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See the 18 players picked for Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame's 2022 Silver Anniversary team

The Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame named its Silver Anniversary team on Tuesday based on outstanding accomplishments as a player from 25 years ago.

A look at the 18-player Silver Anniversary team:

Travis Best, Frankfort: The 1997 Indiana All-Star averaged 18.8 points and 9.0 rebounds on a 18-6 team that won a sectional title. Best set Frankfort records in career wins, assists, steals and was fourth in career scoring. He was part of teams to go 79-19 over four seasons with four sectional titles and four conference titles. Best played two seasons at the University of Louisville before completing his career as team captain at Purdue.

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Don Carlisle, Ben Davis: Carlisle averaged 12.4 points and 9.0 rebounds as a senior for a 18-5 sectional championship team. Over a two-year career, he totaled 544 points and 371 rebounds for teams that were 40-11, including winning the 1996 state championship. In three years at IUPUI, he totaled 1,182 points, was second in career rebounds (769) and among the program leaders in career steals (140). He was twice named all-conference. Carlisle, the Ben Davis coach, played professionally for 12 seasons.

Jamaal Davis, Merrillville: The 1997 Indiana All-Star and all-stater averaged 18.1 points for the 21-3 sectional champions. He averaged 18.9 points as a junior on a sectional title team and averaged 12.7 points as a sophomore for a 27-2 state runner-up team. Davis set the Merrillville career scoring record with 1,275 points. He played his freshman season at Purdue, sophomore year at Barton Community College and two seasons at the University of Cincinnati, averaging 6.7 points and 4.2 rebounds for a Sweet Sixteen team and averaged 7.4 points and 5.1 rebounds on the 2001-02 team that was ranked No. 5 in the country. He played professionally in the USBL and in Germany.

Chris Desjean, Franklin Central: The 1997 Indiana All-Star was the Marion County Player of the Year as a senior as he averaged 17.2 points for a 22-3 conference championship team. He led his teams to a 62-10 record over three seasons, including a 24-2 record and 1996 sectional title. He totaled 937 points and 476 rebounds for his career. Desjean played four seasons at the University of Indianapolis, averaging 8.5 points and 5.2 rebounds as a senior and was named academic all-conference all four years.

Andy Foster, Frankfort: Foster was second-team all-state as he set a Frankfort career scoring record with 1,612 points as he averaged 23.8 points as a senior for a 18-6 sectional title team. He averaged 22.3 points as a Junior All-Star on an 18-5 sectional championship team. Foster was a three-year all-conference player on teams that were 79-19, winning four Sagamore Conference championships and four sectional titles. He played at the University of Indianapolis, where he racked up 1,778 points in 82 career games (18.8 ppg).

Tom Geyer
Tom Geyer

Tom Geyer, Lawrence North: Geyer was a 1997 Indiana All-Star as he averaged 15.8 points and 9.0 rebounds as a senior. He tied the program record held by Eric Montross with 126 career blocks, along with 809 points and 527 rebounds as a three-year starter. Geyer was drafted out of high school in baseball by the Arizona Diamondbacks, but instead played basketball at Indiana for two seasons. From 2001-2004, he was a graduate assistant to Bob Knight at Texas Tech and served as color commentator on Texas Tech television and radio.

Chad Hunter, New Albany: The 1997 Indiana All-Star was a consensus first-team all-state selection after averaging 19.7 points and 8.5 rebounds per game for a 23-4 regional championship team. Hunter set the New Albany career scoring record with 1,463 points, while helping his teams to a 92-15 record over four years with state finals appearances in 1994 and 1996. He was recruited to Indiana State, though knee injuries kept him from playing.

Chad LaCross, East Noble: The 1997 Indiana All-Star averaged 18.3 points for a 25-2 regional championship team. He scored 825 points over two seasons, averaging 15.8 points per game. LaCross was a three-time NAIA All-American at Tri-State and two-time WHAC Conference Player of the Year after totaling 2,636 career points and 1,167 rebounds. He averaged 21.5 points as a junior and led the nation with 27.3 points and 12.1 rebounds as a senior. LaCross played professionally in the USBL and in Mexico. He is the head coach at St. Francis in Fort Wayne, where he is the winningest coach in program history (266-114), leading the program to four NAIA final fours, including three national runner-up finishes.

Michael Menser of Batesville was the 1997 Mr. Basketball runner-up to Luke Recker.
Michael Menser of Batesville was the 1997 Mr. Basketball runner-up to Luke Recker.

Michael Menser, Batesville: The 1997 Indiana All-Star was runner-up for Mr. Basketball and a consensus first-team all-state selection. Menser set school records with 1,700 career points, 414 assists and 87% free-throw shooting. He was a member of teams to go 86-15, winning four conference titles, four sectional titles, one regional and the 1996 Hall of Fame Classic, where he was named MVP. At Indiana State, Menser totaled 1,301 career points and set the school record with 283 career 3-pointers. He was part of four consecutive winning seasons, culminating in 2000 and 2001 NCAA tournament berths.

Cedric Moodie, South Bend Washington: The 1997 Indiana All-Star averaged 26.4 points for a sectional title team as a senior. He set school records with 1,607 career points and a season record with 649 points. Moodie was named 1997 NIC Player of the year. He went on to play two seasons at Ball State, averaging 10.2 points as a sophomore on the MAC championship team. Moodie played one season at the University of Indianapolis, averaging 10.3 points as a senior. He played professionally from 2002-14, including the USBL, ABA, Harlem Globetrotters and in Canada and Argentina.

1997 Indiana Mr. Basketball Luke Recker of DeKalb
1997 Indiana Mr. Basketball Luke Recker of DeKalb

Luke Recker, DeKalb: Recker was voted Mr. Basketball in 1997 and was the state’s Gatorade Player of the Year, along with McDonald’s All-American. He set school records with 2,008 career points and 419 career assists, along with second records of scoring average (26.8 ppg), field goals (290), steals (90) and single-game scoring (49) for a 26-4 team that won a regional championship. He averaged in double-figure scoring all four seasons of his college career, in 66 games at Indiana and 57 games at Iowa, including on the 2001 Big Ten tournament championship team and earning all-Big Ten honors. He played professionally for seven seasons in the NBA D League, Italy and Spain.

Matt Renn, Silver Creek: As a senior, he averaged 25.7 points, 15.9 rebounds, 5.4 assists and 6.0 steals for the 16-5 Dragons. Renn totaled 1,150 career points and was the state’s leading rebounder and leader in steals his senior season, leading Silver Creek to a 48-17 record and two Mid-Southern Conference titles. Renn played at Indiana State, where he graduated ninth in career points (1,347), four in rebounds, seventh in assists and fifth in steals. He was first team all-conference as a senior as he averaged 15.8 points, 7.5 rebounds and 3.2 assists for a team that reached the second round of the NCAA tournament. He played professionally in France.

Silver Creek's Matt Renn
Silver Creek's Matt Renn

Kyle Runyan, Madison-Grant: The 1997 Indiana All-Star averaged 25.2 points per game as a senior, setting a school record with 1,579 career points and shooting 43.4% from the 3-point line. He also set a school record with 604 single-season points and 45 single-game points. He averaged 21.7 points as a junior for a 21-4 sectional championship team. Runyan was a two-time Grant County Player of the Year and three-time all-conference. He totaled 895 points in 114 career games at Evansville, including the Aces’ 23-10 Missouri Valley Conference champion and NCAA tournament team.

Caleb Springer, Logansport: Springer was a 1997 Indiana All-Star as he set a school record with 2,042 career points after averaging more than 20 points per game as a sophomore, junior and senior on three sectional championship teams. He totaled 1,337 career points in 106 games at Rollins College (12.6 ppg) with 254 career 3-pointers made.

Stephen Starks, Fort Wayne Northrop: Starks averaged 25.0 points and shot 51% as a senior as he led the conference in scoring and was the 12th-leading scorer in the state. He averaged 14.6 points as a junior. Starks went to Drexel, where he totaled 1,048 career points and was a unanimous first-team American East all-conference pick. He led the league in scoring in 2000-01 at 19.4 points per game. Starks played professionally in the Dominican Republic and Mexico.

Cameron Stephens, Fort Wayne South Side: The 1997 Indiana All-Star and consensus first-team all-state selection averaged 21.5 points and 12.3 rebounds for a 24-2 sectional championship team as a senior. He scored 1,417 career points and set a school record with 800 career rebounds. Stephens was part of teams that went 67-11 over three seasons, winning three conference and three sectional titles. He played at Purdue, Vincennes University and UNC-Charlotte, including two NCAA tournament appearances and Vincennes’ fifth-place NJCAA national tournament team. Stephens played professionally in Ecuador and the CBA.

Ben Tonagel, LaPorte: Tonagel averaged 15.2 points and 8.8 rebounds on a 22-5 team that was a state finalist. In his career, he had 989 points over three seasons. He led the Duneland Conference in rebounding as a senior and earned all-state honors. Tonagel scored 1,295 career points at Grace College. Tonagel is now the assistant superintendent of LaPorte Community Schools.

Josh Whitman: Harrison (West Lafayette): Whitman averaged 16.6 points and 7.6 rebounds for a 20-5 team that won conference, sectional and regional championships. He graduated third in school history in career scoring (1,142 points) and career rebounding (574). Whitman averaged 20.6 points and 8.3 rebounds as a junior. He was an all-state football player and went on to be a four-year starter as tight end at Illinois. Whitman spent four seasons in the NFL with San Diego, Miami, Seattle and Buffalo. He has been the athletic director at Illinois since 2016.

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

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