Gretchen Haehl '08 Helps Coach Hoops Team to Special Olympics State Finals
March 23, 2015
Gretchen Haehl, 2008 graduate of DePauw University and a member of the 2007 national championship Tiger women's basketball team, helped coach the Shelby County Rebels to a victory in the sectionals of the Indiana Special Olympics basketball tournament over the weekend.
"The Rebels cruised to a 50-28 victory over the Marion County South Tornadoes to earn a spot in the Special Olympics Men's Basketball State Tournament on March 28-29 at Indiana State University in Terre Haute," reports the Shelbyville News.
An assistant coach for the team, Haehl tells the newspaper, "This is my fifth season coaching and this is my first time going to (the state tournament) ... I'm excited. And I know these guys look forward to this every year."
She adds, ""We have been playing really well as a team the last three years. The motto of our group is to play as a team. We're always looking for the next pass. We want to be able to share the ball. 
They executed that today and it really worked out." (at left: Haehl in action as an undergraduate)
The article notes Gretchen Haehl's on-court success at DePauw. It's accessible here.
Also available is this 2014 story.
An economics and Spanish double major and a Management Fellow, Gretchen Haehl has also served as an assistant basketball coach at Fishers High School. She spent five years as a financial analyst at Eli Lilly & Co. and scheduled to earn her M.B.A. from the Stanford Graduate School of Business this year.
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