The OTH Quarter Century Team: Bishop Luers Knights girls basketball

Recently, we unveiled our plan to name area programs’ top five players of the 21st century, which sits at 25 seasons in both football and basketball.

Reminder, this is based on high school career performance ONLY. This is by no means a definitive list and, if anything, is encouraging debate on potential omissions to this list.

Through exhaustive research, reaching out to former coaches and players and our own personal opinion, here is the OTH Quarter Century Team for Bishop Luers Knights girls basketball.

Note: The list is in alphabetical order

Stefanie Gerardot

As a senior at Bishop Luers, Stefanie Gerardot averaged 24.0 points, 4.0 rebounds, 3.4 assists, and 2.9 steals per game while shooting 52 percent from the field, 35 percent from three, and 73 percent at the line. She set a school record with 600 points in a season and graduated second all-time with 1,448 career points. Her honors included McDonald’s All-American nominee, AP All-State, News-Sentinel Player of the Year, and Indiana North All-Star, and helped lead Bishop Luers to the 2002 3A state title and 2004 runner-up finish

Rachel King

Rachel King steered Bishop Luers to a three-peat of Class 2A state titles titles (1999–2001), stacking impactful state-finals lines — 22-5-4 in 2000 and 20-9-6 in 2001 — for the 28-0 champions. She graduated as Luers’ career leader in scoring, assists, and steals, with the state’s IBCA/Hall of Fame list crediting her 1,588 career points, and earned a spot on the 2001 Indiana All-Stars along with local Player-of-the-Year recognitions. King went on to College of Charleston

Amanda Pedro

Pedro helped power Bishop Luers’ dynasty, averaging 8.0 points and 5.9 boards as a sophomore and delivering a 13-point, 14-rebound double-double in the 2006 Class 3A state title win—tying the game’s rebound record as Luers set the 3A team-rebound mark. She graduated as Luers’ all-time rebounding leader (596) and, as a senior, filled the stat line with 17.7 points, 9.4 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 4.3 steals per game while sweeping area player-of-the-year honors. She went on to Indiana State (two seasons) and later Saint Francis.

Brooke Ridley

Ridley was a rugged, two-way forward who powered Bishop Luers to three straight state-final appearances, capturing the 2011 2A title. As a senior she averaged 12.5 points, 8.5 boards, 2.9 steals, and 2.7 blocks, earned IBCA honorable-mention all-state, and finished in Luers’ 1,000-point club. In the 2011 championship win she had 10 points, 8 rebounds, 4 steals, and 2 blocks. She went on to star at Saint Francis (IN), where she became a three-time NAIA All-American and 2014 national champion

Miracle Woods

Woods anchored Bishop Luers’ frontcourt during a three-year run to the IHSAA 2A finals — posting 17 & 12 in 2010, a title-clinching 24 & 14 in 2011, and 17 & 9 in 2012. She averaged 14.4 points 9.2 rebounds as a junior and 17.7 points and 9.5 rebounds as a senior, earned IBCA Senior All-State Honorable Mention, and graduated in Luers’ 1,000-point club with a spot on the program’s career rebounding list. Woods then starred at Western Michigan, where she was a two-time All-MAC pick and finished with 1,436 career points

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