Trinity Lutheran’s Bailey Tabeling (top left), Seymour’s Kendall Sterling (top right), Brownstown Central’s Maddy Hackman (bottom left) and Trinity Lutheran’s Madison Keith (bottom right) all earned respective IBCA all-state honors this week.
Dylan Wallace | The Tribune
Fifteen seniors and 15 underclass girls basketball players have earned IBCA/Franciscan Health Supreme 15 All-State honors for 2022-23, it was announced Tuesday.
The IBCA also named Large School All-State teams (15 seniors, 15 underclass) and Small School All-State teams (15 seniors, 15 underclass).
The Supreme 15 is the top honor awarded, and players were voted to that group without regard to school size. The Large School and Small School all-state teams are secondary accolades — the Large School group including players from Class 3A and Class 4A schools and the Small School group including players from Class A and Class 2A schools. Players who make the Supreme 15 are not considered for Large School or Small School honors.
In addition, 90 more seniors and 90 more underclass players were selected honorable mention all-state. The honorable mention laurels are awarded without regard to school size.
Jackson County was well represented with these awards.
Trinity Lutheran’s Bailey Tabeling was selected as one of the Supreme 15 on the Small School All-State team. Tabeling averaged 22.2 points per game this season. She also averaged 8.0 rebounds, 4.6 assists, 2.7 steals and 2.7 blocks for Trinity.
Tabeling was also named to the Hoosier Basketball Magazine’s top 60 players.
Also for Trinity Lutheran, Madison Keith was selected as all-state honorable mention. Keith averaged 11.5 points and 9.0 rebounds for the Cougars.
Seymour’s Kendall Sterling and Brownstown Central’s Maddy Hackman also earned IBCA all-state honorable mention.
Sterling averaged 14.3 points for the Owls this season and also set the school record for most assists in a single season with 110.
Hackman averaged 13.0 points to lead the Braves this year, and she also leaves the program as the all-time leader in 3-pointers made.
Hackman and Tabeling are both seniors and were four-time sectional champions for their respective schools, while Sterling and Keith will be back next year looking to lead their respective teams to more postseason success.