SMEDLEY: Although the toxic nature of the Internet Wrestling Community (IWC) and the multitude of injuries both World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) and All Elite Wrestling (AEW) currently face, the state of professional wrestling is still good.
SMEDLEY: With the No. 6 pick in the 2022 NBA Draft, the Indiana Pacers selected Bennedict Mathurin, who is an explosive athlete that showcases tremendous athletic ability that also shows a fiery passion for the game of basketball and should provide the Pacers with yet another scoring option and a player who has room to improve defensively, while not being a liability on that end either.
June 23, 2022, marks the 50th anniversary of Title IX, a federal civil rights law passed in the Education Amendments of 1972. Title IX prohibits sex-based discrimination in any school or educational program that is given funding by the government. In the world of athletics, Title IX helped give female athletes equal opportunity in all educational-based athletics.
The 2022 National Basketball Association (NBA) Draft is scheduled for Thursday, June 23 at 8 p.m. on ESPN. The Indiana Pacers are in a favorable spot heading into said draft and have multiple options as to what they can do on the night.
June 21, Ball State Baseball and the Cardinals' head coach Rich Maloney announced assistant coach Blake Beemer has accepted the head baseball coach position at Butler University. Beemer spent the last four seasons at Ball State as an assistant coach after spending four years as a Ball State Baseball player.
Indiana native and basketball star Caleb Swanigan died at the age of 25, as reported June 21, 2022. The Allen County (Indiana) Coroner’s Office said he died of natural causes.
JOSLIN: Despite stepping down as the CEO and chairman of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), Vince McMahon still has creative control that needs to be discharged.
12 items were up for approval at June 17’s Ball State University Board of Trustees (BOT) meeting, and all 12 were approved by each BOT member. Most notably, many key items surrounding the 2022-23 fiscal year were announced and approved.
SMEDLEY: After their fourth NBA Championship victory in eight years, Golden State Warriors Point Guard Steph Curry won Finals MVP, further cementing his legacy as one of the greatest players in NBA history.
On day two of the Indiana High School Boys Golf State Finals, Delta High School Boys Golf junior Riley Bratton shot an 85, three points better than his score from day one. Bratton finished his trip to the State Finals with a total score of 173, meaning he was 29 over par.
Tuesday, June 14, Delta High School Boys Golf junior Riley Bratton competed in day one of the Indiana Boys’ Golf State Finals at Prairie View Golf Club in Carmel, Indiana. Bratton shot a 88, with seven pars, eight bogeys, one double bogey and two triple bogeys or worse.
Tuesday, June 14, 2022, Ball State Women's Golf head coach Katherine Mowat announced she is stepping down from her position after 18 seasons. A search for the next head coach of the program is already reportedly underway.
At the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon, June 11, Ball State Track & Field junior Charity Griffith placed fifth in the Women’s high jump.
Illiana Christian High School (21-7) shut out Wapahani High School (24-5) June 11 to advance to the Indiana State High School Athletic Association (IHSAA) 2A State Championship.
Ball State Track & Field junior Charity Griffith is headed to the NCAA Outdoor Track & Field Championships in Eugene, Oregon to compete in the Women's high jump final June 11 at 2 p.m. (pacific). She will do so with a torn meniscus, an injury she has looked at with surprising optimism.
Delta High School's Riley Bratton advanced to the State Finals June 14-15, as June 9, Delta and Yorktown High School Boys' Golf teams competed in Regional 3, hosted by Muncie Central High School at The Players Club in Yorktown, Indiana. Muncie Burris was also represented individually by Nahom Solomon.
As announced June 7, athletes from six Delaware County High Schools were selected to All-Delaware County Teams in both baseball and softball. For Softball, Yorktown High School led the way with six selections, and Baseball saw Cowan, Delta and Wapahani High School tie for the most selections with four each.
June 6, Jauwan Scaife was announced as Ball State Women's Basketball's newest Assistant Coach, returning to his hometown of Muncie after graduating from Ball State University in 2013.
Eight Delaware County High School Boys' Golf programs competed in Sectionals June 6, with two programs and one individual advancing to Regionals.
June 4, Delaware County High Schools were represented in baseball, softball, girls' tennis and track & field events across the state of Indiana.
