Ali Patberg Earns G. Frederick Glass Director’s Award For Best Representing Indiana’s Spirit

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Former Indiana ladies’s basketball guard Ali Patberg was awarded the G. Frederick Glass Director’s Award for greatest representing ‘The Spirit of Indiana: 24 Sports activities, 1 Workforce.’

The dignity is an annual award chosen by Vice President and Director of Athletics Scott Dolson offered by the Indiana College Division of Intercollegiate Athletics on the finish of the season awards ceremony.

One feminine and male athlete who greatest signify Indiana’s Spirit creed obtain the award in honor of former Vice President and Director of Athletics Fred Glass. Indiana males’s swimmer Brandon Hamblin additionally acquired the award.

Patberg ended her Indiana profession as one of many program’s all-time winningest gamers with 90 wins. She completed ninth in all-time main scoring with a grand complete of 1,752 factors. She additionally completed third in assists with 528.

The Columbus, Ind. native made different spectacular lists and honors this season such because the Tutorial All-Huge Ten, Wade Trophy watchlist, Senior CLASS Award First Workforce All-American, Nancy Lieberman Award High 10 watchlist and All-Huge Ten Honorable Point out.

Patberg led the Hoosiers to a few NCAA Event appearances together with an Elite Eight end within the 2020-21 season and a Candy Sixteen look this previous season.

She was simply as spectacular within the classroom graduating with a level from the Kelley College of Enterprise in 2020 ending with a 3.7 GPA, and later her grasp’s diploma in leisure administration. 

Following her remaining season with Indiana, Patberg was drafted by the Indiana Fever because the tenth choose within the third spherical of the 2022 WNBA Draft. As of April 21, the Fever introduced they waived the embellished Indiana guard from its roster.

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