NEW CASTLE, Ind. – Girls’ and women’s basketball in Indiana historically has seen a number of the top players in the nation. The 2025 Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame induction class is no different. The board of directors of the Hall proudly announces its 23rd women’s induction class, to be honored in ceremonies on Saturday, April 26, 2025.
Seventeen people are in the class, including 1998 Indiana Miss Basketball Kelly Komara of Lake Central. The class also includes former Indiana All-Stars Carrie (Mount) Roelle of Bedford North Lawrence and Anderson High School teammates Sarah Armington and Melina Griffin, seven other players, five coaches and one contributor – Martha Randel of Zionsville – as the Indiana Pacers/Indiana Fever Silver Medal winner. The Silver Medal is presented to a person who contributed to Indiana high school basketball in a role other than as a player or coach.
Four of five posthumous inductees are from the 1920s and 1930s era of Indiana girls’ basketball. They are Ruth (Hutchins) Parker of Griffith, Doris “Bill” (Smyers) Richards of Wabash, Sarah (MacGregor) Ward of Mt. Vernon (Posey)and coach Marcia Snow, who guided Wabash teams from 1926-35. A fifth posthumous inductee is Tom Earlywine, coach at Mt. Vernon (Fortville) from 1979-91.
The Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame’s 23rd Women’s Awards Banquet is planned for Saturday, April 26, 2025. The day’s events will include a reception at the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Museum in New Castle that afternoon with a banquet that evening at the Primo Banquet Hall in Indianapolis.
Seventeen people are in the class, including 1998 Indiana Miss Basketball Kelly Komara of Lake Central. The class also includes former Indiana All-Stars Carrie (Mount) Roelle of Bedford North Lawrence and Anderson High School teammates Sarah Armington and Melina Griffin, seven other players, five coaches and one contributor – Martha Randel of Zionsville – as the Indiana Pacers/Indiana Fever Silver Medal winner. The Silver Medal is presented to a person who contributed to Indiana high school basketball in a role other than as a player or coach.
Four of five posthumous inductees are from the 1920s and 1930s era of Indiana girls’ basketball. They are Ruth (Hutchins) Parker of Griffith, Doris “Bill” (Smyers) Richards of Wabash, Sarah (MacGregor) Ward of Mt. Vernon (Posey)and coach Marcia Snow, who guided Wabash teams from 1926-35. A fifth posthumous inductee is Tom Earlywine, coach at Mt. Vernon (Fortville) from 1979-91.
The Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame’s 23rd Women’s Awards Banquet is planned for Saturday, April 26, 2025. The day’s events will include a reception at the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Museum in New Castle that afternoon with a banquet that evening at the Primo Banquet Hall in Indianapolis.
| Name | High School | Year | ||
| Sarah Armington | Anderson | 1991 | ||
| Megan Boguslawski | Michigan City Elston | 1992 | ||
| Tom Earlywine* | Huntington Township | 1955 # | ||
| Melina Griffin | Anderson | 1992 | ||
| Kelly Komara | Lake Central | 1998 | ||
| Alan Maroska | Mt. Vernon (Fortville) | 1971 | ||
| Dave Miller | Bellmont | 1971 | ||
| Ruth (Hutchins) Parker* | Griffith | 1928 # | ||
| Carolyn Pieper | North Knox | 1971 | ||
| Kris (Booker) Rastrelli | Ft. Wayne Snider | 1993 | ||
| Doris "Bill" (Smyers) Richards* | Wabash | 1932 # | ||
| Carrie (Mount) Roelle | Bedford North Lawrence | 1991 | ||
| Marcia Snow* | Muskegon (MI) | 1921 # | ||
| Sylvia Spicer | Greencastle | 1973 | ||
| Lori (Castetter) Walton | Warren Central | 1984 | ||
| Sarah (MacGregor) Ward* | Mount Vernon (Posey) | 1926 # | ||
| Martha (Maiden) Randel | Thorntown | 1965 # |
