2023 Indiana Junior All Star Girls Basketball team announced The 2022-23 Indiana girls high school basketball Junior All-Stars have been selected by the IBCA. There is a core group of six players who will play against both the Kentucky Juniors (June 4) and the Indiana All-Stars (June 7): Carroll (Flora)’s Alli Harness, Fort Wayne Snider’s Jordyn Poole, Bedford North Lawrence’s Chloe Spreen, Noblesville’s Reagan Wilson, Indian Creek’s Faith Wiseman and Jennings County’s Juliann Woodard. The Red Group which includes Fishers’ Talia Harris, Mooresville’s Rachel Harshman, Westfield’s Ellie Kelleher and Mt. Vernon’s Ellery Minch will play the Kentucky Juniors, while the Blue Group which includes Hamilton Heights’ Camryn Runner will play the Indiana All-Stars. Coaches for the Junior All-Stars have yet to be announced.
2023 Indiana Junior All-Stars -Core Group -Alli Harness, Carroll (Flora): An uncommitted 5-8 guard, Harness poured in 23.6 points per game for the sectional runner-up Cougars. She also averaged five rebounds, 4.2 assists and 3.3 steals per game. Jordyn Poole, Fort Wayne Snider: A 5-6 guard, Poole led the Panthers to their first regional championship since 2010, averaging 16.7 points, four assists and four steals over 26 games. Chloe Spreen, Bedford North Lawrence: Spreen dazzled her junior year and propelled BNL to its fifth state title in program history. The 5-9 guard set career-highs in points (19 ppg), assists (3.2 per game) and steals (2.7), plus 5.3 assists. Reagan Wilson, Noblesville: An Iowa State commit, the 5-7 Wilson logged 16.9 points, four assists and 3.4 steals over 25 games. She shot 42% from the field and 37% from 3. Faith Wiseman, Indian Creek: The Indiana-bound Wiseman powered the Braves to their first regional championship. The 6-4 forward shot 53% from the floor, and averaged 16.1 points, 9.4 rebounds, 2.6 blocks, 2.5 assists and 1.6 steals over 29 games. Juliann Woodard, Jennings County: A 6-0 forward, Woodard was good for a double-double per game for the third consecutive season, averaging a career-high 22.8 points and 12.5 rebounds. She also logged 3.1 assists, 2.4 steals and 2.4 blocks per game.
Red Group- Lauren Foster, Indian Creek: Foster led the semistate runner-up Braves with 18.6 ppg. A 60% shooter (49% from 3), the 5-7 guard also contributed 4.3 assists, 2.4 steals and 3.2 rebounds per game. Talia Harris, Fishers: A 5-8 guard, Harris played a critical role in the Tigers’ run to the Class 4A finals, averaging 9.5 points, 4.3 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 2.2 steals. She shot 46% from the field. Rachel Harshman, Mooresville: The 6-0 Harshman logged 14.4 points and 7.3 rebounds for the sectional runner-up Pioneers. She also contributed 1.1 assists and 1.7 assists per game. Ellie Kelleher, Westfield: The 5-9 uncommitted guard scored 11.5 ppg on 40% shooting with an 82% conversion rate at the line. Kelleher also averaged 4.7 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.7 steals. Avery Kelley, Evansville Memorial: Kelley, a 5-5 guard, poured in a career-best 15.4 points per game for the sectional runner-up Tigers, while also logging 5.6 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 2.3 steals per game. Ellery Minch, Mt. Vernon: Minch led the Marauders to their third consecutive sectional championship, averaging 16.4 points, 5.3 rebounds and 1.5 blocks per game. The 6-2 forward shot 49% from the floor and 84% at the line.
Blue Group – Aniyah Bishop, Lake Central: Bishop played a critical role in the Indian’s run to the semistate finals, averaging 9.7 points and 6.2 rebounds per game. The 5-10 guard/forward also logged 2.0 apg and 1.7 spg. Johnea Donahue, Fort Wayne Snider: A Bowling Green commit, Donahue was good for 11.9 points, four assists and 5.6 steals for the regional champion Panthers. The 5-8 guard shot 48% from the field. Kennedy Fuelling, Norwell: An IBCA Underclass All-State Supreme 15 pick, the 5-7 Fuelling played a starring role in the Knights’ run to their third sectional title since 2020, averaging 21.8 ppg. Kyra Hill, Goshen: A multi-sport athlete, Hill led the Redhawks in scoring with 15.8 ppg (48% shooter). She also contributed 10.3 rebounds, 2.7 blocks, 1.2 steals and 1.9 assists per game. Camryn Runner, Hamilton Heights: Runner was at the forefront of the Huskies’ first regional championship run since 2013. The 5-9 guard averaged 18.9 points, 7.2 rebounds, 2.7 steals and 1.4 assists. Adrianne Tolen, West Lafayette: The 5-10 guard/forward and three-sport athlete was good for 15.9 points, 8.2 rebounds and 4.2 steals per game. Tolen shot 50% from the field (43% from 3) and dished out 57 assists over 23 games.
IU Women’s Basketball recruits Jules LaMendola & Lenee Beaumont win Gatorade State Player of the Year Awards Indiana women’s basketball is already building for next season as recruits Julianna (Jules) LaMendola and Lenée Beaumont were both named their state’s Gatorade Player of the Year. This award was established in 1985 and honors the most outstanding high school athletes based off their talent, academics and character.
The 6-foot-1-inch guard LaMendola is ranked the fourth best player in Texas and 52nd in the country as she is the first player from Coppell High School to win the prestigious award. To end her high school career, LaMendola led Coppell to its first state tournament in school history where the team lost in the state semifinals off of a three-point buzzer beater from the opposing team, San Antonio Clark that eventually won the Class 6A state title. LaMendola tallied 16 points, six rebounds and four assists on the day as she normally averages 17.4 points, 9.2 rebounds and 3.1 assists per contest.
Meanwhile, Beaumont is following in the footsteps of Indiana alum and all-time leading scorer Tyra Buss, who was Illinois’ Gatorade Player of the Year for the 2013-2014 season. Six-foot guard Beaumont played four varsity seasons for Benet Academy High School in Lisle, Ill. After a fourth-place state finish last season, Beaumont helped lead her team to second place this year after she put up 28 points in the title game. Normally, the top-100 nationally ranked player averages 18.7 points, 7.3 rebounds and 3.3 assists per contest. She’s also hit 36 three-pointers this season.
The future continues to get even brighter for the Hoosiers as the current team still has work to do in the NCAA Tournament following a Big Ten Tournament semifinals finish. Once the madness is over, Indiana will certainly look forward to welcoming LaMendola and Beaumont to the mix.
Indiana University Diving hosts NCAA Zone C Championships Indiana swimming and diving will host the 2023 NCAA Zone C Diving Championships Today through Saturday inside the Counsilman-Billingsley Aquatic Center as regional divers attempt to qualify for the 2023 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships. Fifty-nine qualifying spots, 29 for men and 30 for women, are up for grabs in Zone C between the 1-meter and 3-meter springboard and platform diving events. The meet will be streamed on IUHoosiers.com/watch, while live results are available at divemeets.com.
Indiana diving will look to keeps its momentum going after dominant showing at Big Ten Championships. IU men’s diving captured seven of the nine available medals, including all three titles, to help the swimming and diving program capture its 29th Big Ten team championship. Junior women’s diver Anne Fowler swept the springboard events at Big Ten’s as she and sophomore Sklyer Liu were the only two athletes to qualify for all three championship finals at the women’s meet.
SCHEDULED EVENTS -Thursday (1 p.m. ET) – Men’s 1-Meter/Women’s 3-Meter, Friday (1 p.m. ET) – Men’s 3-Meter/Women’s 1-Meter, Saturday (11 a.m. ET) – Men’s Platform; Women’s Platform to follow.
QUALIFYING RULES- Number of qualifiers from each competition; Qualifiers advance to 2023 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
| Men | Women | |
| 1-meter | 9 | 10 |
| 3-meter | 8 | 9 |
| Platform | 12 | 11 |
Indiana University Men’s Swimming qualifies Nine for NCAA Championships Indiana men’s swimming and diving will send nine swimmers and all five relays to the 2023 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships as the NCAA announced invitations to the national meet on Wednesday. The four-day meet will take place between March 22-25 inside the Jean K. Freeman Aquatic Center on the campus of the University of Minnesota in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
Including the five relays, Indiana will have competitors in 14 events. Between the two breaststroke events, IU has nine participants with five of those in the 100-yard event. IU also has three swimmers in both the 50-and-100-yard freestyle events. The reigning NCAA Champion in the 200-yard butterfly, senior Brendan Burns will again race the 200 fly, 200-yard backstroke and 100-yard butterfly. At last year’s national meet, Burns finished first, second and ninth in those events.
INDIANA MEN’S SWIMMING QUALIFIERS- 2023 NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships
200 Freestyle Relay (1:16.29), 400 Freestyle Relay (2:48.11), 800 Freestyle Relay (6:10.80), 200 Medley Relay (1:23.52), 400 Medley Relay (3:01.53), Luke Barr -100 Breaststroke (52.68), 200 Breaststroke (1:54.37), 200 IM (1:43.14), Finn Brooks – 50 Freestyle (19.39), 100 Freestyle (43.07), 100 Butterfly (45.40), Brendan Burns –100 Backstroke (44.65), 100 Butterfly (45.81), 200 Butterfly (1:39.51), Tomer Frankel – 100 Butterfly (44.66), 200 Butterfly (1:40.97), Josh Matheny – 100 Breaststroke (51.50), 200 Breaststroke (1:51.23), Van Mathias – 50 Freestyle (19.46), 100 Freestyle (41.58), 100 Breaststroke (51.32), Rafael Miroslaw– 50 Freestyle (19.46), 100 Freestyle (41.58), 200 Freestyle (1:32.10), Maxwell Reich– 100 Breaststroke (52.84), 200 Breaststroke (1:52.35) and Jassen Yep – 100 Breaststroke (52.05), 200 Breaststroke (1:52.33)
Indiana University Wrestler Nick Willham selected as first alternate for the NCAA Championships Indiana Wrestling senior Nick Willham was selected as the first alternate for the NCAA Championships at 197 lbs. As an alternate, Willham is permitted to weigh-in and will participate if a spot in the bracket becomes available. Should Willham get to participate, it will be his first experience competing at the NCAA Championships. Willham carries a 17-10 record into the Championships and finished in tenth place at the Big Ten Championships this past weekend. He joins Indiana’s four NCAA qualifiers of Graham Rooks, Jacob Bullock, Derek Gilcher and Donnell Washington in Tulsa. The NCAA Championships will take place on March 16-18 in Tulsa, Okla. at the BOK Center.
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