Twelve players have been selected for the 2025 IndyStar Indiana boys’ All-Stars, All-Stars game director Mike Broughton announced Friday (April 4).
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.
The players comprising 2025 Indiana boys’ All-Stars, listed alphabetically, are Chase Barnes of Fort Wayne Wayne, Dezmon Briscoe of Indianapolis Crispus Attucks, Michael Cooper of Jeffersonville, Julius Gizzi of New Palestine, Justin Kirby of Fishers, Brady Koehler of Indianapolis Cathedral, Braylon Mullins of Greenfield-Central, Dominique Murphy of East Chicago Central, Kellen Pickett of Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian, Azavier Robinson of Lawrence North, Tre Singleton of Jeffersonville and Mark Zackery IV of Ben Davis.
The 2025 IndyStar Indiana Mr. Basketball will come from among the above players and be announced later.
The ’25 boys’ All-Stars have five players who have been a part of state championship teams (Cooper, 2025 4A; Kirby, 2024 4A; Pickett, 2023 2A; Singleton, 2025 4A; Zackery, 2023, 4A) as well as three players who have been a part of state runner-up squads (Briscoe, 2025 3A; Kirby, 2025 4A; Zackery, 2024 4A). The squad also features one player who was selected 2025 IBCA honorable mention Academic All-State (Zackery).
Marc Urban of Chesterton has been named head coach of the 2024 boys’ All-Stars. He will be assisted by Chris Hawkins of Indianapolis Crispus Attucks and Jason Speer of Bloomington North.
Urban is 175-56 in nine seasons as head coach of the Chesterton boys, highlighted by a Class 4A state runner-up finish in 2022. His Trojans went 15-9 this past season, and he previously went 80-17 in four seasons as head coach of the Lake Central girls for an overall head coaching record of 255-73 in 13 seasons. His teams have won five sectionals (2013 girls, 2015 girls, 2019 boys, 2022 boys, 2023 boys) plus a boys’ regional and boys’ semi-state in 2022.
Hawkins guided Crispus Attucks to a 22-7 record and a Class 3A state runner-up finish in 2024-25. In nine seasons, his Tigers are 174-64 with four sectional trophies (2017, 2018, 2019, 2025), three regional crowns (2017, 2019, 2025), two semi-state prizes (2017, 2025) and the 2017 Class 3A state title.
Speer has a 113-75 ledger in eight seasons as the Bloomington North boys’ basketball coach, including a 7-17 finish this past season. He is 228-123 in 15 seasons as a boys’ coach, including a 115-48 mark in seven seasons at Columbus North. He also coached the Bloomington North girls for two seasons. His teams have won three sectionals (2013 at Columbus North as well as 2022 and 2023 at Bloomington North) and two regionals (2022, 2023), and Speer was recognized as Conference Indiana Coach of the Year in 2014, 2021 and 2022.
The Junior-Senior exhibition game is set for June 4 at Greenfield-Centrlal. The first game against Kentucky will be June 6 at Lexington Catholic High School. The final game against Kentucky will be June 7 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
All three dates will be doubleheaders with the IndyStar Indiana girls’ All-Stars, whose roster was announced March 14. The roster for the Indiana girls’ Junior All-Stars was announced March 9.
The roster for the Indiana boys’ Junior All-Stars was announced March 28.
The Indiana Junior All-Stars will play two girl-boy doubleheaders this year — June 1 against the Kentucky Junior All-Stars at Charlestown and June 4 against the Indiana seniors at Greenfield-Central.
The third IndyStar Indiana All-Star “Futures Games” doubleheader will be June 2 at Fishers. The Futures Games will be a girls-boys doubleheader with Indiana-only squads of sophomores and freshmen in a North vs. South format. The girls’ Futures Games rosters were announced March 13. The boys’ Futures Games rosters were announced April 1.
The Indiana All-Stars program was founded in 1939 when the Indiana Boys All-Stars played the state champion Frankfort Hot Dogs. The series with Kentucky began in 1940, and the girls’ portion of the All-Stars was added in 1976. The Junior All-Stars, boys and girls, were added in 1996. The All-Star senior girls have played Kentucky every year since 1976, except 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The All-Star senior boys have played Kentucky in all but three years since 1940-1943 (World War II), 1944 (World War II) and 2020 (COVID-19 pandemic). The Futures Games doubleheader was added in 2023.
The Indiana Senior boys lead 105-46 in their series with Kentucky. The Indiana Senior boys lead 42-11 in games against the Indiana Junior boys. The Indiana Junior boys lead 8-5 in their series with Kentucky. The Indiana Senior girls lead 55-41 in their series with Kentucky. The Indiana Senior girls lead 41-12 in games against the Indiana Junior girls. The Indiana Junior girls lead 12-1 in their series with Kentucky. The South boys lead 2-0 in the Futures Games. The North and South girls each are 1-1 in the Futures Games.
The Indiana portion of the All-Star Games is organized and produced by the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association. The Indianapolis Star, with its IndyStar brand, is a title sponsor. Hoosier Shooting Academy is a presenting partner of All-Star Week, and Energy Systems Group is a presented partner of the June 8 All-Star doubleheader at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
The IndyStar Indiana All-Star Team is selected through a balloting process of coaches and media overseen by game organizers from the IBCA. The top vote getter will be named Mr. Basketball, and the remainder of the team is finalized by Broughton after observing numerous games and events throughout the season, conferring with coaches, school officials and media across the state. Broughton also reviews votes submitted by coaches and media who each could recommend up to 10 players.
Those chosen as 2025 IndyStar Indiana boys’ All-Stars are listed below alphabetically. Jersey numbers will be assigned later.
2025 IndyStar Indiana Boys’ All-Stars
Player School Ht. PPG College Choice
Chase Barnes, Fort Wayne Wayne 6-1 15.7 Indianapolis
Dezmon Briscoe, Indianapolis Crispus Attucks 6-9 15.8 undecided
Michael Cooper, Jeffersonville 6-3 18.7 Wright State
Julius Gizzi, New Palestine 6-4 25.7 Indiana Wesleyan
Justin Kirby, Fishers 6-4 13.0 Miami (Ohio)
Brady Koehler, Indianapolis Cathedral 6-9 16.4 Notre Dame
Braylon Mullins, Greenfield-Central 6-6 31.9 Connecticut
Dominique Murphy, East Chicago Central 6-6 22.6 undecided
Kellen Pickett, Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian 6-9 18.6 Wright State
Azavier Robinson, Lawrence North 6-2 18.2 Butler
Tre Singleton, Jeffersonville 6-8 18.2 Northwestern
Mark Zackery IV, Ben Davis 6-1 7.0 Notre Dame
Head coach: Marc Urban, Chesterton
Assistant coaches: Chris Hawkins, Indianapolis Crispus Attucks; Jason Speer, Bloomington North
2025 IndyStar Indiana All-Star key dates
Sunday, June 1 — Indiana Juniors vs. Kentucky Juniors at Charlestown High School (1 Pirate Place, Charlestown, IN 47111) — girls, 2:00 p.m. EDT; boys, to follow; admission, $10 per person at the door (adults, school-aged students; pre-school children are free).
Monday, June 2 – Indiana All-Stars “Futures Games” doubleheader at Fishers High School (13000 Promise Rd., Fishers, IN 46038) – girls, 6:00 p.m. EDT, boys, to follow; admission, $10 per person at the door (adults, school-aged students; pre-school children are free).
Wednesday, June 4 — Junior-Senior All-Star game at Greenfield-Central High School (810 N. Broadway St., Greenfield, IN 46140) — girls, 6:00 p.m. EDT; boys, to follow; admission, $10 per person at the door (adults, school-aged students; pre-school children are free).
Friday, June 6 — Indiana at Kentucky at Lexington Catholic High School (2250 Clays Mill Rd., Lexington, KY 40503) — girls, time, TBA; boys, to follow, time TBA. Ticket information, TBA.
Saturday, June 7 — Indiana vs. Kentucky at Gainbridge Fieldhouse (125 S. Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis, IN 46204) — Senior girls, 5:00 p.m. EDT; Senior boys, to follow (about 7:30 p.m.). Ticket information, TBA.
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