Jason Wille

IHSAA Sports Information Director. News and history junkie. Boilermakers, Colts, Pacers & Cubs! Love 🇺🇸! Blessed!

[Christine Brennan @cbrennansports]

A fist to the throat. A suspension that is way too lenient. My @usatodaysports column on what Alyssa Thomas and other WNBA players have done to Caitlin Clark, the most famous, marketable and important women’s pro team sport athlete in history.

https://t.co/43cm1APxVF

[Jason Wille @Jason_Wille]

@IndianaFever Will not surprise me in the least when CC retires early with the way her team and the league continually allow this abuse.

[Purdue Men's Basketball @BoilerBall]

🐺 Hungry Like a Wolf!

TKR to the @Timberwolves!

[Sports Patriot @SportsPatriotUS]

If there is one positive from the WNBA leaving Caitlin Clark off its 30th anniversary poster, it is that fans are finally seeing the pattern clearly.

And they are speaking up.

The league can spin it however it wants.

But everyone knows what this looks like.

The WNBA keeps disrespecting the player who made the league relevant.

[Purdue Men's Basketball @BoilerBall]

🏡 HOMEGROWN!

💫 Braden Smith to the @Pacers via the Bulls.

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

Today in 1978, your mom traded in 1.75 million green stamps for a toaster.

[Ariel Helwani @arielhelwani]

Chris Fowler reflects on the most powerful and emotional game he's ever called:

"It was a game between Purdue and Ohio State. There was a young cancer patient named Tyler Trent, a superfan who had essentially been adopted by the team.

He battled cancer courageously and was in very bad shape. His dying wish was to see them win that game. They were massive underdogs.

Somehow, they got him out of bed and into the car to make it to the game. He was just hanging on, man. It was one of those magical nights.

It would have been a corny movie if it had been on film. They blast Ohio State, and it's a party. They wheel Tyler through the end zone to the locker room to wait for the team after the victory.

It was just an incredibly powerful emotion, and I was barely keeping it together. I said, 'Every Boilermaker would say, "Tyler, this one's for you."'

It's my favorite game I've ever called because it went way beyond sports."

[Super 70s Sports @Super70sSports]

“I don’t know how to swim, Dad.”

“And with an attitude like that you’ll never learn.”

[The Wolf Man @iTheWolfman]

Not just perfect, it's almost impossible.👌

[Jason Wille @Jason_Wille]

Nice to hear of our foreign visitors’ positive experiences and interactions with things we too often take for granted. It’s tiresome to hear half of our own citizenry and politicians trash our country at every turn.

[Fazir Ali @KingFazir]

Watching fans from all over the world experience America has been one of the coolest parts of this World Cup.

People are losing their minds over things most of us don’t even think about anymore:

- Free chips and salsa.
- Buc-ee’s.
- Massive grocery stores.
- Six-lane highways.
- Air conditioning everywhere.
- Endless refills.

Meanwhile, the tournament is being played in world-class stadiums that were already built. No rushed construction. No billion-dollar vanity projects.

It’s hard to ignore what visitors keep saying: the infrastructure is incredible, the people are welcoming, and the scale of everything is unlike anything they’ve seen before.

Sometimes it takes seeing your country through someone else’s eyes to appreciate what we have.

We take a lot of it for granted.

[JoeRobbie @JoeRobbie_]

Them: There’s absolutely no way Cape Verde will be able to stop the attack from Spain

Cape Verde Goalie:

[MLB @MLB]

OTD in 1977 the Milwaukee Brewers played … the Milwaukee Brewers?

The Royals had to borrow the Brewers road jerseys, which made for a confusing game 😅

(MLB x @NewYorkLife)

[IHSAA @IHSAA1]

A Letter from the Commissioner

My father was an Indiana State Policeman. A real Road Trooper.

While I grew up with an appreciation and admiration for law enforcement, I also grew up in the 60s and 70s. When it came to people’s thoughts on the police (or “the man”, for that matter) there were a lot of parallels with today’s world. In a word: polarizing.

Nevertheless, having a parent who served his community, tried his best to do right, and helped make Indiana a better place gives me a sense of pride I won’t attempt to put into words.

The 2025-26 school year has also brought about a lot to be proud of for Indiana and the IHSAA. One achievement that means a lot to me is the expansion of the Association’s relationship with the Indiana State Police. Our organizations share a lot in common: we’re both regulatory institutions, we’ve both been described as “polarizing” (especially if you’ve been on social media following the May 4 IHSAA Board Meeting), and we both serve our Hoosier communities in all 92 Indiana counties.

I think about comparisons between the ISP and the IHSAA a lot. For any regulatory institution, you’re rarely portrayed as “the nice guy” when it comes to general public perception. Afterall, when you’re the one enforcing the rules—whether it be issuing a ticket for speeding or ruling on a question of eligibility—whoever is on the receiving end of the (sometimes) bad news isn’t likely to walk away with warm, fuzzy feelings. On a human level, that’s difficult to deal with time and again.

It can be hard to keep in mind that a lawless society is no society at all, and that rules are enforced for the protection of everyone. It’s especially hard when you know that the rules can’t be perfect. And the fact is, not all of the IHSAA’s 100+ bylaws are perfect. Our rules have to apply to the top 1%, the bottom 1%, and the 98% in between. Naturally, someone is going to find an issue with that range of coverage.

But honestly, how could our rules be perfect? They were made by people. There’s only been one perfect person to walk this earth. And I promise you, my mother was never a member of the IHSAA’s Board of Directors.

As imperfect as the IHSAA bylaws are, though, they are designed to protect education-based athletics. Despite the occasional social forum that says otherwise, we are not in the business of punishing schools or student-athletes. Our rules and regulations are put together by leaders who try to do right and make Indiana education-based athletics better.

And what makes it even better is this: our bylaws are not set in stone. There is a process to change them. They are voted on by 19 elected representatives from all 412 member schools, all of whom are working to serve their Hoosier communities. In fact, over the past five years, there have been over 30 major changes to our Association’s bylaws.

As polarizing as some of the IHSAA rules and rule changes may be made out to be, I have a tremendous amount of respect for our team dedicated to enforcing, upholding, and following them. From our Board of Directors to our staff in the IHSAA office, to our member school personnel and families who do the right thing—I’m proud to work with you in the mission of education-based athletics.

In service,

Paul Neidig
IHSAA Commissioner
#ThisIsYourIHSAA

[Danny Deraney @DannyDeraney]

Every year, I share this video of French caretakers who take sand from Omaha Beach in Normandy, and scrub them into the letters to give them the gold coloring.

They do this for all 9,386 US soldiers who died.

France also gave us this land as American soil. #MemorialDayWeekend

[INDYCAR on FOX @IndyCarOnFOX]

Chills.

Watch @wbuxtonofficial's iconic call of the closest #Indy500 finish ever.

[INDYCAR on FOX @IndyCarOnFOX]

It was THAT CLOSE. #Indy500

[Indiana Fever @IndianaFever]

"I won!" 😂

CC with the #Indy500 Borg-Warner Trophy 🏆

[NTT INDYCAR SERIES @IndyCar]

THE CLOSEST FINISH IN INDIANAPOLIS 500 HISTORY!

IT'S FELIX ROSENQVIST! 🏁

[Jason Wille @Jason_Wille]

RT @IHSAA1: "Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery!"

Now, like the winner of the #Indy500, IHSAA state champions drink milk, too, t…

[Ben Bradley @BenBradleyTV]

After 177 years, Pabst is discontinuing Schlitz beer.

The beer was based in Milwaukee starting in 1849 and was later produced by the Pabst Brewing Company.

While it was famous in Milwaukee, Schlitz left a legacy throughout Chicago. https://t.co/DbfocGqFca