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Berggren’s role in turnaround proved to be ‘priceless’

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Schaumburg girls basketball coach Ashley Berggren will be inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame later this season. celebrates with her team after defeating St. Charles East during Tuesday's regional semifinal at Bartlett High School.

JOE LEWNARD | Staff Photographer

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Ashley Berggren, now a 36-year-old teacher and coach at Schaumburg High School, found out recently that she will be inducted into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame later this season. Berggren was the face of one of the greatest turnarounds in women's college basketball. But neither her rise from a passed-over recruit to a college all-American, nor the transformation of the University of Illinois from Big Ten doormat to national powerhouse could have been predicted.