Illinois State women’s basketball alum Mary Crompton ’21, M.S. ’23, was one of four Missouri Valley Conference student-athletes to receive a $5,000 postgraduate scholarship from the conference for her exemplary academic and athletic performances.
Appears InCrompton graduated in May with a master’s in biological sciences after earning a bachelor’s—in just three years—in physiology, neuroscience, and behavior. She maintained a perfect 4.0 cumulative GPA throughout her Illinois State career.
Following her final season, Crompton became the first women’s basketball student-athlete in Illinois State history to be named a first-team Academic All-American. She also became the 30th Redbird to eclipse 1,000 career points, and she set the program record for made 3-pointers, with 300 career triples.
