2006 was unquestionably the greatest season in ISU women's basketball history. Under Cassady's assistance, the Sycamores recorded a school-record 27 victories and dominated the Missouri Valley Conference with a 16-2 record and the program's first-ever outright MVC championship.

The on-the-floor general of the team, point guard Melanie Boeglin, became the first-ever winner of the Jackie Stiles MVC Most Valuable Player Award as was a first team all-conference selection. Junior Stephanie Lisch was named to the second team. Boeglin earned three separate All-American mentions, including a Third Team selection by the Full Court Press and a pair of honorable mention selections by the Associated Press and The Women's Basketball Coaches' Association.

With the root of the program grounded in the belief that players are students first and athletes second, not only did the team enjoy unprecedented success on the court, but in the classroom as well. Highlighted by Boeglin becoming the first-ever Sycamore to earn ESPN The Magazine Academic All-America honors as presented by the College Sports Information Directors of America, fellow senior Kristen Weddle was a second team all-district selection. Boeglin, Weddle, Lisch and Lisa Verhoff also earned academic all-conference plaudits.

As a team Indiana State has won the WBCA Academic Excellence Award twice in the past three seasons, including a first place finish in both 2005 & 2003. Last season, ISU’s team GPA of 3.602 led the nation.

In the last four seasons, the ISU women’s basketball team has finished in the Top Three national rankings for grade point average. The Sycamores were third in 2002-03, first in 2003-04, second in 2004-05 and first again in 2005-06.

On the court, the Sycamores reached the finals of the State Farm MVC Tournament for the third time in the last four seasons. Although, ISU dropped that final contest, the Sycamores received its fourth berth into the Women's NIT, defeating Eastern Michigan before falling to Indiana in the Sweet 16.

The Sycamores proved to be the hottest ticket in Terre Haute as the community clamored to watch this exciting group of athletes. The previous season attendance average was blasted as 3,815 fans per game filed into Hulman Center to support the 2006 league champions. 6,836 fans filled the stands to watch the most successful senior class in the history of the program receive their Senior Day Awards.

Indiana State welcomed no less than 2,000 fans to a home game in 2005-06, and topped the 3,000 fan mark on six separate occasions. With Cassady's help, the Hulman Center has become a true homecourt advantage for the Sycamores, and a place where opposing teams just do not want to play. In the last six seasons, ISU is 60-19 when playing on their home court. The Sycamores were 12-2 one year ago inside the friendly confines of Hulman Center.

Other highlights of the memorable 2006 season included the team's invitation to host a first round contest on the Preseason WNIT, and following a convincing victory over 2006 NCAA Tournament participant UT-Chattanooga, a road game at perennial power UCONN. Also high on the list of highlights were Boeglin's 19 assist performance at Eastern Kentucky, which were a school and league record as well as the best single-game performance by any player in the nation during the season. Boeglin topped that with a 46-point scoring performance in a double-overtime victory at Drake. Those 46 points were tied for the most in a game this season, and that victory was the first in a roadtrip sweep of Drake and Creighton.