IBCA names boys basketball Academic All-State team for 2022

The Indiana Basketball Coaches Association has named their Academic All-State honorees for boys basketball for the 2021-2022 season.

The IBCA Academic All-State program is one where academic prowess and athletic prowess both are considered in the selections. Items such as grade-point average and academic class rank are considered along with athletic performance in areas such as points per game, rebounds per game and assists per game. In most years, college board scores also are considered. This year, because of the COVID-19 pandemic, some students not taking the SAT or ACT and some colleges not requiring those results, the IBCA waived its previous college board requirements.

IBCA-member head coaches from schools across the state may nominate their senior student-athletes who meet criteria that include a 3.5 GPA or higher on a 4.0 scale and a class rank in the upper 25 percent of one’s class. Traditionally, the IBCA has required an SAT score of 1,100 (on the reading and math sections) or an ACT composite score of 24 on the college boards, but, as mentioned earlier, those requirements were waived this year.

Below is a complete list of area players selected by the IBCA:

IBCA ACADEMIC ALL-STATE FIRST TEAM

Connor Essegian, Central Noble

Fletcher Loyer, Homestead

Joe Reidy, Woodlan

IBCA ACADEMIC ALL-STATE HONORABLE MENTION

DJ Allen, Leo

Aidan Bane, Carroll

Ethan Bock, Fremont

Brayden Bohde, West Noble

Jake Boyer, Blackhawk Christian

Ethan Brown, Adams Central

Grant Brown, Snider

Ryan Brown, Whitko

Markis Crosbie, Bluffton

Spencer Denton, East Noble

Aidan Dreibelbis, Central Noble

Ifeanyi Ezeakudo, Homestead

Keegan Foster, East Noble

Logan Gard, Central Noble

Eli Gernhardt, Bishop Luers

Dylan Hale, Heritage

Tylor Harding, New Haven

Hugh Henderson, Eastside

Beau Jacquay, Bishop Dwenger

Lewis Jones, Blackhawk Christian

Avery Kline, East Noble

Luke Lagrange, Leo

Andrew Leeper, Homestead

Kaeden Miller, Leo

Seth Mills, Columbia City

Colton Penick, Prairie Heights

Connor Penrod, DeKalb

CJ Pieper, Bishop Dwenger

Joshua Rosales, West Noble

Harrison Schreiber, Bluffton

Ryan Schroeder, Central Noble

Noah Shepherd, Central Noble

Owen Shively, Bishop Dwenger

Owen Willard, Eastside