Lexi Wallen navigated the unusual journey from hitting a volleyball to shooting a basketball last season and did it quite successfully.
What Wallen has done in her first and only full season as an Illinois State women’s basketball player may be even more amazing.
“We’ve nominated her for (Missouri Valley Conference) Player of the Year,” ISU coach Kristen Gillespie said. “She’s in that conversation, which is mind blowing when you think about it.”
Wallen joined the Redbird basketball team for ISU’s eighth game in December of 2018 after her fourth year as a volleyball player ended in the NCAA Tournament.