Former Indiana Hoosier Kyle Schwarber Wins MLB All-Star Game MVP with a Dramatic Performance Did somebody say home run derby to break a tie? The National League had just the guy for that. IU baseball legend and current Philadelphia Phillies star Kyle Schwarber clubbed three home runs — in three swings — in the first-ever All-Star game game “swing off” tiebreaker. He hit three of his side’s four home runs in the tiebreaker to give the NL a 4-3 advantage and the All-Star crown. Schwarber’s dramatic exploits were enough to earn him MVP honors at the 95th Midsummer Classic despite going 0-2 with a walk during the regular nine-inning game that ended in a 6-6 tie. His long balls measured 428 feet, 461 feet and 382 feet.
“It was awesome,” Schwarber said on the FOX broadcast. “The guys were really into it. They were yelling, screaming, cheering me on every swing. When that last one goes over, they were all pumped. It was a lot of fun.” Due to a rule change in 2022, an All-Star tiebreaker was instituted where the game would be decided in a swing-off. Each team sends three hitters to the plate with three swings, and the combined homer total determines the winner. Schwarber was chosen by NL manager Dave Roberts to be one of the three NL hitters. Schwarber is having one of the best seasons of his 11-year career in the big leagues. The 32-year-old former IU All-American is batting .247 with 30 home runs and 69 RBIs through 96 games.
Luke Goode’s Request Denied by the NCAA to Play an Extra Season for Indiana University Men’s Basketball Luke Goode’s request for a fifth year has been denied, bringing an end to his college basketball career. The Fort Wayne, Ind. product made an Instagram post on Tuesday afternoon signaling the result of his waiver request. “Thank you, God, for the journey through highs and lows,” he wrote. “Can’t wait for what’s next!” Goode confirmed with The South-Central Indiana News Network his request was denied. In March following Indiana’s loss to Oregon in the Big Ten Tournament, he said the wheels were in motion to try to get one more year in Bloomington. “I love this place and grew up dreaming to play for this program. So I would love nothing more than to represent the school again,” he said at the time.
The 6-foot-7 Goode averaged a career-high 9.1 points per game for IU this past season while shooting 39.2% from three. It was his lone season with the program he rooted for as a child. Goode’s father Craig, and uncle, former IU quarterback Trent Green, played football for the Hoosiers. Goode started his college career at Illinois, where he played three seasons. He only played in 10 games during his 2022-23 sophomore year due to an injury. That created the opening for the waiver request that was ultimately denied. Indiana currently has 12 scholarship players on its 2025-26 roster.
Aleksa Ristic Posts a Double-Double as Serbia Advances to the Quarterfinals of the FIBA U-20 European Championships Incoming Indiana University Men’s Basketball Freshman Aleksa Ristic posted his first Double-Double Wednesday as Serbia beat Ukraine 75-61 in the Round of 16 at the FIBA U-20 European Championships in Heraklion Greece. Ristic started and played 30 minutes and 41 seconds going for 4-11 from the field, 2-5 from three-point range and 2-2 from the field for 12 points. Ristic dished out 11 assists, had a steal and a block along with 3 fouls and committing 4 turnovers.
In four games the 6-3 Point Guard has started every game scoring 53 points in 120 minutes for an average of 13.3 points and 29.9 minutes per game. Ristic has dished out 30 assists for an average of 7.5 per game. He has 3 rebounds, 3 steals and block. He has committed 7 fouls and 10 turnovers. Ristic is 19-48 from the field for 41 percent, 4-22 from three-point range for 18 percent and 11-13 from the free throw line for 84 percent. Ristic leads Serbia in Minutes played and assists per game and ranks third on the team in scoring. Serbia will face Spain this morning in the Quarterfinals at 8:30 AM Eastern Time. Spain beat the hosts Czechia 70-54 in the Quarterfinals on Wednesday. Spain finished Group Play 1-2 beating Finland 89-71 and losing to Israel 79-74 and Poland 67-63.
Indiana Fever beat the Connecticut Sun in Boston The Indiana Fever (12-10) earned an 85-77 victory over the Connecticut Sun in front of a sold-out crowd of 19,156 at TD Garden in Boston, Mass. The Fever opened the game going 8-8 from the field, including 10 points from Natasha Howard, but Connecticut was able to cut into the deficit, making it just a one-point game at the end of the first quarter. The second quarter saw both teams struggling offensively, with the Fever scoring just 15 points, but six points from Kesley Mitchell and a clutch three-pointer from Sophie Cunningham helped Indiana take a 44-42 lead into the halftime break. Embattled in a tight back-and-forth game, both sides traded leads, but Cunningham (five points), Howard (five points) and Mitchell (six points) kept Indiana out in front 62-60 at the end of the third quarter. Unable to find separation throughout the first three quarters, the Fever finally created some distance with Caitlin Clark scoring nine points in the fourth quarter and Aliyah Boston contributing eight points to secure the eight-point victory. The Indiana Fever earned a third-consecutive win for the first time this season, defeating the Atlanta Dream, Dallas Wings and Connecticut Sun over the last week. Kelsey Mitchell finished the night with 20 points, extending her double-digit scoring streak to 22 games, posting 10+ points in every game so far this season. Natasha Howard recorded a double-double with 18 points and 13 rebounds, making it her fifth of the season and 53rd career.
Caitlin Clark to Participate in the WNBA Starry Three Point Contest during All-Star Weekend Indiana Fever’s Caitlin Clark is set to participate in the 2025 WNBA STARRY 3-Point Contest on July 18, 2025, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse, it was announced Tuesday, marking her first-ever professional three-point contest. Clark headlines this year’s WNBA All-Star festivities, hosted in the Fever’s home in downtown Indianapolis, as she was also selected as one of two captains for the game on Saturday, July 19 at 8:30 p.m. ET. Clark’s Fever teammate Aliyah Boston and Kelsey Mitchell will take the court alongside her and the rest of Team Clark, looking to defend their home court against Napheesa Collier’s squad.
Last year Clark set a new franchise record for three-pointers made in a single season, making 122 three-pointers surpassing the previous Indiana Fever record of 102 set by Kelsey Mitchell in 2023. Additionally, her 122 three-pointers led the entire WNBA in 2024 and were just four off the WNBA league record set by Sabrina Ionescu of the New York Liberty in 2023, while also setting a WNBA record for most three-pointers made in a single season by a rookie. This year Clark has made 28 three-pointers in 12 games played. While in college at the University of Iowa, Clark broke and set the Division 1 record for three-pointers made, making 548 across her career. Clark also holds the record for most three-pointers in a single season, scoring 201 in both the 2023 and 2024 seasons. Last year’s winner of the WNBA STARRY 3-point contest, Allisha Gray of the Atlanta Dream, made 22 of her possible 40 attempts, while 2023’s winner, Sabrina Ionescu from the NY Liberty, made 37 out of a possible 40 to take home the trophy. This year Clark will compete against the likes of Ionescu and rookie Sonia Citron of the Washington Mystics. The full list of participants can be found here.
Indiana University Track and Field Announces the Promotion of Valarie Brown to Associate Head Coach Indiana University track and field head coach Ed Beathea announced assistant coach Valerie Brown to associate head coach. Brown receives this promotion after serving as an assistant coach the past two seasons. She will continue to work with the sprinters, hurdlers, and relays. Brown has a history of generating success on the track, dating back to her time with Austin Peay. When in Clarksville, Brown developed athletes that at the time held school indoor records in the 60 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters, and 4×400 relay. She also led athletes to hold outdoor records in the 100 meters, 200 meters, 400 meters, 100 hurdles, and 4×100 relay. Since joining the Hoosier staff, Brown has helped lead multiple athletes to regional appearances, including an Indoor All-American (Kenisha Phillips), U.S. Olympic Trials qualifier and several school record holders.
The Big Ten Conference Honors Indiana University’s 112 Distinguished Scholar Athletes The Big Ten Conference announced Monday that 1,984 students on varsity rosters have earned the Big Ten Distinguished Scholar Award. The list includes students from all 14 institutions, plus Johns Hopkins and Notre Dame and 41 sports who have recorded a minimum grade-point average (GPA) of 3.7 or higher for the previous academic year. The 2024-25 class of Distinguished Scholar Award Recipients includes 426 students who maintained a perfect 4.0 GPA during the previous academic term, represented in bold on the official list. The Big Ten honored 112 Hoosiers that earned the Distinguished Scholar distinction this season.
“IU Athletics is extremely proud of our student-athletes’ long-standing reputation of excellence both in competition and in the classroom.” said IU Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics Scott Dolson. “I am excited to congratulate and celebrate these 112 individuals, all of whom have performed at the very highest level academically. The time demands that come along with being a student-athlete are significant, and these students have still managed to perform at a an extraordinarily high level in the classroom. In doing so, they have made their programs and our department very proud. Congratulations to our Big Ten Distinguished Scholars.”
Big Ten Faculty Representatives established the Distinguished Scholar Award in 2008 to supplement the Academic All-Big Ten program. Distinguished Scholar Award recipients must have earned Academic All-Big Ten recognition in the previous academic year, must have been enrolled full time at the institution for the entire previous academic year (two semesters or three quarters) and earned a minimum GPA of 3.70 or better during the previous academic year, excluding any summer grades. The Academic All-Big Ten threshold is a cumulative GPA of 3.0 or higher for a student’s academic career.
BIG TEN DISTINGUISHED SCHOLAR Baseball-Drew Buhr Men’s Basketball-Shaan Burke, Anthony Leal and Jordan Rayford Women’s Basketball-Lexus Bargesser, Lenee Beaumont and Sydney Parrish Women’s Golf-Beatriz Junquiera and Caroline Smith Field Hockey-Javiera Baeza, Maggie Carter, Ines Garcia Prado, Arabella Loveridge, Cecilia Maixner, Anna Mozeleski, Yip van Wonderen and Ava Winner Men’s Golf-Robert Bender III Football-Drew Evans, Anthony Chung, Aden Cannon and Camden Jordan Rowing-Olivia Luban, Annabel Oertel, Lily Haupt, Chelsie Lindauer, Allie Beth Currier, Stella Abodeely, Abbey Armstrong, Ava Olson, Cat Madden and Daniella Mandel Men’s Soccer-Luka Bezerra, EJ Dreher, JT Harms, Jack Wagoner and Grant Yeagley Women’s Soccer-Ava Akeel, Olivia Albert, Elle Britt, Piper Coffield, Marisa Grzesiak, Camille Hamm, Dani Jacobson, Natasha Kim, Sydney Masur, Krista Murphy
Kennedy Neighbors, Emma Payton, Olivia Rush, Sarah Sirdah, Olivia Smith and Mary Kate Sullivan Softball-Aly VanBrandt Men’s Swimming and Diving-Luke Barr, Jackson Carlile, Mason Carlton, Mikkel Lee, Josh Matheny, Collin McKenzie, Utkarsh Patil, Carson Tyler, Gavin Wight
Benson Wong and Jassen Yep Women’s Swimming and Diving-Morgan Casey, Mariah Denigan, Mya DeWitt, Katie Forrester, Anna Freed, MacKenna Lieske, Cat Minic, Anna Peplowski
Reese Tiltmann, Sydney Turner, Lily Witte Men’s Tennis-Nikola Kolyachev Women’s Tennis-Chase Boyer, Elisabeth Dunac and Li-Hsin Lin Men’s Track and Field-Dalton Boisseau, Tyler Carrel, Max Grangier, Garrett Messer, Sean Mockler, Cole Raymond, Hunter Smith and Skylar Stidam Women’s Track and Field-Bridget Beyer, Kelly Moran, Claire Overfelt, Kylee Poulton, Addison Price, Maddie Russin, Grace Tyson, Kristina Vinci, Mariah Wehrle
and Katelyn Winton Volleyball-Kenzie Dafinee, Luca Fickell, Delaynie Maple, Carly Mills Water Polo-Audrey Cox, Grace Hathaway, Grace Klingler, Gwyneth Le, Sarah Lolli, Portia Sasser, Sophia Sollie Wrestling-Mason Alley, Jacob Bullock, Jacob Moran