Spreen Signs With Redbird Women’s Basketball For 2026-27
NORMAL, Ill. – Illinois State ladies’s basketball head coach Kristen Gillespie has introduced the addition of former Indiana Ms. Basketball Chloe Spreen (Bedford, Indiana) for the 2026-27 marketing campaign.
“We’re thrilled to welcome Chloe to Illinois State,” Gillespie mentioned. “She’s a dynamic combo guard with a high basketball IQ, relentless work ethic, and a competitive drive. Beyond her talent on the court, Chloe brings leadership and character that align perfectly with what we’re building in our program. We believe she has the potential to make an immediate impact.”
Spreen involves Illinois State from Indiana, the place she spent her sophomore season in 2025-26. With the Hoosiers, she performed in 11 video games off the bench and averaged 4.7 minutes per sport, with a season-high quarter-hour towards Western Carolina. As a freshman through the 2024-25 season, Spreen performed at Alabama in 20 video games, averaging 6.5 minutes per contest. She scored 5 factors and picked up two rebounds in Alabama’s win towards Georgia State and performed a season-high 18 minutes within the Crimson Tide’s victory over Alabama State.
After the completion of her prep profession, Spreen was named 2024 Indiana Ms. Basketball and was rated as an espnW 4-star recruit at Bedford North Lawrence High School. She was ranked because the No. 46 general prospect and 4-star recruited by ProspectsNation.com and was a Jr. All-Star Girls Basketball 4-star and No. 76 ranked general prospect.
During his profession at Bedford North Lawrence, Spreen scored 1,869 factors and was four-time first staff All-Hoosier Hills Conference choice. A 2024 Indiana All-Star, Spreen was additionally an IHSAA All-State First Team choice and was named to the IBCA All-State Supreme 15 (2022, 2023). She participated nationally within the 2023 Overtime Elite WBB Takeover, the 2023 Nike World Basketball Festival and the 2023 SLAM Summer Classic Vol. 5 at Rucker Park. During her junior season, she was named the 2022-23 Indiana MaxPreps Girls Basketball Indiana Player of the Year and earned a spot on the 2023 MaxPreps Girls Basketball Junior All-American staff.
Spreen might be joined on the Redbird roster by one other 4-star nationwide recruit in incoming freshman Danyella Mporokoso, who was named the 2025-26 Gatorade Illinois Girls Basketball Player of the Year. She additionally joins an thrilling group of returners for Illinois State subsequent season, together with MVC assists chief Trista Fayta and Nevaeh Thomaswho returns for her senior marketing campaign. Illinois State tallied a 24-14 report and superior to the WNIT Championship sport, incomes a postseason bid for the sixth consecutive season and a 20-win marketing campaign for the fourth straight yr.
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