Groninger, Mangas, Secrest On Academic All-State Team
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INDIANAPOLIS – Warsaw seniors Dayton Groninger and Kyle Mangas, and Tippecanoe Valley senior Anne Secrest were named to the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association Academic All-State team Thursday. Receiving honorable mention were Meredith Brouyette of Tippecanoe Valley, Page Desenberg of Warsaw, Hannah Haines of Wawasee, Tim Conley of Wawasee, David McAtee of Manchester, and Zac Pitney of Triton. A total of 40 boys and 39 girls made the first team, and 315 student-athletes received honorable mention. The IBCA Academic All-State team is a program where academic prowess and athletic prowess both are considered in the selections. Items such as grade-point average, college board scores and academic class rank are considered along with athletic performance in areas such as points per game, rebounds per game and assists per game. "The quality of these student-athletes shows that success in academics and success in athletics are not separate entities," IBCA executive director Steve Witty said. "Rather, in many cases, a player's success in the classroom directly contributes to his or her success on the floor." IBCA-member head coaches from schools across the state may nominate their seniors who meet criteria that include a 3.5 GPA or higher on a 4.0 scale, a class rank in the upper 25 percent of one's class, an SAT score of 1,100 (on the reading and math sections) or an ACT score of 24. Once nominations are received, an IBCA committee reviews the information and determines awards for first team and honorable mention.
