INDIANAPOLIS – Nineteen players have been selected for the IndyStar Indiana girls Junior All-Stars for 2017.

The Junior All-Stars will play two games against the IndyStar.com Indiana All-Star senior girls. Those games tentatively are set for June 6 and June 8 at sites to be announced later.

Among the group are Northridge guard Brooke McKinley and DeKalb guard Leigha Brown. McKinley, who led Northridge to its best-ever girls basketball season after its first trip to the semi-state, scored 13.9 points per game to go with 3.4 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 1.9 steals per night. The Raiders went 28-2 before losing to state champion Homestead in the Crown Point Semi-state. Brown was one of the more dynamic scorers in northern Indiana, averaging 22.9 points a game and made it a double-double with 10.8 rebounds per contest. Brown also chipped in 2.9 assists and 2.1 steals per game for the Barons.

The players listed as core group players will play in both games. The players listed as North group players will join the core group for one game, and the players listed as South group players will join the core group for the other game. It is not yet know which date will include the North and South players.

The Indiana senior All-Stars will play the Kentucky senior All-Stars on June 10 at Bankers Life Fieldhouse in Indianapolis and on June 11 at Central Hardin High School in Elizabethtown, Ky.

The Junior All-Star team is determined by the 22-member Indiana Basketball Coaches Association all-state panel in conjunction with its selection of the IBCA/Subway Underclass All-State Team. The selection process allows all IBCA-member head coaches to nominate players through the IBCA all-state process. Representatives from 16 regional areas from across the state plus six district representatives from the three IHSAA districts (two each from District 1, District 2 and District 3) then meet to review those recommendations, vote and finalize the selections.

The IBCA/Subway girls basketball Senior All-State and Underclass All-State teams for 2017 will be released later this week.

2017 INDIANA JUNIOR ALL-STARS
CORE GROUP
Name, Height, Pos., School
Angel Baker, 5-8, G, Pike
Jenasae Bishop, 5-8, G, East Chicago Central
Nia Clark, 5-9, G, Ben Davis
Amy Dilk, 5-10, G, Carmel
Katlyn Gilbert, 5-10, G, Heritage Christian
Kayana Traylor, 5-9, G, Martinsville

NORTH GROUP
Name, Height, Pos., School
Leigha Brown, 6-1, G, DeKalb
Emily Kiser, 6-3, F, Noblesville
Brooke McKinley, 5-10, G, Northridge
Keya Patton, 5-7, G, Cathedral
Taylor Ramey, 5-6, G, North Central
Blake Smith, 6-3, F, Carmel
* Ajah Stallings, 5-7, G, North Central

SOUTH GROUP
Name, Height, Pos., School, PPG
Mackenzie Blazek, 6-2, C, Whiteland
Cassidy Hardin, 5-10, G, Center Grove
Cali Nolot, 5-8, G, North Harrison
Rachel Stewart, 5-9, G, Eastern (Pekin)
Kyra Whitaker,  5-7, G, Greensburg
Michaela White, 6-0, F, Pike