(Statewide) – Eighty-seven Indiana high school seniors – 44 boys and 43 girls – have been chosen as first-team Academic All-State for 2026 by the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association (IBCA).
In addition, 233 more boys and 181 more girls were recognized as honorable mention Academic All-State for 2026.
In total, 501 players received some level of recognition in this year’s IBCA Academic All-State program.
Local boys players named Honorable Mention Academic (listed alphabetically) are:
- Gavin Gillman, Franklin County
- Logan O’Dell, North Decatur
- Ethan Schneider, Batesville
- Ethan Smith, Greensburg
Area girls players selected Honorable Mention Academic (listed alphabetically) are:
- Kendall Cox, Franklin County
- Lila French, Franklin County
- Jaelyn Grimmeissen, Franklin County
- Mary Harmon, Greensburg
- Raegan Minitti, Franklin County
- Maddie Ryan, Oldenburg Academy
- Ruby Singer, Franklin County
- Rachel Suttman, Oldenburg Academy
- Emma Voss, Milan
- Aubrey Werner, South Ripley
The IBCA Academic All-State program is one where academic prowess and athletic prowess both are considered in the selections. Items such as grade-point average, academic class rank and SAT or ACT scores are considered along with athletic performance in areas such as points per game, rebounds per game and assists per game.
IBCA-member head coaches from schools across the state may nominate their senior student-athletes who meet criteria that include a 3.50 GPA or higher on a 4.0 scale, a class rank in the upper 25 percent of one’s class and either an SAT score of 1100 (on the reading and math sections) or an ACT composite score of 24.
Once nominations were received, an IBCA committee reviewed the information and determined awards for first team and honorable mention.
The IBCA has selected an individual Academic All-State team for boys since 1973. The program was expanded to include a girls’ individual Academic All-State team in 1980.
A new award this year is an IBCA Team Academic Award, for which 128 teams qualified.
Inaugural winners of the IBCA Team Academic Award – 29 boys’ teams and 99 girls’ teams – are squads that demonstrate the same commitment to excellence in academics as they do in athletics.
Local boys teams selected (listed alphabetically) are:
- Batesville (Coach Aaron Garrett)
- South Ripley (Seve Beach)
Area girls teams selected (listed alphabetically) are:
- East Central (Coach Kevin Moore)
- Franklin County (Kyle VanMeter)
- Greensburg (Jason Simpson)
- Oldenburg Academy (David Disbro)
- South Decatur (Kristen Hicks)
- South Ripley (Brad Goldsberry)
To qualify, each team listed had a cumulative team GPA of 3.50 or better when averaging the first-semester GPAs of all players on its 2026 sectional roster.