Author: Mike Schumann

Outgoing IU Director of Athletics Fred Glass received one of the school’s highest honors when President Michael McRobbie awarded him with the President’s Medal of Excellence on Monday. Glass is set to step down from his role this week, and Scott Dolson will take over the AD position on July 1. Below is the full release from Indiana University.  https://youtu.be/Q2nGbYpere0 Bloomington, Ind. – Fred Glass, who will retire as Indiana University Vice President and Director of Intercollegiate Athletics tomorrow, has received the IU President’s Medal for Excellence. Glass received the award during an unannounced appearance from IU President Michael…

Sellersburg, Ind. class of 2021 forward Trey Kaufman returned to AAU action this weekend at Grand Park in Westfield, Ind. The reigning Indiana Gatorade Player of the Year and consensus top-65 and four-star recruit played in two games at the Pacers Athletic Center on Saturday afternoon for Indiana Elite 2021. The Daily Hoosier caught up with Kaufman after those games on a number of topics including his training during the pandemic and the latest with his recruitment. What has your training routine been like the last few months? TK:  I just took a two week vacation so I’ve kind of…

George McGinnis made a big impact at every level of basketball that he competed.  Below on the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame podcast he speaks primarily about his legendary days as a high school basketball star in Indianapolis Upon graduating from Washington High School in Indianapolis, McGinnis had to sit out a season under the NCAA’s rules for freshmen at the time.  He would only play one season at IU, but it might have been the best single season performance in the program’s history. For his sophomore campaign McGinnis averaged 29.9 points and 14.7 rebounds at IU.  He led the…

Two of IU’s top in-state point guard targets in the classes of 2022 and 2023 went head-to-head yesterday at Grand Park in Westfield, Ind. Westfield High School incoming junior Braden Smith and McCutcheon High School incoming sophomore Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn faced off in a Saturday morning tilt at the Pacers Athletic Center.  Both players had strong performances, with Smith playing for the 2022 Grand Park Premiere and Gibbs-Lawhorn running with Indiana Elite 2023.  The highly competitive matchup went to overtime with Grand Park coming out on top. Below is more than 12 minutes of video of the game, courtesy of Inc.…

Class of 2023 McCutcheon High School guard Dra Gibbs-Lawhorn has the look of the next big thing in Indiana basketball recruiting. As a freshman, Gibbs-Lawhorn poured in 21 points per game while adding 3 rebounds, 1.3 assists and .9 steals per contest. He made 49 percent of his attempts from the field, including 46 percent of 136 attempts from long range. The Daily Hoosier caught up with Gibbs-Lawhorn in Westfield, Ind. on Saturday after his Indiana Elite squad played at the Pacers Athletic Center. For more background on Gibbs-Lawhorn, go here. https://youtu.be/R9S_FRdPziA Find us on Facebook:  thedailyhoosier You can follow…

From 1958 to 1980, Donald C. “Danny” Danielson served on the Indiana University Board of Trustees.  When he passed in 2015, it was noted that his tenure on the board was the longest in the school’s history. Danielson spent the first nine years of his tenure on the board trying to get the structure we know today as Simon Skjodt Assembly Hall approved for construction. When he recommended the approval of the contracts for the construction of Assembly Hall to the board, IU President Elvis Stahr envisioned a structure that would be utilized by students well into the future. “Students…

The Florida to IU pipeline remains strong for head coach Tom Allen. Hailing from the Sunshine State, class of 2021 safety Aubrey Burks has committed to Indiana.  He follows a long line of recent defensive backs from the state that headed to Bloomington. The Auburndale, Florida based Burks broke the news on his Twitter page on Friday afternoon. https://twitter.com/aubreyburks14/status/1276545925083791362?s=20 The 6-foot and 195 pounds Burks also played outside linebacker in high school and he projects to the husky position in IU’s 4-2-5 scheme. In 2019 Burks recorded 63 tackles including 17 for a loss and 6 sacks for Auburndale High…

Former IU basketball star Will Sheehey joined IU media school students Austin Render and Griffin Gonzalez on the Unpaid Interns podcast.  The segment with Sheehey begins at the 25 minute mark. The pair go in depth with Sheehey about his IU and professional career.  After arriving at IU from Florida, Sheehey scored 1,120 points for his career that spanned from 2010 to 2014.  He was a key member of the 2013 Big Ten championship team. Sheehey recently retired from the game and he currently lives in New York. https://youtu.be/AfmERp5SdD0?t=1509 You can catch more episodes of the Unpaid Interns podcast here. Find…

Indiana was one of Alex Karaban’s first high major offers, and the Hoosiers continue to be out in front of his recruitment. A 6-foot-8 small forward from the New Hampton School in New Hampshire, Karaban put together a strong sophomore season averaging 20 points and 8.8 rebounds per contest. The breakout campaign piqued IU’s interest as it developed, and ultimately led to the offer in March. Now the Indiana staff is making it clear that they want the versatile wing in Bloomington. In a story by Dushawn London of Scout Friars, Karaban indicated that IU has been making the Massachusetts…

By now you know all about new class of 2021 IU quarterback commit Donaven McCulley. On the other of end of many of McCulley’s big throws in 2019 was another power five talent on the Lawrence North High School football roster. Only a sophomore, wide receiver Omar Cooper, Jr. caught 53 passes for 1,024 yards and 13 touchdowns for his 2019 season. Cooper has been to Bloomington and he has an ongoing dialogue with the coaching staff.  Along with Indiana, Cooper has early scholarship offers from Cincinnati, Wisconsin, West Virginia, and Purdue among others. Although he is listed as 6-foot-1…