IBCA E-Newsletter

The IBCA offers financial support for the families of selected IBCA scholarship winners each year.

In 2025, the IBCA recognized 40 students with scholarship awards – one Junior Mannies Scholarship, 34 Marion Crawley Scholarships, three Pat Aikman Character and Leadership Awards and two Steve & Jeanie Witty Scholarships.

The IBCA was able to award each honoree a stipend of $500. If funds allow, the IBCA may be able to increase the amount awarded to each recipient in future years.

IBCA Junior Mannies, Marion Crawley, Pat Aikman and Steve & Jeanie Witty scholarships were awarded last spring to deserving young people who helped perpetuate our great game of basketball in Indiana. These are students who help make coaching a great profession.

Mannies, a former IBCA job placement director, posted a 309-301 record in 29 seasons as a boys' basketball coach at Delphi, Mississinewa, Lewis Cass and Elwood. He later served as athletic director at Danville and as the IBCA Job Placement Director from 1977-83.

Crawley was a former four-time boys’ basketball state championship coach – two with the Washington Hatchets and two with the Lafayette Jeff Bronchos – who amassed 644 career wins. He later became the first executive director of the IBCA, serving in that role from 1970-74. He then served as the IBCA assistant executive director from 1974 until he passed away in 1982.

Aikman was the Indiana All-Star games director from 1988 to 2007 and the IBCA Coordinator of Special Projects from 2008 to 2010.

Steve Witty posted a 266-68 record and was a two-time boys' basketball state champion coach at Ben Davis, then served from 2002 to 2022 as IBCA executive director. Jeanie Witty, his late wife, was a registered nurse who upon retirement became Steve's administrative assistant. Jeanie passed away in April 2023 after serving the IBCA for 18 years.

• The Mannies Scholarship is presented to students who have a physical handicap but have contributed to their respective school's athletic program.
• Criteria for the Crawley Scholarship include achievement in basketball, achievement in academics, participation in extracurricular activities and service to one's school and community.
• Criteria for the Aikman Scholarship include achievements and contributions in basketball, scholastic achievement, extra-curricular activities, and service to school and community. Also, those considered for the Aikman Scholarship are students who plan to enter the fields of journalism, sports management, athletic training or physical therapy.
• Criteria for the Witty Scholarship include achievements and contributions in basketball, scholastic achievement, extra-curricular activities, and service to school and community. The Witty Scholarship awards go to student-athletes who are the child of a current-year IBCA-member coach who plans to pursue a career in education/coaching or a something in a medical field such as a physician, physician's assistant, nurse or medical technician.

The deadline to nominate seniors for 2025-26 season awards is Feb. 17, 2026.

Through the years, the IBCA has awarded about $820,000 in scholarships to our young people. The following 40 students were announced as scholarship recipients for 2025.

JUNIOR MANNIES AWARDS (1)

Student	School	Coach	Role
Ben Ferguson	Columbus North	Paul Ferguson	boys’ player

MARION CRAWLEY AWARDS (34)

Student	School	Coach	Role
Lauryn Adamson	Gibson Southern	Kyle Brasher	girls' player
Shelby Allen	Lanesville	Angie Hinton	girls' player
Mason Bales	Northridge	Scott Radeker	boys' player
Keyton Barnes	Gary West Side	Christopher Buggs	boys' player
Logan Boone	Union County	Jamison Walters	boys' player
Addison Bowsman	Twin Lakes	Brad Bowsman	girls' player
Alexus Bryant	Christian Academy of Indiana	Carson Casey	girls' player
Zac Buell	Northview	Shawn Nevill	boys' player
Drew Bush	LaPorte	Jordan Heckard	statistician
Jack Campbell	Mt. Vernon (Posey)	Joe Newcomb	boys' player
Tyler Champion	Hamilton Heights	Chad Ballenger	boys' player
Fletcher Cole	Paoli	Dusty Cole	boys' player
Hadley Crosier	Lanesville	Angie Hinton	girls' player
Charlie Cross	Mt. Vernon (Fortville)	Joe Bradburn	boys' player
Andrea Davidson	White River Valley	April Settles	student manager
Gentry Groves	Cowan	Aaron Groves	boys' player
Peyton Hofer	East Central	Tyler Theising	boys' player
Natalie Hudson	Mt. Vernon (Fortville)	Joe Bradburn	student manager
Kalissa Jackson-Dietzer	Speedway	Joe Smith	girls' player
Meghan Jackson	Indianapolis Cathedral	Lisa Finn	student manager
Kai Kunz	Jasper	John Goebel	boys' player
Addisyn Lambert	Oldenburg Academy	David Disbro	girls' player
Lydia Maurer	Gibson Southern	Kyle Brasher	girls' player
Emily McCrea	Prairie Heights	Bill Morr	girls' player
Zander McHenry	Connersville	David McCollough	boys' player
Colton Phillips	Perry Meridian	Mark McFarland	boys' player
Josiah Rice	Lakeland Christian	Neal Frantz	boys' player
Dudley Smith	East Central	Tyler Theising	student manager
Keragan Spry	Madison	Adam Dennis	girls' player
Colton Stowers	Washington	Gene Miiller	boys' player
Myles Susott	Tecumseh	Kreig Oxley	statistician
Brynna Walton	White River Valley	April Settles	girls' player
Mylie Walton	Speedway	Joe Smith	girls' player
Caleb Wright	Sheridan	Bill Bowen	boys' player

PAT AIKMAN AWARDS (3)

Student	School	Coach	Role
Meah Dalrymple	North Daviess	Joey Riggins	girls' player
Clara Hawk	Eastern Greene	Jeremy Clark	girls' player
Dylan Springer	Northridge	Scott Radeker	boys' player

STEVE & JEANIE WITTY AWARDS (2)

Student	School	Coach	Role
Abigayle Clayton	Hamilton Southeastern	Brian Satterfield	girls' player
Nate Luce	Wapahani	Matt Luce	boys' player