Shauna Green, coach of the Illinois women’s basketball team for three years, brought in two transfer players and three freshmen in the offseason to strengthen the strong core of eight returning players.
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CHAMPAIGN – For the “historic” start to her career as a coach in Illini women’s basketball, Shauna Green will be honored next week by the Girl Scouts of Central Illinois as the 2024 Outstanding Woman of the Year.
Green is the first coach in program history to post winning seasons in each of her first two years, capping the 2023-24 season with a win at the Women’s Basketball Invitation Tournament.
“She embodies the courage, confidence and character that Girl Scouts should strive for as leaders,” the organization said in announcing her selection.
Green will be honored during the Girl Scouts’ annual Diamonds, Desserts & Distinction fundraiser, which will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Aug. 22 at the CityView Banquet & Meeting Center in Champaign.
Green is the 148th woman to be honored in the program’s 32-year history. Here’s a look at the star-studded cast of honorees so far.
Linda Abernathy, 1998
Kathy Adams, 2023
Patricia Adrian, 2005
Whitney Anderson Stewart, 2023
Colleen Asaad, 2010
Dawn Aubrey, 2014
Janice Bahr, 1996
Ellen Baranowski, 2001
Catherine Barbercheck, 1999
Carolyn Baxley, 2006
Alicia Beck, 2017
Julie Beyler, 2008
Angie Brix, 2017
Anita Broeren, 1999
Mary Buchanan, 1992
Kathleen Buetow, 2011
Madison Carlton, 2023
Alice Cary, 2023
Pat Chapel, 1995
Kate Clancy, 2014
Mary Coash, 1998
Jenny Crull, 2012
Barb Daly, 2008
Belinda Dalton Russell, 2007
Molly Delaney, 2013
Jayne DeLuce, 2019
Jean Driscoll, 2010
Aya Fubara Eneli, 2009
Ann Adler Unicorn, 1992
Nancy Fehr, 2007
Cindy Feeney, 2013
Deb Fine, 2017
Ann Fiesta, 2016
Kelly Finet, 2003
Emmie Fisher, 2016
Nanette Lee Fisher, 1994
Ivadale Foster, 2002
Lynn Foster, 2012
Sally Foster-Wallace, 1997
Rita Garman, 1994
Jessica Gilbert, 2016
Barbara Gillespie-Washington, 2004
Carol Green, 1995
Sue Gray, 2012
Stacey Gross, 2016
Linda Hamman Moore, 2012
Ruthie Harper, 1998
Janice Harrington, 1993
Essie Harris, 2005
Zelema Harris, 1996
Shirley Harshbarger, 1996
Vicki Stewart-Haugen, 1997
Betty Healey, 2000
Barbara Hedlund, 2011
Beverly Herzog, 1994
Anh Ha Ho, 2006
Abby Hobbs, 2012
Jessica Holmes, 2011
Penny Holycross, 2008
Alice Jacobs, 2003
Judith Jepsen-Popel, 2009
Lynn Jones, 2009
Holly Jordan, 2006
Jenette Jurczyk, 2022
Kathy Kaler, 2016
Robin Neal Kaler, 2004
Raj Karinattu, 1993
Marilyn Kay, 1998
Jan Kiley, 2010
Brenda Krause Eheart, 1998
Elisabeth Krchak, 1998
Annette Lansford, 2013
Geraldine Lee, 1999
Tammy Lemke, 2006
Sandy Lewis, 1998
Kay Machula, 2007
Kim Majures, 1992
Beth Manuel, 2005
Christina McClelland, 2013
Jean McCormick, 2005
Ellen McDowell, 2002
Jane McFadden, 2009
Karen Jones McKissack 2006
Nanette Mellen 2002
Anna Merritt 1996
Sybil Stern Mervis 1995
Vickie Miller, 2004
Connie Minnes, 2001
Judy Myers, 2000
Shevone Myrick, 2015
Traci Nally, 2008
Ana Nasser, 2010
Quyt Nguyen, 1993
Clarissa Nickerson Fourman, 2017
Dorothy O’Donnell, 1992
Hattie Paulk, 2001
Mary Perlstein, 1997
Patricia Phillips, 1998
Alice Pfeffer, 2003
Vanna Pianfetti 2017
Katy Podagrosi, 1996
Gladys Pope, 2014
Julie Pryde, 2021
June Quint, 2000
Janet Rayfield, 2010
Mimi Reitemeier, 2007
Phyllis Robeson, 2000
Jennifer Roscoe, 2018
Phyllis Rogers, 1999
Kerry Rossow, 2022
Carol Scharlau, 2002
Jennifer Shelby, 2015
Ladine Shelby, 2007
Kathy Sims, 1999
Mildred Sims, 1995
Lily Siu, 2008
Myrtle Slater, 2016
Kay Smoot, 2009
Jane Solon, 2010
Elizabeth Sotiropoulos, 2015
Bonnie Specchio, 2008
Shirley Splittstoesser, 2004
Carol Stack, 2006
Tara Stigers, 2023
Shirley Stillinger, 1997
Ashlynn Stillwell, 2015
Margaret Stillwell, 1993
Cynthia Swanson, 2002
Linda Swartz, 2012
Mary Timms, 2014
Teola Trowbridge, 2007
Wendy Morgan Turner, 2003
Evelyn Underwood, 2002
Kate Vincent, 1997
Rebecca Wagner, 1992
Jane Waldbillig, 1994
Petra Warren, 1996
Harriet Weatherford, 2000
Ruby Weathersby, 2014
Laura Weis, 2013
Vera Wesley, 1999
Kelly White, 2015
Wanda Whitsitt, 1993
Lela Wilson, 2009
Tammy Wilson, 2011
Sally Wolf, 2004
Rachel Wright, 2011
