IBCA E-Newsletter
58 High School Basketball Players Of The Week Honored Through Pacers Sports And Entertainment Sponsorship
From Merrillville to Tell City, in the North and the South, and from Winchester to Terre Haute in the East and the West, the nominees rolled in for the Inaugural Indiana Pacer and Fever Players of the Week.This new program began in January when Pacers Sports and Entertainment became a primary sponsor of the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association.Nominees were welcomed by IBCA Special Projects Coordinator Pat Aikman, and were solicited from IBCA coaches and media in the respective basketball communities represented by IBCA members.
Particularly helpful in the first year of the recognition program were our volunteer IBCA media observers Andy Amey, Terre Haute Tribune-Star, Steve Hanlon, our eye in Northwest Indiana at the Northwest Indiana Times; and Zach Spicer, Seymour Tribune. Criteria included an outstanding performance in a game or games during the week preceding Monday’s announcements on the IBCA website, ibcacoaches.com.Other nominations came from a few IBCA Board members, coaches, and some radio and sports editors around the state and even Hall of Fame director Roger Dickinson in New Castle. Aikman indicated he would welcome clippings from papers who used the awards announcements, which were sent out to the media and high school athletic directors and IBCA board members. A special thanks goes to IBCA webmaster Gene Milner in Greencastle for his frequent updates and on-the-ball on-site magic.
As the IBCA Spring Newsletter goes to press, plans are now to present Honor Certificates from the Pacers and Fever to the weekly winners listed below.If you have questions or suggestions send them to Pat at (jpatrick1935@aol.com).
Pacers Player Of The Week
| NORTH DISTRICT-DISTRICT 1 | |
| 1 | Bobby James, Hobart |
| 2 | DeShawn Clay, Gary West Side |
| 3 | Spike Albrecht, Crown Point; Branden Dawson,Gary Lew Wallace |
| 4 | Krste Ruiz, Munster |
| 5 | Michael Eleftheri, Boone Grove;Eric Summers, Lake Central; Andy Ottenweiler, Ft. Wayne Canterbury |
| 6 | Xavier Jones, Gary West Side; Krste Ruiz,Munster; Bo Davidson, Plymouth |
| CENTRAL DISTRICT-DISTRICT 2 | |
| 1 | Jared Hawkins, Center Grove |
| 2 | Tyler Koch, Winchester; Blake Metcalf,Plainfield |
| 3 | RJ Mahurin, Rockville; Seth Small, HamiltonHeights |
| 4 | RJ Mahurin, Rockville |
| 5 | Chris Welker, Zionsville |
| 6 | RJ Mahurin, Rockville; Blake Metcalf,Plainfield |
| SOUTH DISTRICT-DISTRICT 3 | |
| 1 | Jake Odum, Terre Haute South; Dee Davis, Bloomington South; Michael Kirkham, Whiteland |
| 2 | Spencer Allman, Brownstown Central; Matt Kenney, Mooresville; Julian Boatner, Bloomington North |
| 3 | Jake Odum, Terre Haute South |
| 4 | No Nominee |
| 5 | Austin Whitted, Columbus East |
| 6 | Evan Dodd, Hauser |
Fever Player Of The Week
| NORTH DISTRICT-DISTRICT 1 | |
| 1 | Stefanie Lang, Valparaiso; Skylar Diggins, South Bend Washington; |
| 2 | Tierra Turner, Merrillville |
| 3 | Juaneice Jackson, Calumet; Tara Villareal, Valparaiso |
| 4 | Jordan Kramer, Hanover Central; Aubrey Minix, Oregon-Davis; |
| 5 | Arielie Mabon, East Chicago Central |
| 6 | Shalynn Bias, Griffith |
| CENTRAL DISTRICT-DISTRICT 2 | |
| 1 | Kelly Farris, Heritage Christian |
| 2 | Mur Hagerman, Pendleton Heights Courtney Osborn, Hamilton Southeastern |
| 3 | Krista Smith, Terre Haute South; Julie Henson, Plainfield |
| 4 | Courtney Osborn, Hamilton Southeastern: Micah Pollard, Covenant Christian |
| 5 | Lauren McRoberts, Carmel |
| 6 | Mur Hagerman, Pendleton Heights |
| SOUTH DISTRICT-DISTRICT 3 | |
| 1 | Maegan Calloway, Mooresville; Kylee Hamilton, Indian Creek |
| 2 | Amber Lucas, Crothersville; Spring Raines, Northview; Steph Fougerousse, White River Valley |
| 3 | Andrea Rademacher, Borden |
| 4 | No nominee |
| 5 | Amanda Miller, Charlestown; Lauren Goffinet, Tell City; Spring Raines, Northview |
| 6 | Shelby Justice, Rushville |
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