NEW CASTLE – A class of 10 remarkable talents and a legendary undefeated state championship team will be welcomed as inductees when the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame celebrates their 15th Women’s Induction Class on Saturday, April 30.

Each inductee has also left their mark with successful careers in their respective lives off the court.

Deana Moren Baker, Bremen, 1982
Debbie Bolen, North Judson, 1988
Cheryl Dowell Crowell, Evansville Bosse, 1985
Mike Griffin, Scecina, 1962
John Harrell*, Huntington, 1964
Edna Rochner Hottell, Georgetown, 1929
Luanna Hill, Pike, 1978
Melissa Standley James, South Bend St. Joseph, 1986
Sonya Carter Washington, Gary Lew Wallace, 1985
Dana Wilkerson, Anderson, 1987
1986 Fort Wayne Northrop state championship team
* 2016 Indiana Fever Silver Medal Award recipient

In addition to these inductees, 18 women will be recognized as members of the Hall’s 2016 Silver Anniversary Team recognizing their spot as top graduating high school seniors of 25 years ago. The 1991 state champion Bedford North Lawrence Lady Stars will be remembered 25 years after their state title.

Brian Humphrey and Judy Phillips will be presented with the Center Circle Officials Award, recognizing their contributions as longtime officials dedicated to Indiana high school basketball.

The Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame’s Annual Women’s Awards Banquet will be held on Saturday, April 30. The evening ceremony will take place at the Primo South Banquet and Conference Center which is located on the south side of Indianapolis. Tickets for the dinner and awards ceremony remain available by calling the HOF office.

In addition, a free public reception will take place at the Hall of Fame museum in New Castle from 11 a.m. (EST) to 1 p.m.

Call the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame at (765) 529-1891 or visit www.hoopshall.com for more information.

Deana (Moren) Baker remains the all-time leading scorer at Bremen High School, after leading her team in scoring four seasons and totaling 1,259 points. She also set single season records in points (438), scoring average (19 ppg), FG attempts (378), FG made (156), FT attempted (173), FT made (126) and recoveries (212 steals) and graduated as the program leader in recoveries (403) and 2nd in assists. The leading scorer for three seasons at Eastern Mennonite University, she totaled 1,080 points in her three-year career, setting season (85.7%) and career (83.7%) free throw percentage records. She was named the 1986 Old Dominion Athletic Conference Player of the Year and a two-time honorable mention All-American and is an inductee in the EMU Athletic Hall of Fame. Following 25 years as a biotechnology / pharmaceutical consultant, she is currently an Assistant Professor of Biology with Thomas University. Holding two masters degrees in Science Education and Pharmacy from California State University and the University of Florida, she resides in Goshen.

Melissa Standley James helped South Bend St. Joseph’s to their first two girls basketball sectional championships before a record-shattering career at the United States Air Force Academy. A 1986 Indiana All-Star after helping St. Joe’s to 1985 and ’86 sectional championships and a 40-4 record over her junior and senior seasons, she totaled 895 career points and grabbed a school-record 647 rebounds as a two-time all-regional, two-time all-city and all-state player. A three-year leading scorer and four-year leading rebounder at Air Force, she remains their all-time leader in career points (1,738), rebounds (853), free throws made (460) and free throws attempted (667), set the career record in games started (103) and ranks 4th in career FG% (.502). She still holds season records in points (571), scoring average (20.4), free throws made (165) and free throws attempted (242). Standley was a three-time all-conference selection and voted 1990 all-district. An Air Force officer from 1990-1996, she has been a teacher over the last 15 years. Married with two children, she currently is a private tudor and women’s basketball coach at Al Udeid Air Base in the nation of Qatar, where she resides with her husband.