Feeling nostalgic? Check out Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame 2023 Silver Anniversary team
The 2023 men’s Silver Anniversary team was announced by the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame on Tuesday. The 17-member class includes 10 players on the 1998 Indiana All-Stars team and another seven all-state players. The following group will be honored at the Hall of Fame’s men’s awards banquet March 22:
Adam Ballinger, Bluffton
Ballinger was an Indiana All-Star and all-state, finishing with 1,419 points, 657 rebounds and 332 blocked shots for his career. He went on to play for Tom Izzo at Michigan State, where he earned third team All-Big Ten honors in 2001-02. Ballinger played 12 seasons professionally in Australia and still lives in Melbourne.
Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame:2023 men's class a star-filled group
Tom Coverdale, Noblesville
The 1998 Mr. Basketball holds nine Noblesville records, including points in a game (44 in semistate), career points (1,911), rebounds (581), assists (462) and 3-pointers (147). Coverdale went to Indiana, where he was team captain and second team All-Big Ten in 2001-02. He played for the Rockford Lightning of the CBA and coached in college basketball before getting into the insurance industry.
Kueth Duany, Bloomington North
Duany was an Indiana All-Star and won a state championship as a junior. After high school, he went to Syracuse and played in a national championship team as a senior. He scored 1,084 points during his college career at Syracuse. He is currently the president and CEO of Duany Group, LLC.
Herman Fowler, Kokomo
Fowler averaged 17.3 points his senior season and was named the team MVP with career highs in points (31) and rebounds (12). His junior year, he posted the highest scoring total in the state finals with 27 points. After graduation, he played college football at Indiana. He now works for the United States Postal Service.
Lincoln Glass, South Bend Clay
Glass was MVP of the Northern Indiana Conference in 1998 after scoring 916 career points leading his teams to three conference championships. After high school, he went to Lincoln Trail Junior College (Ill.) for two seasons, earning junior college All-American honors. He played two seasons at Auburn, then professionally in Europe from 2002-09. He is the Spanish proctor and boys basketball coach at Macon-East Academy in Cecil, Ala.
Patrick Jackson, Delta
The Indiana All-Star averaged 19 points and 6.9 assists as a senior and finished his career with 1,241 points, earning all-state honors. Delta reached the state championship game in Jackson’s junior season of 1996-97, the final year of the single-class tournament. He went on to star at Ball State, scoring 1,348 career points. He ranks 13th in all-time scoring at Ball State, seventh in assists and third in 3-point percentage. Jackson is employed in pharmaceutical sales.
Djibril Kante, Bloomington North
Kante led his team to a 28-1 record and state championship as a junior in the final single-class tournament. He averaged 10.8 points as a senior, then went to Indiana State, where he played on NCAA tournament teams in 2000 and ’01. He ranks third in school history with 127 blocked shots. Kante played 13 seasons professionally overseas. He is currently a systems consultant.
Rob Kent, Jennings County
The Indiana All-Star holds the career and single-season records in assists and steals. Kent played on four sectional championship teams and won a regional his senior season on 21-4 team, averaging 23.9 points. He played at the University of Indianapolis, averaging 9.1 points with 492 assists (third all-time) and 193 steals (first). Kent has coached boys and girls programs at Jennings County, but is now a senior project manager for a construction company.
Isaac Kincaid, Pike
The 1998 Indiana All-Star helped Pike to a 30-1 season as a senior, winning a Class 4A state championship and the Tournament of Champions. Kincaid averaged 19 points, 3.6 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 2.6 steals as a senior. He played at Illinois State before transferring to Ashland College, where he averaged 18.7 points and 3.2 rebounds in 2003-04. He is a correctional officer.
Maynard Lewis, Terre Haute South
The Indiana All-Star and Mr. Basketball runner-up scored 1,632 career points (third in school history) and averaged 25.3 points, 6.7 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.0 steals his senior season. After graduation he attended Purdue, putting up 841 points, 191 rebounds and 111 assists for his career. He is currently a senior project manager.
Joe Nixon, Valparaiso
Nixon was all-state honorable mention in 1998 as he averaged 18 points and 5 rebounds. He ranked fourth in school history in 3-point percentage (49.6%) and sixth in single-season 3s (62). He attended DePauw and then played professionally overseas from 2002-09 in Finland, Romania, Australia, Iran, Bosnia and Herzegovina. Nixon is now a real estate investor and developer.
Jarrad Odle, Oak Hill
Odle led the state in scoring as a junior and averaged 26 points as a senior to finish his career with 1,465 points. He attended Indiana, averaging 8.8 points per game as a senior in 2001-02 as the Hoosiers were Big Ten co-champions and national runner-up. He works as a financial advisor for Edward Jones.
Steve Reynolds, South Bend Riley
Reynolds was second-team all-NIC and scored 759 career points in three seasons. He attended Treasure Valley Community College before transferring to Western Michigan after two seasons. He averaged 16.9 points as a senior and was named second-team All-Mid-American Conference. Reynolds played professionally in Norway and Austria and is now the athletic director and girls basketball coach at South Bend Washington, winning the Class 3A state championship last season.
Adam Seitz, Pike Central
Seitz averaged 26.8 points as a senior and finished his career with 1,943 points. He was USA Today All-USA honorable mention, among several other honors. He went on to play at Evansville, averaging 10.4 points for his career and finishing with 398 rebounds, 233 assists and 110 steals. Seitz has owned a trucking business since 2004.
Rodney Smith, Pike
The Indiana All-Star helped Pike to a 30-1 record and Class 4A state title as a senior, averaging 13.9 points per game. Smith attended Purdue, where he was team’s most valuable player in 2000-01, averaging 13.9 points, 4.8 rebounds and 1.1 blocked shots. Smith has been employed by Pike Township Schools since 2015.
Greg Tonagel, LaPorte
The Indiana All-Star led LaPorte to a 18-8 record as a senior, averaging 21.4 points, 4.1 rebounds, 4.5 assists and 2.3 steals. The Slicers reached the state finals his junior year. He played at Valparaiso in college and was a four-year starter on four NCAA tournament teams. Tonagel became the Indiana Wesleyan coach in 2005 and has led the program to three NAIA national championships and three times named the national coach of the year.
Brian Wray, Plymouth
Wray was the Northern Indiana player of the year after leading the state in scoring at 27.2 points per game as a senior. He played at Bethel College, averaging 7.1 points, and played on the Crossroads League championship team and NAIA Division II national runners-up. Wray set the Bethel College 3-point percentage record, shooting 53%.
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