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Graduating With Honors
Sunder Nix was arguably the country's top high school track and field athlete when he stepped foot on Indiana's campus as a freshman in 1980. In just one year's time, he was already a multiple Big Ten champion. In two year's time, he was a world record holder. After three years, he had become a U.S. national champion and capped his career off by earning Olympic gold during his fourth year. However his proudest moment came in 1986, when he finally earned the top honor of his career. His degree. Full story...

Indianas Lauren Harling captured her first Big Ten Golfer of the Week award on March 19 and her first tournament win on March 30.

Indiana's Inspiration
It had been three weeks since Lauren Harling transferred to the Indiana women's golf team from NC State. Granted a full release from the school after the 2006 fall season, she was able to compete immediately for IU the following spring. Hoosier head coach Clint Wallman inquired one day last spring how she was fitting in with her new teammates and to his delight, one of his freshmen told him she couldn't even remember what it was like not having Harling on the team. Full story...

So far this season Indianas Wendi Robinson has provisionally qualified in four events and in each meet she has competed.

Running at Her Personal Best
Wendi Robinson did not necessarily know what to expect when Ron Helmer took over as Indiana's director of the men's and women's track and field teams this season. However, she did know that he was a distance specialist from his time at Georgetown and was bringing with him a recent college graduate who also knew a little something about distance running. Full story...

Kelvin Sampson began recruiting Jamarcus Ellis when he was a sophomore in high school and Sampson was still at Oklahoma. Now the two are finding success together at Indiana.

There When You Need Him
Indiana's Jamarcus Ellis has always been lauded for having great instincts and looking out for others. Growing up as one of seven kids on Chicago's Westside, Ellis spent most of his adolescent life looking out for his siblings. Full story...

Adam Soldati and Kimiko Hirai Soldati met while diving in college at Indiana University and have been partners in the sport ever since.

Love In The Air
Adam Soldati knew he found someone special when he first met Kimiko Hirai. A quick-learning diver who was looking to transfer to a school with hopes of continuing his passion, Soldati went from California to Indiana University's diving camp 13 years ago and ended up meeting his future wife. Hirai was in Bloomington training under Hoosier diving coach Dr. Jeff Huber and opted to help out as a counselor for his camp. The night before camp ended, Soldati's spirits were low, but Hirai was there to help. Full story...

First-year head coach Sherry Dunbar has already led the Hoosiers to five conference wins, equaling their combined total over the past three years.

Back Home Again in Indiana
Sherry Dunbar has always been passionate about Bloomington, Ind. As a kid, growing up on the outskirts of the town, she always followed the Hoosiers and even attended the occasional home basketball game in the nose-bleed balcony seats of Assembly Hall. She calls Bloomington the "ultimate college town" and can tell you just how important the Indiana-Purdue rivalry is...in any sport. Full story...