Four Hamilton County players are among the 18 that have been selected for the IndyStar Indiana girls’ Junior All-Stars for 2023, All-Stars games director Mike Broughton announced Wednesday.
Those selected to the six-player Core Group include Reagan Wilson of Noblesville, Alli Harness of Carroll, Jordyn Poole of Fort Wayne Snider, Chloe Spreen of Bedford North Lawrence, Faith Wiseman of Indian Creek and Juliann Woodard of Jennings County.
In addition to the core group, six players each were voted to squads labeled Red Group and Blue Group.
The Red Group players are Talia Harris of Fishers, Ellie Kelleher of Westfield, Lauren Foster of Indian Creek, Rachel Harshman of Mooresville, Avery Kelley of Evansville Memorial and Ellery Minch of Mount Vernon.
The Blue Group players are Camryn Runner of Hamilton Heights, Aniyah Bishop of Lake Central, Joh’nea Donahue of Fort Wayne Snider, Kennedy Fuelling of Norwell, Kyra Hill of Goshen and Adrianne Tolen of West Lafayette.
The coaches for the 2023 Indiana girls’ Junior All-Stars will be announced later.
The Junior All-Stars will play one game against the Kentucky Junior All-Stars on Sunday, June 4 at Jeffersonville High School. The Junior All-Stars also will play one game against the Indiana All-Star senior girls on Wednesday, June 7 at a site to be announced. Both games will be doubleheaders with the 2023 Indiana boys Junior All-Stars, who will be chosen later.
The players listed as Core Group players each will play in two games. The players listed in the Red and Blue groups each will play in one game, the Red Group on June 4 against the Kentucky Juniors and the Blue Group on June 7 against the Indiana Seniors.
The Indiana senior All-Stars will play the Kentucky senior All-Stars on June 9 at the Owensboro Sportscenter in Owensboro, Ky. The Indiana senior All-Stars will play Kentucky’s seniors again on June 10 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
The June 10 date also will include the inaugural IndyStar Indiana All-Star “Futures Games.” The Futures Games will be a girls-boys doubleheader at Gainbridge Fieldhouse with Indiana-only squads of juniors, sophomores and freshmen in a North vs. South format. The girls’ Futures Games rosters were announced on Feb. 16. The boys’ Futures Games rosters will be announced later.
The 2023 Indiana girls’ Junior All-Star team was selected through a process that allows all IBCA-member head coaches to nominate players through the IBCA all-state process. The IBCA 20-member Indiana Basketball Coaches Association all-state committee reviewed and voted on players for the 2023 IBCA/Franciscan Health girls All-State teams that were released on Tuesday (Feb. 28).
The 20 all-state committee members also provided input to a six-person IBCA subcommittee appointed by IBCA executive director Marty Johnson and chaired by Brandon Bradley of Kankakee Valley. Bradley, Broughton plus coaches Katie Collignon of Marquette Catholic, Kaley May of Danville, Gretchen Miles of Washington and all-state committee chairman Doug Springer of Northridge finalized the selections for the 2023 girls’ Junior All-Stars.
The Indiana Junior All-Star program was founded in 1996 by former Indiana All-Star games director Patrick Aikman. In most years, 18 players have been chosen to the Junior All-Stars. In five years (2005, 2006, 2007, 2018 and 2019), 24 players were chosen to the Junior All-Stars. In 2021, just 12 players were chosen to the Junior All-Stars.
In games from 1996 through 2022 (with no games in 2020 because of COVID-19), the Indiana Senior girls lead the Indiana Junior girls 41-10 and the Indiana Senior boys lead the Indiana Junior boys 41-10. In five years of games against the Kentucky Juniors, the Indiana Junior girls lead 10-1 and the Indiana Junior boys lead 7-4. Games against the Kentucky Juniors previously have been played in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019 and 2022.
2023 IndyStar Indiana Girls Junior All-Stars
GIRLS CORE GROUP (playing on June 4 and June 7)
Name Height Position PPG High School College Choice
Alli Harness 5-8 G 23.6 Carroll undecided
Jordyn Poole 5-6 G 16.7 Fort Wayne Snider undecided
Chloe Spreen 5-9 G 19.0 Bedford North Lawrence undecided
Reagan Wilson 5-7 G 16.9 Noblesville Iowa State
Faith Wiseman 6-4 F 16.1 Indian Creek Indiana
Juliann Woodard 6-0 F 22.8 Jennings County undecided
GIRLS RED GROUP (playing on June 4 vs. Kentucky Juniors)
Name Height Position PPG High School College Choice
Lauren Foster 5-7 G 18.6 Indian Creek undecided
Talia Harris 5-8 G 9.5 Fishers undecided
Rachel Harshman 6-0 F 14.4 Mooresville undecided
Ellie Kelleher 5-9 G 11.5 Westfield undecided
Avery Kelley 5-5 G 15.4 Evansville Memorial undecided
Ellery Minch 6-2 F 16.5 Mount Vernon undecided
GIRLS BLUE GROUP (playing on June 7 vs. Indiana Seniors)
Name Height Position PPG High School College Choice
Aniyah Bishop 5-10 G/F 9.4 Lake Central undecided
Joh’nea Donahue 5-8 G 11.9 Fort Wayne Snider Bowling Green
Kennedy Fuelling 5-7 G 21.8 Norwell undecided
Kyra Hill 6-2 F 15.8 Goshen undecided
Camryn Runner 5-9 G 18.9 Hamilton Heights undecided
Adrianne Tolen 5-10 G/F 16.4 West Lafayette undecided