Calhoun and Joens Named Indiana Women’s Basketball Graduate Managers
5/30/2025 10:00:00 AM | Women's Basketball
BLOOMINGTON, Ind. – Indiana women's basketball has announced Kennedy Calhoun and Aubrey Joens as graduate managers for the program for the 2025-26 season.
Both are coming off collegiate playing careers with Calhoun at Saint Louis and Longwood while Joens appeared at Iowa State and Oklahoma.
Calhoun played two seasons at Saint Louis (2023-25) and began her career at Longwood (2021-23). The Harrisburg, N.C. native guided the Billikens to the program's first WNIT championship in 2023-24, an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2022-23 and is a two-time A10 All-Defensive team honoree (2024, 2025). Calhoun finished seventh in the nation in 2024-25 in steals (109) and steals per game (3.21). At Longwood, she was part of a Lancers squad that won the Big South regular season title and made its first ever trip to the NCAA Tournament. She started in all 143 games of her collegiate career while finishing second all-time in SLU history with 266 steals and sixth in assists with 395. Calhoun completed her four-year career with 1,018 points, 453 rebounds, 469 assists, and 355 steals and earned a degree in sports business.
Joens recently finished up her five-year collegiate career with her final three seasons played at Oklahoma (2022-25) while getting her start at Iowa State (2020-22). She was part of five NCAA Tournament appearances while appearing in 150 career games. The Iowa City, Iowa native averaged 5.6 points per game while shooting 40 percent from the field and 37.6 percent from the 3-point line. Joens was an All-Big 12 Academic honoree who earned her degree in elementary education. She comes from a decorated basketball family in which three sisters also played Division I basketball – Courtney (Illinois), Ashley (Iowa State) and Kelsey (Villanova).
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Both are coming off collegiate playing careers with Calhoun at Saint Louis and Longwood while Joens appeared at Iowa State and Oklahoma.
Calhoun played two seasons at Saint Louis (2023-25) and began her career at Longwood (2021-23). The Harrisburg, N.C. native guided the Billikens to the program's first WNIT championship in 2023-24, an NCAA Tournament appearance in 2022-23 and is a two-time A10 All-Defensive team honoree (2024, 2025). Calhoun finished seventh in the nation in 2024-25 in steals (109) and steals per game (3.21). At Longwood, she was part of a Lancers squad that won the Big South regular season title and made its first ever trip to the NCAA Tournament. She started in all 143 games of her collegiate career while finishing second all-time in SLU history with 266 steals and sixth in assists with 395. Calhoun completed her four-year career with 1,018 points, 453 rebounds, 469 assists, and 355 steals and earned a degree in sports business.
Joens recently finished up her five-year collegiate career with her final three seasons played at Oklahoma (2022-25) while getting her start at Iowa State (2020-22). She was part of five NCAA Tournament appearances while appearing in 150 career games. The Iowa City, Iowa native averaged 5.6 points per game while shooting 40 percent from the field and 37.6 percent from the 3-point line. Joens was an All-Big 12 Academic honoree who earned her degree in elementary education. She comes from a decorated basketball family in which three sisters also played Division I basketball – Courtney (Illinois), Ashley (Iowa State) and Kelsey (Villanova).
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