2006 Indiana All-Star girls basketball team announced

Staff Report

Indiana Miss Basketball Amber
Harris of North Central (Indianapolis)
leads a group 12 girls that comprise The Indianapolis Star 2006 Indiana
All-Star team.

Harris, the Purdue-bound 6â�?��?�5â�?� center, led the Panthers to back-to-back Class 4A
state titles in 2004 and 2005. All 12 of the girls have signed with Division I schools, and nine will be
playing their college ball within the stateâ�?��?�s borders in 2006 and beyond.

The All-Stars will be coached by Julie Shelton, 35, of Mt.
Vernon (Fortville), who was an
All-Star herself in 1989 at Seymour.
The 35-year-old Sheltonâ�?��?�s
assistants are Kathie Layden, who led Tri-Central to three straight Class A
championships in 2003-2005, and Todd Salkoski,
who coached Shenandoah to 2A titles in 2003 and 2005. Bowling Greenâ�?��?�s Liz Honegger will serve as
assistant to the coaches.

All three
coaches provided input for selection of the team, which features five scorers
who averaged at least 20 points per game this season, with Game Director Pat
Aikman making the final decision.

The team will report for practice in June before tackling annual
all-star foe Kentucky twice — June 17 at Bowling Green and June 24 at
Conseco
Fieldhouse — as part of the annual girls-boys doubleheader. The girls
games
will tip off at 5 p.m. EST, with the boys slated for 7:30.

A year
ago, Indianaâ�?��?�s girls split the series against Kentucky, losing 72-67 on the road before winning in Indianapolis, 65-49.

The girls
2006 roster (players listed alphabetically by last name after Miss Basketball
Amber Harris, followed by school, height, scoring average, college):

Amber
Harris, North Central (Indianapolis),
6â�?��?�5â�?� 16.8 ppg, Purdue
Ashley
Barlow, Pike, 5â�?��?�9â�?�, 25.1 ppg, Notre Dame
Dee Dee
Jernigan, East Chicago Central, 6â�?��?�0â�?�, 17.3 ppg, Purdue
Melissa
Lechlitner, South Bend St. Josephâ�?��?�s, 5â�?��?�6â�?�, 21.0 ppg, Notre Dame
Susan
Lester, Pendleton Heights, 6â�?��?�1â�?�, 22.0 ppg, Butler
FahKara
Malone, Evansville Memorial, 5â�?��?�3â�?�, 20.3 ppg, Purdue
Audrey
McDonald, Kokomo, 5â�?��?�8â�?�, 14.3 ppg, Ball State
Maria
Olsthoorn, Castle, 6â�?��?�2â�?�, 12.8 ppg, Indiana
State
Courtney
Reed, Northfield,
5â�?��?�9â�?�, 19.1 ppg, Miami (OH)
Chanell
Ridley, Fort Wayne Concordia Lutheran, 6â�?��?�0â�?�, 14.8 ppg, Miami (OH)
Amanda
Stull, Rushville, 5â�?��?�9â�?�, 20.1 ppg, Coastal Carolina
Melanie
Thornton, Carmel, 5â�?��?�11â�?�, 10.9 ppg, Butler