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Chloe Spreen is coming home.
The 2024 IndyStar Miss Basketball and Bedford North Lawrence graduate announced on social media Wednesday afternoon she has committed to Indiana women's basketball.
A 5-foot-10 guard, Spreen, who visited IU and committed Wednesday, played her freshman season at Alabama, where she averaged 6.7 minutes across 20 games, totaling 23 points, nine rebounds, 10 assists and three steals.
She has three years of eligibility remaining.
Spreen said Tuesday hearing coach Teri Moren talk about how she wants to run the program and what she's been building was "very encouraging and motivational."
What's next for Teri Moren? Full roster reset due with 9 players leaving IUWBB
"(IU) seems like a really special place," Spreen said, adding the players she met with seem "really happy" to be part of the program and are dedicated to their craft. "They're all very hard working," she continued. "(They have) that Indiana mindset I grew up around and have basically been about my entire life. Hearing it from them has been very motivating."
Rated a four-star prospect by ESPN, Spreen began courting high-Division I interest while in junior high, with IU offering her the spring before her freshman season.
The Hoosiers recruited Spreen "on-and-off" as a high schooler, but she did not want to stay home at the time and ultimately committed to Alabama in April 2023, choosing the Crimson Tide over Ohio State and Kentucky, among others.
"When I left, I really appreciated how much Indiana loves women's basketball. I missed playing in-state," Spreen said. "I really want to be part of something like they have at IU."
As a high schooler, Spreen led Bedford North Lawrence to the 2023 Class 4A state championship as a junior, averaging 19 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 2.7 steals, with a career-best 38% mark from 3. She led a more youthful Stars team back to regionals as a senior, resetting her career highs with 20.4 points and 6.9 rebounds per game.
Spreen, who finished her high school career with 1,869 points, 633 rebounds, 259 assists, 200 steals and 62 blocks, joins a Hoosiers roster that's being fully rebuilt.
Recruiting pitch: IU women have holes to fill. Commit 'if you want to play in March Madness'
IU is replacing four starters with 2020 Indiana Miss Basketball and Hamilton Southeastern grad Sydney Parrish, Chloe Moore-McNeil and Karoline Striplin all losing eligibility, and Yarden Garzon entering the transfer portal. Point guard Shay Ciezki is the lone returner.
Six players entered the transfer portal this cycle: Garzon, Jules LaMendola, Lexus Bargesser, Lilly Meister, Henna Sandvik and Sharnecce Currie-Jelks.
Spreen will be one of at least three Indiana natives on next year's roster, joining current freshman Faith Wiseman, a 6-4 forward from Indian Creek, and 2025 IndyStar Miss Basketball Maya Makalusky, an incoming four-star wing from HSE. Spreen said she's eager to follow in the footsteps of Parrish and 2015 Indiana Miss Basketball Ali Patberg (currently an IU assistant), both of whom were integral to building up the program.
"I think it takes Indiana girls to make IU who it is and with Maya committed and Faith already there, we have some Indiana girls who know how to play Indiana basketball," Spreen said. "Teri has a great vision for that and what she wants from us. Whoever she decides to bring in, I trust her and I trust what we're going to do this season."
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The 2024 IndyStar Miss Basketball and Bedford North Lawrence graduate announced on social media Wednesday afternoon she has committed to Indiana women's basketball.
A 5-foot-10 guard, Spreen, who visited IU and committed Wednesday, played her freshman season at Alabama, where she averaged 6.7 minutes across 20 games, totaling 23 points, nine rebounds, 10 assists and three steals.
She has three years of eligibility remaining.
Spreen said Tuesday hearing coach Teri Moren talk about how she wants to run the program and what she's been building was "very encouraging and motivational."
What's next for Teri Moren? Full roster reset due with 9 players leaving IUWBB
"(IU) seems like a really special place," Spreen said, adding the players she met with seem "really happy" to be part of the program and are dedicated to their craft. "They're all very hard working," she continued. "(They have) that Indiana mindset I grew up around and have basically been about my entire life. Hearing it from them has been very motivating."
Rated a four-star prospect by ESPN, Spreen began courting high-Division I interest while in junior high, with IU offering her the spring before her freshman season.
The Hoosiers recruited Spreen "on-and-off" as a high schooler, but she did not want to stay home at the time and ultimately committed to Alabama in April 2023, choosing the Crimson Tide over Ohio State and Kentucky, among others.
"When I left, I really appreciated how much Indiana loves women's basketball. I missed playing in-state," Spreen said. "I really want to be part of something like they have at IU."
As a high schooler, Spreen led Bedford North Lawrence to the 2023 Class 4A state championship as a junior, averaging 19 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 2.7 steals, with a career-best 38% mark from 3. She led a more youthful Stars team back to regionals as a senior, resetting her career highs with 20.4 points and 6.9 rebounds per game.
Spreen, who finished her high school career with 1,869 points, 633 rebounds, 259 assists, 200 steals and 62 blocks, joins a Hoosiers roster that's being fully rebuilt.
Recruiting pitch: IU women have holes to fill. Commit 'if you want to play in March Madness'
IU is replacing four starters with 2020 Indiana Miss Basketball and Hamilton Southeastern grad Sydney Parrish, Chloe Moore-McNeil and Karoline Striplin all losing eligibility, and Yarden Garzon entering the transfer portal. Point guard Shay Ciezki is the lone returner.
Six players entered the transfer portal this cycle: Garzon, Jules LaMendola, Lexus Bargesser, Lilly Meister, Henna Sandvik and Sharnecce Currie-Jelks.
Spreen will be one of at least three Indiana natives on next year's roster, joining current freshman Faith Wiseman, a 6-4 forward from Indian Creek, and 2025 IndyStar Miss Basketball Maya Makalusky, an incoming four-star wing from HSE. Spreen said she's eager to follow in the footsteps of Parrish and 2015 Indiana Miss Basketball Ali Patberg (currently an IU assistant), both of whom were integral to building up the program.
"I think it takes Indiana girls to make IU who it is and with Maya committed and Faith already there, we have some Indiana girls who know how to play Indiana basketball," Spreen said. "Teri has a great vision for that and what she wants from us. Whoever she decides to bring in, I trust her and I trust what we're going to do this season."
Follow Brian Haenchen on Twitter at @Brian_Haenchen.
Want more Hoosiers coverage? Zach Osterman, Michael Niziolek and Chloe Peterson keep up with IU all season. Sign up for IndyStar's Hoosiers newsletter. Listen to Mind Your Banners, our IU Athletics-centric podcast, on Apple Podcasts, Spotify or wherever you get your podcasts.
This article originally appeared on Indianapolis Star: Indiana women's basketball transfer portal: Chloe Spreen commits from Alabama
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