Illinois Central College 2018-2019 Women’s Basketball

Becker, Josi

3 — PG — Freshman

Hometown Morton, IL

High School Morton HS

Brown, Catora

11 — G — Freshman

Hometown South Elgin, IL

High School South Elgin HS

Coates, Abby

24 — F — Sophomore

Hometown Metamora, IL

High School Metamora HS

Easley, Marquitta

32 — G — Sophomore

Hometown Chicago, IL

High School Zion-Benton HS

Faulkner, Madison

5 — F — Sophomore

Hometown Rochester, IL

High School Rochester HS

Hare, Jordyn

4 — F — Freshman

Hometown Macomb, IL

High School Macomb HS

Henderson, Emma

23 — G — Sophomore

Hometown Tuscola, IL

High School Tuscola HS

Overman, Raven

12 — F — Freshman

Hometown Biloxi, MS

High School St. Martin HS

Pinnock Branford, Kathy

22 — G — Sophomore

Hometown Costa Rica

High School Cantwell SHM HS

Stanley, Rocky

10 — F — Freshman

Hometown East St. Loius, IL

High School East St. Louis HS

Stoewer, Summer

21 — G — Freshman

Hometown Normal, IL

High School Normal Community HS

Ward, Moriah

13 — C — Freshman

Hometown Peoria, IL

High School Peoria HS

Washington, Ariana

14 — G — Freshman

Hometown Hazel Crest, IL

High School Hillcrest HS

Karrie Redeker

Head Coach - 6th year with ICC

Karrie Redeker enters her 5th season as the head coach for the Cougars.  In 2015-16, the Cougars had their best season in ten years, winning the Region XXIV title and advancing all the way to the national championship game at the NJCAA Division II Nationals, where they lost to Kansas City Kansas CC, settling for a national runner-up finish and a 32-5 overall record.  Redeker was named Region XXIV Coach of the Year, District M Coach of the Year, and IBCA Junior College Coach of the Year, the fourth time she has received these honors.

Prior to ICC, Redeker spent six years in Champaign at Parkland College, where she led the Cobras to three Region XXIV titles and advanced to the NJCAA Division II National Tournament three times.  Each of those national appearances earned the team respectable finishes of third (2010-11), sixth (2009-10), and fourth (2008-09).  In nine years at the junior college level, Redeker has a 246-58 overall record (.809 winning percentage) and has won at least 20 games in each season.  She has coached nine NJCAA All-Americans (including first-teamers Jemia Carpenter and Destiny Ramsey in ’15-16) and three NJCAA Academic All-Americans (Brandi Fier in ’15-16). Redeker has moved 36 players to play basketball at a variety of four-year schools during her junior college tenure and the seven sophomores in the 2016 class earned a total of over $155,000 in scholarship monies at their current respective schools.

Before roaming the college sidelines, Redeker served as the girls’ basketball coach at Unity High School (Tolono) from 1999-2007, where the Rockets earned a 158-62 record and won five regional titles.  In addition to coaching at Unity and Parkland, she spent 19 years as an elementary teacher (1999-2013) in the Tolono Unity and Casey Westfield school districts, teaching third, fourth, and fifth graders. 

Redeker played collegiately at Southern Illinois-Carbondale where she was a four-year letter winner. During her time at SIUC, she helped lead the Salukis to a Gateway Conference Title and two NCAA appearances.  Redeker was an Honorable Mention All-Gateway Conference selection in 1992 and is second all-time for 3-pointers made in a career at SIUC.  She grew up in rural Crescent City, where she is the all-time leading scorer for boys and girls at Crescent-Iroquois High School and her jersey #20 was retired.  She was inducted into the IBCA Hall of Fame in 2005 for her playing career.

Stan Prosser

Assistant Coach - 6th year with ICC

With more than 30 years of coaching experience, Stan Prosser begins his fifth year as an assistant for the women’s basketball team.  Prosser was integral in helping the Cougar post players thrive, both in the paint and on the boards.  Previously at Eureka, Manito-Forman, and Midwest Central (Manito) high schools, he coached boys and girls basketball, as well as volleyball, cross country and track since 1980. A Villa Grove High School basketball star, Prosser graduated in 1975 and moved on to Eureka College. There he continued his basketball legacy eventually entering their Hall of Fame in 1991. He was an Assistant Coach on Eureka College’s Men’s 1993-94 NAIA (D-2) National Championship basketball team that also was inducted into their Hall of Fame.  Now retired from teaching, Prosser and wife Jill live in Goodfield and have three children: Chelsea, who played for Coach Redeker at Parkland College; Jordan, who played at Bradley; and Josh, who participated on the ISU track team.

Greg Martin

Assistant Coach - 20th year with ICC

Assistant Coach Greg Martin is beginning his 18^th season as part of the ICC women’s basketball staff.  He began coaching over forty years ago at St. Patrick’s Grade School in Washington, IL.  After teaching for 18 years at the junior high level, Greg moved onto Washington Community High School where he taught in the Social Studies department.  Coach Martin also serves as the JV volleyball coach, JV and varsity coach of both softball and girls’ basketball while at WCHS.  A graduate of Eureka College, Greg retired from teaching at the end of the 2006-07 school year after 38 years in the classroom.  As an assistant coach, Greg’s ability to listen, motivate, and encourage brings out the best of players in their mental approach to perform at greater heights.  His demeanor allows players to relax and achieve the success that is expected in the women’s basketball program at Illinois Central College.  Coach Martin and his wife Barb have been married 43 years; they have two married daughters, five grandchildren, and one great grandchild.

Dennie Hieronymus

Assistant Coach - 6th year with ICC

Dennie Hieronymus begins his fifth season on the ICC women’s basketball staff, specializing in scouting and recruitment. Previously, Hieronymus assisted Coach Redeker for six years while she was at Parkland College.  He began his personal basketball career after starring in three sports at Octavia High School (now Ridgeview High School) at Colfax. Hieronymus then earned degrees from Illinois State (1971) and Central Washington University (1994). As a career Naval Aviation Officer from 1972 to 1992, he held many positions, most notably flying numerous missions in P-3s, C-130s and C-118s; served aboard three aircraft carriers. He also was the Navy recruiter for Officer Programs at five central Illinois universities. Upon retiring from the Navy, he returned to assist with the management of the family farm. Hieronymus resides in Normal and has two adult children, Cara and Ryan.