NORMAL — Katrina Beck wasn’t just a 4.0 grade point average student during her time at Illinois State.
Playing her final two seasons as a Redbird for Coach Kristen Gillespie, Beck impressed Gillespie with her “basketball mindset, a really great understanding of Xs and Os and she was always one of our best recruiters.”
Gillespie added those skills to her coaching staff this week when she named Beck to replace Mariyah Brawner-Henley, who left ISU for opportunities outside of coaching.
“Tri helped set the foundation of what we were trying to build,” Gillespie said. “She wasn’t sure she wanted to get into coaching.