Dana Eikenberg landed two big guards guards in 5-11 Olivia Lett and 5-10 Eryn Stepherson.
Olivia Lett is a big time scorer from Pana, Il. Lett was named to the class A all-state team by the Associated Press and excels in the classroom as well. Lett could qualify for a full academic scholarship, very impressive.
Eryn Stepherson is more of defensive threat, and was a member of Edwardsville's 400m relay team that won the state championship last spring.
Eikenberg has done an excellent job turning around the program at SIU and is making progress in recruiting. Eikenberg narrowly missed out on two top notch recruits who instead settled on SLU, and Wisconsin.
Coach Eikenberg is still looking to add two more players to next year's squad and she'll probably go the junior college route to fill the those spots. With a team full of freshmen this year, adding two juniors to next year's roster might not be a bad idea anyway.
Eikenberg is very entertaining to listen to and she seems like she is capable of building great relationships with recruits. Given an open mic and a chance to answer questions about her program Eikenberg was charismatic and funny, exactly the qualities that will attract quality players to an up and coming program.
