Several area boys basketball players received accolades from the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association.
The most notable were Jac-Cen-Del’s Wyatt Day and South Decatur’s Hunter Johnson who earned Senior First Team Small School All-State.
Senior All-State Honorable Mention selections (regardless of class) included: Greensburg’s Colin Comer, Franklin County’s Chad Cox, Jac-Cen-Del’s Caleb Simon, Lawrenceburg’s Jackson Bobo, Southwestern Hanover’s Zach Cole and Edinburgh’s Travis Jones.
Underclass Honorable Mention All-State nods went to: Switzerland County’s Cam Craig, Edinburgh’s Caleb Dewey and Waldron’s Lucas Mitchell.
Below is the full release from Pat McKee and the IBCA.
Fifteen seniors and 15 underclass boys basketball players have earned IBCA/Franciscan Health “Supreme 15” All-State honors for 2021-22, it was announced Thursday (March 24).
The IBCA also named Large School All-State teams (15 seniors, 15 underclass) and Small School All-State teams (15 seniors, 15 underclass).
The “Supreme 15” is the top honor awarded, and players were voted to that group without regard to school size. The Large School and Small School all-state teams are secondary accolades — the Large School group including players from Class 3A and Class 4A schools and the Small School group including players from Class A and Class 2A schools. Players who make the Supreme 15 are not considered for Large School or Small School honors.
In addition, 90 more seniors and 90 more underclass players were selected honorable mention all-state. The honorable mention laurels are awarded without regard to school size.
Those voted to the 2022 IBCA/Franciscan Health Supreme 15 Senior boys team are, listed alphabetically: Tayshawn Comer of Cathedral, Ryan Conwell of Pike, Tae Davis of Warren Central, Connor Essegian of Central Noble, Travis Grayson of Chesterton, C.J. Gunn of Lawrence North, Jalen Jackson of Fort Wayne Northrop, Armon Jarrard of Mt. Vernon (Fortville), Karson Jenkins of Fort Wayne Snider, Randy Kelley of Sullivan, Fletcher Loyer of Homestead, Billy Smith of Brebeuf Jesuit, Braden Smith of Westfield, Tommy Snyder of South Bend Adams and Peter Suder of Carmel.
Those voted to the 2022 IBCA/Franciscan Health Supreme 15 Underclass boys’ team are, listed alphabetically: Jack Benter of Brownstown Central, Flory Bidunga of Kokomo, Xavier Booker of Cathedral, Joey Brown of North Central, Markus Burton of Penn, Ahmere Carson of Anderson, Zane Doughty of Ben Davis, Jalen Haralson of Fishers, Joey Hart of Linton-Stockton, Logan Imes of Zionsville, Mason Jones of Valparaiso, Sam Orme of Carmel, JaQualon Roberts of Bloomington North, Brandon Trilli of Munster and Ashton Williamson of Gary 21st Century Charter.
The IBCA/Franciscan Health All-State teams are selected through a process organized by the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association and presented by Franciscan Health Sports Medicine.
All IBCA-member head coaches have the opportunity to nominate players. A panel of 20 IBCA coaches — 16 from the current regional areas, three district representatives (one each from IHSAA Districts 1, 2 and 3) and the committee chairman — then meets to review the nominations, vote and finalize the selections.
Those on the IBCA all-state committee for 2022 included chairman David Wood, former coach at West Lafayette, plus Matt Kostoff of Fort Wayne Bishop Dwenger in District 1, Chris Hawkins of Indianapolis Attucks in District 2 and David Benter of Brownstown Central in District 3.
Completing the voting panel were Mike Hackett of Munster, Ryan Osborn of Carmel, Mark James of Perry Meridian and J.R. Holmes of Bloomington South in Class 4A; Robb Berger of Mishawaka Marian, Aaron Wolfe of NorthWood, Todd Howard of Brebeuf Jesuit and Gene Miiller of Washington in Class 3A; Chris Benedict of Whitko, Matt Luce of Wapahani, Aaron Spaulding of Eastern Hancock and Travis Wrightsman of Switzerland County in Class 2A; and Scott Bowersock of Washington Township, Brian Klein of Blue River Valley, Brady Days of Southwestern (Shelby) and Josh Thompson of Barr-Reeve in Class A.
Franciscan Health Sports Medicine is making a financial contribution to the IBCA Scholarship Fund as the presenting partner of the IBCA all-state teams. As part of the partnership, Franciscan Health Sports Medicine will provide plaques to Supreme 15 honorees and certificates to players receiving Large School All-State, Small School All-State or Honorable Mention All-State recognition. Those items will be made available to each recipient’s coach during April, allowing her coach to present the award to each player prior to the end of the 2021-22 academic year.
The IBCA thanks Franciscan Health Sports Medicine for being a partner in this annual project.
The complete 2022 IBCA/Franciscan Health Senior All-State and 2022 IBCA/Franciscan Health Underclass All-State teams for boys basketball are listed below.
2022 IBCA/Franciscan Health Senior All-State
Supreme 15
Tayshawn Comer, Indianapolis Cathedral
Ryan Conwell, Pike
Tae Davis, Warren Central
Connor Essegian, Central Noble
Travis Grayson, Chesterton
C.J. Gunn, Lawrence North
Jalen Jackson, Fort Wayne Northrop
Armon Jarrard, Mt. Vernon (Fortville)
Karson Jenkins, Fort Wayne Snider
Randy Kelley, Sullivan
Fletcher Loyer, Homestead
Billy Smith, Brebeuf Jesuit
Braden Smith, Westfield
Tommy Snyder, South Bend Adams
Peter Suder, Carmel
Senior Large School All-State
Jameer Ajibade, Evansville Bosse
Reggie Bass, Indianapolis Tech
Caedmon Bontrager, Leo
Richard Brooks, Mishawaka Marian
Javan Buchanan, Lafayette Jeff
Jaxon Edwards, Indianapolis Cathedral
Cam Haffner, Westfield
Amhad Jarrard, Mt. Vernon (Fortville)
Nick Klaiber, Bloomington North
Chrishon McCray, Avon
Joe Reidy, Woodlan
Brady Ruggles, Danville
Jeffrey Simmons, Fishers
Breece Walls, Valparaiso
Charlie Williams, Carmel
Senior Small School All-State
Clark Barrett, Lafayette Central Catholic
Wyatt Day, Jac-Cen-Del
Raedhyn Foust, Northeastern
Logan Gard, Central Noble
Baylin Graf, Bloomfield
Brevin Hallatt, Blue River Valley
Aaron Humphrey Jr., Indianapolis Tindley
Hunter Johnson, South Decatur
Hagen Knepp, Barr-Reeve
Landon O’Neal, Eastern Hancock
Nate Powell, Tipton
Gabe Trevino, Eastside
Jackson Ullom, Monroe Central
Owen Willard, Eastside
Bobby Wonnell Jr., Taylor
Senior Honorable Mention (90)
Carter Abshear, Randolph Southern
Drew Adzia, Crown Point
Jawan Agnew, South Bend Washington
Ladaion Barnes, Hammond Morton
Brayden Betzner, Maconaquah
Jackson Bobo, Lawrenceburg
Jordan Bowles, Park Tudor
Steele Brasfield, New Palestine
Brock Buckley, Covenant Christian (Indianapolis)
Amonn Burns, Indianapolis Washington
Bentley Buschman, North White
Luke Carroll, Hamilton Heights
Wesley Celichowski, Floyd Central
Jake Chapman, Tri-Central
Kannon Chase, Springs Valley
DeShawn Clark, North Central (Farmersburg)
Zach Cole, Southwestern (Hanover)
Colin Comer, Greensburg
Holton Compton, South Spencer
Chad Cox, Franklin County
Hayden Cutter, Scottsburg
Ajanen “A.J.” Dixon, Merrillville
Tyler Dostin, Danville
Brady Dunn, Christian Academy of Indiana
Eli Edwards, Northwestern
Marco Fitch, Bloomington North
Connor Foley, Jasper
Ben Garwood, LaCrosse
Cameron Gehlhausen, Evansville North
Coy Gilbert, Shakamak
Mark Hankins, Terre Haute North
Caden Harker, Twin Lakes
James Holder, Indianapolis Washington
Chris Hood, East Noble
Adonis House, Liberty Christian
Drew Howard, Forest Park
Zach Hubartt, Huntington North
Caden Huttenlocker, Edgewood
Sam Jacobs, Hamilton Southeastern
Ashton Johnson, Fort Wayne South
Trevion Johnson, Daleville
Cade Jones, Eastern (Pekin)
RaSheed Jones, Indianapolis Tech
Travis Jones, Edinburgh
Silas Kaser, John Glenn
Aaron Ketchmark, Kouts
Brock Kincaid, Bloomington South
Sam King, Columbus North
Evan Kretz, Western
Aidan Lambert, Fort Wayne Snider
Jonah Lucas, Harrison (West Lafayette)
Hayden Maiben, Maconaquah
Kaden Manna, Marquette Catholic
Eric Martin, Calumet
Elijah Mattingly, Central Christian Academy
Logan McIntire, North Harrison
Carson Miller, Bremen
Nathan Miller, North White
Luke Nonte, Loogootee
Branden Northern, Silver Creek
Christian Nunn, Indianapolis Attucks
Ethan Oakley, North Harrison
Clark Obermiller, Lafayette Central Catholic
Kenny Pepper, Westville
Aaron Pickel, North Putnam
Hunter Pogue, North White
Jonathan Ricketts, North Posey
Matthew Ross, Peru
Avery Saunders, Southmont
Gavin Schippert, Evansville Reitz
Harrison Schwinn, Frankton
Dawson Scott, New Castle
Caleb Simon, Jac-Cen-Del
Charlie Smith, Fishers
Gavin Smithson-Burciaga, Monroe Central
Trey Steinhilber, Boone Grove
Jahni Summers, Evansville Harrison
Kyle Thomas, Cloverdale
Javon Tracy, Decatur Central
Dayveon Turner, Indianapolis Tech
Jordan Turner, Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter
Matt Wagner, Evansville Bosse
Carter Waskom, Brownstown Central
Evan Whitesell, Wes-Del
Beck Willems, Bethany Christian
Jakar Williams, New Haven
Tyrelle Wills, Anderson
Christian Woods, Central Christian Academy
Caleb Wright, Fairfield
Mason Yoder, Westview
2022 IBCA/Franciscan Health Underclass All-State
Supreme 15
Jack Benter, Brownstown Central
Flory Bidunga, Kokomo
Xavier Booker, Indianapolis Cathedral
Joey Brown, North Central
Markus Burton, Penn
Ahmere Carson, Anderson
Zane Doughty, Ben Davis
Jalen Haralson, Fishers
Joey Hart, Linton-Stockton
Logan Imes, Zionsville
Mason Jones, Valparaiso
Sam Orme, Carmel
JaQualon Roberts, Bloomington North
Brandon Trilli, Munster
Ashton Williamson, Gary 21st Century Charter
Underclass Large School All-State
Anthony Ball, Beech Grove
Cade Brenner, NorthWood
A.J. Dancler, Southport
Cooper Farrall, Culver Military
Jaxson Gould, Warsaw
Brycen Hannah, John Glenn
Jamie Hodges Jr., Michigan City
Brauntae Johnson, Fort Wayne North
A.J. Lux, Crown Point
Luke McBride, Norwell
Sheridan Sharpe, Ben Davis
Trent Sisley, Heritage Hills
Deaglan Sullivan, Mishawaka Marian
Jaron Tibbs, Indianapolis Cathedral
Caleb Washington, Floyd Central
Underclass Small School All-State
Isaac Andrews, Wapahani
Chase Bachelor, Prairie Heights
Peyton Bledsoe, Loogootee
Myles Colvin, Heritage Christian
Owen Duff, Carroll (Flora)
Josiah Dunham, Evansville Christian
Aidan Franks, Wapahani
Josh Furst, Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian
Jaylen Mullen, North Daviess
Jayden Pinkston, Indianapolis Tindley
Gage Sefton, Fort Wayne Blackhawk Christian
Jacob Spaulding, Eastern Hancock
Silas Spauding, Eastern Hancock
Wyatt Thornburgh, Blue River Valley
Braden Walters, Linton-Stockton
Underclass Honorable Mention (90)
Divine Adeyanju, West Lafayette
Weston Aigner, Castle
Luke Almodovar, Noblesville
Marcus Ankney, Center Grove
Matthew Arthur, New Washington
Parker Arvin, Loogootee
Lleyton Bailey, Norwell
Lukas Balling, Marquette Catholic
K.C. Berry, Decatur Central
Gavin Betten, Manchester
Landon Biegel, Oak Hill
Dezmon Briscoe, Indianapolis Attucks
Darrion Brooks, New Haven
Nicot Burnett, Mt. Vernon (Posey)
Sabien Cain, University
Josten Carter, New Albany
Jacob Cherry, Eastern (Pekin)
Jermaine Coleman, Park Tudor
Peter Combs, Bloomfield
Drew Cook, Northview
Cam Craig, Switzerland County
Austin Cripe, West Noble
Nolan Cumberland, Tippecanoe Valley
David Cundiff, Munster
Trevor Daughtry, Wabash
Jake Davis, Indianapolis Cathedral
Micah Davis, Franklin
Caleb Dewey, Edinburgh
Elhadj Diallo, Brownsburg
Ethan Dirksen, Jay County
Omari Ferguson, Indianapolis Metropolitan
Quintin Floyd, Gary 21st Century Charter
Joey Garwood, Penn
Romeo Guerra, Lake Station Edison
Mason Harvey, Seton Catholic
Cole Hayworth, Fort Wayne Concordia
Andrew Hedrick, Columbia City
Ben Henderson, Harrison (West Lafayette)
Tyvon Henry, South Bend Career Academy
Blake Herdes, Evansville Central
Isaac Higgs, Evansville Reitz
Lane Hoefler, West Washington
Cooper Horn, Columbus North
Jase Howell, Madison-Grant
Kelson Jordan, North Judson
Kyron Kaopuiki, Homestead
Ben Keil, Lakeland
Chase Konieczny, South Bend St. Joseph
Nickens Lemba, Southport
Isaiah Malone, Prairie Heights
Keegan Manowitz, Jennings County
David Meriwether, Indianapolis Metropolitan
Josh Mickens, Lawrence Central
Jacob Miller, Covenant Christian (DeMotte)
Willie Miller, Lake Station Edison
Lucas Mitchell, Waldron
Dylan Moles, Greenfield-Central
J.J. Morris, Argos
D.J. Moss, Gary 21st Century Charter
Tyler Myers, Evansville Day
Marcus Northern, South Bend Washington
Blaine Nunnally, New Palestine
Kaden Oliver, Silver Creek
Tyler Parrish, Chesterton
Nick Patterson, Mooresville
Dylan Puent, Indiana Deaf
Ian Raasch, NorthWood
Nick Richart, Zionsville
Preston Roberts, Noblesville
Matt Roettger, Peru
Alex Romack, Westfield
Luke Saylor, Heritage
Ty Schumacher, North Judson
Justin Sims, Chesterton
Jake Skinner, Carroll (Flora)
Kamari Slaughter, Portage
Joe Smith, Penn
Ian Stephens, New Palestine
Nolan Swan, Tipton
Zeke Tanoos, West Vigo
Ajani Washington, Fort Wayne Concordia
Logan Webb, Linton-Stockton
Gavin Welch, New Castle
Lance Wilson, North Daviess
Logan Wilson, North Daviess
Cole Winer, Southwood
Gavin Wisley, Bloomington South
Devon Woods, Pike
Jackson Wors, Delta
Tyler Wyles, Cambridge City Lincoln
We thank Pat McKee and the IBCA for the information.