Hamilton Southeastern guard Maya Malusky is top vote-getter on Associated Press all-state girls team
Maya Makalusky, the 6-foot-4 shooting guard, spurred the Royals charge. She averaged 22.1 points and 6.8 rebounds while shooting 40.1% from 3-point range and leading HSE to a 27-1 mark. She was so good, she won the coveted IndyStar Miss Basketball Award and was selected by Gatorade MaxPreps as the state's player of now.
Now she owns another title — top vote-getter on The Associated Press all-state team.
Makalusky received the most votes from a panel of sportswriters, broadcasters and coaches around Indiana. Players are chosen regardless of grade level or the class in which their schools compete.
The top five selections comprise the first team with the next 10 earning second and third-team honors and the next 25 receiving high honorable mention status.
Makalusky was joined on an all-senior first team by Jaylah Lampley of Lawrence Central, Meredith Tippner of Noblesville, Kira Reynolds of South Bend Washington and Addison Baxter of Columbia City. Lampley also made the first team last year.
Makalusky, who will play for the Indiana Hoosiers next season, and Reynolds were both second team picks last year.
Lampley is heading to Mississippi State while Tippner is going to Miami (Fla.) and Baxter is Butler bound. Reynolds recently decommitted from Purdue.
Brownsburg senior center Avery Gordon, who is a Purdue signee, led the second-team choices. The others are McCutcheon sophomore Lillie Graves and three juniors — Myah Epps of Homestead, Joslyn Bricker of Warsaw and Lola Lampley of Lawrence Central.
The third team is junior-heavy, led by Makalusky's teammate, Kennedy Holman. She's joined by Lillian Barnes of Valparaiso, Madalynn Shirley of Evansville Central and Brooklynn Renn of Silver Creek. Pendleton Heights senior Kaycie Warfel also made on the third team after finishing her career by topping the 2,000-point mark.
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