Illinois Wesleyan senior guard Rebekah Ehresman (Gridley, Ill., El Paso-Gridley HS) ranks in the top 25 in five key statistical categories in Titan career women's basketball records (as of Nov. 29, 2017). She is 10th in assists (260), 12th in free throws made (244), 21st in rebounds (477) and 3-point field goals made (77) and 24th in points scored (979).
As both a sophomore and junior, she was selected as the team's "MVP" and was named to the all-College Conference of Illinois and Wisconsin first team. She has been the CCIW "Player of the Week" two times in her career in addition to being named to three all-tournament teams.
As a junior she was named to the D3hoops.com all-Central Region third team and, also in 2016 and 2017, she was elected to the Academic All-District® 7 Division III women's basketball team and was on the ballot for the Academic All-America® Team.
An accounting major at Illinois Wesleyan, she is the daughter of Beth Ehresman and the late Barry Ehresman.
Why you chose to attend Illinois Wesleyan: I really wanted to find a place with both quality academics and athletics, and it’s close to my family
IWU class you’re most qualified to teach: Anything taught by Coach Smith
The hardest challenge about being a Division III student-athlete is: Trying to excel in both academics and athletics while also trying to have a social life
Worst grade in a class you ever got – what and when? 20% on my road signs test in 3rd grade… I guess this explains the driving skills
I’m deathly afraid of ... : Spiders
Worst habit: Picking the skin on the sides of my thumbs until it bleeds… this happens almost every practice
Most expensive traffic ticket: Does a parking ticket count? $35 at Illinois State… just another reason IWU is better
Language I’d like to learn: Spanish
The longest I could survive without my cell phone: Probably one week
One word your mother or father would use to describe you: Impatient
Favorite sports figure: Kelsey (KC) Walsberg
My greatest moment in sports was: High school – getting 3rd in state; College – getting into the NCAA tournament (hoping for an even better greatest sports moment this year)
The best player I ever faced was: Tori McCoy (in high school) – she plays at Ohio State University
Worst dresser on my team: Kendall Sosa
Thing that’s been in my fridge the longest: Cheese?
Person I’m dying to have dinner with: My mom so I can choose the restaurant and not have to pay
Favorite food: Mom’s homemade upside-down pizza
Vegetable I won’t eat: Brussels sprouts
Pepsi or Coke? Coke
Favorite TV show: “Grey’s Anatomy”… I only made it through three seasons but I’ve heard the rest of it is pretty good
Favorite musical group: Needtobreathe
Favorite movie: “The Imitation Game”
If a movie were made of my life, I would like the following person to play me: Jennifer Lawrence
If my life were on TV as a reality show, I’d call it: “My Life as a Procrastinator”
The person in history I would most like to meet is: Easily Jesus
My dream job would be: Teaching business education and coaching… Or anything that gives me the summers off
Place I’d most like to live: North Palm Beach, Florida
If you come back in another life, what would you like to return as: An Olympic gymnast
Two things that are tops on my “bucket list”: 1. Snorkeling somewhere in Hawaii 2. Going to watch the Olympic Games
My possession that would fetch the most on eBay: It would be cool if I could sell a piece of artwork for some extra cash (lemme know if anyone’s interested)
Who is the luckiest person in the world? The happiest person in the world
What I miss most about being in the third grade: Not having to worry about what classes to take or that they’d be full by the time you could sign up anyways
