Eighteen players have been selected to the IndyStar Indiana boys’ Junior All-Stars for 2026, All-Stars games director Mike Broughton announced Wednesday (April 1).
Those selected to the six-player Core Group include Harper Baker-Lands of Plainfield, Jason Gardner Jr. of Fishers, Isaiah Hill of Pike, Jahari Miller of Pike, Max Vise of Mt. Vernon (Fortville) and Cooper Zachary of Fishers.
In addition to the Core Group, six players each were chosen for squads labeled Red Group and Blue Group.
The Red Group players are Devin Bolden of Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter, Duncan Combs of Bloomington South, Derrick Cross Jr. of Bloomington North, Jake Grissom of Guerin Catholic, Brandon Hunter of Silver Creek and Tyler Renn of Terre Haute North.
The Blue Group players are Brody Baker of Harrison (West Lafayette), Cash Daniels of Carmel, Elijah King of South Bend Saint Joseph, Da’Kori Parker of South Bend Riley, Austin Schlabach of Westview and Mack Welker of Homestead.
Scott McClelland of Noblesville will be the head coach, and Heath Howington of Class A state champion Barr-Reeve will be the assistant coach.
The Junior All-Stars will play one game against the Kentucky Junior All-Stars on Sunday, May 31 at Charlestown High School. The Junior All-Stars also will play one game against the Indiana All-Star senior boys on Wednesday, June 3 at Mt. Vernon High School in Fortville. Both games will be doubleheaders with the 2025 Indiana girls’ Junior All-Stars, whose roster was announced on March 9.
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 May 31 against the Kentucky Juniors and the Blue Group on June 3 against the Indiana Seniors.
The 2026 Indiana boys’ 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 22-member Indiana Basketball Coaches Association all-state committee reviewed and voted on players for the 2026 IBCA boys’ All-State teams that were released on March 25.
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 Ramsey. That committee finalized the selections for the 2026 boys’ 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 boys lead the Indiana Junior boys 42-12 and the Indiana Senior girls also lead the Indiana Junior girls 42-12. In nine years of games against the Kentucky Juniors, the Indiana Junior boys lead 9-5 and the Indiana Junior girls lead 13-1. Games against the Kentucky Juniors previously have been played in 2012, 2013, 2014, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 2024 and 2025.
2026 IndyStar Indiana boys’ Junior All-Stars
BOYS CORE GROUP (playing on May 31 and June 3)
Name, Ht., Pos., PPG, High School, College Choice
Harper Baker-Lands, 6-4, G, 17.6, Plainfield, undecided
Jason Gardner Jr., 6-1, G, 20.3, Fishers, undecided
Isaiah Hill, 7-0, C, 12.0, Pike, undecided
Jahari Miller, 6-3, G, 13.9, Pike, undecided
Max Vise, 6-8, F, 14.3, Mt. Vernon (Fortville), undecided
Cooper Zachary, 5-10, G, 14.8, Fishers, undecided
BOYS RED GROUP (playing on May 31 vs. Kentucky Juniors)
Name, Ht., Pos., PPG, High School, College Choice
Devin Bolden, 6-8, F, 20.9, Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter, undecided
Duncan Combs, 6-6, F, 15.0, Bloomington South, undecided
Derrick Cross Jr., 6-3, G, 18.5, Bloomington North, undecided
Jake Grissom, 6-3, G, 20.7, Guerin Catholic, undecided
Brandon Hunter, 6-3, G, 12.0, Silver Creek, undecided
Tyler Renn, 6-6, F, 9.5, Terre Haute North, undecided
BOYS BLUE GROUP (playing on June 3 vs. Indiana Seniors)
Name, Ht., Pos., PPG, High School, College Choice
Brody Baker, 6-0, G, 19.0, Harrison (West Lafayette), undecided
Cash Daniels, 5-10, G, 13.7, Carmel, undecided
Elijah King, 6-2, G, 19.2, South Bend Saint Joseph, undecided
Da’Kori Parker, 5-10, G, 13.3, South Bend Riley, undecided
Austin Schlabach, 6-2, G, 19.9, Westview, undecided
Mack Welker, 6-6, F, 20.8, Homestead, undecided
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