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USI GWEP telehealth initiative connects community partners, provides healthcare access to local residents

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The University of Southern Indiana Geriatrics Workforce Enhancement Program (GWEP) is launching a new telehealth initiative to improve older adults’ access to medical care. Beginning Monday, May 15, Vanderburgh County residents will be able to participate in telehealth appointments with Deaconess Clinic medical providers at four Evansville Vanderburgh Public Library (EVPL) locations.

“The COVID pandemic helped us realize that lack of technology and reliable internet access, particularly in rural areas, are barriers for older adults participating in telehealth appointments,” says Dr. Kevin Valadares, Chair of Health Administration. “Our partnership with Deaconess Clinic and EVPL allows for an innovative model of care to be provided at trusted library locations.”

Telehealth visits virtually connect patients to healthcare providers with appointments ranging from simple phone calls to real-time face-to-face conversations with video via phones, tablets or computers. EVPL staff will help set up any necessary technology for the appointment which may include laptops, headphones and speakers.

According to Valadares, the project is focusing on Medicare annual wellness visits and behavioral health appointments with Deaconess providers, although any type of appointments will be scheduled. “Eventually, we hope to use this model of care as a prototype to be replicated in rural communities in southwestern Indiana,” he says.

Dr. Amanda Bohleber, Chief Transformation Officer and Family Practice Physician with Deaconess Health System, said having access to teleheath is a win for all. “Telehealth allows patients to connect with their provider from a convenient location improving both access to care and the timeliness of care,” she says. “As a result, patients in all stages of life get the opportunity to receive the care they need when they need it and have improved outcomes.”

Katie Reineke, Outreach Manager with EVPL, said the telehealth initiative is an example of how the library has evolved to be not just a place for learning, but a place for convening. “Librarians regularly help people of all ages out with technological needs, so it is a great fit for us to work with older adults who need assistance with their medical appointments,” she says. “Libraries are already known for providing safe, trusted and secure meeting areas—now, we will also be known as an option for telehealth.”

Participating library locations are: 

• EVPL Central: 9:15-11:15 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays

• EVPL Oaklyn: 9:15-11:15 a.m. Mondays and Wednesdays

• EVPL North Park: 9:15-11:15 a.m. and noon to 2 p.m. Tuesdays

• EVPL Red Bank: 9:15-11:15 a.m. and noon to 2 p.m. Tuesdays

For more information, visit USI.edu/GWEP.

This project is supported by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) as part of an award totaling $3,691,706 million with zero percentage financed with nongovernmental sources. The contents are those of the author(s) and do not necessarily represent the official views of, nor an endorsement, by HRSA, HHS or the U.S. Government.

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Founded in 1965, the University of Southern Indiana enrolls nearly 9,200 dual credit, undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students in more than 130 areas of study. A public higher education institution, located on a beautiful 1,400-acre campus in Evansville, Indiana, USI offers programs through the College of Liberal Arts, Romain College of Business, College of Nursing and Health Professions and the Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education. The University offers study-abroad opportunities in more than 60 countries and hosts international students from around the globe. USI is a Carnegie Foundation Community Engaged University and offers continuing education and special programs to more than 15,000 participants annually through Outreach and Engagement. USI is online at USI.edu. 

Ivy Tech Community College Evansville Recently Graduate Nearly 1,250 Students

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Ivy Tech Community College Evansville Recently Graduated
Nearly 1,250 Students

Evansville, IN – The Ivy Tech Community College commencement recently conferred degrees and credentials on approximately 1,250 students.

Guest speakers for the 2023 Commencement include State Representative District 75 Cindy Ledbetter and Outstanding Elementary Education graduating student Ty Bernhardt.

Ledbetter, a psychiatric nurse in Evansville and Indiana State Representative, is a 1999 Ivy Tech graduate who earned a nursing degree and has since also earned a B.S. in Nursing and an M.S. in Nursing from the University of Southern Indiana. She also earned a post-Master certificate in psychiatric and mental health nursing and a doctorate in nursing this year from USI.

Ty Bernhardt is a 2013 graduate of F.J. Reitz High School. Bernhardt will graduate with an Associate of Science degree and a technical certificate in elementary education. He currently is serving as a substitute teacher, in addition to finishing his degree. He plans to transfer to the University of Evansville as a junior to earn his bachelor’s degree in elementary education. He is a member of the Aspiring Educators Club at Ivy Tech.

Honored during the event will be:

  • 2014 Ivy Tech graduate Gelina Mascoe, was recognized as the 2023 Distinguished Alumna. Mascoe, who was born in La Gonave, Haiti, founded Lumiere D’education Foundation, a charitable organization that provides free education to 170 children in Port-au-Prince, Haiti. Closer to home, she is the founder of the recently opened the Haitian Center of Evansville, connecting local Haitian immigrants to the support they need to achieve independence, increase overall well-being and enhance future community impact.
  • Lu Porter received the Benefactor of the Year award.  She has served Ivy Tech as a Foundation Board member for more than 27 years, connecting donors and students into the Ivy Tech family. Porter serves the community in many ways including her time on 25 local and state boards over the last several decades to support community needs and assist non-profits in their fundraising efforts. She retired from the Evansville African American Museum after seven years in 2017 and previously worked in community outreach for Integra Bank for 18 years.

Students graduating earned a total of 1,776 associate and associate of applied science degrees, certificates, and technical certificates. Of those graduating, approximately half are graduating with honors, and 149 will graduate summa cum laude with a 4.0 GPA.

This year marks the first graduating class of the Garatoni School of Entrepreneurship & Innovation, with 18 students earning their technical certificate in entrepreneurship. Ivy Tech also has nearly 200 high school students who are earning a college degree or credential even before they graduate with their high school diploma, through dual credit and dual enrollment classes they have taken with the college; and through the many Early College High Schools in Vanderburgh, Perry, and Spencer counties that Ivy Tech sponsors. There are also 283 students who have earned their Indiana College Core Technical Certificate, allowing them to transfer their credits to any college in Indiana and start as a sophomore.

Ivy Tech continues to serve the workforce in a wide variety of ways, including through the Achieve Your Degree Program, through which 67 graduates are earning their degrees this year, as well as  213 apprentices in the trades in the region who earned their credentials and associate degrees.

Ivy Tech Evansville offers more than 50 programs of study that may be completed in two years or less.

 

 

 

 

The Indiana Democratic Party Released The Following Statement On Secretary of State Diego Morales’s trip to attend CPAC Hungary.

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The Indiana Democratic Party released the following statement on Secretary of State Diego Morales’s trip to attend CPAC Hungary.

MAY 10, 2023

Indiana Democratic Party Chairman Mike Schmuhl: “What in the world is Diego Morales doing? Indiana held municipal primary elections less than a week ago, military ballots are still arriving, and several races were incredibly close, yet Indiana’s top election official decided to jet off to a political conference in Eastern Europe for a photo op with Viktor Orbán.

“Working Hoosiers deserve elected officials that represent the best in Indiana, stick around, and do their job during critical times. From hiring his brother-in-law to promoting bills to make it harder for elderly and military Hoosiers to vote, Diego has proved time and again that he is unfit to be in office. This is just the latest sad example – and Hoosiers should be outraged.”

Historic New Harmony awarded over $2 million through Lilly Endowment Initiative

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Historic New Harmony awarded over $2 million through Lilly Endowment Initiative

MAY 10, 202

The University of Southern Indiana’s Historic New Harmony program has been awarded an implementation grant of more than $2 million from Lilly Endowment Inc. The funding is for support of Historic New Harmony’s Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative.

Through the Religion and Cultural Institutions Initiative, Lilly Endowment has awarded grants totaling more than $86 million to museums and other cultural institutions across the United States to develop exhibitions and educational programs that fairly and accurately portray the role of religion in the U.S. and around the world.

Historic New Harmony was awarded over $2 million for a project that includes the restoration and renovation of two historic buildings to be used as exhibition and programming space, the development of a new permanent exhibit detailing the religious history of New Harmony, and the creation of community engagement programming, including a multi-day interfaith festival. The five-year grant also funds the development of a Collections and Exhibition Curator and student fellowship to work with exhibition design and programming.

New Harmony was the site of two 19th-century utopian communities. Founded in 1814 by a group of German Pietists under the leadership of Father George Rapp, the Harmonists sought religious freedom.  The second community, under the leadership of industrialist Robert Owen and his business partner William Maclure, hoped to establish a model community where education and social equality would flourish. In 1985, USI assumed management of Historic New Harmony, encouraging cultural and educational programs, while maintaining historic properties.

“This initiative will expand our capacity to share New Harmony’s rich cultural and spiritual heritage, and we are honored to receive Lilly Endowment’s support,” said Leslie Townsend, Director of Community Engagement and Historic New Harmony.  “Funding will allow us to restore the John and Roxse Beal House into a permanent exhibition space and the former Doctor’s Office exhibit building into a community learning center which will benefit both visitors and residents of New Harmony.”

​Historic New Harmony is an Outreach and Engagement program of the University of Southern Indiana. By preserving its utopian legacy, Historic New Harmony inspires innovation and progressive thought through its programs and collections. For more information, visit the website at USI.edu/hnh or contact Leslie Townsend, Director of Community Engagement and Historic New Harmony, at ltownsen@usi.edu or 812-465-7013.

About Lilly Endowment 

Lilly Endowment Inc. is an Indianapolis-based private foundation created in 1937 by J.K. Lilly, Sr. and his sons Eli and J.K. Jr. through gifts of stock in their pharmaceutical business, Eli Lilly and Company. Although the gifts of stock remain a financial bedrock of the Endowment, it is a separate entity from the company, with a distinct governing board, staff, and location. In keeping with the founder’s wishes, the Endowment supports the causes of community development, education and religion and maintains a special commitment to its founders’ hometown, Indianapolis, and home state, Indiana. A primary aim of its grantmaking in religion is to deepen the religious lives of Christians, principally by supporting efforts that enhance congregational vitality and strengthen the leadership of Christian communities. The Endowment values the broad diversity of Christian traditions and endeavors to support them in a wide variety of contexts. The Endowment also seeks to foster public understanding about religion by encouraging fair, accurate and balanced portrayals of the positive and negative effects of religion on the world and lifting up the contributions that people of all faiths make to our greater civic well-being.

FOOTNOTE: Founded in 1965, the University of Southern Indiana enrolls nearly 9,200 dual credit, undergraduate, graduate and doctoral students in more than 130 areas of study. A public higher education institution, located on a beautiful 1,400-acre campus in Evansville, Indiana, USI offers programs through the College of Liberal Arts, Romain College of Business, College of Nursing and Health Professions and the Pott College of Science, Engineering, and Education. The University offers study-abroad opportunities in more than 60 countries and hosts international students from around the globe. USI is a Carnegie Foundation Community Engaged University and offers continuing education and special programs to more than 15,000 participants annually through Outreach and Engagement. USI is online at USI.edu. 

 

 

Virtual Author Talk: Jena Friedman

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Growing up, Jena Friedman didn’t care about being likable. And she never wanted to be a comedian, either. A child of the 90s, she wouldn’t discover her knack for the funny business until research for her college thesis led her to take an improv class in Chicago.

That anthropology paper, written on race, class, and gender in the city’s comedy scene, was, in Jena’s own words, “just as funny as it sounds.” But it did lay the groundwork for a career that has seen her write and produce for The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, the Late Show with David Letterman, and the Oscar nominated Borat Subsequent Moviefilm.

Friedman’s debut collection, Not Funny, takes on the third rails of modern life in Jena’s bold and subversive style, with essays that explore cancel culture, sexism, work, celebrity worship, and…dead baby jokes.

In a moment where women’s rights are being rolled back, fascism is on the rise, and so many of us could use a breather as we struggle to get by, Jena applies her unique gifts to pull a laugh from things deemed too raw, too precious, and too scary to joke about. She shares her stories of taking on those who told her she was too brash, too edgy, and too “unlikable” to make it. She deftly dissects how we get coerced into silence on the issues that matter most, until they’ve gone too far afield to be turned back around again. And she shares her struggles to make it (-ish) in a world that, more often than not, would rather tune out than listen to a woman confronting the indignities we’ve been told to bear.

About the Author: Jena Friedman is a comedian, filmmaker, and creator of AMC’s Indefensible and Soft Focus with Jena Friedman on Adult Swim. She has worked on The Daily Show with Jon Stewart, Late Show with David Letterman, and her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, ARTNET, and The Guardian. She was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Adapted Screenplay, and won a Writer’s Guild of America award for her work on Borat Subsequent Moviefilm. She splits her time between Los Angeles and New York. Find out more at JenaFriedman.com and follow her on Twitter @JenaFriedman.

Softball faces Drake in MVC Championship opener

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Aces and Bulldogs square off at 10 a.m. on Wednesday

EVANSVILLE, Ind. – The Missouri Valley Conference Championship opens on Wednesday for the University of Evansville softball team with the Purple Aces facing Drake at 10 a.m. in Carbondale, Ill.  ESPN+ will have the live coverage.

UE at the MVC Championship

– This marks the third year in a row that the Aces will play in the opening game of the championship, which pits the 8th seed against the 9th

– UE took on Loyola in each of the last two MVC Championship openers with the Ramblers taking both games

– Evansville looks for its first win in the championship since 2013 when the 7th-seeded Aces advanced to the championship game where they fell to UNI by a score of 2-1

– The 2013 championship was the last time Evansville and Drake met at the tournament; UE won by a 2-1 final, defeating the #2 Bulldogs on their way to the final game

Last Time Out

– Scoring three runs in the first inning, Northern Iowa added six in the third to pull away for a 9-1 win on Sunday in Cedar Falls

– Zoe Frossard picked up an RBI single, scoring Alexa Davis in the top of the second

– Megan Brenton made the start with nine earned runs scoring in 2 2/3 innings

Finishing Strong

– Since March 19, Jess Willsey has batted .329 with 27 hits in 82 at-bats

– She has been even better over the last 11 games, hitting .382 in a stretch that included an 8-game hit streak

– The recent streak has vaulted Willsey into the team lead with a season mark of .282

– Willsey finished the Illinois State series with five hits in seven trips to the plate

– In game two against Southern Illinois, Willsey was a perfect 3-3 with four RBI in a 4-0 win for the Aces; the win came less than a day after SIU opened the series with a 17-1 victory

– Willsey has six home runs on the season, which is tied for second on the team

12-Game Hit Streak

– Between April 11 and April 30, Marah Wood posted a 12-game hit streak, which marked the longest for the Aces since Eryn Gould posted a 12-game streak in 2019

Marah Wood begins the weekend with a 12-game hit streak, which is the longest for the team in 2023

– During the streak, Wood recorded 18 hits in 43 at-bats (.419) while picking up multiple hits in five of those games

– It was the longest streak in her college career as she registered a hit in eight consecutive games in 2022.

Wrapping up her Career

– Batting .320 over the last eight games, senior Hannah Hood is wrapping up her senior season on a strong note

– She has accumulated 8 hits in her last 25 trips to the plate to improve her season mark to .270

– Hood earned MVC Player of the Week recognition on Feb. 21 after batting .571 with six runs, five walks, five RBI, four stolen bases and two home runs in the home-opening tournament

STRAIGHT NO CHASER ANNOUNCES FALL  SLEIGHIN’ IT TOUR WILL STOP IN EVANSVILLE

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STRAIGHT NO CHASER ANNOUNCES FALL  SLEIGHIN’ IT TOUR WILL STOP IN EVANSVILLE

TICKETS GO ON SALE NATIONALLY ON FRIDAY, MAY 12, 2023 AT 10 AM

Evansville, IN – May 9, 2023 – RIAA-certified Gold a cappella group Straight No Chaser announced the Sleighin’ It Tour, their fall 2023 run of live shows, will stop at Old National Events Plaza on December 17, 2023. Fans can look forward to a local presale for the best seats on May 11, 2023, at 10 AM.

Initially formed at Indiana University, Straight No Chaser emerged at the forefront of the modern-day a cappella movement and has since sold more than three million albums worldwide, garnered more than a billion streams on Pandora alone, and sold more than 1.5 million concert tickets worldwide. In the fall of 2022, the group performed in more than 60 cities across the US with multiple sold-out shows, including their 26th consecutive sell-out in Indianapolis, IN.

Ranked in the top 20 of Pollstar’s “Live 75” for tours at the end of 2022, Straight No Chaser’s annual fall tours have become part of family holiday traditions throughout the United States. Evansville native and band member Steve Morgan said,  “We see a lot of the same fans year after year. We’ll have three or four generations all coming to see the show together. They tell us that we are one of their holiday traditions, and it’s not really the holidays until they have come to see our show.”

Locally, fans enjoy hearing holiday favorites on Straight No Chaser’s annual fall tour, along with classics from the 50’s through today’s hottest songs. There are so many songs to enjoy together, making this concert a wonderful holiday family experience

For more information about Straight No Chaser visit www.sncmusic.com.

Ticket Information:

What:                   Straight No Chaser: The Sleighin’ It Tour

When:                  Sunday, December 17, 2023, at 7:00 PM

Where:                Old National Events Plaza | 715 Locust Street | Evansville, IN 47708

Tickets:                Tickets start at $25.50 plus applicable fees and tax.

Tickets are available at Ticketmaster.com or the Old National Events Plaza Box Office. For more information about the Aiken Theatre, visit: www.oldnationaleventsplaza.com 

About Old National Events Plaza

Old National Events Plaza, managed by ASM Global, is Evansville, Indiana’s premier convention center and largest live entertainment theatre. Housing a spacious 2,500-seat theatre, 38,000 square- feet of column-free exhibit space, a beautiful 14,000 square-foot ballroom, and 12,00 square feet of meeting space, Old National Events Plaza hosts a variety of events. The venue offers easy scheduling, one-stop-shop services, and in-house catering and audio-visual services. For more information and a complete schedule of events, please visit www.oldnationaleventsplaza.com.

BASEBALL ACES RALLY PAST BELLARMINE, 6-5 

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. –  University of Evansville fifth-year first baseman Chase Hug and junior second baseman Kip Fougerousse had back-to-back RBI base hits in the bottom of the seventh inning on Tuesday night to help the Purple Aces rally for a 6-5 win over the visiting Bellarmine Knights at German American Bank Field at Charles H. Braun Stadium in Evansville.

“Give credit to Bellarmine, I thought they played an outstanding game tonight,” said UE head coach Wes Carroll.  “We were just able to put together some great at-bats there in the seventh inning to go ahead late.  Then, our bullpen was outstanding tonight to help us secure the win.”

With Bellarmine leading 5-4 going into the bottom of the seventh, graduate third baseman Eric Roberts roped a lead-off single to right-center field.  With Roberts running on a 3-1 pitch, Hug crushed a double that got past the Bellarmine right-fielder and two-hopped the wall in right to score Roberts from first and tie the game at 5-5.  After a passed ball advanced Hug to third base, Fougerousse rocketed a ball up the middle to score Hug and give UE a 6-5 advantage.

From there, senior reliver Jakob Meyer (1-3) worked a scoreless eighth inning to cap two scoreless, hitless innings on the mound, and junior closer Nate Hardman worked a perfect ninth inning to earn his seventh save of the year and help Evansville improve to 29-19 overall.

Bellarmine opened the contest scoring a run in the first inning, only to have Evansville answer back with three in the bottom of the first, as UE took advantage of wildness from the Bellarmine starter to jump to an early lead.  The Knights would not back down though, scoring two runs in the second inning on a two-out, two-run double by outfielder Dylan Byerly to tie the game at 3-3.

Roberts would lead off the bottom of the second inning with his first triple of the year to right-center field, and he came around to score on a sacrifice fly by Hug to give UE a 4-3 lead.  The score would remain 4-3 until the fifth inning, when back-to-back two-out doubles by Bellarmine designated hitter Casey Sorg and second baseman Peyton Back gave the Knights a 5-4 lead.  The score would remain 5-4 until the game-deciding bottom of the seventh inning.

Roberts and Fougerousse both had two hits for UE, with Roberts adding three runs.  Hug drove in a pair for UE.  Byerly paced the Bellarmine (11-38) attack by going 3-for-5 with a run scored and two RBI.

Evansville will return to Missouri Valley Conference play for its final home series of the 2023 season this weekend, as the Purple Aces will entertain the Bradley Braves at German American Bank Field at Charles H. Braun Stadium.  The series will begin Friday night at 6 p.m. and continue on Saturday at 2 p.m. and Sunday at 1 p.m.  Saturday’s game will honor all mothers, as all moms will get in free to honor Mother’s Day.  Sunday will be “Senior Day” for UE, as the Purple Aces will honor pitchers Jarrett Blunt, John MacCauley, and Michael Parks, outfielder Danny Borgstrom, utility player Eric Roberts, and catcher Max Malley prior to their final home baseball game at UE.

Friday’s and Sunday’s games can be seen on ESPN+, with Saturday’s game available on ESPN3.  All three games can also be heard on 107.1 FM-WJPS and the Old National Bank/Purple Aces Sports Network from Learfield.

Newman, Goodin earn All-OVC honors; Goodin named OVC co-Player of the Year

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OXFORD, Ala. – The Ohio Valley Conference announced during its postseason awards banquet Tuesday that University of Southern Indiana Softball sophomore pitcher Josie Newman (Indianapolis, Indiana) and senior designated player Allie Goodin (Evansville, Indiana) earned All-Ohio Valley Conference first-team honors. Goodin was also named OVC co-Player of the Year on Tuesday evening.
 
Goodin paced the Screaming Eagles with a .406 batting average, 15 doubles, six home runs, and 37 RBIs. Her average, doubles, and RBI numbers rank among the top three of the OVC. Her batting average is top 50, and her doubles total is top 20, respectively, in the nation. She was also inside the top ten in the OVC with 85 total bases, a .435 on-base percentage, and a .664 slugging percentage.
 
In the conference season, Goodin hit .442 with eight doubles, six home runs, and 30 RBIs. In OVC play, Goodin led the OVC in batting average and RBIs and is top-six in doubles, home runs, on-base percentage (.470), and slugging percentage (.779). She was also first in OVC play with 60 total bases.
 
In the rubber game against Tennessee State University on April 23, Goodin led USI to a 5-1 win to clinch a series win against the Tigers. Goodin had a big performance with two home runs and five RBIs. Her multi-home run game was the first by a USI player this season and the fourth such game in Goodin’s USI career. Her last multi-home run game was May 13, 2022, against Lindenwood University. In USI’s 8-7 win in game 2 against Tennessee Tech University on May 6, Goodin had a clutch two-run home run that tied the game 7-7 before USI won in walk-off fashion.
 
“Allie has been an irreplaceable part of our offense for her entire career, but this year has been exceptional,” USI Head Coach Sue Kunkle said. “After having to back away from pitching this season, she has embraced her role as our offensive leader.”
 
This season, Goodin moved into the top ten in USI Softball’s all-time history with 18 career home runs. She also surpassed 100 career RBIs, sitting just outside the top ten in USI history.

Newman led the pitching rotation with a 15-10 record, 2.32 ERA, 139 strikeouts, and 17 complete games with six shutouts. The right-hander made 22 starts in 26 appearances, totaling 145 innings of work. Newman held opposing batters to a .206 average. Overall, Newman finished the regular season tied for first in the OVC in wins and complete games, alone in first in strikeouts and shutouts, and second in innings pitched and opposing batting average. Her shutout and strikeout totals are top-20 and top-75, respectively, in the nation.

In OVC play, Newman’s 10 OVC wins were first in the league along with her 95.1 innings pitched, 83 strikeouts, 14 starts, and 13 complete games. Her three OVC shutouts tied for first in conference-only action.

During the season, Newman posted two one-hit shutouts during the non-conference season and had three starts with 10 or more strikeouts. Plus, she had a dominant stretch between March 7-12 when USI competed at The Spring Games in Florida. Newman went 4-0, and all four victories and starts during that week were complete games. Newman struck out 31 batters in 28 innings pitched, and she struck out nine in two of the four starts.

“Josie has been a workhorse for us this season, displaying a strong presence on the mound and her great ability to control her pitches,” Kunkle commented. “After tearing her ACL at the NCAA II World Series last May, she put the work in to come back stronger.”

This season, Newman moved into the top eight in USI Softball’s all-time history with 324 career strikeouts and inside the top ten with 12 career shutouts. She sits just outside the top eight with 32 career wins.

Newman was named to the OVC’s Preseason Players to Watch List before the 2023 season started. Newman also earned OVC Pitcher of the Week three times this season, most recently on April 3 and in consecutive weeks on March 13 and 20. The last two honors came after series wins in OVC play against Lindenwood and the University of Tennessee at Martin.

Following the USI Softball program’s first season in the Ohio Valley Conference and as an NCAA Division I program, Goodin and Newman are the first-ever USI Softball players to earn All-OVC accolades, and Goodin is the first to win OVC Player of the Year laurels.

“Both Allie and Josie have done a great job this year, having successful seasons while adjusting to the challenges and the new opponents from the transition to the D-I level,” Kunkle added.

USI Softball begins tournament play Wednesday at the 2023 OVC Softball Championship. The Screaming Eagles are the No. 3 seed after going 20-21 overall and 13-9 in the conference season. USI gets a first-round bye and will play Wednesday at 3 p.m., awaiting the winner of the 6/7 matchup between Tennessee State and Lindenwood on Wednesday morning.

USI to play in Blue Devil Challenge

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EVANSVILLE, Ind. – University of Southern Indiana Basketball announced that it will play in the Duke Blue Devil Challenge, a four-team, three-game round-robin tournament organized by the Gazelle Group, in November. USI is slated to play at LaSalle University November 17; Bucknell University November 20; and Duke University November 24.

Duke will host three games at Cameron Indoor Stadium (Bucknell on November 17; La Salle on November 21; and USI on November 24), while LaSalle will host a pair of contests (Bucknell on November 14; USI on November 17). Game times are to be announced.

USI was 16-17 in their first season as a Division I program, earning a postseason bid to the College Basketball Invitational and the Ohio Valley Conference Tournament. USI Head Coach Stan Gouard hopes to build momentum as he returns for his fourth year at the helm of the Screaming Eagles.

“We are excited about the opportunity to play at such a historic venue,” said Gouard. “For years Duke has been the blue blood of college basketball with its rich tradition. Coach K (Mike Krzyzewski) has left that program in a great place and Jon Scheyer has done a spectacular job of picking up where Coach K left off.

“Playing at Cameron Indoor Stadium, and in front the Cameron Crazies, will be a moment in time that our student athletes will never forget,” continue Gouard. “As we enter into our second season of the Division I era, it is important to compete against teams that are going to help our program and our University grow on a national level and playing at Duke does that.”

Duke is coming off a 27-9 season last year, winning the ACC Tournament and earning the fifth seed in the NCAA East Regional. LaSalle reached the quarterfinals of the Atlantic 10 Tournament in 2023 after posting a 15-19 mark, while Bucknell was 12-20 last season and earned a trip to the Patriot League Tournament.
The full schedule for challenge is:

November 14: Bucknell at La Salle
November 17: USI at La Salle; Bucknell at Duke
November 20: USI at Bucknell
November 21: La Salle at Duke
November 24: USI at Duke

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