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Juvia Davis Named Scholar-Athlete of the Month for November BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana Softball junior Juvia Davis has been named the IU Female Scholar-Athlete of the Month for November. "I have worked with Juvia since her freshman year at IU and it has been such a joy," said Tyler Wright. "She is such a hard worker on the field and in the classroom. Juvia has always made sure to utilize all of the resources available to her. Whether that be at the D. Ames Shuel Academic Center or the many areas on campus. I look forward to seeing Juvia grow even more as a student and to continue challenging herself to be the best that she can be!" Davis is a Human Biology major and has aspirations of going to medical school. She was named Academic All-Big Ten for the 2020 season.

Holmes Siblings Bring Competitive Nature To Indiana Women’s Basketball By Pete DiPrimio IUHoosiers.com BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – The question has to be asked. It suggests drama, intensity and the kind of sister-brother rivalry that leads to basketball excellence. In Indiana sophomore standout Mackenzie Holmes' case, it has, at a national level. So, who is the better shooter -- Mackenzie or brother Cam, a Hoosier practice player with a strong game? Cam doesn't hesitate. "I would have to say me. If she tells you it isn't me, she's lying." Will Mackenzie lie? "He is the better shooter," she admits. "That's fair." And then, a touch of competitive ribbing. "That's pretty much all he does, so I'll give that to him." Cam offers a concession. "She's the better player in every other aspect, but shooting is one of the few categories I have her beat in." Mackenzie is coming off a record-breaking freshman season. No Hoosier has ever matched the 6-3 forward's 63.4 percent shooting. That easily topped the previous mark of 61.1 percent set by Jenny Dittfach during the 1995-96 season. She averaged 10.8 and 5.2 rebounds and earned a program-record three Big Ten Freshman of the Week awards. If you believe Cam, that's just the beginning. "I can see how much she's grown as a person and a player." Mackenzie's old-school-style game has been compared to former Boston Celtics superstar Kevin McHale for her ability to read defenses and play angles, although coach Teri Moren adds comparisons to another ex-Celtic, and former state-of-Indiana legend, Larry Bird, because she plays beyond appearance. Mackenzie was a big reason, but not the only one, why IU won a program-record 24 games last season. Mackenzie wants more. The Hoosiers want more. That means work. "I want to become a better defender and be able to defend the 4 (power forward) spot. That was a weak point last year. I want to stay on the court at a high level for longer. Not get as tired as quickly. Try to stretch the floor as much as I can." The reward could be enormous for Mackenzie and the Hoosiers – if the pandemic allows it. Moren has assembled a team deep in talent, experience and size. Optimism is at an all-time high. "We have a lot of pieces to help us be successful," Mackenzie says. "We're strong in every position. "It won't be a normal season because of Covid-19, any day we get to be on the court together is a great day. Every day it gets closer to the season, we get more excited." A big goal for Mackenzie, and many of the Hoosiers, is improving the perimeter shooting. Indiana shot just 30.3 percent from three-point range last season to rank No. 220 nationally. Mackenzie never took a three-pointer last year despite being a solid high school perimeter shooter at a senior (12-for-32) while earning Maine Gatorade Player of the Year honors. The reason -- IU coaches didn't need it from her then. They do now. "In high school, I shot outside from the perimeter because I was able to," Mackenzie says. "If I had an open three, I would take it. "Last year, it was not what they needed me to do. It wasn't my role." After the pandemic ended all of college sports last spring, Mackenzie returned to her Gorham, Maine, home. Assistant coach Rhet Wierzba suggested using the time to improve her outside shooting. "We thought it would be good to stretch my game past 12 to 15 feet. I had the time to do it, to go at my own pace to get comfortable beyond the arc. It helped that her father, Lenny, is a long-time and highly regarded shooting instructor and AAU coach (her mother, Denise, is a college assistant coach). Lenny installed a basket in the front yard for outside work. Mackenzie also had occasional access to a gym that had a shooting gun. Father did a lot of rebounding for her. Brother, not so much. "Cam did not rebound for me," Mackenzie emphasizes with a laugh. Still, Cam sees the improvement. "She's expanded her game. She can take people off the dribble from the perimeter rather than being a back-to-the-basket kind of player." Adds Moren: "Mac has completely added another element to her game. She's able to knock down the long ball with consistency." The pandemic forced the closing of many facilities, which meant Mackenzie had to get creative with workouts while at home. For instance, all she had was a set of dumbbells, a bike, a treadmill and a leg press machine. Strength coach Kevin Konopasek devised a program for her. "He gave me a lot of lifts and options. I maintained my lifting. We had Zoom workouts with the team twice a week." Another obstacle was the southern Maine weather, which wasn't always conducive to outdoor workouts. "For a while, I couldn't run outside. The Maine weather wasn't letting it happen. It stayed snowy till end of April." When Mackenzie got outside, the goal was to take advantage of area football fields' 100-yard dimensions for running work. The problem -- all such fields around Mackenzie were closed, and when she tried to sneak on, she got kicked off. So, she improvised at a nearby open field where grass cutting was not always a regular occurrence and holes could be ankle-twisting hazards. She used an extra pair of shoes to walk off what she thought was 100 yards, and kept an eye out for holes. "I worked with what I had. It was tough, but the fact I was able to work through it paid off. "It was not like running on a turf. It wasn't even. I tried to find a straight line with the least amount of divots. If I saw one, I'd try my best to go around it. It sounds ridiculous now talking about it." Along the way, Mackenzie lost 25 pounds, although it wasn't by design. "The first couple of weeks (of the pandemic break), I was in shock. I was not aware of what was going on. The more it became a reality that this won't go away any time soon, I did the things I knew I needed to do to prepare. "I wanted to change my body to stay in the game longer, be quicker, defend better. I changed my diet. Started eating better. Of course, I was exercising, and started losing weight. I wanted to see how far I could go with it. It's been a long journey, but I'm happy with how I feel now." Mackenzie says it's helped her game. "I feel quicker. I can get up and down the court better. I can get up more when shooting. I can defend better. "It was something I needed to do to take my game to the next level." That leads us back to practice, and the challenge of facing a brother who refuses to back down. IU coaches don't try to separate them. "It all depends on the day," Cam says. "I'm usually a guard-forward type of player, but when the big (practice player) doesn't show up I'll go against her. Sometimes it's in drills. Sometimes it's in scrimmages. "I would say at least a few times a practice." There's no let up when brother and sister go at it, and they do go at it. "It doesn't matter if it was brother-brother or sister-sister," Cam says, "it's pretty much the same thing. "When she goes against me, she'll go a little harder. She'll give me a little more of an elbow or two. I'll do the same to her. It's a good back and forth. "When I'm guarding her, she'll try harder to score than if someone else guarding her." A pause. "I do as well so she has no bragging rights over me," he adds with a laugh. Cam worked with the women's team at Rhode Island's Bryan University for a year before transferring to IU last season when his sister arrived. "It's everything I expected," he says. "It's better than being a manager. I enjoy the competitiveness and helping the girls. "I'm very invested in the team. I've built a lot of great relationships here. The culture is great. Very upbeat. It makes a manager or a practice player want to come every day because they treat you special." His sister agrees. "We have something special," Mackenzie says about the team. "Our chemistry is great. We have this competitiveness we bring to practice every day. "We're very excited."

Hopkins Named Scholar-Athlete of the Month for November BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana University baseball senior catcher Collin Hopkins was named the male Scholar-Athlete of the Month for November on Friday. "You can find Collin always taking advantage of the services provided to him and challenging himself to be the best student that he can be," said Allen Kohn, IU's assistant director of academic services. "He prides himself on his time management and organizational skills, which show on a daily basis." In a shortened, 2020 season for the Hoosiers, Hopkins appeared in all 15 games, earning 12 starts. He batted .220 on the season with a double, six RBI and six runs scored. Hopkins recorded a season-high three hits in the team's win at No. 17 East Carolina. "I have had the pleasure to work with Collin for the past year," said Tyler Wright, IU's assistant director of academic services & certification. "He came to IU as a transfer student and had a great passion for academics. Utilizing his academic resources has always been a staple of who he is. You can find Collin always taking advantage of the services provided to him and challenging himself to be the best student that he can be. He prides himself on his time management and organizational skills, which show on a daily basis. Collin is on track to graduate this year and I cannot wait to see his hard work pay off."

Media Wednesday: Michigan Story Links Below are partial transcriptions of Zoom press conferences with Indiana CB Tiawan Mullen, TE Peyton Hendershot, DB Devon Matthews, and LB Micah McFadden on Wednesday, Nov. 4. CB Tiawan Mullen Q. On successful blitzing… MULLEN: I think it was successful because we disguised it well. I did not show any details that I was coming. When it was time to come, I improvised and got the quarterback down. Q. On Michigan QB Joe Milton… MULLEN: He is a very explosive guy. He is a big guy and has a strong arm. They have a great receiving group. We have to go out and execute whatever call defensive coordinator Kane Wommack makes. We just have to go out there and play. They have a great offense, but we have a great defense. At the end of the day, you just have to go out there and make plays. Q. On speed and athleticism helping in blitzing… MULLEN: I was practicing the blitzing throughout the week and kept getting better. I am a much better blitzer than last year. That was something that I wanted to work on and I showed a bunch of progress. When my name is called to go get the quarterback, I am going to get the job done. TE Peyton Hendershot Q. On Michigan's defense… HENDERSHOT: It all starts up front, just like it does in every game. Big men lead the way, especially in this game. Michigan has a really good defensive line. It starts up front. If we can do our job by blocking their defense ends and tackles well, then everything else will fall into place. Q. On getting into the end zone last week… HENDERSHOT: It felt good. I felt like I went into the game last week against Penn State trying to do too much. I talked to Coach Nick Sheridan and they got on me pretty hard. You would not want it any other way, if you want to be a great player you want the coaches to coach you. We talked about playing for my teammates and going out there and taking it one snap at a time. I feel like that is what I did on Saturday. I played a better game because I was not out there trying to do too much. My focus for this week, and for the rest of the season, is to just take things one play at a time and playing for my teammates. Q. On starting faster this week… HENDERSHOT: It is very important to start fast at the beginning of the game and the start of the second half. It sets the attitude of the game. I feel like we came out too slow, not that we have put ourselves in a deficit, but it would make our lives a lot easier if we came out stronger early. I think that we are going to focus on taking it one play at a time and executing better. I do not think that our execution has been as good as it needs to be. We are going to need to have our best game of execution this week. DB Devon Matthews Q. On his impact on the defense… MATTHEWS: We are just buying in to what the coaches are telling us to do. We are just doing our job. That is really it, just doing our job. Q. On the safety's open field tackling… MATTHEWS: Tackling is very important. If you do not tackle, you do not win games. Especially at the safety position, you are the last man of defense. If we do not make a tackle, nobody else is going to make a tackle, it is a touchdown. As long as we are making tackling and keeping plays in front of us, we are going to be good. Q. On how well the secondary is playing right now… MATTHEWS: I think we are playing very well. We are all comfortable back there, we have got experience. Like I have been saying before, experience is key to our defense. We all know what to do. We all are just doing our job. We all are just buying into what the coach is telling us to do, go out there and play our game and come out victorious. LB Micah McFadden Q. On what is key against Michigan's offense… MCFADDEN: I think they have got a good running game. A lot of guard pulls and stuff like that, getting the perimeter game going. We have to have good edges to our defense. We have to be good on the back end, knowing where our fits are, and what the safety rotation is, stuff like that. And also, just protecting inside seam throws. [Joe Milton] likes the middle of the field. That is where he is pretty comfortable throwing, so we have got to protect that. Q. On his success at Indiana… MCFADDEN: I remember they offered me spring time after my junior season. I had a decent junior year but I did not really play like an inside backer position that would help me get recruited to a division one program playing middle back like I am now. So, They definitely offered me earlier than I would have expected a Power-5 school to offer me, or you know if any. But I think they saw just a little bit a physicality in my game and just having a nose for the ball. I think during the spring time they really saw a few plays that I made, and I think it made the difference for them recruiting me. Q. On the confidence against Michigan having beaten Penn State… MCFADDEN: It definitely brings a lot of confidence. I think the mindset of this team is we take it one week at a time. Each week we are dominating that opponent, it does not really matter what the name on the helmet is or anything like that. It is more about what we do and how physical, how hard we can play our game. Along with doing our assignment, communicating on the field, and just playing sound defense. I think that is the important thing, but definitely being a physical football team will make the difference this game and just trying to dominate our opponent. That will make the difference in bigger games like this.