13 players selected for squad that will face Kentucky in June
(3-18-26) Twelve players have been selected to join 2026 IndyStar Indiana Miss Basketball Gracyn Gilliard for the 2026 IndyStar Indiana Girls’ All-Stars, All-Stars game director Mike Broughton announced Wednesday (March 18).
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Those chosen to the team will play three games in June — one exhibition game against the Indiana Junior All-Stars as well as home-and-home contests against the Kentucky All-Stars.
Gilliard’s selection as Miss Basketball was announced Friday (March 13) after she received the most votes from coaches and media from across the state. Lola Lampley of Lawrence Central, Vanessa Rosswurm of Norwell and Lilli Barnes of Valparaiso placed second, third and fourth in Miss Basketball voting, and they will join Gilliard on the team.
Players completing 2026 Indiana Girls’ All-Stars are Komari Booker of Pike, Joslyn Bricker of Warsaw, Laniah Davis of Marquette Catholic, Myah Epps of Homestead, Mollie Ernstes of Jennings County, Kennedy Holman of Hamilton Southeastern, Brooklynn Renn of Silver Creek, Laniah Wills of Lapel and Brooke Zartman of Warsaw.
The ’26 girls’ All-Stars have three players who have been a part of state championship teams in Gilliard (2026 4A), Lampley (2024 4A) and Rosswurm (2025 3A). The team also has five players who have been a part of six state runner-up squads in Rosswurm (2024 3A; 2026 4A), Bricker (2025 4A), Davis (2024 1A), Wills (2023 2A) and Zartman (2025 4A).
Also, four of the All-Stars were selected IBCA first-team Academic All-State — Gilliard, Barnes, Bricker and Renn.
Joe Huppenthal of Lake Central has been named head coach of the 2026 girls’ All-Stars. He will be assisted by Amy Shearer of Columbia City and Brian Smith of Loogootee. Huppenthal is 178-85 in 10 seasons at Lake Central and 294-125 in 17 seasons as a girls’ varsity coach. He has a 498-348 overall record in 36 seasons, including 19 seasons as a boys’ coach at South Bend Clay. Shearer is 237-150 in 16 seasons at Columbia City. Smith is 152-11 in 11 seasons at Loogootee. The Junior-Senior exhibition game is set for June 3 at Greenfield-Central High School. The first game against Kentucky will be June 5 at a site to be announced. The final game against Kentucky will be June 6 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
All three dates will be doubleheaders with the IndyStar
Indiana Boys’ All-Stars, whose roster will be announced later. The roster for the Indiana girls’ Junior All-Stars was announced March 9. The roster for the Indiana boys’ Junior All-Stars will be announced later.
The Indiana Junior All-Stars will play two girl-boy doubleheaders this year — May 31 against the Kentucky Junior All-Stars at Charlestown and June 3 against the Indiana seniors at Mt. Vernon (Fortville).
The Indiana All-Stars program was founded in 1939 when the Indiana Boys All-Stars played the state champion Frankfort Hot Dogs. The series with Kentucky began in 1940, and the girls’ portion of the All-Stars was added in 1976. The Junior All-Stars, boys and girls, were added in 1996. The All-Star senior girls have played Kentucky every year since 1976, except 2020 because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The All-Star senior boys have played Kentucky in all but three years since 1940 — 1943 (World War II), 1944 (World War II) and 2020 (COVID-19 pandemic).
The Indiana Senior girls lead 55-43 in their series with Kentucky. The Indiana Senior girls lead 42-12 in games against the Indiana Junior girls. The Indiana Junior girls lead 13-1 in their series with Kentucky. The Indiana Senior boys lead 107-46 in their series with Kentucky. The Indiana Senior boys lead 42-12 in games against the Indiana Junior boys. The Indiana Junior boys lead 9-5 in their series with Kentucky.
The fourth annual IndyStar Indiana All-Star “Futures Games” doubleheader will be June 1 at a site to be announced. The Futures Games will be a girls-boys doubleheader with Indiana-only squads of sophomores and freshmen in a North vs. South format. The Futures Games rosters will be announced later. The South boys lead the North 2-1. The North girls lead the South 2-1.
The Indiana portion of the All-Star Games is organized and produced by the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association. The Indianapolis Star, with its IndyStar brand, is a title sponsor. Hoosier Shooting Academy is a presenting partner of All-Star Week, and Energy Systems Group is a presented partner of the June 6 All-Star doubleheader at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
The IndyStar Indiana All-Star Team is selected through a balloting process of coaches and media overseen by game organizers from the IBCA. The top vote getter is named Miss Basketball, and the remainder of the team is finalized by Broughton after observing numerous games and events throughout the season, conferring with coaches, school officials and media across the state. Broughton also reviews votes submitted by coaches and media who each could recommend up to 10 players.
Those chosen as 2026 IndyStar Indiana Girls’ All-Stars are listed below with their assigned jersey numbers for this year’s games.
2026 IndyStar Indiana Girls’ All-Stars
No. Name School Ht. PPG College Choice
* 1 Gracyn Gilliard Center Grove 5-11 25.6 Davidson
2 Lola Lampley Lawrence Central 6-2 16.7 LSU
3 Kennedy Holman Hamilton Southeastern 5-8 17.6 Florida
4 Mollie Ernstes Jennings County 6-0 24.0 Kansas
5 Lilli Barnes Valparaiso 5-10 21.3 Ball State
6 Vanessa Rosswurm Norwell 5-10 23.3 Indiana Wesleyan
7 Joslyn Bricker Warsaw 5-9 24.8 Butler
8 Brooke Zartman Warsaw 5-8 19.3 Miami (Ohio)
9 Myah Epps Homestead 5-10 14.0 Louisville
10 Laniah Wills Lapel 6-0 26.5 Butler
11 Brooklynn Renn Silver Creek 6-3 21.0 Kansas
12 Komari Booker Pike 6-1 8.3 Northern Illinois
13 Laniah Davis Marquette Catholic 5-7 20.5 Northern Illinois
Head coach: Joe Huppenthal, Lake Central
Assistant coaches: Amy Shearer, Columbia City; Brian Smith, Loogootee
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2026 IndyStar Indiana All-Star key dates
Sunday, May 31 — Indiana Juniors vs. Kentucky Juniors at Charlestown High School (1 Pirate Place, Charlestown, IN 47111) — girls, 2:00 p.m. EDT; boys, to follow; admission, $15 per person at the door (adults, school-aged students; pre-school children are free).
Monday, June 1 – Indiana All-Stars “Futures Games” doubleheader at site TBA – girls, 6:00 p.m. EDT, boys, to follow; admission, $15 per person at the door (adults, school-aged students; pre-school children are free).
Wednesday, June 3 — Junior-Senior All-Star game at Mt. Vernon (Fortville) — girls, 6:00 p.m. EDT; boys, to follow; admission, $15 per person at the door (adults, school-aged students; pre-school children are free).
Friday, June 5 — Indiana at Kentucky at site TBA — girls, time, TBA; boys, to follow, time TBA. Ticket information, TBA.
Saturday, June 6 — Indiana vs. Kentucky at Gainbridge Fieldhouse (125 S. Pennsylvania St., Indianapolis, IN 46204) — Senior girls, 5:00 p.m. EDT; Senior boys, to follow (about 7:30 p.m. EDT). Ticket information, TBA.
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