The REPORTER
Hamilton Southeastern senior Kennedy Holman is among the 13 players that have been selected as 2026 IndyStar Indiana Girls’ All-Stars, All-Stars game director Mike Broughton announced Wednesday.
Those chosen to the team will play three games in June — one exhibition game against the Indiana Junior All-Stars as well as home-and-home contests against the Kentucky All-Stars.
Holman joins Miss Basketball, Center Grove’s Gracyn Gilliard, whose selection as Miss Basketball was announced Friday, March 13 after she received the most votes from coaches and media from across the state. Lola Lampley of Lawrence Central, Vanessa Rosswurm of Norwell and Lilli Barnes of Valparaiso placed second, third and fourth in Miss Basketball voting, and they will join Gilliard on the team.
Holman played varsity all four years for the Royals, helping the team to a regional championship in 2025 and a sectional championship this season.
“She’s just been a special player all four years we’ve had her,” said Southeastern coach Brian Satterfield. “When you’ve got your best player being one of your hardest workers and competes at both ends of the floor, it just makes life as a coach so easy.”
Holman led all statistical categories for the Royals this season: 17.6 points per game, 7.6 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 2.5 steals and 1.4 blocks. Satterfield noted her versatility, saying she “can guard anybody on the floor, and at the same time on the offensive end, she can score in all dimensions.”
Satterfield also praised Holman’s leadership when it came to the other members of the HSE team.
“She tried to make sure that everybody was included,” said Satterfield. “When you want to have a special program, that’s what your leaders do. I feel fortunate to be able to coach her the past four years.”
Other players competing 2026 Indiana Girls’ All-Stars are Komari Booker of Pike, Joslyn Bricker of Warsaw, Laniah Davis of Marquette Catholic, Myah Epps of Homestead, Mollie Ernstes of Jennings County, Brooklynn Renn of Silver Creek, Laniah Wills of Lapel and Brooke Zartman of Warsaw.
Joe Huppenthal of Lake Central has been named head coach of the 2026 girls’ All-Stars. He will be assisted by Amy Shearer of Columbia City and Brian Smith of Loogootee. Huppenthal is 178-85 in 10 seasons at Lake Central and 294-125 in 17 seasons as a girls’ varsity coach. He has a 498-348 overall record in 36 seasons, including 19 seasons as a boys’ coach at South Bend Clay. Shearer is 237-150 in 16 seasons at Columbia City. Smith is 152-11 in 11 seasons at Loogootee.
The Junior-Senior exhibition game is set for June 3 at Greenfield-Central High School. The first game against Kentucky will be June 5 at a site to be announced. The final game against Kentucky will be June 6 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
All three dates will be doubleheaders with the IndyStar Indiana Boys’ All-Stars, whose roster will be announced later. The roster for the Indiana girls’ Junior All-Stars was announced March 9. The roster for the Indiana boys’ Junior All-Stars will be announced later.
The Indiana Junior All-Stars will play two girl-boy doubleheaders this year — May 31 against the Kentucky Junior All-Stars at Charlestown and June 3 against the Indiana seniors at Mt. Vernon (Fortville).
The fourth annual IndyStar Indiana All-Star “Futures Games” doubleheader will be June 1 at a site to be announced. The Futures Games will be a girls-boys doubleheader with Indiana-only squads of sophomores and freshmen in a North vs. South format. The Futures Games rosters will be announced later. The South boys lead the North 2-1. The North girls lead the South 2-1.