Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame announces women's Silver Anniversary team for 2024

The Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame announced its 18-player women’s Silver Anniversary team for 2024 based on outstanding accomplishments as a senior basketball player 25 years ago.

The Silver Anniversary team will be honored April 27 at the women’s award banquet. A midday reception will be held at the Hall of Fame museum in New Castle, followed by an evening banquet at Primo Banquet Hall on the south side of Indianapolis.

A look at the 2024 Silver Anniversary team:

Emily Butler, Center Grove

The 1999 Indiana All-Star is Center Grove’s career assist leader (379), second in steals (266) and fourth in points (1,124). She was second-team all-state as a senior. As a freshman in 1996, Butler played on a state championship team and was named the state finals MVP after leading the team with 15 points. She was also a standout soccer player in high school, finishing with 87 goals and 43 assists and was named second-team all-state. Butler also earned two varsity letters in tennis. Butler went on to play at Northwestern, leading the team in scoring (12.7 ppg) and assists (3.9) as a sophomore. A knee injury limited her as a junior and senior to 21 combined games in a limited role. Butler is currently principal at Olympic Middle School in Auburn, Wash.

Jackie (Campbell) Clark, Chesterton

Clark is the school’s all-time leading scorer with 1,212 points and totaled 346 assists. She was twice named Associated Press honorable mention all-state after a career that saw her lead the team four times in assists and earn team MVP three times. She was a four-time all-Duneland Conference selection. Clark went on to play four seasons at Colorado State, ranking sixth on the program’s career list for 3-point percentage (.388) and playing on NCAA tournament teams in 2001 and 2002 and the semifinals of the 2003 women’s NIT. She went 5-for-6 on 3-pointers in Colorado State’s first round win over Maryland in the 2001 NCAA tournament. Clark moved back to northwest Indiana from San Antonio in 2020 and runs a summer skills program for elementary and middle school students.

LaTrice (McMichel) Crawford, Tech

Crawford was first-team all-City three times, leading her team to a City tournament title as a sophomore. She scored a career-high 35 points against Warren Central as a senior. She also competed in volleyball and track and field in high school. She went on to average 22.2 points and was named 2004 junior college All-American as a sophomore at Illinois Central. Her team was the 2003 NJCAA Division II national championship. Crawford went on to be a start at Missouri Baptist University, where she was named NAIA second-team All-American after averaging 24 points as a senior. Crawford set school records for points in a game (46) and season (757). She was inducted into the Missouri Baptist University athletic hall of fame in 2022. She has been the college and career manager and DEI manager at Purdue Poly since 2019, along with coaching girls basketball.

Tia Davis, Kokomo

Davis finished her career with 1,056 points and 633 rebounds, ranking second in the latter category on the school’s all-time list. She was the team’s leading rebounder as a sophomore, junior and senior, winning three regional championships. Davis was also a standout in track and field. In college at Toledo, Davis totaled 1,099 points and 515 rebounds and was a four-year letterwinner and three-year starter. She helped Toledo win the MAC Tournament as a sophomore and reach the NCAA tournament, losing to Jackie Stiles and Missouri State. She averaged 18.1 points, 7.1 rebounds and 3.0 assists as a senior, leading her team in all three categories. Davis played professionally and coached. She has been regional business operations manager for TTI Inc., in Fort Worth, Texas, since 2016.

Laurie “Kitts” Detweiler, Eastbrook

Detweiler scored a school record and one-time Grant County record 1,886 points (currently third on list). She led the state in scoring as a junior at 28.5 points per game and was fifth as a senior at 27.0. She was named second team Associated Press all-state as a senior in 1999. Detweiler was the three-time Grant County Player of the Year and a four-time team MVP. She led her team to three conference championships and one sectional title. Detweiler also played four years of volleyball. Detweiler played two full seasons and part of her junior year at Ball State before retiring following a second knee surgery. She led the MAC as a freshman in 3-point accuracy (41.5%) and set school records for 3-pointers in a game (eight) and season (71). Detweiler has worked as a nuclear medicine technologist since graduation and lives in Goshen, where she coaches her sons’ youth basketball teams.

Nok Duany Bassey, Bloomington North

Bassey scored 1,050 points in 79 career games, averaging 17.5 points as a senior despite playing with a knee injury. She was named all-conference as a junior and senior. Bassey scored a career-high 41 points as a junior against Edgewood. Bassey played her freshman, junior and senior seasons at Georgetown, missing her sophomore year due to an ACL injury. She was named Georgetown’s most improved player in 2002 and ranks No. 23 on the school’s career field-goal percentage list. She scored a career-high 24 points vs. Rutgers. Her brothers, Duany Duany and Kueth Duany, are previous Silver Anniversary honorees. She worked as a model after graduation in New York and was named 2009 Miss South Sudan. Bassey currently works as technology/business architect for Accenture LLP in Arlington, Va.

Jeanette Gray, Valparaiso

The 1999 Indiana All-Star was first-team Associated Press all-state and the 1999 Gary Post-Tribune Player of the Year. Gray was a four-time all-Duneland Conference selection. She is the school’s all-time leading scorer (1,242 points) and second all-time rebounder (601). Gray was also an all-state softball player and lettered in golf and volleyball. She was inducted into the Valparaiso High School Hall of Fame in 2009. She went on to play at Valparaiso University, where she ranks fourth in career scoring with 1,460 points, third in rebounds (766) and fifth in steals (200). Gray was named first-team all-conference as a senior and was inducted into the Valparaiso University Hall of Fame in 2008. She coached as an assistant at Ball State and later at the high school level. Gray has worked for Project Lead the Way engineering since 2018 and is the owner of CrossFit 219 and CrossFit 219 South. She played wide receiver for the Chicago Force of the Women’s Football Alliance for eight seasons and was inducted into the Women’s Pro Football Hall of Fame in 2018.

Jill Hartman Early, Evansville Memorial

The 1999 Indiana All-Star was first-team Associated Press all-state as a senior among her many honors. She was the all-time leading scorer in Evansville (1,926 points) at the time of her graduation and was the two-time Evansville Metro Player of the Year. Her team was ranked No. 1 in Class 3A during the 1998-99 season. Hartman Early was also a standout in volleyball and softball and was inducted into the Memorial Athletic Hall of Fame in 2016. She went on to play four seasons at Indiana and was named to the Big Ten all-freshman team and was the team co-captain as a senior in 2002-03. She was part of the 2002 team that won the Big Ten tournament and played in the NCAA tournament. Since 2011, she has been a licensed professional counselor for Heritage Behavioral Health Consultants in Houston, Texas.

Jenna Hayes Alspaugh, Roncalli

The 1999 Indiana All-Star was second-team Associated Press all-state as a senior and a three-time team MVP and team captain. Hayes Alspaugh holds the school record for blocks in a game (11), season (134) and career (306). She also holds records for field goals in a game (16) and career field goals (477). She scored a career-high 36 points in a game against Tech. Hayes Alspaugh also played softball. She went on to the University of Evansville, finishing with 961 points to rank No. 14 for her career at the time of graduation. Hayes Alspaugh was a two-year team captain and 2003 NCAA Woman of the Year nominee. She was a women’s basketball assistant at UE and has worked at Eli Lilly since 2007 in a variety of roles, currently as senior director, Market Research, Diabetes and Obesity.

Kennitra Johnson, New Albany

The 1999 Indiana All-Star was a Parade first-team All-American and USA Today Player of the Year for Indiana, among her many honors. Johnson set school records for career points (1,837), assists (570), steals (508) and season points (587), assists (159) and steals (153). She scored 47 points in a game against Connersville in the 1999 semistate. Johnson was named to the IHSAA 12-player “First Silver Era Team” in 2000. She played two seasons at UConn, helping the team to the 2000 national championship and the 2001 Final Four. Johnson went on to play at the University of Southern Indiana, helping her team to a 20-10 record and NCAA Division II tournament berth in 2003-04. Johnson has been director of production at NYX New Albany since 2009.

Tiffany S. Kyser, Culver Girls Academy

Kyser was the school’s Outstanding Sportswoman of the Year in 1999 for athletics, academics and leadership. She scored 1,256 career points, which ranked second at the time of graduation and is currently third. Kyser led her team to a sectional title in 1997 and also earned three letters in volleyball and four in track and field (she was a state finalist in high jump, 100 hurdles and 4x400). She was inducted into Culver Academies Athletic Hall of Fame in 2013. Kyser went on to star at IUPUI, where she ranks fifth in career scoring (1,544), third in rebounding (874) and seventh in steals (200). She was the 2003 Mid-Continent Conference Player of the Year, among many other honors. Kyser’s No. 44 jersey was retired in December of 2003, the first women’s player at IUPUI to receive the honor. She was inducted into the IUPUI Athletics Hall of Fame in 2008. Since 2016, she has been the associate director Midwest Plains Equity Assistance Center, U.S. Department of Education Region III, Indiana University School of Education at Indianapolis.

Dorcas Lawson, Terre Haute South

The 1999 Indiana All-Star was honorable mention Associated Press all-state as a senior and a junior. Her teams won three sectional titles and regional titles in 1996 and 1999. Lawson was also a standout in soccer and softball, earning 12 total letters. She was named all-Vigo County for 11 teams (three soccer, four basketball, four softball). Lawson played at Butler for two seasons before transferring to Ball State. She is a fourth grade teacher Central Elementary School in Pike Township.

Kristen Lowry Lanier, Logansport

Lanier was a 1999 Indiana All-Star and two-time Associated Press honorable mention all-state. She was the two-time Loganland Player of the Year. She also earned four letters in volleyball and two in track and field. Lanier went on to play four seasons at Xavier and two at the University of Indianapolis. Her 2002-03 team at UIndy set records for most victories and fewest losses with a 29-3 record and Great Lakes Valley Conference regular season title and NCAA Division II tournament berth. Lanier was the 2003 GLVC Player of the Year. She played on teams that won the 2000 and 2001 NCAA tournaments at Xavier. She is currently a teacher at Excelsior Academy in Columbia, S.C.

Kourtney Mennen, Clinton Prairie

The 1999 Indiana All-Star won the Mental Attitude Award for Class A as the top player for the Class A state champions. She was second-team Associated Press all-state as a senior after earning honorable mention honors as a sophomore and junior. Mennen was a four-time team MVP and the school’s all-time leading scorer with 2,191 points. She was also a first-team all-state volleyball player and a standout in track and field. Mennen was inducted into the Clinton Prairie Athletic Hall of Fame in 2017. She went on to be a four-year starter at Indiana State, where she scored 1,843 career points to rank second on the school’s career list. Her 256 career 3-pointers ranks third in ISU’s all-time list. Mennen was named to the MVC all-centennial team as one of the league’s top 35 players in 2007. She is currently a manager for Deloitte Tax LLP in Indianapolis.

Erika (Roudebush) Mundt, Hamilton Southeastern

Mundt held school records for single-game scoring (41 points), season (699) and career points (1,276), along with assists in a game (12), 3-pointers in a game (seven) and 3-pointers in a season (61) at the time of her graduation. She was third-team Associated Press all-state as a senior and two-time Hamilton County co-Player of the Year. She led her team to its first sectional championship in 1999 and was a three-time team MVP. Mundt also earned four letters in cross country and track. She went on to be the 2002 and 2003 team MVP at Cleveland State, earning first-team all-conference honors as a junior when she led the Horizon League in scoring at 18.2 points (and 18.8 points as a senior). Mundt has shined a teacher and coach in Iowa, winning two girls basketball state titles at Iowa City West. She was the 2023 State Teacher of the Year in Iowa.

Heather (Cusick) Mygrant, Kokomo and Taylor

The 1999 Indiana All-Star was scored 1,391 career points, including 636 as a freshman and sophomore at Taylor. She transferred to Kokomo and helped the Wildkats to 1998 and ’99 North Central Conference championships. Mygrant also lettered twice in volleyball and once in track. She set a Kokomo record with 20 free throws in a game. She went on to Miami of Ohio, where was MAC Player of the Year in 2002 and three-time team captain. Mygrant was the school’s career leader in points (1,728), field goals (604), 3-pointers (230), assists (596) at the time of her graduation. She still ranks fifth in scoring. Her No. 5 jersey was retired in 2003 and she was inducted into the school’s Athletic Hall of Fame in 2013. Mygrant has been a counselor with the Kokomo schools for six years.

April (McDivitt) Schilling, Connersville

The 1999 Miss Basketball and Indiana All-Star was a finalist for the Naismith Award and a Parade second-team All-American. She set school records for career points (1,908), assists (554), steals (446), field goals (673) and 3-point field goals (271). Schilling scored a record 50 points with eight 3-pointers in a win over Muncie South as a senior. She led her team to a school-record 25-game winning streak. She also earned one letter in softball and two in tennis. Schilling played on three 20-win teams and won the 1995 Hall of Fame Classic. She went to play at Tennessee, reaching two Final Fours before transferring to UC-Santa Barbara and helping her team to the Big West Conference title and a 27-7 record with a Sweet Sixteen appearance. Schilling has coached for several years at high school and professional levels,, including at Bella Vista College Prep in Arizona from 2021-23 and most recently with the WNBA's Dallas Wings.

Amy Zercher, NorthWood

The 1999 Indiana All-Star led her team to a Class 3A state championship as a senior and a state finals appearance as a junior. Her 1,154 career points is fourth on the career list at NorthWood, career rebounds (570) ranks No. 6 and career assists (392) ranks third. Her teams were 94-9 during her career with three conference titles and four regional crowds. She was also first-team all-state in volleyball. Zercher played three seasons at Ball State, totaling 500 rebounds to rank No. 25 on the career list. She led the team in rebounds (7.4) as a sophomore before an injury-plagued junior year. Zercher has worked for Siemens Healthcare Diagnostics in Norwood, Mass., since 2007.

The Hall of Fame will also recognize the 2024 women’s Center Circle Officials award winners:

Jimmy Arnett: Arnett has worked three state finals (2013, 2016 and 2021), along with 22 sectionals, 17 regionals and six semistates. He is a member of the St. Joe Valley Athletic Officials Association, serving as president in 2020, five years as basketball chair, basketball assigning secretary for four years and a member of the board for nine years. He attended Indiana Academy, graduating in 1974. Arnett has been employed as a national sales manager for VF Workwear for over 21 years.

Kevin Brown: Brown, an Attica graduate, has officiated 23 sectionals, 16 regionals, five semistates and two state finals. He is an IOA Board member and IOA basketball training coordinator and has worked over 30 years as an official for baseball, basketball and football, while serving as a mentor in all three sports. In addition to his duties as an IHSAA official, he has served as an NFL replay official.

Call Star reporter Kyle Neddenriep at (317) 444-6649.

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