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PAGE UPDATED BY MARIA SIEVERDING MARCH 5, 2018.
Local ladies named to Hoosier Basketball Magazines Top 60 Senior Girls of 2017-2018
Gary Franklin
SPORTS EDITOR
Among the announced slate of Top 60 senior girl basketball players selected from approximately 1,400 senior players statewide, were Jac-Cen-Del Lady Eagle Lilly Simon, Rising Sun Lady Shiner Lucy Carrigan and Greensburg Lady Pirate Kyra Whitaker along with a pair of Indiana Tindley Lady Tigers Kendall Fisher and Skye Williams. The selections are based on statistical evaluation, game observation and statewide research conducted during the season and throughout the state tournament in determining Hoosier Basketball Magazine's Top 60.
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Pictured left, selected to Hoosier Magazine Top 60 seniors of 2017-18, Jac-Cen-Del Lady Eagle senior Lilly Simon.The girls selected will participate in one of two sessions of the 37th annual Top 60 Senior Workout, hosted by Hoosier Basketball Magazine in conjunction with the IHSAA and the IBCA on Sunday, March 4th at Heritage Christian High School in Indianapolis (6401 East 75th Street). Half of the girls, primarily from northern and southern Indiana, will participate in the first session (1:00-3:00 pm EST). The remaining players, primarily from central Indiana, will compete during the second session (3:30-5:30 pm EST).
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Pictured right, selected to Hoosier Magazine Top 60 seniors of 2017-18, Rising Sun Lady Shiner senior Lucy Carrigan.
The Top 60 Senior Workout includes the state’s top two leading scorers- Daijah Smith, Gary Lighthouse CPA (28.7 ppg) and Leigha Brown, DeKalb (28), along with four other attendees among the state’s top scoring leaders including Lucy Carrigan, Rising Sun (24.3 ppg), Audrey Reed, Sheridian (23.9), Cameron Cardenas, Beech Grove (22.5) and Kendall Fisher, Tindley (22.5). There is one player that will participate in the Top 60 Workout who also competed in the 2018 IHSAA state finals on February 24th- Greensburg Lady Pirate (3A runner-up) Kyra Whitaker.
Also among the 2018 Top 60 selectees are 12 girls who will play at “in-state” Division I basketball programs during the 2018-2019 season- Blake Smith (Carmel) at Ball State, Ellen Ross (Fort Wayne Dwenger) at Butler, Anna Newman (Evansville North) and Sydney Tucker (Frankton) at Evansville, Bree Boles (Lapel), Daijah Smith (Gary Lighthouse CPA) and Michaela White (Pike) at Indiana State, Taylor Ramey (North Central-Marion) at IUPUI, Katlyn Gilbert (Heritage Christian) at Notre Dame, Cassidy Hardin (Center Grove), Kayana Traylor (Martinsville) and walk-on Ajah Stallings (North Central-Marion) at Purdue.
Seven-time state champion coach Rick Risinger (Heritage Christian) will direct both sessions. Four other outstanding Indiana girls' high school coaches from the IBCA have been invited to join the 2018 Top 60 staff— Stephan Hamaker (Frankton), Kevin Merriweather (Tindley), Kristin Raker (Beech Grove) and Jason Simpson (Greensburg).
Both sessions are open to the public for the admission fee of $8.00 ($5 for students).
