NEW CASTLE, Ind. – Eighteen women have been named to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame’s 2025 women’s Silver Anniversary Team, based on outstanding accomplishments as basketball players throughout their careers in high school and college.The Silver Anniversary Team recognizes players from the graduating class of 25 years earlier – in this case, honorees are all 2000 high school graduates.

The 2025 Silver Anniversary Team includes 11 players who were named to the 2000 Indiana All-Star squad. Seven other All-State caliber players are included to recognize the top of Indiana’s high school class of 2000.

The 2000 Indiana All-Star players honored are Miss Basketball Sara Nord of Jeffersonville as well as Suzie (Hammel) Albert of Lebanon, Sara (Strahm) Corbin of Ben Davis, Jennifer DesJean of Perry Meridian, Johna Goff of Mt. Vernon (Fortville), Jessica (Reiter) Horvath of Penn, Abby Scharlow of New Albany, Lindsay Secrest of Bloomfield, Lynne (Johnson) Thomas of Corydon Central, Anna Waugh of Franklin Community and Natalie Yudt of Portage.

Completing the list of 2025 SAT honorees are Leigh (Carr) Bovaird of North Harrison, Karen Force-Spurgeon of Columbus East, Kirsti Holloway of New Washington, Connie (Myers) Kline of Columbia City, Lauren (Dailey) Martin of West Vigo, Amie (Owsley) Ott of Marion Lakeview Christian and Jessica (Brock) Peelman of Rising Sun.

A mid-day reception, free and open to the public, will be held earlier on April 26 at the Hall of Fame Museum in New Castle. The evening banquet will take place at Primo Banquet Hall, 2615 National Ave., Indianapolis, IN 46227.

Name High School

Suzie (Hammel) Albert - Lebanon

Leigh (Carr) Bovaird - North Harrison

Sara (Strahm) Corbin - Ben Davis

Jennifer M. DesJean - Perry Meridian

Karen Force-Spurgeon - Columbus East

Johna Goff - Mt. Vernon (Fortville)

Kirsti Holloway - New Washington

Jessica (Reiter) Horvath - Penn

Connie (Myers) Kline - Columbia City

Lauren Dailey Martin - West Vigo

Sara Nord - Jeffersonville

Amie (Owsley) Ott Marion - Lakeview Christ.

Jessica (Brock) Peelman - Rising Sun

Abby Scharlow - New Albany

Lindsay Secrest- Bloomfield

Lynn Johnson-Thomas - Corydon Central

Anna Waugh - Franklin Community

Natalie Yudt - Portage

Suzie (Hammel) Albert averaged 21.2 points, 6.1 rebounds and 5.3 assists in leading Lebanon to a 22-3 record and a Class 3A regional title as a senior. That came after previously playing at Lafayette Jefferson, where she tallied 888 points (14.3), 315 rebounds (5.1), 201 assists (3.2) and 127 steals (2.0) and helping the Bronchos to a three-season ledger of 36-26.

In her four-year career, she totaled 1,419 points (16.3), 567 rebounds (5.4), 333 assists (3.8) and 175 steals (2.0).A 2000 Indiana All-Star, Albert was named AP high honorable mention All-State, ICGSA first-team All-State, IndyStar Super Team, IndyStar first-team all-Metro North, Metro North Player of the Year, first-team all-Sagamore Conference and ICGSA honorable mention Academic All-State as a senior while playing for coach Tracey Hammel, her step-mother.

She also was a 1999 Junior All-Star, 1999 AP high honorable mention All-State, winner of the 1999 Exchange Club of Lafayette Sportsmanship Award, 1998 AP honorable mention All-State, two-time Lafayette Journal & Courier second-team All-Area and two-time first-team all-North Central Conference while playing for coach Jeff Waldon.At Lebanon, the 5-7 guard set school records for points in a game (50 vs. North Montgomery), points in a season (531), 3-pointers in a game (11) and 3-pointers in a season (64). At Lafayette Jefferson, she had a high game of 35 points as junior (vs. Harrison-West Lafayette). Over four years, she earned 10 varsity letters (four basketball, four volleyball, one softball and one tennis).

Albert went onto Valparaiso University, where she helped coach Keith Freeman’s team to a 72-53 four-year mark with three Mid-Continent Conference regular-season titles, two Mid-Con Tournament crowns, two NCAA Tournament appearances and one Women’s NIT berth while amassing 1,060 points (9.5), 289 rebounds (2.6), 276 assists (2.5) and 164 steals (1.5). She was selected to the Mid-Con all-freshman team in 2001, shares the VU school record for 3-pointers in a game (eight), is second on the VU list for career 3-pointers (232) and led the Mid-Con in 3-pointers as a sophomore (65) and senior (64).

Albert earned a bachelor’s degree from VU in 2004 and added a master’s degree in education from the College of New Jersey in 2012. She coached high school basketball and volleyball at the International School of Phnom Penh in Cambodia, winning eight Mekong River International School Association tournaments from 2009-16. She also has worked as a marketing and graphics specialist and she currently is a design and market director for Apeiron Planning Partners in Dallas.

Leigh (Carr) Bovaird totaled 1,453 points, (16.9) and 784 rebounds (9.1) while keying North Harrison to a 53-36 four-year record that included a 1999 Class 3A sectional title.

As a senior, she averaged 21.3 points and 11.1 rebounds while shooting 80.6 percent on free throws as the Lady Cats went 16-7 for coach Missy Voyles. Bovaird also averaged 16.5 points and 9.2 rebounds for a 7-13 team as a freshman, 13.8 points and 7.8 rebounds for a 13-10 squad as a sophomore and 16.4 points and 8.3 rebounds for a 17-6 sectional winner as a junior.

As a senior, Bovaird was named AP honorable mention All-State, Louisville Courier-Journal second-team All-State and played in the 2000 HBCA East-West All-Star Classic.

She also was selected 1999 Louisville Courier-Journal honorable mention All-State and four-time first-team all-Mid-Southern Conference. She still holds school record for rebounds in a game (24) and consecutive free throws (27). When she graduated in 2000, she held since passed records for season points (489 as a senior), career points, season rebounds (256 as a senior), career rebounds, season free throw accuracy (.806 as a senior) and career free throw accuracy (.749).

She totaled 12 letters in high school (four basketball, four volleyball, four track) and was a 10-year member of 4-H.The 6-0 forward matriculated to Eastern Kentucky University, where she totaled 503 points (4.3) and 288 rebounds (2.5) while helping the Colonels to a 78-40 record over four seasons. Highlights included a 2001 Ohio Valley Conference regular-season and a final 16 spot in the 2002 Women’s NIT. Her college career high was 17 points against the University of Miami on Nov. 23, 2003, and she was ninth in the OVC in steals (39) as a senior while playing for coach Larry Joe Inman.

Bovaird earned a bachelor’s degree in exercise science and sports science from EKU in 2004 and a doctorate in physical therapy from Wheeling Jesuit University in 2006. She has worked as a an orthopedic physical therapist in Ohio from 2006-08, an assistant professor of exercise science at West Liberty University in West Virginia from 2008-13 and since 2014, a professor of anatomy and physiology for the University of Hawaii.

Sara (Strahm) Corbin averaged 13.0 points, 6.2 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 3.5 steals in helping Ben Davis to a 28-0 ledger and Class 4A state championship as a senior. In four seasons for the Giants, she totaled 1,399 points (13.3), 765 rebounds (7.3), 353 assists (3.4) and 342 steals (3.3) in helping her teams to a 94-14 record with three Marion County Tournament titles, four sectional trophies, two regional crowns, one semi-state title and the 2000 state crown.

A 2000 Indiana All-Star and All-Star Wooden/MCL Citizenship Award winner, Corbin averaged 15.0 points and 8.9 rebounds as a freshman for a 14-10 sectional winner, 11.1 points and 7.8 rebounds as a sophomore for a 26-2 regional titlist and 14.5 points and 6.3 rebounds as a junior for a 26-2 sectional champ while playing for coach Stan Benge.

She was the first Ben Davis player to score 1,000 points, and she remains the Ben Davis record holder for career steals.In addition to the All-Stars, Corbin was selected the IHSAA Class 4A Mental Attitude Award winner, AP third-team All-State, ICGSA first-team All-State, IndyStar Super Team, IBCA honorable mention Academic All-State and Marion County Female Athlete of the Year (for all sports) as a senior.

The 5-10 guard also was a 1999 Junior All-Star, a four-time all-Marion County selection and a four-time all-Metropolitan Interscholastic Conference pick. In addition, she was the first Ben Davis athlete to earn 12 varsity letters with four in basketball, four in volleyball and four in softball.After high school, Corbin averaged 2.8 points and 2.2 rebounds as a freshman for a Butler University team that went 8-20.

She then transferred to the University of Indianapolis to play for coach Teri Moren. There, Corbin totaled 682 points (7.6), 419 rebounds (4.7), 228 assists (2.5) and 183 steals (2.5) in helping the Greyhounds to a 67-23 ledger in three seasons that included Great Lakes Valley Conference regular-season and tournament titles as well as an NCAA Division II national tournament appearance in 2003.

Her top individual season at UIndy came in 2001-02 when she averaged 11.5 points, 5.2 rebounds, 2.6 assists and was named honorable mention all-GLVC. She also was a three-time GLVC Academic All-Conference honoree.Corbin earned a bachelor’s degree in education from the UIndy in 2004. She worked as a teacher and coach at multiple schools from 2004-09, including a 29-27 mark as a girls’ basketball head coach at Danville and Pike.

She later has worked in finance at Andy Mohr Toyota from 2010-13 and since 2013, as assistant vice president of dealer development for Prestige Financial.

Jennifer M. DesJean totaled 1,012 points (14.1) and 577 rebounds (8.0) while pacing Perry Meridian to a 52-20 record with two Conference Indiana championships in three varsity seasons for coach Mike Armstrong. The 5-11 forward averaged 14.8 points and 7.1 rebounds as a sophomore for a 20-5 team. She tallied 14.3 points and 8.7 rebounds as a junior for a 14-8 CI champ.

She netted 13.1 points and 9.2 rebounds as a senior for an 18-7 repeat CI winner.A 2000 Indiana All-Star, DesJean also was AP high honorable mention All-State, IndyStar second-team all-Marion County, MCCGSA first-team all-Marion County and Perry Meridian’s Outstanding Female Athlete as a senior.

The 1999 Junior All-Star also was a two-time first-team all-CI selection, two-time Louisville Courier-Journal honorable mention All-State and IndyStar first-team all-Marion County as a sophomore and junior. She notched single-game bests of 25 points and 12 rebounds against Martinsville as a junior on Jan. 7, 1999.

She also was named all-Marion County and honorable mention all-CI in volleyball as a senior.DesJean went to Bellarmine University out of high school, but injuries limited her to 205 points (4.4) and 149 rebounds (3.2) in just 47 games over two seasons. She transferred to Marian College, where she totaled 484 points (9.3), 319 rebounds (6.1) and set a school record for career field goal accuracy (.569) in two full seasons.

Her Marian single-game bests were 19 points (against Bethel on Jan. 19, 2005) and 14 rebounds (against Taylor on Jan. 26, 2005). In four college seasons at two schools, DesJean totaled 689 points (7.0) and 48 rebounds (4.7) for teams that went a combined 74-38.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in sports management from Marian in 2005. She later earned two master’s degrees from Ball State, one in sports administration in 2009 and a second in physical education in 2012. A career teacher and coach, DesJean currently is a physical education teacher and girls’ basketball head coach at Indianapolis Cardinal Ritter.

Previously, she was the girls’ varsity coach at Phoenix (Ariz.) Central and has been a high school assistant coach at Indianapolis Washington, Chandler (Ariz.) Perry, Southport and Cardinal Ritter as well as a college assistant at Marian, North Dakota State College of Science, Eastern Arizona, Lincoln Trail (Ill.) and Culver-Stockton (Mo.). She also was the Cardinal Ritter volleyball head coach from 2021-23.

Karen Force-Spurgeon averaged 16.5 points, 3.9 assists and 4.4 steals as a senior in leading Columbus East to a 16-5 season. Over four seasons for coach Mel Good, the 5-8 guard totaled 891 points (9.9) while helping the Olympians to a 68-28 ledger that included two sectional titles, two regional crowns and a semi-state championship in 1997. She averaged 7.4 points and 3.9 assists as a freshman for a 20-5 State Finalist squad. She netted just 5.5 points for a 16-9 squad as a sophomore in an injury-shortened season. She tallied 10.7 points, 3.4 rebounds, 4.1 assists and 3.4 steals for a 16-9 team that won a Class 4A regional as a junior.

Force-Spurgeon was selected AP honorable mention All-State, Louisville Courier-Journal honorable mention All-State, Columbus Republic co-Player of the Year, IBCA honorable mention Academic All-State and played in the HBCA East-West All-Star Classic as a senior. She also was named 1999 Republic Player of the Year and three-time Republic first-team All-Area.

Her team played in the Hall of Fame Classic in December 1997, and she was named ISCA first-team All-State in soccer as a senior.She went on to Cornell University, where she totaled 1,257 points (11.6), 335 rebounds (3.1), 459 assists (4.3) and 193 steals (1.8) as a four-year starter in helping the Big Red to a 48-60 record. Force-Spurgeon set Cornell records for season free throws (139 as junior), free throws in a game (15 at Yale on Feb. 1, 2003) and free throw accuracy in a game (1.000, 10-10 vs. Lafayette on Jan. 7, 2002).

She also is second on the school list for career assists, third for career free throws (356), fourth for career steals, fifth for career 3-pointers (129) and sixth for career scoring. Her career assist total is 10th in Ivy League annals, and she was the first player in Ivy League history to record more than 1,250 points and 400 assists.

Force-Spurgeon was named second-team all-Ivy as a senior, first-team all-Ivy as a junior and honorable mention all-Ivy as a freshman and sophomore. She also was selected to the 2001 Ivy League all-freshman team, won the 2001 Cornell Stenstrom Award, the 2004 Cornell Ronald P. Lynch Award, the team’s Best Defender Award twice and was a three-time team captain.She earned a bachelor’s degree in nutritional science from Cornell in 2004, then was a college assistant coach from 2004-08 at Cornell, Manchester University and Manhattan College.

She transitioned to sales, working for The CBORD Group Inc. from 2008-09, Biomet Tristate Orthopedics from 2009-17 and since 2017, as a territory sales leader for Zimmer Biomet OrthoSolutions.

Force-Spurgeon was inducted into Cornell University Athletic Hall of Fame in 2015, inducted into Legends of the Ivy League in 2022 and named a Cornell University “Top 50 Women Athlete” in 2022.

Johna Goff averaged 23.6 points, 4.2 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 4.4 steals in leading Mt. Vernon (Fortville) to a 22-2 season as a senior. In four varsity seasons playing for Diana Myers and Julie Shelton, Goff amassed 1,379 points (15.5), 332 rebounds (3.7), 268 assists (3.0) and 246 steals (2.8) in helping the Marauders to a 69-20 record, one sectional title and the championship of the Hall of Fame Classic in December 1999. She scored a career-high 34 points (vs. Anderson on Jan. 28, 1999).

A 2000 Indiana All-Star, Goff was named AP first-team All-State, ICGSA first-team All-State, Louisville Courier-Journal first-team All-State, IndyStar Super Team, Hall of Fame Classic MVP, Hoosier Basketball Magazine’s Mini Miss Basketball and MV’s Female Athlete of the Year as a senior. She also was selected three-time first-team all-Hoosier Heritage Conference, three-time IndyStar first-team all-East, two-time IndyStar East Player of the Year, three-time Greenfield Reporter first-team all-Hancock County, three-time all-sectional and two-time team MVP.

Goff earned 11 varsity letters in high school (four basketball, four volleyball, three track), set a school record in the long jump and placed eighth in the state meet in the long jump in 1999.After high school, Goff went to Ball State, where she stands sixth in career points (1,635), fifth in career assists (447) and fifth in career 3-pointers (253) while also totaling 298 rebounds and 121 steals. The Cardinals went 77-43 during her four seasons with two Mid-American Conference regular-season championships and two Women’s NIT berths.

The 5-7 guard was named MAC Rookie of the Year in 2001 after she averaged 14.1 points and 2.6 assists for a 19-9 squad as a freshman. She was voted second-team all-MAC in 2003 when she tallied 15.0 points, 3.0 rebounds and 4.4 assists for a 21-10 team as a junior. She scored a career-high and BSU freshman-record 34 points against Marshall on Jan. 4, 2001.

Goff earned a bachelor’s degree in criminal justice from Ball State in 2004 and a law degree from Western Michigan University in 2019. She served in the U.S. Marines from 2008-12, then worked as a paralegal, certified legal intern, legal consultant, law clerk and deputy prosecuting attorney prior to opening her own law firm in September 2022.

While in the Marines, she earned a National Defense Service Medal, a Good Conduct Medal plus several additional medals and ribbons. She also played basketball for Marines’ and all-Armed Forces’ teams for three years.Since 2021, she has coached sixth-grade basketball for Mt. Vernon Middle School. Goff also is on the board of the Mt. Vernon Education Foundation and a member of American Legion Post 391 and the Veterans of Foreign Wars.

Kirsti Holloway averaged 22.1 points, 8.7 rebounds, 6.5 assists and 6.5 steals as a senior as New Washington went 22-3 and won sectional and regional titles. That came after a junior season where she tallied 19.9 points, 11.9 rebounds. 4.3 assists and 4.1 steals for a 22-5 Class A state runner-up squad.

In four seasons, the 5-11 guard totaled a school-record 2,002 points (20.6) plus 973 rebounds (10.0) and 489 assists (5.0) as the Mustangs posted a 73-24 ledger with three sectional trophies, three regional titles, one semi-state championship and three Southern Athletic Conference crowns for coach Terry White. Holloway tallied a career-high 37 points against Clarksville on Dec. 2, 1997.

As a senior, Holloway was named AP high honorable mention All-State, ICGSA first-team All-State, Louisville Courier-Journal second-team All-State, IBCA first-team Academic All-State and played in the HBCA East-West All-Star Classic and in the North/South Indiana All-Star Classic. A 1999 Junior All-Star, she also was 1999 AP honorable mention All-State, 1999 ICGSA second-team All-State, 1999 Louisville Courier-Journal third-team All-State, 1998 AP honorable mention All-State, 1998 ICGSA second-team All-State, 1998 Louisville Courier-Journal honorable mention All-State; four-time Jeffersonville News first-team all-Clark County and 1999 Clark County Player of the Year, four-time all-sectional, four-time first-team all-conference and two-time conference MVP.

In addition, she was voted all-conference in volleyball four times and earned one letter in softball.She matriculated to Saint Louis University, where she totaled 704 points (6.6), 201 rebounds (1.9) and 194 assists (1.8) as the Billikens went 53-62 and played in the 2003 Women’s NIT for coach Jill Pizzotti. Holloway’s top individual season was 2003-04 when she averaged 10.4 points, 2.2 rebounds and 3.2 assists. She holds a SLU record for single-season 3-point accuracy (.436, 48-110 in 2003-04), is second on the school’s career 3-point accuracy list (.389, 116-298) and led team in 3-point goals as freshman, sophomore and senior.

She twice won the SLU Sixth Player Award, was presented the SLU Coach’s Award in 2004 and was a four-time Conference USA Academic Medal winner.Holloway earned a bachelor’s degree in education from SLU in 2004. She has been a teacher at Grace Baptist School in Madison, Southwestern (Hanover), River Valley Middle School in Jeffersonville and since 2010, Christian Academy of Indiana in New Albany.

She has coached girls’ basketball at New Washington since 2006, nine seasons as an assistant and now in her 10th season as head coach. She entered the 2024-25 with an 89-119 record as the Mustangs’ head coach.

Jessica (Reiter) Horvath averaged 16.9 points, 9.5 rebounds, 2.9 steals and 1.2 blocks in leading Penn to an 18-4 season as a senior. In two-plus varsity seasons, the 6-2 forward totaled 645 points (10.8), 409 rebounds (6.8) and 126 steals (2.1) while helping the Kingsmen to a 59-12 record with two sectional championships, one regional title and three Northern Indiana Conference crowns for coach Dominic Ball.

A 2000 Indiana All-Star, Horvath was named AP second-team All-State, Louisville Courier-Journal second-team All-State, first-team all-NIC and IBCA honorable mention Academic All-State as a senior. She also was second-team all-Northern Indiana Conference as a junior and selected two-time all-sectional and two-time Penn Classic all-tournament. She scored a career-high 25 points with 11 rebounds against South Bend Washington on Feb. 3, 2000.

Horvath went on to Ball State, where she totaled 1,171 points (9.8), 994 rebounds (8.3) and 144 steals (1.2) in four seasons while playing for coaches Brenda Frese and Tracy Roller as the Cardinals went 77-43, won two Mid-American Conference regular-season titles and played in two Women’s NIT events. Horvath’s career rebound total is third in BSU annals. She also stands third and ninth on the BSU list for season rebounds (299 as senior, 265 as junior), leading the MAC both seasons. She twice grabbed a career-best 18 rebounds in a game (against Northwestern State on Nov. 21, 2003, and against Akron on Jan. 17, 2004).

She earned a bachelor’s degree in chemistry from Ball State in 2004 and a doctorate in pharmacy from Purdue in 2008. Horvath has worked as a pharmacist since 2008, seven years in Minnesota and the past nine years in South Bend. She also volunteers for Cultivate Food Rescue and Girls On The Run.

Connie (Myers) Kline averaged 19.3 points, 10.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 2.7 steals in propelling Columbia City to a 20-6 record and Class 3A state runner-up finish as a senior. That came after she averaged 20.6 points, 10.3 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 2.2 steals for a 13-10 squad as a junior for coach Wayne Kreiger.In four varsity seasons, the 5-10 forward totaled 1,629 points (16.5), 915 rebounds (9.2), 231 assists (2.3) and 206 steals (2.1) in helping the Eagles to a 71-28 ledger with two sectional championships, two regional trophies, one semi-state crown and one Northeast Hoosier Conference title.

She held school records for points in a game (37 vs. Frankfort on Feb. 26, 2000), points in a season (503), points in a career (1,629 points) and rebounds in a game (20 vs. Bellmont on Dec. 3, 1998) at the time of her graduation.

As a senior, Kline was selected AP high honorable mention All-State, ICGSA second-team All-State, Louisville Courier-Journal second-team All-State, Fort Wayne News-Sentinel Player of the Year, 21-Alive Fort Wayne area Player of the Year and played in the 2000 North/South Indiana All-Star Classic.

She also was a 1999 Junior All-Star, 1999 AP honorable mention All-State and a four-time all-NHC selection. She earned 11 varsity letters (four basketball, three volleyball, four softball) and also was named all-NHC in volleyball and softball.After high school, she attended Indiana University for one year but did not play there.

She then transferred to Northern Kentucky University, where she played four seasons and totaled 1,290 points (13.2), 654 rebounds (6.7) and 143 assists (1.5) in helping the Norse to an 85-38 record and three NCAA Division II national tournaments, two D-II Elite eight appearances and a D-II national runner-up finish in 2003. Kline averaged 16.5 points, 8.6 rebounds, was voted first-team all-Great Lakes Valley Conference and was named winner of the NKU Thomas J. Kerns Career Achievement Award as a senior. She stands 17th on NKU career scoring list and 16th on the school’s career rebounding list.

Kline earned a bachelor’s degree in 2004 and a master’s degree in 2005, both in business administration from NKU. She was an assistant coach at Columbia City from 2005-07 and the eighth-grade coach at Indian Springs Middle School from 2007-10. She has been the controller for Whitehead Construction Inc. since 2018 and a home-school mother since 2022. She was inducted into inaugural class of the Columbia City Athletics Hall of Fame in 2021.

Lauren Dailey Martin totaled school records of 1,348 points (16.0), 343 assists (4.1) and 214 steals (2.5) as well as 480 rebounds (5.7) in helping West Vigo to a 45-39 record while playing for three coaches over four seasons. As a senior, she tallied 15.0 points, 6.3 rebounds, 8.0 assists and 1.8 steals in propelling the Vikings to 16-8 ledger and the program’s third and most recent sectional title.

She also holds WV records for season 3-pointers (36), career 3-pointers (91) and season free throw accuracy (.800) as well as leading the team in scoring, assists and steals all four years.The 5-9 guard was named AP honorable mention All-State, first-team all-Western Indiana Conference, played in the HBCA East-West All-Star Classic and chosen the winner of the 2000 McMillan Award as the top high school all-sport athlete in Terre Haute as a senior.

She also was selected 1997 AP honorable mention All-State, three-time Terre Haute Tribune-Star first-team All-Area and 1998 Terre Haute Tribune-Star second-team All-Area. Martin earned 12 varsity letters (four basketball, four volleyball, four track & field), set school records for blocks in a match (13) and blocks in a season (210) in volleyball, was a three-time sectional champion in the high jump and set school records in that event and the 4×400 relay.

Martin then went to Eastern Illinois University, where she totaled 1,247 points (11.5), 366 rebounds (3.4) and 383 assists (3.5) for teams that went 28-82 for coach Linda Wunder. She stands in the top 10 on several EIU lists – second for career free throw accuracy (.820, 201-245), second for career 3-pointers (162), sixth for season 3-pointers (56 in 2001-02) and eighth for season 3-point accuracy (.386 in 2001-02). Her top season individually came as a junior when she averaged 13.1 points, 3.8 rebounds, 3.1 assists and was chosen honorable mention all-Ohio Valley Conference.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in corporate communications in 2004 and a master’s degree in athletic administration in 2006, both from EIU. She was an Eastern Illinois graduate assistant coach from 2004-06. She then worked in various roles for State Farm Insurance from 2006-17 and as an account manager for Pella Corporation from 2017-20. Since 2020, she has been a stay-at-home mother.

Sara Nord averaged 22.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 4.7 assists and 5.7 steals in pacing Jeffersonville to a 17-5 record as a senior en route to being named the 2000 Indiana Miss Basketball. Over four seasons playing for coach Rick Myers, Nord totaled 1,415 points (16.6), 291 rebounds (3.4), 635 assists (7.5) and 458 steals (7.5) in helping the Red Devils to a 69-17 ledger that included two Hoosier Hills Conference titles plus sectional and regional crowns in 1998.

She stands second on the Jeffersonville career scoring list and holds school records for season 3-pointers (55 as a senior), career 3-pointers (149), season assists (210 as a sophomore), career assists, steals in a game (13), season steals (130 as a sophomore) and career steals.In addition to being an Indiana All-Star, Nord was named AP first-team All-State, Louisville Courier-Journal first-team All-State and Jeffersonville News & Tribune Clark County Player of the Year as a senior.

The 1999 Junior All-Star also was two-time ICGSA first-team All-State, 1999 AP honorable mention All-State, 1999 Louisville Courier-Journal second-team All-State, three-time first-team all-HHC and four-time Jeffersonville News & Tribune first-team all-Clark County. She earned eight varsity letters in high school, four each in basketball and softball.Nord matriculated to the University of Louisville, where she stands 10th on the Cardinals’ career scoring list with 1,645 points and holds school records for career assists (852) and career assist average (7.2). She also is second in career steals (303), fourth in career 3-pointers (260), eighth in career free throw accuracy (.797) and ninth in career 3-point accuracy (.368). In addition, she posted three triple-doubles and 16 double-doubles in helping her team to a 71-47 ledger with one Conference USA regular-season title, one NCAA Tournament berth and one appearance in the Women’s NIT.

The 5-4 guard was named a WBCA honorable mention All-American and an AP honorable mention All-American as a senior when she averaged 16.3 points, 4.1 rebounds, 6.5 assists and 2.5 steals for a 20-10 team. The four-time first-team all-Conference USA selection – who played for coaches Martin Clapp, Sara White and Tom Collen – also was named to the C-USA all-freshman team and a freshman All-American when she tallied 14.1 points, 4.7 rebounds, 7.7 assists and 2.7 steals for a 19-10 squad in 2000-01.

Nord earned a bachelor’s degree in health and human performance from U of L in 2004. She was in training camp for the WNBA Washington Mystics in 2004 and played professionally in Portugal in 2004 and for the WNBL Birmingham Power in 2004-05. She was a college assistant coach at Tiffin University in 2005-06, a high school assistant at Jeffersonville from 2012-19 and 38-37 in four seasons as girls’ basketball head coach at Rock Creek Academy in Sellersburg from 2020-24. She has worked as a basketball skills trainer and since 2008, as manager of the Springhill Envision Center and Nachand Fieldhouse in Jeffersonville.

Nord was inducted into the University of Louisville Athletic Hall of Fame and she was one of 16 inaugural inductees on the City of Jeffersonville “Wall of Champions,” both honors being conferred in 2015.

Amie (Owsley) Ott averaged 28.1 points, 6.0 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 4.5 steals in leading Marion Lakeview Christian to a 17-8 record and a Class A sectional and regional titles as a senior. In four seasons, she totaled a school- and Grant County-record 2,076 points (22.6) plus 548 rebounds (6.0), 259 assists (2.8) and 394 steals (4.3) as coach Greg Whitton’s Lions went 70-22 with three sectional championships, two regional crowns and four Midland Athletic Conference Tournament titles.Earlier, Ott averaged 13.9 points, 5.3 rebounds, 2.3 assists and 4.3 steals for a 14-5 squad as a freshman, 18.5 points, 6.9 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 3.8 steals for a 20-4 team as a sophomore and 27.6 points, 5.5 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 4.6 steals for a 19-5 team as a junior. She netted a career-high 42 points against New Castle on Nov. 13, 1999, and a remarkable 118 points in three games over five days as a junior (40 vs. Tri-Central on Jan. 30, 1999; 38 points vs. Mississinewa on Feb. 2, 1999; and 40 points vs. Taylor on Feb. 3, 1999).

Ott was named AP high honorable mention All-State, Louisville Courier-Journal third-team All-State, IBCA first-team Academic All-State and ICGSA first-team Academic All-State as a senior. She also was chosen 1999 AP honorable mention All-State, two-time Marion Chronicle-Tribune first-team all-Grant County, 1998 Marion Chronicle-Tribune second-team all-Grant County and two-time all-Midland Athletic Conference.

The 5-7 guard then went to Indiana Wesleyan University, where she totaled 1,352 points (9.8), 345 rebounds (2.5) and 289 assists (2.1) in helping the Wildcats to a four-year ledger of 96-48 while playing for coach Steve Brooks. Ott was named an NAIA Academic All-American when she averaged 7.2 points, 2.6 rebounds and 2.6 assists as a senior for a 29-8 that reached the final 16 of NAIA Division II. She also tallied 9.3 points and 2.2 rebounds as a junior for another 29-8 squad that also reached the final 16 of NAIA Division II. She netted 11.2 points and 2.8 rebounds as a sophomore for a third 29-8 squad that won the National Christian College Athletic Association national tournament.

Ott earned a bachelor’s degree in nursing from IWU in 2004 and a master’s degree in nursing from IUPUI in 2007. She was employed as a nurse from 2004-07, as nursing instructor from 2006-11, as a personal trainer from 2014-17 and a school nurse from 2018-20. She has been a stay-at-home mother since 2020 and has coached seventh- and eighth-grade girls’ basketball at Mississinewa Middle School since 2022. She was inducted into the Grant County Sports Hall of Fame in 2014.

Jessica (Brock) Peelman averaged 18.5 points, 9.3 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 4.0 steals in pacing Rising Sun to a 25-3 ledger and Class A state runner-up as a senior. In four seasons, she totaled a school-record 1,719 points (17.5) plus 865 rebounds (8.8), 386 assists (3.9) and 352 steals (3.6) as the Shiners went 87-11 with three sectional titles, three regional crowns, one semi-state trophy and four Ohio River Valley Conference championships for coach Mark Fette. Peelman scored a career-high 37 points against Shawe Memorial on Feb. 8, 2000.

The 5-11 guard-forward was named AP high honorable mention All-State, Louisville Courier-Journal second-team All-State, all-State Finals, to the Hall of Fame Classic all-tournament team, played in the 2000 North/South Indiana All-Star Classic and the 2000 Rising Sun Outstanding Female Athlete as a senior. She also was four-time first-team all-ORVC and conference MVP, four-time all-sectional, three-time all-regional, three-time all-semi-state and four-time team MVP.

She earned 14 letters in high school (four basketball, four volleyball, four track, one cross country, one soccer), was two-time All-State in track & field in the high jump and 1999 ICGSA Class A All-State in volleyball.After high school, Peelman averaged 9.8 points and 5.3 rebounds in one season at Purdue-Fort Wayne for a 19-8 squad. She then transferred to Northern Kentucky University, totaling 508 points (5.6), 422 rebounds (4.6) and 130 assists (1.4) in three seasons with the Norse.

Those Nancy Winstel-coached teams went a combined 69-26 while winning one Great Lakes Valley Conference regular-season championship, qualifying for three NCAA Division II national tournaments and finishing as 2003 D-II national runner-up. Peelman is 15th on NKU list for career 3-point accuracy (.375, 78-208) and notched career highs of 20 points and 18 rebounds against Lewis University on Feb. 14, 2004. As a senior, she won the NKU Hustle Award, was a team captain and was selected GLVC all-academic.

Peelman earned a bachelor’s degree in education from NKU in 2004. She was a teacher at Dillsboro Elementary School from 2005-14 and has taught at Ohio County Elementary School since 2014. She coached girls’ basketball at Dillsboro Elementary from 2005-07, at Ohio County Middle School from 2014-22 and has been an assistant coach at Rising Sun since 2022. She also was a varsity volleyball coach at South Dearborn in 2005-06.

Abby Scharlow averaged 20.0 points, 4.2 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.9 steals in leading New Albany to a 23-2 season with sectional and regional trophies as a senior. That came after she tallied 14.5 points, 3.1 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 3.6 steals in helping the Bulldogs to a 28-0 campaign that included the Class 4A state title and Tournament of Champions crown as a junior. In four seasons, Scharlow totaled 1,219 points (12.2), 283 rebounds (2.8), 248 assists (2.5) and 281 steals (2.8) for squads that went 92-8 and won three sectionals, three regionals, one semi-state and the 1999 state banner for coach Angie Hinton.

A 2000 Indiana All-Star, Scharlow was AP high honorable mention All-State, ICGSA first-team All-State, Louisville Courier-Journal first-team All-State, IBCA honorable mention Academic All-State, team captain and team MVP as a senior. She also was a 1999 Junior All-Star, 1999 AP honorable mention All-State and three-time first-team all-Hoosier Hills Conference. She earned eight letters in high school (four in basketball and four in soccer) and was a three-time all-HHC pick in soccer.

After high school, Scharlow averaged 7.7 points, 2.2 rebounds, 2.1 steals and was chosen to the 2001 Midwestern Collegiate Conference all-newcomer team as a freshman at Cleveland State. She then transferred to Wisconsin-Green Bay, where she totaled 1,187 points (12.6), 430 rebounds (4.6), 367 assists (3.9) and 187 steals (2.0) in helping the Phoenix to a 78-16 record with three Horizon League regular-season championships, three HL Tournament titles and three NCAA Tournament appearances.

She was a two-time first-team all-HL and a two-time team MVP at Green Bay. Those honors came after she averaged 16.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 2.1 steals for a 23-8 team as junior as well as 13.4 points, 5.2 rebounds, 4.9 assists and 2.1 steals for a 27-4 squad as a senior for coach Kevin Borseth. Scharlow also was two-time academic all-HL, CoSIDA first-team Academic All-District V as a junior and CoSIDA second-team Academic All-District V as a senior.

Her four-year college totals were 1,402 points (11.5), 491 rebounds (4.0), 418 assists (3.4) and 245 steals (2.0) for teams that went 92-30.Scharlow earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from UWGB in 2005. She played professionally in Greece, with the NWBL San Diego Siege and in Finland, being named Finnish League Guard of the Year in 2007.

She was a college assistant coach at Valparaiso University from 2007-10 and Florida Gulf Coast University from 2010-14. She worked as a basketball skills trainer from 2014-16 and since 2016, has been employed in property management.

Lindsay Secrest averaged 28.8 points, 12.2 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 5.4 steals in leading Bloomfield to a 12-10 record as a senior. That came after a junior season where she tallied 26.4 points, 11.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists and 5.2 steals for a 13-10 squad. The team highlight came her sophomore season when she netted 12.7 points, 6.9 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 2.9 steals in helping the Cardinals to a 26-2 ledger and the Class A state championship. In four years, she totaled a school-record 1,788 points (18.6) plus 807 rebounds (8.4), 256 assists (2.7) and 390 steals (4.1) while playing for coach Paula Fettig.

A 2000 Indiana All-Star, Secrest was AP second-team All-State, ICGSA second-team All-State, Louisville Courier-Journal second-team All-State and a Street & Smith preseason All-American as a senior. The 1999 Junior All-Star also was a two-time Greene County Miss Basketball, a two-time Bloomington Herald-Times Player of the Year and selected two-time Terre Haute Tribune-Star first-team all-Wabash Valley, three-time all-Southwestern Indiana Athletic Conference and two-time team MVP. She earlier also was two-time AP high honorable mention All-State.

The 6-0 guard/forward set additional school records for points in a game (49 against Owen Valley on Feb. 5, 2000), season points (633 as senior), rebounds in a game (24 against Linton-Stockton on Nov. 17, 1998) and season free throw accuracy (.874 as senior). She was on teams that won two SWIAC regular-season titles and two SWIAC Tournament crowns as well as two sectionals, one regional, one semi-state and the 1998 Class A state championship. She earned 12 letters in high school (four basketball, four volleyball, one track, three softball), and the volleyball team won three sectionals, two regionals and one semi-state.

Secrest matriculated to Northern Illinois University, where she totaled 1,092 points (9.3), 312 rebounds (2.6), 173 assists (1.5) and 147 steals (1.2) for teams that went 57-61 in four seasons for coach Carol Hammerle. Secrest holds the NIU freshman record for points in a game (26 vs. Illinois State on Nov. 17, 2000) and shares the NIU freshman record for season 3-pointers (54). She also is in the top 10 of two NIU all-time lists – eighth in career 3-pointers (190) and ninth in career 3-point accuracy (.364) – and was the winner of the 2004 NIU Reese Leadership Award.

She earned a bachelor’s degree in fine arts from NIU in 2004 and completed a transition-to-teaching program at Oakland City University in 2018. She has been a girls’ basketball assistant coach at North Daviess and Bloomfield, a boys’ basketball assistant at North Daviess, a volleyball assistant at North Daviess and since 2019, the varsity girls’ tennis coach at North Daviess.

She worked in sales, graphic design and construction from 2006-10 and was a stay-at-home mother from 2011-16. Since 2017, she has been a teacher and coach at North Daviess. She enjoys painting and other artwork, and she created a mural in downtown Odon that commemorates the 2022 North Daviess boys’ basketball state champions.

Lynne Johnson – Thomas averaged 23.5 points, 7.3 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 4.8 steals in keying Corydon Central to a 21-4 ledger with Class 3A sectional and regional titles as a senior. She also averaged 21.2 points, 8.8 rebounds 2.0 assists and 4.1 steals for an 18-2 squad as a junior. Over four seasons, she totaled 1,731 points (19.4), 661 rebounds (7.4), 138 assists (1.6) and school-record 341 steals (3.8) in helping the Panthers to a 75-16 record with three sectional championships, one regional crown and four Mid-Southern Conference titles while playing for coach Michael Uhl.

Thomas also is second on school lists for career points, season points (541 as a senior), career rebounds, season steals (111 as a senior) and career field goal accuracy (.555, 635-of-1,144).A 2000 Indiana All-Star, the 5-11 forward was named AP third-team All-State and Louisville Courier-Journal first-team All-State as s senior.

She also was a 1999 Junior All-Star, 1999 AP honorable mention All-State, two-time ICGSA second-team All-State, two-time Louisville Courier-Journal honorable mention All-State, four-time first-team all-MSC, two-time MSC Player of the Year, four-time all-sectional and four-time team MVP. She had a single-game best of 34 points plus 11 rebounds and seven steals against Salem on Jan. 27, 1999. She also competed in cross country and was a two-time all-MSC selection, a two-time regional qualifier and a 1999 semi-state qualifier in that sport.

Thomas went to Bellarmine University, where she stands second with 1,711 career points (14.8), second with 232 career steals (2.0), third with 805 career rebounds (6.9) and added 279 assists (2.4) in helping coach Dave Smith’s Knights to an 80-36 record with two NCAA Division II national tournament appearances. Thomas was honorable mention all-Great Lakes Valley Conference as a freshman, second-team all-GLVC as a sophomore, junior and senior as well as three-time GLVC all-academic.She earned a bachelor’s degree in education from Bellarmine in 2005 and master’s degree in education from Indiana University-Southeast in 2008.

She was a graduate assistant coach at Bellarmine in 2005-06, a girls’ assistant at Corydon Central from 2006-08, an elementary and middle school boys’ coach off and on at South Central (Elizabeth) from 2009-19, and varsity girls’ coach at South Central (Elizabeth) from 2019-23.

She has been a teacher, coach and administrator for South Harrison Community Schools since 2005, serving as South Central (Elizabeth) athletic director since 2021. She was inducted into the Corydon Central Athletics Hall of Fame in 2018.

Anna Waugh averaged 22.5 points, 5.8 rebounds, 5.8 assists and 5.2 steals in leading Franklin Community to a 19-7 record and a Class 3A sectional championship as a senior. In four seasons, she totaled school records of 1,595 points (17.0) 410 assists (4.4) and 406 steals (4.3) as well as 408 rebounds (4.3) as the Lady Cubs went 70-26 with three sectional titles, two regional crowns, one semi-state trophy and a 1998 Class 3A state runner-up finish for coach Walt Raines.

Waugh averaged 14.3 points, 3.3 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 3.5 steals for the 21-6 state runner-up team as a sophomore. She tallied 18.7 points, 5.0 rebounds, 5.4 assists and 4.9 steals for a 17-6 regional and Johnson County Tournament champion as a junior. She also holds school records for points in a game (40 vs. Greenwood on Feb. 11, 2000) and points in a season (584 as a senior).

A 2000 Indiana All-Star, Waugh was named AP second-team All-State, ICGSA first-team All-State, MVP of the HBCA East-West All-Star Classic, to the Hall of Fame Classic all-tournament team and the Franklin Female Athlete of the Year as a senior. The 1999 Junior All-Star also was 1998 AP honorable mention All-State, two-time USA Today honorable mention All-USA, two-time IndyStar Super Team , three-time IndyStar first-team all-Metro South, two-time Metro South Player of the Year, three-time Johnson County Daily Journal first-team all-County, two-time Daily Journal Player of the Year and four-time first-team all-Mid-State Conference. She also played soccer as a freshman and golf as a sophomore.

After high school, the 5-8 guard played one season at Indiana University and a partial season at Franklin College. She averaged 6.5 points, 2.5 rebounds and 2.0 assists as a freshman at IU for a 20-11 team. After attending but not playing at Montana State as a sophomore, she then tallied 4.9 points, 1.9 rebounds and 1.2 assists in 13 games as a junior for a Franklin College squad that went 18-9.

Waugh earned a bachelor’s degree in general studies from IUPUI in 2007. She was a girls’ basketball assistant coach at Franklin Community from 2013-16 and a seventh- and eighth-grade coach at Franklin Middle School from 2016-20. She owned A.K. Hair Studio from 2012-22, worked in medical records from 2020-22, was a hair stylist from 2022 to early 2024 and since March 2024, has been a carrier for the U.S. Postal Service.

Natalie Yudt tallied 14.9 points, 5.1 rebounds and 2.8 assists in keying Portage to a 17-5 mark as a senior. In four varsity seasons, she totaled 832 points (10.1), 320 rebounds (3.9), 167 assists (2.0) and 125 steals (1.5) in helping the Indians to a 54-34 ledger with a 1999 Duneland Conference championship for coach Renee Turpa. She also averaged 13.1 points, 4.9 rebounds, 2.5 assists and 2.6 steals for a 14-8 team as a junior as well as 8.3 points, 3.8 rebounds and 2.0 assists for an 11-11 squad as a sophomore. Her career point total stands eighth on the Portage all-time scoring list.

A 2000 Indiana All-Star, Yudt was selected AP high honorable mention All-State, ICGSA second-team All-State, Louisville Courier-Journal honorable mention All-State, IBCA honorable mention Academic All-State and winner of the 2000 Hank Stram/Tony Zale Award for athletic and academic achievement as a senior. She also was a 1999 Junior All-Star, two-time Northwest Indiana Times first-team All-Area, two-time first-team all-Duneland Conference and two-time all-sectional. She earned eight letters in high school (four basketball, four golf), qualifying for the 1999 golf State Finals as an individual.

The 6-1 guard/forward matriculated to Wisconsin-Green Bay, totaling 633 points (6.7),244 rebounds (2.6) and 143 assists (1.5) as the Phoenix went 97-28 with one Midwestern Collegiate Conference regular-season co-championship, three Horizon League regular-season and tournament crowns, one Women’s NIT berth, three NCAA Tournament appearances and the program’s first NCAA Tournament victory.

Her top individual season came as a junior when she averaged 9.5 points, 4.0 rebounds and 1.9 assists for a 28-4 team for coach Kevin Borseth. Yudt played in just 10 games as a senior after suffering a career-ending knee injury. She was leading the nation in 3-point accuracy at time of injury (.606, 20-of-33), a mark that stands second on the UWGB season list.

She also is seventh on UWGB career list for 3-point accuracy list (.421, 88-of-209) and won 2004 UWGB JoAnne Jennings Award for hard work, overcoming barriers and success in the classroom.Yudt earned a bachelor’s degree in business administration from UWGB in 2005 and a master’s degree in social work from Loyola University in 2020.

She spent 10-plus years in the human resources field for hospital, telecom and health-care consulting firms. She then worked more than three years as a health system consultant focused on improving mental health. Since 2020, she has been a mental health and substance use therapist for Rogers Behavioral Health in Chicago.