(2022) - Henna Sandvik to Wyoming via Portal

[Class of '66 Old Fart 92,220]

Women's program dipping into Finland and with a familiar team.  Henna plays for the women's HBA-Marsky team; Miro Little plays on its men's team.  She's listed as 183 centimeters in height.  (6' for you non-metric folks). 

Her most recent stats:  https://www.flashscore.com/player/sandvik-henna/0Ae4OBWp/

In 2019, she played on Finland's U16 team in the Women's European Championships and her stats for the tournament:  https://www.fiba.basketball/europe/u16women/2019/player/Henna-Sandvik

 

[Stuhoo 90,319]

10 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Women's program dipping into Finland and with a familiar team.  Henna plays for the women's HBA-Marsky team; Miro Little plays on its men's team.  She's listed as 183 centimeters in height.  (6' for you non-metric folks). 

Her most recent stats:  https://www.flashscore.com/player/sandvik-henna/0Ae4OBWp/

In 2019, she played on Finland's U16 team in the Women's European Championships and her stats for the tournament:  https://www.fiba.basketball/europe/u16women/2019/player/Henna-Sandvik

 

Hmmm.. do I detect a possible dual motive? She’s a really good player, and her and Miro are buds:

The Finnish U18 girls for the superior Nordic championship - the boys took the silver
The 18-year-old Nordic Championships brought Finland two medals - gold for girls and silver for boys. Henna Sandvik and Miro Little were chosen as the most valuable players in their own tournaments.”

[mamasa 16,027]

Indiana Adds Henna Sandvik To Signing Class

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BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana women's basketball has announced the signing of Henna Sandvik for the class of 2026.
 
A 6-foot guard out from Helsinki, Finland joins Lexus Bargesser (Grass Lake, Mich.) and Lilly Meister (Rochester, Minn.) to the Hoosiers freshman class for next season.
 
Sandvik plays for the Finland Senior National team, where started she both games last week in the 2023 Eurobasket Qualifier. Sandvik scored 7 points and had 3 rebounds against Ukraine. With her club team, HBA Marsky, she is currently averaging 15.8 points and 5.8 rebounds per game. In addition, at the 2019 U16 European Championships, she averaged 13.4 points and 8.9 rebounds per game. 
 
"We are really excited for Henna to join our program," Indiana head coach Teri Moren said. "She is a competitive player who does a little bit of everything. She can handle the ball and attack the basket, shoot the 3 and she is a good defender who rebounds. She has continued to grow her game over the past few years as we have been recruiting her. She is going to keep getting better and better."
 

[mamasa 16,027]

^^^^except she’s not class of ‘26 lol!

[mamasa 16,027]

Tervetuloa Indianan yliopistoon (Welcome to Indiana University in Finnish)!

[Class of '66 Old Fart 92,220]

5 minutes ago, mamasa said:

Tervetuloa Indianan yliopistoon (Welcome to Indiana University in Finnish)!

Täydellinen. Voimme kommunikoida toistensa kanssa salaisuus!

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9 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Täydellinen. Voimme kommunikoida toistensa kanssa salaisuus!

 

Vanha pieru eilen illalla juhli ryhmän erittäin onnellisia supermalleja. Kaikki olivat valmiita jakamaan hänet jokaisen ryhmän jäsenen kanssa. He pitivät hänen kertomiaan tarinoita vanhoista hyvistä ajoista ennen Internetiä tai puhelimia helvetin seksikkäinä.

[mamasa 16,027]

Vaikuttavat tarinankerrontataidot! Purdue on perseestä

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6 minutes ago, mamasa said:

Vaikuttavat tarinankerrontataidot! Purdue on perseestä

Yes! On this we can all agree:

Purdue on perseestä
 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 92,220]

Henna's team lost today.  She played 29 min. and scored 10 pts. on 4-11 FG; 1-7 on 3s; 1-3 FT.  She had 4 reb; 3 asst; 5 TO; 

[Class of '66 Old Fart 92,220]

After a break,  play has resumed and HBA Marsky with an 81 - 57  win.  Sandvik with 14 pts. on 4-11 FG; 2-7 on 3s; 4-4 FT; 5 reb; 2 asst; 4 stls; 1 blk; 2 TO.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 92,220]

It's Independence Day in Finland!

[Class of '66 Old Fart 92,220]

In an 86-62 win Henna had 17 pts. on 6-15 FG; 3-9 on 3s; 2-2 FT; 8 reb; 5 asst; 1 stl; 1 blk; 4 TO in 32 minutes of play.

[Class of '66 Old Fart 92,220]

In a 93-82 win Sandvik 18p  8r  1s  3b  1t

[Class of '66 Old Fart 92,220]

98-59 win Sandvik 18p  6r  4a   0s  0b  1t

[Class of '66 Old Fart 92,220]

Little background on her recruitment.

https://www.si.com/college/indiana/basketball/henna-sandvik-finland-indiana-womens-basketball

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12 minutes ago, Class of '66 Old Fart said:

Little background on her recruitment.

https://www.si.com/college/indiana/basketball/henna-sandvik-finland-indiana-womens-basketball

I'm excited to see her develop. The staff has done an excellent job of developing (CMM+Berger)... and hopefully Henna can be one of those girls, as well.

Next year looks incredibly promising, as well, Henna could be a big part of that. 

[Stuhoo 90,319]

Every year looks incredibly promising for IUWB!

[CSP 12,139]

2 minutes ago, Stuhoo said:

Every year looks incredibly promising for IUWB!

We'll need another ball handler. Hopefully, Lexus Bargesser can develop into that role. 

[Stuhoo 90,319]

2 minutes ago, btownqb said:

We'll need another ball handler. Hopefully, Lexus Bargesser can develop into that role. 

In limited minutes she looks like she's got a plus first step. I am optimistic.