Seventy-six Indiana high school seniors – 38 boys and 38 girls – have been chosen as First Team Academic All-State for 2024 by the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association.
In addition, 218 more boys and 204 more girls were recognized as honorable mention Academic All State, according to IBCA executive director Marty Johnson.
The IBCA Academic All-State program is one where academic prowess and athletic prowess are considered in the selections. Items such as grade-point average, academic class rank and SAT or ACT scores are considered along with academic performance in areas such as points per game, rebounds per game and assists per game.
“The quality of these student-athletes shows that success in academics and success in athletics are not separate entities,” said Johnson. “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 senior student-athletes who meet criteria that include a 3.50 grade point average or higher on a 4.0 scale, a class rank in the upper 25% of one’s class and either an SAT score of 1,100 (on the reading and math sections) or an ACT composite score of 24.
Once nominations are received, an IBCA committee reviewed the information and determined awards for first team and honorable mention.
Those 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.
Two Shelby County athletes were named First Team Academic All-State. Southwestern’s Carter Snepp (main photo) and Shelbyville’s Ava Wilson were honored for their hard work.
Snepp was Southwestern’s second-leading scorer this season and a finalist for the Lilly Endowment Scholarship.
Other notable boys selections were Whiteland’s Jazz Banwait, Roncalli’s Drew Kegerreis, East Central’s Dylan Maxwell, Yorktown’s Mason Moulton and Kieran Tawari, and New Castle’s Colin Taylor.
Wilson (photo) became the seventh Golden Bear to score 1,000 points in her career and graduates as the basketball program’s fourth all-time leading scorer (1,213 points).
Other notable girls selections were Monrovia’s Mary Cox, Speedway’s Alexandra DeLisle and Daniella Galvez, New Castle’s Emma Hart, Indianapolis Lutheran’s Grace King, Franklin County’s Nicole Mears, Mt. Vernon’s Ellery Minch, Oldenburg Academy’s Mary Ryan and Kate Weber, and Eastern Hancock’s Ruby White.
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