Former Memorial High School standout Soffia Rieckers (Evansville, Indiana) is the newest addition to University of Southern Indiana Women’s Basketball’s 2020-21 roster. Head Coach Rick Stein announced that the 5-foot-6 guard is transferring from Wabash Valley College and will have three years of eligibility with the Screaming Eagles beginning in 2020-21.
Rieckers played in 21 games for Wabash as a freshman in 2019-20, averaging 2.1 points and 4.3 minutes per game for a team that went 30-2 en route to the NJCAA Division I Region 24 title.
At Memorial, Rieckers earned All-SIAC and All-Metro honors as a senior after averaging 13.8 points per game for Tigers in 2018-19. She averaged 14.4 points and 3.2 points per game for MHS as a junior in 2017-18.
“We are excited to add Soffia to our Screaming Eagle family,” Stein said. “Soffia adds experience, depth and production to our team after spending a year at Wabash Valley College. She has been part of winning traditions, both in high school and junior college, and fits well into how we like to play both on offense and in our pressure defense.”
Rieckers joins a list of newcomers that includes 5-foot-7 senior guard Ashley Hunter (Flossmoor, Illinois), 5-foot-10 freshman point guard Lexi Green (Indianapolis, Indiana), 6-foot-0 freshman guard Kena Hisle (Evansville, Indiana) and 6-foot-0 freshman forward Meredith Raley (Haubstadt, Indiana).
USI finished the 2019-20 season with an 18-9 overall record and a 14-6 mark in Great Lakes Valley Conference play. The Eagles advanced to the NCAA II Tournament for the 11th time and were set to play No. 2 Ashland University in the opening round of the Midwest Regional before the COVID-19 pandemic put an end to the Eagles’ season.
