Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Men's Silver Anniversary Team 1991/2016
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Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Men’s Silver Anniversary Team 1991/2016 Barker, Lance Columbus East Four-time all-sectional player led Columbus East to 1990 sectional championship title, plus named all-regional. Scored 1,755 career points and remains Columbus’ all-time leading scorer and ranks 94th on all-time IHSAA scoring list. Named AP and UPI honorable mention. Played four years at Valparaiso University where he was named Mid-Continent Conference Newcomer of the Year while leading the conference in three-point field goal percentage (.52%), finishing second in the nation in NCAA Division I basketball. Barker is a varsity assistant coach at Columbus North and also coaches Indiana Elite AAU team who won the 7th grade National Championship in Las Vegas this year. Along with coaching, he has been co-owner of Barker Brothers Plumbing since 2012. He is married with two children. Beathea, Daimon Elkhart Memorial 1991 Indiana All-Star. Three-time all-area, two-time all-conference, team MVP and McDonald’s Capital Classic All-American scored 1,228 career points at Elkhart Memorial. Member of 1989 regional championship team, averaging 10.4 points as a sophomore. Averaged 21.5 points and 10.7 rebounds as a senior. Four-year letter winner at Michigan State University, coached by Tom Izzo senior year and was named Team Defensive Player of the Year. Teams made two NIT tourneys and two NCAA tourney appearances, along with being 1995 Big 10 Runner-Up. Played six years professionally in Sweden, Portugal, Chile, Italy and in the United States. Coached college basketball at Ancilla, Dayton and Wisconsin- Green Bay. Was the owner and coach of the Elkhart Express international team, winning two championships with a 69-8 record. Also coached international team in China. Beathea is currently the President of World Vision Sports Management and resides in Leawood, Kansas. He is married with two children. Brantley, Brandon Andrean 1991 Indiana All-Star. Led Andrean to three sectional championships and was twice his team’s MVP. Averaged 10 points, 7 rebounds and 3 blocks per game as a sophomore, 17ppg, 12 rpg and 4 bpg as junior and 22ppg, 13 rpg and 4bpg his senior season, totaling 1,021 career points, graduating as school’s 2nd all-time leading scorer (Dan Dakich). Played in 129 games at Purdue University as a part of three Big Ten Championship and NCAA Tournament teams. Totalled 803 points, 591 rebounds and is Purdue’s 7th all-time leader in blocks (114). Won team’s “Courage” Award, “Play Hard” Award and shared 1996 team MVP honors. Played 10 years of pro ball in Europe in Spain, Italy, France, Finland, England and Greece. From 2006-2011, he served as JV coach at Ben Davis H.S. and since 2013 he has been an assistant coach at Purdue. Married, he resides in Lafayette. Evans, Brian Terre Haute South Vigo 1991 Indiana All-Star. 1st team all-state player scored 541 points his senior year and led Terre Haute South Vigo to 1991 state finals appearance, averaging 22.5 points and 11.4 rebounds a game under Hall of Fame coach, Pat Rady. Received scholarship from Bob Knight to Indiana University and was named all-Big Ten twice, plus 1996 Big Ten MVP. Member of four NCAA appearance teams, two Elite Eight, 1992 Final Four, and 1993 Big 10 championship teams. Finished IU career top 10 in scoring (1,701), rebounding (750), assists (332), steals (123) and blocks (54). Played nine years of professional basketball, was a first round 1996 NBA draft pick by the Orlando Magic (27th overall). He is now the owner of Precision Medical Group and Cavecycle. Residing in Carmel, he is married with four children. Elkins, Andy Evansville Bosse 1991 Indiana All-Star. Two-time 1st team all-state player scored 1,088 career points at Evansville Bosse and was named conference MVP. Led team to semi-state junior season averaging 19.9 points and averaged 24.9 points a game as a senior. Three-time all- conference player led the University of Evansville to back-to-back post season conference tourney championships and qualified for the NCAA tourney twice. Averaged 20.3 points per game as a senior and remains the fifth all-time scorer in University of Evansville history with 1,761 career points. He coached at Evansville Bosse from 1998-2005 and is currently an administrator/assistant athletic director at North Central High School. Residing in Zionsville, he is married with three children. Etchison, Tony Noblesville Four-year varsity starter for Hall of Fame coach Dave Nicholson, scored 1,357 career points and led Noblesville to back-to-back-to-back sectional titles. Named all-Hamilton County four years, all-sectional and all-regional three years, all-conference, all-Indianapolis Metro and Hamilton County Player of the Year twice, also Hoosier Basketball Magazine 1st team all-state. Averaged 22.8 points, five rebounds and four assists per game as a senior. Received scholarship from Mercer University, where he was a two-year starter earning all- academic honors four years and led the TransAmerican conference in three-point shooting. Etchison is an agent for Farm Bureau Insurance and also manages his home farm. Residing in his hometown of Noblesville, he is married with three children. Fleming, Marlon Southport 1991 Indiana All-Star. Compiled 1,204 points and 792 rebounds in career at Southport under Hall of Fame coach Bill Springer. Led the Cardinals to three straight sectional titles, also won 1990 regional and semi-state and the Marion County championship. Named 1st team all-state, 1st team all-county, 1991 Marion County Male Athlete of the Year, earned Carl “Blackie” Braden Scholarship for Most Outstanding Athlete and is Southport’s all-time leader in rebounds and field goal percentage. Also named 1991 Men’s Junior Olympic 1st team all-tournament in Jacksonville, Florida. Averaged 20.1 points at Parkland College and 10.2 points at Ball State University. He is currently the District/Field Manager of Sales and Operation at Auto Zone (Northern Indiana Region). Residing in Fort Wayne, he is married with four children. Freshwater, Jerry Marion Three-time 1st team all-conference player led Marion to three conference, three sectional and two regional championships. Named 1991 Grant County Player of the Year, Hoosier Basketball Magazine Top 40 and high honorable mention all-state. Scored 663 career points and averaged 9.3 points and 2.4 steals a game as a senior. Played four years at Southeast Missouri State tallying 394 career points and 367 assists. Named to the 1992 OVC All-Freshman Team and won back-to-back-to-back SEMO Holiday Tourneys. Averaged 5.7 points a game as a senior and ranks top five in career assists in university history. Was briefly a boys’ assistant coach at alma mater Marion before taking the girls’ basketball head coaching job in 2004 where he entered this season with a record of 136-103. Coached one Indiana All-Star and 11 players who have continued their basketball careers at a collegiate level. Along with coaching, he is the at risk coordinator at Marion Community Schools. Residing in Marion, he is married with five children. Gilbert, Chad Charlestown Three-year varsity starter scored 1,392 career points and averaged 26.9 points and 8.8 rebounds a game as a senior. Led Charlestown to two Holiday Tournaments, one conference and sectional championship title, also led 1990 team to best record in school history (21-3). The 1991 Conference Player of the Year was a McDonald’s All-American nominee and named twice to the Holiday Tournament all-tourney team. Named 1991 Holiday Tourney MVP and 1st team all-state by Louisville Courier-Journal, was also featured on the cover of Hoosier Basketball magazine 1991. Holds assist and free throw records at Charlestown. Played two seasons at Indiana State University and two at the University of Southern Indiana. A 2011 inductee into the USI Athletic Hall of Fame, put up most career points (1,011) and rebounds (506) by any two-year player in school history on teams that were 54-8 and won 1995 NCAA Division II National Championship. 264 wins and 51 losses in 13 years as head coach at Jeffersonville High School (both girls and boys), earned multiple Coach of the Year awards. Nine Conference titles, eight sectionals, five Elite Eight appearances and crowned 2011 4A girls state champions. Gilbert has been the Athletic Director at his alma mater, Charlestown, since 2013 and is married with one son. Henderson, Alan Brebeuf 1991 Indiana All-Star. Scored 2,419 career points at Brebeuf, he set the Marion County all-time scoring record and currently ranks eighth in IHSAA all-time scoring. Led Brebeuf to two sectional titles, one regional, one semi-state title and the 1991 state finals runner-up finish. Averaged 29.1 points and 14.0 rebounds as a senior, along with career averages of 25.4 points and 13.5 rebounds. Named two-time 1st team AP and UPI all-state, all-sectional, all-regional, all-semi-state, plus 1991 USA Today and McDonald’s All- American. At Indiana University, he led the team in rebounding all four years and remains their all-time leading rebounder (1,091). Graduated as the Hoosiers’ all-time leader in blocks (213) and remains 6th in career scoring (1,979), 5th in steals (148), 4th in field goals (763) and top 10 in field goal percentage (.540). A 1995 All-American, he was named 1st team all-Big 10, academic all-Big 10, a two-time team MVP, named to IU’s 15-man all- century team and inducted into Indiana University Hall of Fame in 2008.