Saturday, April 12, 2008

DeHoff Arrives, Eikenberg Stays, Bjork Goes

#2 posting 4.12.2008
your daily dose of girls basketball news & information

COLLEGE REPORTS
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COACHING MOVES
NDSU HIRES
Here is the official release from North Dakota State on the Carolyn DeHoff hire (with audio & video) plus the take of the Fargo Forum.

Southern Illinois has reviewed the controversy around coach Dana Eikenberg. Athletic Director Mario Moccia is giving her at least one more year. From the Carbondale Southern.

PLAYER MOVES
Lori Bjork (Johnston, IA) is leaving Illinois. The 5-10 guard averaged 10.0 ppg last season. From the Champaign News Gazette.

AWARDS
Madison Area Technical College women's basketball coach Jessie Pelzel was selected as the District C National Coach-of-the-Year. Pelzel is a 1996 grad from Heron Lake-Okabena-Lakefield, MN. From the Worthington Daily Globe.

UW Green Bay's Kayla Groh (Elkhart Lake-Glenbeulah) has been named to the Division I-AAA Athletic Directors Association Scholar-Athlete Team.

UW Milwaukee's Aubri Rote (Kettle Moraine) has been named to the Academic All-Horizon League Team.

Next up: Later today with a quick report on the games I see today. (I will do an in depth report of those games later in the week).