to the 2024 U-21 Junior Women’s National Team Selection Camp over the weekend. USA Field Hockey selected Olshemski along with 68 other field hockey players to participate in the camp. Olshemski was named to the selection camp based on her strong performance at the 2023 U-21 Junior Nexus Championship in July.
Moving forward, Olshemski and the rest of the U-21 National Team Selection Camp participants will report to the camp in January 2024. Specific timing and location of the camp are still to be determined. Olshemski is entering her freshman season with the Hoosiers this fall. She recently graduated Wyoming Seminary College Preparatory School in Pennsylvania and is the younger sister of former Indiana Field Hockey player Gaby Olshemski.
Luke Fischer and Herd That in the Final Four of The Basketball Tournament
Former Indiana University Basketball Luke Fischer is only former Hoosier still alive in the Basketball tournament as Herd That which is the Marshall Alumni Team will play Heart Fire in Philadelphia this evening in the Semifinals of the $ 1 million dollar winner take all tournament at 7 PM on ESPN. Fischer is one of 10 former Hoosiers that were competing along with 2 Indiana based teams in the 64-team single elimination tournament. The other nine former Hoosiers and the two Indiana Based teams have been eliminated. Fischer started his career at Indiana and left midway through his freshman year and went to Marquette which is close to his home in Germantown Wisconsin. The second Semifinal features Friday Beers and the North Texas Alumni Team Bleed Green at 9pm and the final will be Thursday night at 7 pm on ESPN.
Herd That Marshall Alumni Team beat Best Virginia The West Virginia Alumni Team 74-61 in the Second Round of the West Virginia Regional in Wheeling West Virginia. Fischer played 8 Minutes and 28 seconds going 0-1 from three-point range, pulling down a rebound along with an assist. Herd That beat Sideline Cancer 73-64 in the Third Round of the West Virginia Regional. Fischer scored 2 points in 14 minutes and 22 seconds. Fischer went 1-2 from the field and pulled down 3 rebounds. Herd That beat Boeheim’s Army which is the Syracuse Alumni Team 88-71 in the Quarterfinals in Wheeling West Virginia. Fischer played 5 minutes and 57 seconds and scored 2 points. Fischer was 1-1 from the field with three rebounds and 2 turnovers.
Gutter Cats beat Shell Shock which is the Maryland Alumni Team 71-57 in the Second Round of the Louisville Regional at Freedom Hall. Maurice Creek played 9 minutes and 31 seconds going 0-4 from the field and 0-1 from three-point range along with 2 Rebounds. Men Of Mackey which is the Purdue Alumni Team was eliminated in the second round of the Dayton Regional as the lost to Friday Beers 73-68.
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