LOUISVILLE, Ky. – Three Horizon League softball players earned All-Region accolades from the National Fastpitch Coaches Association on Thursday. Loyola’s Lauren Moore and UIC’s Devin Miller were each voted to the Great Lakes Region Second Team, while Cleveland State’s Dara Toman earned a Midwest Region Second Team nod.

CHICAGO -- Former Detroit guard Ray McCallum (Beverly Hills, Mich./Detroit Country Day) will take part in the National Basketball Association’s (NBA) Pre-Draft Camp this Thursday and Friday.

INDIANAPOLIS – Throughout the spring signing period, HorizonLeague.com will provide updates as all nine men’s basketball teams add to their incoming classes.

The Milwaukee Panthers captured the Horizon League baseball regular season last weekend with a three-game sweep of visiting Youngstown State – but just a week away from the conference championship, the rest of the field is yet to be decided.

CHICAGO -- UIC women’s tennis head coach Shannon Tully has been named the Wilson/ITA Coach of the Year for the Midwest Region, as announced by the Intercollegiate Tennis Association (ITA). This marks the first such accolade of Tully’s career.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Milwaukee seniors Will Fadness and Cale Tassi, along with UIC sophomore Tomas Michelson have been named Horizon League Baseball Players of the Week for the period of May 6-12.

Making its second consecutive NCAA Tournament appearance, the Valparaiso softball team will head to Michigan for the Ann Arbor Regional of the 2013 NCAA Softball Tournament.  Valpo will open regional play against the host Wolverines, the eighth seed nationally, at 6 p.m. CT on Friday, live on ESPN3.com.

For the second consecutive season, the Valparaiso Crusaders forced a winner-take-all game and picked up a second victory to win the Horizon League Softball Championship out of the winners bracket, beating a surprising Youngstown State team.

No. 6 Youngstown State continued its improbable run through the 2013 Horizon League softball tournament, advancing through the winners bracket to play No. 3 Valparaiso on Championship Saturday.

INDIANAPOLIS -- Continuing to set the bar in online streaming of intercollegiate athletics, the Horizon League Network and WebStream Sports have been nominated for a 2013 College Sports Media award, Sports Video Group (SVG) and the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics (NACDA) announced on Thursday.