Indiana Elite Girls 2013 # Name Height School Class of 10 Jacey Ritzert 5 9 Mt. Vernon (Posey) 2013 14 Kendyl Dearing 5 9 Southridge 2013 20 McKenzie Hayes 6 2 Tell City 2013 21 Jade Dixon 5 5 Mt. Vernon (Posey) 2013 22 Ellie Fruit 5 8 Henderson Co., KY 2013 23 Victoria Schaefer 5 9 Southridge 2013 31 Maura Muensterman 5 11 Evansville Mater Dei 2014 32 Shelby Merder 6 3 Jasper 2013 33 Brooke Tapp 5 11 Henderson Co., KY 2013 52 Paige Rust 5 10 Evansville Reitz 2013 Coach: Phil Kessler Finished with an outstanding record of 30-7 and reaching the Final 4 of every event in which they played, playing up a division in most occasions! Tournaments included NCAA exposure events: Adidas Hardwood Spring Nationals (3 rd place), Adidas Summer Slam (2 nd place), and Adidas Summer Nationals (1 st place Silver Division. Additional events included; Nike US Jr. Nationals in St. Louis, Memorial Day Wildcat Open in Lexington, Derby City AT& T Jam fest and Bluegrass Opens in Louisville. This team at last count was over 60 recruiting letters from colleges from around the county. Expect that number to continue to grow. This team has faced the best teams from around the country and has earned the reputation of being one of the truly ELITE teams in the Midwest. We are looking forward to another 2 years of great success from this group of outstanding young ladies!
# Name Height School Class of 2 Ali Tsimekles 5 7 Heritage Hills 2012 4 Taylor Stevenson 5 10 Olney, IL 2011 10 Hannah Golden 5 9 Flora, IL 2011 12 Sam Beatty 5 6 South Spencer 2011 14 Tessa Lynch 5 7 Perry Central 2011 20 Samantha Scott 5 6 South Knox 2012 21 Rashawnda Shamell 5 6 Evansville North 2012 22 Nicole Perry 5 10 North Posey 2011 23 Nicole Dodd 5 11 NE Dubois Co 2013 32 Rachel Sensmeier 5 11 Gibson Southern 2012 35 Samantha Shoulders 6 0 Boonville 2012 33 Sara Sexton-Lyle 5 10 Tecumseh 2012 Coach: Stu Oberg Having a bunch of new faces this year; Coach Oberg did a great job with this group to compile a 30-18 record, winning 2 events along with 4 second place finishes. They competed in 4-NCAA exposure events, their Annual Indiana- Kentucky All Star game, trips to Lexington, Louisville, Nashville, Indianapolis and two Mid America Youth Basketball Events. They played with a ton of heart and determination that always kept them competitive! Next year this group loses at least 5 players and will be looking to pick up several new players. Interested players should contact swish@ebahoops.com right away so coaches can come watch you play several times before our spring tryouts
# Name Height Future School & Class 3 Jackie Young 5 7 Princeton 16 10 Danielle Quinlin 5 7 Mater Dei 15 13 Maren Witte 5 3 Castle 14 15 Morgan Saiko 5 6 Castle 14 22 Ashlynn Spahn 5 3 Mater Dei 14 24 Taylor Howerton 5 5 Hopkins Co., KY 14 30 Zuriel Sanders 5 9 Castle 15 33 Tori Schickel 5 11 Mater Dei 15 43 Olivia Hunt 6 3 Castle 14 54 Stephanie Sherwood 5 10 Memorial 15 Coach: Ed Saiko Maybe the biggest surprise within the program, this group played up 1 or 2 divisions most of the time and still finished with a 25-10 record! Winning 3 events: including MIDWEST YOUTH TOURNAMENT NATIONS, Reebok Challenge in St. Louis, and National Club Challenge in Indianapolis. Team also competed in Mohr Magic Classic in Fishers, Governor s Cup and YBOA State Championships in Nashville, Memorial Day Wildcat Open in Lexington and local MAYB (playing in HS Open Division). Team will expand tournament schedule to include some July NCAA Exposure events next year. No determination has been made at this time on if the team will split in separate aged teams for next year. GREAT JOB LADIES!!!!
1 Samantha Carter 5 2 Henderson, KY 2 Madison Cross 5 0 Mt. Vernon, IN 3 Madison Simpson 5 0 Mt. Vernon, IN 5 Paiten Bradford 5 4 Newburgh, IN 11 Alexis Nall 5 4 Mt. Vernon, IN 13 Madelene Raley 5 3 Haubstadt, IN 22 Mara Canada 5 5 Mt. Vernon, IN 23 Reagan Reeves 5 4 Henderson, KY 33 Emily Roos 4 10 Haubstadt, IN 54 Mikayla Gilbert 5 7 Henderson, KY 00 Abbie Haynes 4 11 Henderson, KY Coaches: Nick Reeves & Gretchen Foster This first year team found great early success but quickly found out how tough it is to play up as the season progressed. (Successful teams are always forced to play up to be challenged by bigger stronger and old kids). Finishing the year with a 28-27 record may seem a bit below our standard, but it s not all about the wins/loses. It s really all about making all the kids better which definitely occurred on this group of girls. They learned to battle thru adversity, adjust to new roles for many of them, and got to see what real travel basketball is all about. Look for all these girls to excel on next year s school teams and many to return to the program again next year as they want to continue to get better
4 Ali Spahn 4 8 Evansville, IN 5 Katelin Maggard 4 8 Henderson, KY 7 Abigail Arnold 5 2 Henderson, KY 11 Zion Sanders 5 4 Newburgh, IN 12 Emily Hunter 5 1 Morganfield, KY 14 Payton Hite 4 7 Henderson, KY 15 Aubree Lankford 4 10 Ft. Branch, IN 20 Sidney Kaiser 5 4 Newburgh, IN 21 Emma Lander 5 1 Henderson, KY 24 Mary Kate Daniel 5 0 Henderson, KY 32 Zoe Massey 5 2 Evansville, IN Coaches: Jerry Maggard, Ulanda Sanders, & Charlie Mullins Early season training sessions sure made an enormous difference for this group! Finishing up with an impressive 38-14 record winning 3 events, undefeated in spring league, and helping the program win their second NATIONAL CLUB CHAMPIONSHIP on the girl s side! Events included trips to Edwardsville, IL, Indianapolis, Nashville, Lexington, 2 Louisville events, and 3 area events in which they played up. We will be excited to see many of these girls back to continue to work hard and improve their skills by competing against top talent from around the Midwest