Goshen’s Brynn Shoup-Hill was named an Indiana All-Star. InkFreeNews file photo by Mike Deak

By Mike Deak
InkFreeNews

INDIANAPOLIS – Not a bad way to end a career. Goshen’s Brynn Shoup-Hill has been the face of the RedHawks for her entire career, and now will be immortalized as an Indiana All-Star.

Shoup-Hill was named one of 14 Indiana All-Stars, the highest level a prep basketball player can attain in the state of Indiana. The Dayton University commit helped Goshen to an 18-4 mark and 7-0 run through the Northern Lakes Conference, Goshen’s first-ever outright conference championship.

Shoup-Hill numbers were exemplary, averaging 17.9 points, 9.1 rebounds, 3.8 blocks, 1.4 steals and 0.9 assists per game. She had eight double-doubles in 22 games, and had a standout 31 points, 19 rebounds and four blocks in a win over Oregon-Davis and had 22 points, eight rebounds, four steals, four blocks and two assists in a key NLC win at Warsaw.

Those chosen to the team will play three games in June, one exhibition game against the Indiana Junior All-Stars as well as home-and-home contests against the Kentucky All-Stars.

The 2021 Indiana Girls All-Stars, listed alphabetically, are: Ally Becki of Brownsburg, Madelyn Bischoff of Roncalli, Courtney Blakely of Hammond Noll, Katie Burton of Fishers, Kaitlyn Costner of Penn, Bridget Dunn of Carmel, Sydney Jaynes of Trinity Lutheran, Chloe McKnight of Bedford North Lawrence, Meg Newman of North Central, Vanessa Shafford of Linton-Stockton, Brynn Shoup-Hill of Goshen, Jayla Smith of Lawrence North, Trinity Thompson of Michigan City and Ariana Wiggins of Heritage Christian. Dunn is injured and is not expected to play in the games.

The coaches for the 2021 All-Stars will be the same staff that was to guide the All-Stars a year ago, as the 2020 All-Star events were canceled because of the COVID-19 pandemic. The head coach will be Jeff Allen of Bedford North Lawrence. He will be assisted by Donna Buckley of Noblesville and Doug Springer of Northridge.

The 2021 IndyStar Indiana Miss Basketball will be announced from within the group of All-Stars listed later this month.

The Junior-Senior exhibition game is set for June 9 at a site to be announced. The first game against Kentucky will be June 11 at the Owensboro SportsCenter in Owensboro, Ky. The final game against Kentucky will be June 12 at Southport Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. The games in Indianapolis are at Southport because Bankers Life Fieldhouse is unavailable this summer because of another phase of renovations that will be occurring there.