Four boys and five girls from the Louisville area were selected for the selection competition. kentucky all star basketball team They are scheduled to play Indiana State in June in the annual summer series.
Oldham County's Max Green, Seneca's Kellon House, Christian Academy's Jackson Washington and Butler's Dayton Williams were selected to the Kentucky men's team.
Sacred Heart's Regan Bender and Angelina Pelayo, Butler's Mariah Knight and Ramiyah White, and Central's Destiny Jones were selected to represent the girls.
The Kentucky vs. Indiana All-Star Game pits each state's top senior basketball players against each other each year. This year's games will be held June 7th at Lexington Catholic High School and June 8th at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Tickets will be available for purchase starting May 1 at kentuckybasketballcoaches.org.
Ryan County's Mr. Basketball Travis Perry and Pikeville's Miss Basketball Trinity Rowe will automatically qualify for the team and will wear Kentucky's No. 1 jersey against Indiana. Perry signed with the University of Kentucky, and Lowe signed with Southern Miss University.
In the Louisville area, Green (Holy Cross), Washington (Florida Gulf Coast), Bender (Louisville), Pelayo (Wilmington, North Carolina), Knight (Jacksonville) and Jones (West Georgia) have committed to college. . White had committed to Kentucky, but announced earlier this month that he had resumed his recruiting efforts.
Kentucky's head coaches are Iroquois University's Jeff Morrow (men's) and Pikeville University's Christy Orem (women's). Assistant coaches (junior head coaches) are Bowling Green's DG Sherrill (boys) and Sacred Heart's Donna Moir (girls).
The Indiana University men's team leads the series 103-45 and has won 45 of the past 54 meetings. Indiana University's women's team leads the series 53-41 after last year's split.
Kentucky's complete roster is as follows:
boy: Travis Perry (Ryan County), Derrell Bateman (Christian County), Tyler Doyle (Lexington Catholic), Aiden Evans (Elizabethtown), Max Green (Oldham County), Kellon House (Seneca), Mason Ritter (Bowling Green), Brady Shoulders (Ryan County), Cade Unseld (Warren Central), Jackson Washington (Christian Academy), Antonio Williams (Hopkinsville) and Dayton Williams (Butler). head coach: Jeff Morrow (Iroquois).
girl: Trinity Rowe (Pikeville), Regan Bender (Sacred Heart), Dea Bradley (Hart County), Ayanna Sarai Darrington (Frederick Douglass), Anna Drakeford (Mercer County), Destiny Jones (Central) ), Jasmine Jordan (Boyd County), Mariah Knight (Deacon), Angelina Pelayo (Sacred Heart), Sherin Steele (Russell), Abby Varney (Barren County), Ramiyah White (Deacon). Head coach: Christy Orem (Pikeville);
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