by Jon Blau
Forward Darby Foresman has left the Indiana women’s basketball team.
Foresman, who would have been a sophomore next season, makes for the Hoosiers’ fourth departure of the offseason. Freshman guard Ria Gulley is transferring to Liberty, and sophomore guards Tia Elbert and Laken Wairau left the team but remain at the university as students.
Foresman, a 6-foot-3 forward from Indianapolis, is leaving the team for “personal reasons,” according to a statement from the program.
“After spending a great amount of time evaluating what was best for my future, I have decided to step away from basketball,” Foresman said in a statement. “Being a part of the Hoosier family was an unbelievable experience, and I can’t thank Coach (Teri) Moren and Indiana Women’s Basketball enough for their support over the last year.
“I wish the program the very best as they prepare for the season ahead, and look forward to keeping in touch as I continue my academic career at Indiana University.”
Foresman logged nine minutes per game and averaged 1.6 points per outing on 49 percent shooting as a freshman. Because Foresman left the women’s basketball team voluntarily, she does not retain her scholarship under the university’s student-athlete “Bill of Rights.”
While the Hoosiers have added two big-name transfers this offseason in Brenna Wise (Pittsburgh) and Ali Patberg (Notre Dame), their bench is thinning. Moren will return only four players with substantial court experience in 2017-18.
Two of the Hoosiers’ returnees are All-Big Ten players Tyra Buss and Amanda Cahill, but those seniors will be supported by sophomore forward Bre Wickware, junior forward Kym Royster and five incoming freshmen. Foresman, who represented Heritage Christian as an Indiana All-Star last summer, certainly would have had an opportunity for increased playing time in ’17-18.
Without Foresman, there will be pressure on Royster or freshman Linsey Marchese to play substantial minutes alongside Cahill, because starting center Jenn Anderson has graduated.
“Darby is a spectacular young woman who has a great future ahead of her,” Moren said in a statement. “We respect her decision to focus on her academics at Indiana and step away from continuing as a collegiate athlete. We wish her nothing but the best.”
hoosiersportsreport.com/2017/06/iuwbb-darby-foresman-leaves-iu-womens-basketball
Go Hoosiers!
Forward Darby Foresman has left the Indiana women’s basketball team.
Foresman, who would have been a sophomore next season, makes for the Hoosiers’ fourth departure of the offseason. Freshman guard Ria Gulley is transferring to Liberty, and sophomore guards Tia Elbert and Laken Wairau left the team but remain at the university as students.
Foresman, a 6-foot-3 forward from Indianapolis, is leaving the team for “personal reasons,” according to a statement from the program.
“After spending a great amount of time evaluating what was best for my future, I have decided to step away from basketball,” Foresman said in a statement. “Being a part of the Hoosier family was an unbelievable experience, and I can’t thank Coach (Teri) Moren and Indiana Women’s Basketball enough for their support over the last year.
“I wish the program the very best as they prepare for the season ahead, and look forward to keeping in touch as I continue my academic career at Indiana University.”
Foresman logged nine minutes per game and averaged 1.6 points per outing on 49 percent shooting as a freshman. Because Foresman left the women’s basketball team voluntarily, she does not retain her scholarship under the university’s student-athlete “Bill of Rights.”
While the Hoosiers have added two big-name transfers this offseason in Brenna Wise (Pittsburgh) and Ali Patberg (Notre Dame), their bench is thinning. Moren will return only four players with substantial court experience in 2017-18.
Two of the Hoosiers’ returnees are All-Big Ten players Tyra Buss and Amanda Cahill, but those seniors will be supported by sophomore forward Bre Wickware, junior forward Kym Royster and five incoming freshmen. Foresman, who represented Heritage Christian as an Indiana All-Star last summer, certainly would have had an opportunity for increased playing time in ’17-18.
Without Foresman, there will be pressure on Royster or freshman Linsey Marchese to play substantial minutes alongside Cahill, because starting center Jenn Anderson has graduated.
“Darby is a spectacular young woman who has a great future ahead of her,” Moren said in a statement. “We respect her decision to focus on her academics at Indiana and step away from continuing as a collegiate athlete. We wish her nothing but the best.”
hoosiersportsreport.com/2017/06/iuwbb-darby-foresman-leaves-iu-womens-basketball
Go Hoosiers!
