With the high school girls basketball season finished, the post-season awards are coming in.
Hamilton County is well-represented on these various lists, especially the teams from Class 4A state champion Hamilton Southeastern. Three Royals players were recognized on the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association’s All-State lists, which were released earlier this week.
Amaya Hamilton was named to the IBCA/Subway Senior All-State “Supreme 15” list, which recognized the best seniors across the state. Hamilton, who is headed to Duquesne University, averaged 11.7 points and 6.6 rebounds per game for the Royals.
Four county seniors were named to the Honorable Mention list: Reagan Hune (Carmel), Malea Jackson (Hamilton Southeastern), Mallory Johnson (Noblesville) and Maddie Knight (Noblesville).
Meanwhile, the IBCA/Subway Underclass All-State team features two county players on its “Supreme 15,” Southeastern junior Sydney Parrish and University junior Lindsey Syrek.
Parrish led the Royals in all statistical categories this season: 21.0 points, 6.9 rebounds, 2.5 assists, 1.9 steals and 1.0 blocks per game. Parrish is coming off a sensational performance in the 4A state championship game, where she scored 30 points.
Syrek helped the Trailblazers to their first regional championship since 2009, in addition to a second straight sectional and Pioneer Conference title. Syrek averaged a double-double of 17.5 points and 11.2 rebounds per game, as well as 5.0 blocks per contest.
Underclassmen earning Honorable Mention were Fishers sophomore Katie Burton, Westfield freshman Alyssa Crockett and Hamilton Heights junior Bayleigh Runner.
JUNIOR ALL-STARS NAMED
Parrish and Syrek will get a chance to play on the same team, as both were selected for the IndyStar Indiana girls Junior All-Stars for 2019.
Parrish was voted to the six-player Core Group. She will be part of an impressive group of talent, joining Kendall Bostic and Madison Layden, both of whom played for 3A state champion Northwestern. Also on the Core Group are Ella Collier (Danville), Nan Garcia (Jeffersonville) and Jasmine McWilliams (North Central).
In addition to the Core Group, six players each were voted into the Red Group, the White Group and the Blue Group. Syrek is part of the White Group, joining Khera Goss (Ben Davis), Maddie Lawrence (2A runner-up Winchester), K’Ja Talley (Warren Central), Taylor Westgate (2A state champion Oak Hill) and Kristian Young (4A runner-up Lawrence North).
Players on the Red Group are Syndey Graber (Homestead), Sydney Jacobsen (Harrison), RaShaya Kyle (Marion), Alaina Omonode (West Lafayette), Keegan Sullivan (South Bend St. Joseph) and Sydney Watkins (Heritage Christian). Players on the Blue Group are Darrian Carmean (Vincennes Lincoln), Maya Chandler (Triton Central), Juliana Kemper (Lawrenceburg), Rachel Loobie (Franklin Central), Tia Tolbert (1A runner-up Vincennes Rivet) and Alana Vinson (Roncalli).
The coaches for the Junior All-Stars have not yet been announced.
The Junior All-Stars will play two games against the Kentucky Junior All-Stars, tentatively set for June 1 at a Kentucky site and June 3 at an Indiana site. The Junior All-Stars also will play one game against the Indiana All-Star senior girls on June 5, also at a site to be announced. All three games will be doubleheaders with the 2019 Indiana boys Junior All-Stars, who will be chosen during March.
The players listed as core group players will play in all three games. The players listed in the Red, White and Blue groups each will play in one game, the assignment for specific games to be announced.
The Indiana senior All-Stars will play the Kentucky senior All-Stars on June 7 at a site in Kentucky that has not yet been announced. The Indiana senior All-Stars will play Kentucky’s seniors again on June 8 in Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.The Junior All-Star team is determined by the 20-member Indiana Basketball Coaches Association all-state panel in conjunction with its selection of the IBCA/Subway Underclass All-State Team. The selection process allows all IBCA-member head coaches to nominate players through the IBCA all-state process. Representatives from 16 regional areas from across the state, three district representatives from the three IHSAA districts (one each from District 1, District 2 and District 3) and the committee chair then meet to review the nominations, vote and finalize the selections.
The IBCA/Subway girls basketball Senior All-State and Underclass All-State teams for 2019 will be released later this week.
HAMILTON, HUNE AT TOP 60 SENIOR WORKOUT SUNDAY
Amaya Hamilton and Reagan Hune are among the senior players who were invited to participate in the Hoosier Basketball Magazine Top 60 Senior Girls Workout.
The workout will take place Sunday afternoon at Marian University in Indianapolis. It is open to the public, admission is $8.
Hamilton Southeastern senior Amaya Hamilton was named to the IBCA/Subway Senior All-State “Supreme 15” team earlier this week. Hamilton was a four-year varsity player for the Royals and a major part of their run to the Class 4A state championship this past weekend. (Kirk Green)
Carmel’s Reagan Hune was named as Honorable Mention on the IBCA/Subway All-State list. Both she and Hamilton will also participate in the Hoosier Basketball Magazine Top 60 Girls Workout this Sunday at Marian University. (Kirk Green)