SPORTS DIGEST: Valparaiso junior Lillian Barnes earns player of the week award

Valparaiso guard Lillian Barnes averaged 29.0 points per game across two games last week to earn IBCA District 1 Player of the Week honors.

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Barnes earns IBCA award: Valparaiso junior and Times Player of the Year Lillian Barnes is wasting no time leaving her mark on the 2024-25 season. The Vikings guard was named the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association District 1 Player of the Week on Tuesday. Barnes tallied 32 points, six rebounds, seven assists and five steals in Valpo's loss to state power South Bend Washington.

She followed it with a 26-point, five-rebound, four-assist, five-steal performance in the Vikings' win over Bishop Noll on Saturday. WOMEN'S SOCCER Beacons receive academic recognition: Four Valparaiso soccer players were named College Sports Communicators Academic All-District honorees on Tuesday. Addy Joiner , a Chesterton native, Abby White, Molly O'Rear and Daisy Boardman were the Beacons' honorees.



Eligibility is dependent on student-athletes maintaining at least a 3.5 GPA and being at least a sophomore..