Sophomore Morgan Radtke received the Jill Hutchison Leadership Award, the women’s basketball program’s most prestigious award in honor of the Redbirds’ former head coach.
Nursing student receives prestigious Athletics award
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Alum’s book tells story of Illinois State’s Title IX trailblazers
There are lots of anecdotes in alumna Pat McKinzie-Lechault’s new book that show how far female athletes have come since the 1960s. But it’s the one about the strength of a woman’s heart that jumps off the page.
Watch 8 Redbird basketball games on Comcast TV this season
Illinois State fans will have the opportunity to watch the Redbird men’s and women’s basketball teams on Comcast SportsNet Chicago eight times during the 2013-2014 season. The men’s team will have six broadcasts, while the women’s team will have two.
STATEside at MVC: Advocate for equality
Former Redbird coach and women’s athletics advocate Jill Hutchison prepares for the MVC women’s championship game broadcast. Jill Hutchison, M.S. ’69, has been a pioneer in women’s basketball. Drawn to sports as a child, Hutchison played softball and ran track. However it was when she first set foot on the basketball court in sixth grade
