Press ReleaseĀ
(Bartlesville, Ok)- June 16, 2012 marks the 17th annual event of Oklahoma Indian All-State basketball. Since the inaugural games in 1996, the Indian All-State Games have played host to over 900 of Oklahoma’s most talented American Indian High school seniors. Many of who have gone on to distinguished University careers. These exciting games provide a way of recognizing the Native American student athletes with exceptional abilities. Each year well over 100 nominations are recieved with only 24 boys and 24 girls chosen. The student athletes chosen this year represent many tribes across the state as well as some tribes out of state. The players are selected on the basis of their individual basketball, academic, and extracurricular records. To be selected to Oklahoma Indian All-State is in recognition of hard work, dedication, and accomplishments of our Oklahoma Native American student athletes.
The games will take place Saturday, June 16th, 2012 at Oklahoma Wesleyan University in Bartlesville. The girls’ game will start at 6:00 P.M. CST followed by the boy’s game. Adult admission is $6 and students $3
GIRLS FIRST TEAM OKLAHOMA INDIAN ALL-STATE BASKETBALL 2012
Player | School/City | Tribe(s) |
Barnwell, Kelsey
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Kansas
|
Cherokee
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Buxton, Traycee | Wetumka | Muscogee |
Cowan, Courtney | Kansas | Cherokee |
Cruz, Ana | Canton | Cheyenne |
Glover, Jodi | Ft. Gibson | Chickasaw/Choctaw |
Graham, Jade | Rock Creek | Choctaw |
Grant, Raquel | Wewoka | Muscogee |
Green, Lashanda | McAlester | Choctaw |
Harrison, Shanna | Adair | Cherokee |
Hensley, Billie | Riverside Indian | Kiowa |
Hillebrand, Brianna | Howe | Choctaw |
Holloway, Chaislyn | Stillwell | Cherokee |
Jackson, Mariah | Del City | Kiowa |
Kelly, Kelsie | Tushka | Chickasaw |
Loffer, Taylor | Locust Grove | Cherokee |
Logan, Hali | Oktaha | Cherokee |
McKinney, Lucia | Graham | Absentee Shawnee/Muscogee/Potawatomi/Seminole |
Miles, Cherylyn | Hominy | Osage/Kiowa |
Moore, Jessica | Shidler | Osage |
Ritter, Megan | Jay | Cherokee |
Stout, Kami | Porum | Cherokee |
Tsonetokoy, Ashley | Carnegie | Kiowa |
Williams, Kati | Anadarko | Navajo |
Wright, Torrie | Silo | Choctaw/Chickasaw |
BOYS FIRST TEAM OKLAHOMA INDIAN ALL-STATE BASKETBALL 2012
Player | School/City | Tribe(s) |
Bailey, Eli
|
Byng
|
Chickasaw
|
Bills, Phoenix | Edmond Santa Fe | Seminole/Creek/ Cherokee/Osage |
Brown, Jared | Howe | Cherokee |
Buckley, Johnathon | Kellyville | Muscogee |
Clemmons, John | Stonewall | Chickasaw |
Collins, Jerry | Carnegie | Wichita/Kiowa |
Cowan, Corey | Kansas | Cherokee |
Fish, Michael | Kiefer | Muscogee |
Garner, Reuben | Watts | Cherokee |
Harjo, John | Sasakwa | Seminole/Creek |
Lawmaster, Brien | Watts | Cherokee |
Lee, Kyler | Okemah | Muscogee |
Mattingly, Brian | Moyers | Cherokee |
Murrell, Dylan | Stillwater | Iowa/Kickapoo |
Nichols, Darryl | Muldrow | Cherokee |
Pickering, Derrick | Kellyville | Kaw |
Powell, Cameron | Stillwell | Cherokee |
Sands, Jeremy | Graham | Muscogee |
Scott, Erick | Caney Valley | Deleware/Cherokee |
Shelly, Robert | Locust Grove | Choctaw |
Stewart, Landon | Nowata | Deleware/Cherokee |
Ulloa, Timothy | Indiahoma | Comanche |
Walker, Lance | Coalgate | Choctaw |
Wilson, Tracey | Woodland | Cherokee |