Photo courtesy: goredbirds.com ST. LOUIS, MO - Three Redbirds from the women's tennis team were named to the 2020 MVC Tennis Scholar-Athlete Team Thursday afternoon. Laura Arciniegas, Natalia Bravo and Ivon Mihaleva earned the honor for the Redbirds this season. Arciniegas placed second in her flight at the MVC Individual Championship last fall and is 13-3 in singles play. She extended her win streak to 10 in a row with […]
Photo courtesy: IHSA Twitter BLOOMINGTON, Ill. - The Illinois High School Association (IHSA) Board of Directors have decided to cancel all IHSA spring state tournaments. The decision was made during a video conference earlier today after last Friday's announced by Governor Pritzker about conducting e-learning for the remainder of the academic year. “We support the decision by Governor Pritzker and the Illinois State Board of Education, and given the logistics, we […]
Photo courtesy: goredbirds.com ST. LOUIS, MO - Redbird softball utility player Mack Leonard was one of 10 student-athletes awarded with the State Farm MVC Good Neighbor Award. A native of Normal, Leonard was on last year's MVC Honor Roll and been on ISU's AFNI Honor Roll three times. In addition to her academic and athletic success, she has participated in numerous volunteer opportunities both in and around her hometown. The […]
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 […]
