Photo courtesy: goredbirds.com NORMAL, Ill. - While most athletes aim to make history on the field softball infielder, Anni Borries made history before she even stepped on campus. Anni and her sister Kadi became the first pair of twins to play for the Illinois State Redbirds Softball team. Borries knew it would be difficult for them to play on the same team in college, but she's happy things worked out. […]
Photo courtesy: goredbirds.com ST. LOUIS - The Missouri Valley Conference announced earlier today that ISU senior golfer David Perkins has been named the MVC Men's Golf Scholar-Athlete of the Year. Prior to the suspension of the season, Perkins was the conference's top golfer and led the second-place golfer by about three strokes. He competed in six tournaments which resulted in five top-10 finishes and all but two rounds were par […]
Photo courtesy: goredbirds.com NORMAL - Dusan Mahoric signed his National Letter of Intent to continue his athletic career with Redbird men's basketball. NORMAL – Illinois State head men's basketball head coach Dan Muller has announced the addition of Dusan Mahorcic, who signed his National Letter of Intent to play for the Redbirds starting in the 2020-2021 season. At Moberly Area Community College, Mahoric made over 59% of his field goal attempts and blocked […]
Photo courtesy: goredbirds.com NORMAL - Redbird men's basketball announced the addition of Alex Kotov for the upcoming season. The Moscow, Russia native previously played at Palm Beach State for one season and suffered a season-ending injury two games after he transferred to Daytona State. “I’m so excited to add Alex to the family,” said Muller. “Alex played for a terrific coach in junior college in Martin McCann, and a terrific […]
Photo courtesy: goredbirds.com NORMAL - Redbird women's basketball announced the addition of DeAnna Wilson who signed her National Letter of Intent to play for the Redbirds. This past season with Moberly Area Community College, Wilson averaged over 15 points and 9 rebounds per game to help the Greyhounds earn a spot in the national championship tournament. “We are thrilled to add DeAnna as the final piece to our 2020 recruiting […]
Photo courtesy Redbird Athletics website ST. LOUIS - Redbird senior golfer Becca Black was named to the MVC Scholar-Athlete team Thursday, April 9. According to GolfStat, Black is third in the MVC and averaging about 76 strokes per round. She scored par or under par in three rounds this season. During the 2019-2020 season, Black placed third at the Dayton Invitational and finished within the top-25 in all seven tournaments […]
Photo courtesy: goredbirds.com COLORADO SPRINGS, CO. - Redbird junior diver Caroline Lecoeur was named to the 2020 College Swimming and Diving Coaches Association of America (CSCAA) Division I All-America team. Lecoeur was a 4-time MVC Diver of the Week and an all-conference selection this season. At the Valley Championships, she placed 3rd in 1-meter diving and 5th in 3-meter diving. Back in November, she also qualified for the NCAA Diving Zones […]
Photo courtesy: goredbirds.com NORMAL - 12 redbirds student-athletes were honored by PNC as Achievers of the Game this season. Each student-athlete received the award and on-court recognition during ISU men's basketball games this season. Each of the 12 PNC Achievers was presented an award by a Karin L. Bone Athletics Study Center staff member and a representative from PNC Bank. “Our PNC Achievers have been tremendous ambassadors for the athletics […]
Photo courtesy: goredbirds.com ST. LOUIS - 30 athletes from the Redbirds track and field team have been named to the MVC Track and Field Scholar-Athlete team on Tuesday. The Redbirds list of 30 included 20 from the women's team and 10 from the men's team, both of which led the conference in terms of the number of student-athletes who earned a spot on the team. 12 Redbirds also had a […]
