THE REPORTER
Five Hamilton County girls basketball players are among the 15 seniors and 15 underclass that have earned IBCA/Franciscan Health “Supreme 15” All-State honors for 2022-23, it was announced Tuesday.
The IBCA also named Large School All-State teams (15 seniors, 15 underclass) and Small School All-State teams (15 seniors, 15 underclass). Eight county players have earned spots on those lists.
The “Supreme 15” is the top honor awarded, and players were voted to that group without regard to school size. The Large School and Small School all-state teams are secondary accolades — the Large School group including players from Class 3A and Class 4A schools and the Small School group including players from Class A and Class 2A schools. Players who make the Supreme 15 are not considered for Large School or Small School honors.
In addition, 90 more seniors and 90 more underclass players were selected honorable mention all-state. The honorable mention laurels are awarded without regard to school size.
Hamilton Southeastern’s Riley Makalusky and Fishers’ Hailey Smith are among the players voted to the 2023 IBCA/Franciscan Health Supreme 15 Senior girls’ team. The other players, listed alphabetically, are Asiah Baxter, Warren Central; Ashlynn Brooke, Pioneer; Cristen Carter, Ben Davis; Asia Donald, Hobart; Nevaeh Foster, Mishawaka Marian; Laila Hull, Zionsville; RaShunda Jones, South Bend Washington; McKenna Layden, Northwestern; Karsyn Norman, Bedford North Lawrence; Amiyah Reynolds, South Bend Washington; Saige Stahl, Columbus East; Josie Trabel, East Central; and Amber Tretter, Forest Park.
Meanwhile, Hamilton Southeastern’s Maya Makalusky and Noblesville’s Meredith Tippner and Reagan Wilson were all voted to the 2023 IBCA/Franciscan Health Supreme 15 Underclass girls’ team. The other players on that list are: Lillian Barnes, Valparaiso; Addison Baxter, Columbia City; Kennedy Fuelling, Norwell; Avery Gordon, Brownsburg; Jaylah Lampley, Lawrence Central; Lola Lampley, Lawrence Central; Ellery Minch, Mt. Vernon (Fortville); Jordyn Poole, Fort Wayne Snider; Kira Reynolds, South Bend Washington; Chloe Spreen, Bedford North Lawrence; Faith Wiseman, Indian Creek; and Juliann Woodard, Jennings County.
Hamilton Southeastern’s Olivia Brown and Fishers’ Olivia Smith were both named to the senior Large School All-State team, with University’s Kelsey DuBois and Payton Seay named to the senior Small School All-State list. As for the underclassmen, Fishers’ Talia Harris, Westfield’s Ellie Kelleher and Hamilton Heights’ Camryn Runner are on the Large School All-State roster, with Sheridan’s Kenzie Garner making the Small School All-State list.
Hamilton Heights’ Ella Hickok was named to the underclass Honorable Mention list.
The IBCA/Franciscan Health All-State teams are selected through a process organized by the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association and presented by Franciscan Health Sports Medicine.
All IBCA-member head coaches have the opportunity to nominate players. A panel of 20 IBCA coaches — 16 from the current regional areas, three district representatives (one each from IHSAA Districts 1, 2 and 3) and the committee chairman — then meet to review the nominations, vote and finalize the selections.
Those on the IBCA all-state committee for 2023 included chairman Doug Springer of Northridge plus Brandon Bradley of Kankakee Valley from District 1, DeeAnn Ramey of North Central from District 2 and Kevin Moore of East Central from District 3.
Completing the voting panel were Kristi Ulrich of Penn, Andy Maguire of Zionsville, Curt Benge of Plainfield and Tyler Choate of Evansville North in Class 4A; Steve Scott of Mishawaka Marian, Eric Thornton of Norwell, Kaley May of Danville and Michelle Harter of Connersville in Class 3A; Tony Scheub of Andrean, Justin Jordan of Whitko, Doug Greenlee of Greencastle and Tony Hasenour of Forest Park in Class 2A; and Rick Budka of Morgan Township, Sarah Black of Union City, Amy Macy of Edinburgh and Mike Lang of Trinity Lutheran in Class A.
Franciscan Health Sports Medicine is making a financial contribution to the IBCA Scholarship Fund as the presenting partner of the IBCA all-state teams. As part of the partnership, Franciscan Health Sports Medicine will provide plaques to Supreme 15 honorees and certificates to players receiving Large School All-State, Small School All-State or Honorable Mention All-State recognition. Those items will be made available to each recipient’s coach during April, allowing her coach to present the award to each player prior to the end of the 2022-23 academic year.
The IBCA thanks Franciscan Health Sports Medicine for being a partner in this annual project.