33 boys, 36 girls receive top honor; 242 additional players cited as Honorable Mention
PLYMOUTH – Sixty-nine Indiana high school seniors — 33 boys and 36 girls — have been chosen as first-team Academic All-State by the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association, it was announced Thursday (March 20).
In addition, 135 more boys and 107 more girls were recognized as honorable mention Academic All-State for 2014, IBCA executive director Steve Witty said.
The IBCA Academic All-State team is a program where academic prowess and athletic prowess both are considered in the selections. Items such as grade-point average, college board scores and academic class rank are considered along with athletic performance in areas such as points per game, rebounds per game, assists per game and shooting percentage.
“The quality of these student-athletes shows that success in academics and success in athletics are not separate entities,” Witty said. “Rather, in many cases, a player’s success in the classroom directly contributes to his or her success on the floor.”
IBCA-member head coaches from schools across the state may nominate their seniors who meet criteria that include a 3.5 GPA or higher on a 4.0 scale, a class rank in the upper 25 percent of one’s class, an SAT score of 1,500 or an ACT score of 23.
Once nominations are received, an IBCA committee reviews the information and determines awards for first team and honorable mention.
Those selected will receive certificates from the IBCA for their honor. Those certificates will be distributed to coaches at the IBCA Spring Clinic on April 25–26 in Indianapolis. The coaches then present the certificates to the honored players after they return from the clinic.
The IBCA has selected an Academic All-State team for boys since 1973. The program was expanded to include a girls’ Academic All-State team in 1980.
Players honored for 2014 are listed below.
2014 BOYS ACADEMIC ALL-STATE FIRST TEAM (33)
First Name | Last Name | School | Coach |
Brent | Bales | Norwell | Randy Hawkins |
Alex | Beams | Fremont | Ted Bookwalter |
Alex | Borse | North Miami | Clay Bolser |
Will | Brown | Rock Creek | Chris Brown |
Michael | Bruns | Carmel | Scott Heady |
Jacob | Foster | Wapahani | Matt Luce |
Matt | Gregory | Cathedral | Andy Fagan |
Tyler | Haas | Northeast Dubois | Terry Friedman |
Evan | Henry | Columbus North | Jason Speer |
Tyler | Jenkins | Hamilton SE | Brian Satterfield |
William | Mbongo | West Lafayette | David Wood |
Pat | McCarthy | Munster | Mike Hackett |
Wesley | McKinney | Batesville | Aaron Garrett |
Zach | McRoberts | Carmel | Scott Heady |
Mack | Mercer | Plymouth | Ryan Bales |
Graham | Ortmann | Northwestern | Jim Gish |
Trace | Oswalt | Blackford | Dave Marshall |
Lucas | Peters | Greenwood Christian | Jamie Satre |
Kyle | Platt | Huntington North | Rob Irwin |
Whit | Rapp | Guerin Catholic | Pete Smith |
Nate | Ritchie | Northridge | Ronnie Thomas |
Sean | Sellers | Greensburg | Stacy Meyer |
Drew | Shively | Norwell | Randy Hawkins |
Grant | Sims | Bloomington North | Andy Hodson |
Matt | Singleton | Garrett | John Bodey |
Seth | Somers | Heritage Christian | Corey Jackson |
Cole | Teal | Chesterton | Tom Peller |
Tyler | Thomas | Franklin | Jerry Bomholt |
Cody | Thompson | Southridge | Jeremy Rauch |
Aaron | Tincher | Martinsville | Kip Staggs |
Brandon | Tonsoni | Rossville | Dave Mosson |
Jack | Trittipo | Noblesville | Dave McCollough |
David | Vogel | Norwell | Randy Hawkins |
2014 BOYS ACADEMIC ALL-STATE HONORABLE MENTION (135)
First Name | Last name | School | Coach |
Jacob | Barrett | Lafayette Central Catholic | David Barrett |
Eric | Beadle | Heritage Christian | Corey Jackson |
Parker | Bernhold | Carmel | Scott Heady |
Alec | Bertsch | Franklin | Jerry Bomholt |
Courtland | Betz | Jasper | John Goebel |
Timothy | Billups | Connersville |