18 players selected to face Kentucky Juniors, Indiana Seniors in June games
Eighteen players have been selected to the IndyStar Indiana girls’ Junior All-Stars for 2025, All-Stars games director Mike Broughton announced Sunday (March 9).
Those selected to the six-player Core Group include Lillian Barnes of Valparaiso, Joslyn Bricker of Warsaw, Myah Epps of Homestead, Kennedy Holman of Hamilton Southeastern, Lola Lampley of Lawrence Central and Brooklynn Renn of Silver Creek.
In addition to the core group, six players each were chosen for squads labeled Red Group and Blue Group.
The Red Group players are Komari Booker of Pike, Mollie Ernstes of Jennings County, Gracy Gilliard of Center Grove, Maddy Shirley of Evansville Central, Ava Wheeler of Borden and Berkeley Williams of Plainfield.
The Blue Group players are Ke’Adriah Butler of Lawrence North, Aniyah McKenzie of Lawrence Central, Gabby Helsom of Homestead, Vanessa Rosswurm of Norwell, Laniah Wills of Lapel and Brooke Zartman of Warsaw.
Lenny Krebs of Class 4A state runner-up Warsaw will be the head coach and Amy Shearer of Columbia City will be the assistant coach for the 2025 Indiana girls’ Junior All-Stars.
Krebs has compiled a 138-55 record in eight seasons at Warsaw, including a 26-2 mark with Northern Lakes Conference, sectional, regional and semi-state titles in 2024-25. The Fairfield High School graduate is 268-229 in 22 seasons as a head coach, including a 130-174 mark in 14 seasons at Goshen.
Shearer is 221-142 in 15 seasons at Columbia City, her alma mater. Her Eagles went 24-5 this past season, capturing sectional and regional crowns before falling in a semi-state final to eventual Class 3A state champion Norwell.
The Junior All-Stars will play one game against the Kentucky Junior All-Stars on Sunday, June 1 at a site to be announced. The Junior All-Stars also will play one game against the Indiana All-Star senior girls on Wednesday, June 4 at Greenfield-Central High School. Both games will be doubleheaders with the 2025 Indiana boys Junior All-Stars, who will be chosen later.
The players listed as Core Group players each will play in two games. The players listed in the Red and Blue groups each will play in one game, the Red Group on June 1 against the Kentucky Juniors and the Blue Group on June 4 against the Indiana Seniors.
The Indiana senior All-Stars will play the Kentucky senior All-Stars on June 6 at a site to be announced. The Indiana senior All-Stars will play Kentucky’s seniors again on June 7 at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
The third annual IndyStar Indiana All-Star “Futures Games” doubleheader will be played on June 2 at Fishers High School. 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 2025 Indiana girls’ Junior All-Star team was selected through a process that allows all IBCA-member head coaches to nominate players through the IBCA all-state process. The IBCA 22-member Indiana Basketball Coaches Association all-state committee reviewed and voted on players for the 2022 IBCA/Franciscan Health girls All-State teams that were released on Thursday (March 6).
The 22 all-state committee members also provided input to a five-person IBCA committee appointed by IBCA executive director Marty Johnson and chaired by IBCA assistant director Brandon Bradley. That committee finalized the selections for the 2025 girls’ Junior All-Stars.
The Indiana Junior All-Star program was founded in 1996 by former Indiana All-Star games director Patrick Aikman. In most years, 18 players have been chosen to the Junior All-Stars. In five years (2005, 2006, 2007, 2018 and 2019), 24 players were chosen to the Junior All-Stars. In 2021, just 12 players were chosen to the Junior All-Stars.
In games from 1996 through 2024 (with no games in 2020 because of COVID-19), the Indiana Senior girls lead the Indiana Junior girls 41-12 and the Indiana Senior boys lead the Indiana Junior boys 42-11. In seven years of games against the Kentucky Juniors, the Indiana Junior girls lead 12-1 and the Indiana Junior boys lead 8-5. Games against the Kentucky Juniors previously have been played in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023 and 2024.
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 the title sponsor. Hoosier Shooting Academic is a presenting partner for All-Star Week. Energy Systems Group is a presenting partner of the Saturday doubleheader against Kentucky.
A list of those chosen as 2025 girls’ Junior All-Stars follows.
2025 IndyStar Indiana Girls Junior All-Stars
GIRLS CORE GROUP (playing on June 1 and June 4)
Name, Ht., Pos., PPG, High School, College Choice
Lillian Barnes, 5-10, G, 21.7, Valparaiso, undecided
Joslyn Bricker, 5-10, G, 17.0, Warsaw, undecided
Myah Epps, 5-10, G, 15.0, Homestead, Louisville
Kennedy Holman, 5-8, G, 12.2, Hamilton Southeastern, undecided
Lola Lampley, 6-2, G, 11,8, Lawrence Central, undecided
Brooklynn Renn, 6-3, F, 15.6, Silver Creek, undecided
GIRLS RED GROUP (playing on June 1 vs. Kentucky Juniors)
Name, Ht., Pos., PPG, High School, College Choice
Komari Booker, 6-0, F, 10.5, Pike, undecided
Mollie Ernstes, 6-0, G, 22.1, Jennings County, undecided
Gracyn Gilliard, 5-10, G, 18.3, Center Grove, undecided
Maddy Shirley, 6-1, F, 25.5, Evansville Central, Southern Indiana
Ava Wheeler, 5-11, F, 16.6, Borden, undecided
Berkeley Williams, 5-6, G, 14.2, Plainfield, undecided
GIRLS BLUE GROUP (playing on June 4 vs. Indiana Seniors)
Name, Ht., Pos., PPG, High School, College Choice
Ke’Adriah Butler, 5-8, G, 13.9, Lawrence North, undecided
Aniyah McKenzie, 5-11, F, 8.8, Lawrence Central, undecided
Gabby Helsom, 5-11, F, 18.9, Homestead, Toledo
Vanessa Rosswurm, 5-10, G, 22.4, Norwell, undecided
Laniah Wills, 6-0, F, 26.0, Lapel, undecided
Brooke Zartman, 5-8, G, 17.6, Warsaw, Miami (Ohio)