Award-winning sports writer Jeff Rabjohns is joining Peegs.com. A member of

the Indianapolis Star sports staff since 2000, Rabjohns has covered

college basketball, recruiting, AAU, high school basketball and the NBA. He has

covered Super Bowls, Final Fours, NBA All-Star games, Indianapolis 500s and

other major events. His passion, however, is college sports.

"I am thrilled to be joining (site owner) Mike Pegram, who has been an

authority on Indiana University athletics for so many years now, and Rivals.com.

It's an honor to cover Indiana University, which is one of the marquee names in

all of sports and has one of the most passionate fan bases in the country,"

Rabjohns said.

"I think our site has long established itself with our basketball and

football recruiting as well as the innovations we've made in multi-media

coverage through the years, but there's a lot more to covering a big time

program like Indiana," says Pegram. "I think Jeff is going to provide us the

hustling "true journalist" that we've been missing. Then it's a great bonus that

he's experienced with recruiting, prep and NBA and NFL coverage."

Rabjohns joins Pegram and football expert Matt Weaver as the full-time

members of the Peegs.com staff. Recent intern additions include Indiana

journalism grad Daniel Allar for the summer and this fall the team will

supported by veteran IDS reporter Nathan Hart and IU Student Television reporter

Samantha Dewig.

"I hope these hires along with our investment in smartphone apps, HD video,

live web streaming and other moves we have made convince our subscribers and

potential subscribers that we're serious about taking our Indiana coverage to a

new level," said Pegram.

Rabjohns has been honored multiple times by the Indiana Society of

Professional Journalists, The Associated Press, and in 2005 won the Dick Schaap

Excellence in Sports Journalism Award. Rabjohns was the first Star sports writer

to regularly cover college basketball recruiting, and his work has appeared in

the New York Times, Washington Post and USA Today.

"With a new coaching staff in football, the Cody Zeller era beginning in

basketball and the nation's No. 1 recruiting class coming in 2012, it's an

exciting time to cover IU athletics," said Rabjohns.

The first official day for Rabjohns at Peegs.com will be July 1st.