Basketball
Notre Dame girls basketball freshman and state finals hero earns offer from Bradley
PEORIA — Emy Wardle‘s freshman season at Peoria Notre Dame High School already included a legendary game-winning shot to deliver an IHSA Class 2A state basketball championship, and a third-place run playing for the Irish soccer team.
On Saturday she added another big moment: Collecting a NCAA Division-I basketball offer. Wardle announced she’s received an offer from her hometown school Bradley University.
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“After a great conversation with (Bradley women’s team head coach Kate Popovec-Goss), I am grateful to receive an offer to play basketball at Bradley University!” Wardle wrote on social media.
This story will be updated.
Dave Eminian is the Journal Star sports columnist, and covers Bradley men’s basketball, the Rivermen and Chiefs. He writes the Cleve In The Eve sports column for pjstar.com. He can be reached at 686-3206 or deminian@pjstar.com. Follow him on X.com @icetimecleve.