IBCA E-Newsletter

2012 Boys Senior All-State and Underclass All-State

Fifteen seniors and 15 underclass boys basketball players have been chosen first-team all-state by the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association, it was announced Friday (March 23).

Also, 98 additional seniors were selected as honorable mention all-state and an 89 additional juniors, sophomores and freshmen were recognized as honorable mention underclass all-state.

RJ Hunter of Class 4A state finalist Pike, Kevin "Yogi" Farrell of Class 2A state finalist Park Tudor and DeJuan Marrerro of Class 2A state finalist Bowman Academy are among those picked to the Senior First Team.

Completing that list are D.J. Balentine of Kokomo, Austin Burgett of Avon, Kellen Dunham of Pendleton Heights, Gary Harris of Hamilton Southeastern, Jeremy Hollowell of Lawrence Central, Patrick Ingram of North Central, Logan Irwin of Whitko, Ronnie Johnson of North Central, Todd Johnson of Elkhart Memorial, Nick Osborn of Muncie Central, Ron Patterson of Broad Ripple and Glenn Robinson III of Lake Central.

The Underclass First Team features Zavier Turner of Class 4A state finalist Pike and Trevon Bluiett of Class 2A state finalist Park Tudor.

Others on the Underclass first 15 are V.J. Beachem of New Haven, James Blackmon Jr. of Fort Wayne Bishop Luers, Mike Crawford of Tipton, Nick Davidson of Andrean, Devin Davis of Warren Central, Collin Hartman of Cathedral, Zak Irvin of Hamilton Southeastern, Demetrius Jackson of Mishawaka Marian, Trey Lyles of Indianapolis Tech, Bryson Scott of Fort Wayne Northrop, Blake Simmons of Castle, Tony Wills of Ben Davis and Clay Yeo of Triton.

The IBCA all-state teams are selected in a process where all IBCA-member head coaches have the opportunity to vote for top players from schools on the traditional regional structure of the non-class tournament format. A representative from each of those 16 regional areas, plus six at-large representatives, then meet to review those votes and finalize the selections.

2012 IBCA BOYS HONOR TEAMS