South Central High School star forward Jill Rosenbaum has agreed to continue her education and college basketball career at Indiana University Northwest beginning next fall. Rosenbaum led the 13-8 Satellites in scoring this past season at 15.0 points per, 10.5 rebounds, 1.5 assists and 2.0 steals per game with 20 made threes en route to the Satellites claiming the regular season and tournament championships.
Rosenbaum a 5'10" forward and 2014 Times Pre-Season All-Area selection from Union Mills, Indiana tallied 1,068 career points in her four varsity seasons, third all-time for South Central en route to becoming the third player in Satellite program history to surpass 1,000 career points. The 2013 First-Team All-Porter County Conference selection poured in a career high 30 points in a dominating 72-20 victory over Westville.
"Jill is a four year letterwinner and started 80 of 81 games in her career, she's been a statistical leader for our team, however more importantly she's always been our spirtial leader during her time as a Lady Satellite," said South Central head coach Rick Budka.
It was the first-ever Porter County Conference (PCC) tournament in school history with a 47-38 win over Kouts with Rosenbaum posting a double-double 13 points and 13 rebounds in the victory. The win marked the first time the team has ever won the title since joining the PCC in 2003. The victory also broke Boone Grove's record of five consecutive tournament wins.
"Jill is a very talented player and great leader. As a true student-athlete she is committed to her academics, she is also a high character person who represents all of the characteristics that we value in our basketball program. She is versatile scorer and strong rebounder, we're very excited to have her with us and expect Jill to make an immediate impact in our program next season," said IUN head coach Ryan Shelton.
Rosenbaum is already very familiar with her future RedHawk teammates as she competed against current RedHawks Bre Lewin (Hebron), Faith (Boone Grove) Dammarell and Brittany Slicker (Boone Grove) in the PCC and will join former AAU teammates and recently signed members 2014 RedHawk recruiting class Grayce Roach and Morgan Flaharty from Hobart High School.
IU Northwest Women's Basketball is currently posting another outsanding season having recently claimed the 2014 A.I.I. Conference Regular season title with a 20-8 overall record. It's the program's fourth 20-win season in the past six seasons as the RedHawks will enter the A.I.I. Conference Tournament as the conference's top overall seed on Feb. 28 in Clinton, IA.
Jill will wear her familiar #44 with the RedHawks next season while majoring in elementary education in the IU Northwest School of Education.