The Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame announced its 24th annual women’s induction class on Tuesday morning with a 12-member class that includes 1999 Miss Basketball April (McDivitt) Schilling and several former Indiana All-Stars.
The class will be honored in ceremonies on April 25. Here is a closer look at the class:
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Rosanne Bohman, North Decatur (1993): Bohman averaged 18.0 points, 9.4 rebounds and 6.2 blocked shots as a senior as she was named an Indiana All-Star. The 6-1 forward totaled 1,263 points, 820 rebounds and 432 blocks while keying the Chargers to a 56-25 record in 81 career games for coach Dennis Crowe. Bohman went on play four seasons at Notre Dame for coach Muffet McGraw, notching 9.8 points, 5.7 rebounds and 2.1 assists as a senior starter as the Irish went 31-7 and reached the NCAA women’s Final Four for the first time. She has worked as a production manager for Lloyds of Indiana in Indianapolis since 2006.
Arneetrice Cobb, Gary West Side (1986): Cobb averaged 22.0 points and 11.0 rebounds as a senior and totaled 1,303 points in 65 games over her four-year varsity career. Cobb attended Cowley County Community College in Kansas for two seasons, averaging 8.6 points as a freshman and 10.0 points and 4.8 rebounds while earning all-Jayhawk Conference honors and NJCAA all-Region 6 accolades as a sophomore for teams that went a combined 49-11. The 5-9 guard/forward then went to Kansas State, where she averaged 4.7 points and 2.7 rebounds as a junior and 4.4 points and 3.1 rebounds as a senior. Cobb later played one season for the Wichita-based Kansas Marauders in the Women’s Basketball Association.
Jill (Chapman) Daily, Blackford (1998): Daily set program records with 1,479 points, 1,072 rebounds and 305 blocked shots in 85 games over four seasons in leading the Bruins to a 52-44 record over four seasons. The 6-5 center averaged 23.9 points and 17.8 rebounds as a senior for a 16-7 team. At Indiana, she totaled 1,865 points, 970 rebounds, and 197 blocks over four seasons. She averaged 16.1 points, 9.1 rebounds, and 2.2 blocks as a senior as the Hoosiers went 17-14, won the Big Ten Tournament and played in the NCAA Tournament. She was chosen in the second round of the 2002 WNBA Draft by the Detroit Shock, averaging 1.9 points and 1.4 rebounds in 19 games that season. She also played professionally in Hungary and with the Colorado Chill in 2003-04.
Lanesville Eagles head coach Angie Hinton celebrates with her team after winning the IHSAA Class A championship Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023, at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis. Lanesville defeated Bethany Christian, 60-41, for the title.
Angie (Richards) Hinton, North Harrison (1982): Hinton compiled a 346-99 record in 19 seasons as a varsity coach with three state championships, winning the 1999 Class 4A crown at New Albany as well as 2023 and 2024 Class A titles at Lanesville. She went 173-73 in 11 seasons with the Bulldogs and 165-24 in seven seasons with the Eagles. A 1982 graduate of North Harrison, the former Angie Richards earned four letters each in basketball, volleyball and track and field. She attended IU-Southeast, earning a degree in education in 1986. Hinton coached New Albany from 1990-2001, a tenure highlighted by the 1999 Class 4A state champion and 1999 Tournament of Champions winner at 28-0. She was a girls’ assistant at North Harrison from 2014-18, helping coach daughter Hallie as the Lady Cats were Class 3A state runners-up in 2016 and 2017. She led Lanesville from 2018-25, winning two state titles. Her husband, Joe, is a former Floyd Central boys’ coach and 2011 Hall of Fame inductee.
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Kristen (Bodine) Lovell, Martinsville (1998): Lovell, a 5-10 guard, totaled 1,562 points, 484 rebounds, 452 assists and 373 steals in 95 games over four seasons as the Artesians compiled an 89-8 record, including 26-1 and 29-0 her last two seasons. The Indiana All-Star led Martinsville to two state championships – one in the final year of the non-class tournament in 1997 and the first Class 4A title and Tournament of Champions in 1998. As junior, she averaged 19.1 points, 6.5 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 4.7 steals. As a senior, she tallied 18.9 points, 5.0 rebounds, 5.9 assists and 5.0 steals. After high school, she initially went to Butler University. She averaged 9.1 points, 3.8 rebounds and 3.7 assists to earn Horizon League all-newcomer honors as a freshman for coach June Olkowski, then netted 12.2 points, 4.8 rebounds and 5.2 assists to collect second-team all-HL accolades as a sophomore for coach Wendy Gatlin. Bodine transferred to Indiana, where she averaged 8.9 points, 3.1 rebounds, 4.0 assists and was named team MVP as a senior. She currently is the dean of students at Franklin Central Junior High School.
Mary Jo Noon, Jeffersonville (1998): Noon averaged 25.2 points, 13.3 rebounds and 2.7 blocks as a senior in keying Jeffersonville to a 21-3 record with sectional and regional titles. The 1998 Indiana All-Star amassed career totals of 1,368 points, 818 rebounds and 167 blocks over four seasons for coach Rick Myers as the Red Devils went 65-17. She tallied 16.2 points, 10.6 rebounds and 2.5 blocks for a 15-5 squad as a sophomore as well as 22.5 points, 13.6 rebounds and 2.1 blocks for a 17-2 team as a junior. At Purdue, she totaled 1,008 points and 483 rebounds in 113 games for teams that went 107-27 and played in four NCAA Tournaments, including a 2001 national runner-up finish. Noon averaged 13.1 points and 5.4 rebounds as a junior and 11.0 points and 4.9 rebounds as a senior. She was selected in the third round of the 2003 WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks. Noon currently works as a field clinical specialist for Edwards Life Sciences Corp.
Lauren Rice, Peru (1996): Rice set school career records with 1,805 points, 1,024 rebounds, 294 steals and multiple shooting categories while leading Peru to a 57-24 record over four seasons. The 1996 Indiana All-Star had 50 games with 20-plus points, 20 games with 30-plus points and a career-best 41 points (on 8-of-18 shooting, one 3-pointer and 24-of-30 free throws) plus 14 rebounds as a junior against Mississinewa on Jan. 9, 1995. Rice averaged 24.6 points, 12.9 rebounds, 4.1 assists, 4.6 steals, 1.6 blocks and was named Hall of Fame Classic all-tournament as a senior for the 18-3 Tigers. Rice went to Duke University and totaled 790 points, 606 rebounds, 204 assists, 132 steals in 126 games as the Blue Devils went 100-32 over four seasons for coach Gail Goestenkors. She helped the Blue Devils to the national championship game in 1999, averaging 9.6 points, 6.9 rebounds, 3.2 assists and 1.8 steals for a 28-6 squad. Currently a competitive pickleball player as time allows, Rice won a national title in that sport in September 2025.
Todd Salkoski, Cambridge City Lincoln (1976): Salkoski compiled a 232-99 record in 14 seasons with two Class 2A state championships and two Class 2A state runner-up finishes as girls’ basketball coach at Shenandoah. During his tenure, the Raiders captured nine sectional trophies, five regional crowns and four semi-state titles in addition to the state results. He was a standout football and baseball player at Cambridge City Lincoln, earning honorable mention all-state honors as a senior quarterback. Salkoski started his career in education at Morristown as a teacher and coach, going 1-9 as varsity football coach in 1983. He moved to Shenandoah for the 1984-85 school year, posting a 40-32 record from 1985-91 as varsity football coach and 105-48-1 record from 1992-97 as varsity baseball coach. His girls’ basketball teams were 2A state champions in 2003 (at 24-5) and 2005 (at 22-5) as well as 2A state runners-up in 2001 (at 25-1) and 2002 (at 22-4). After stepping down as coach, Salkoski became the Shenandoah athletic director. He now is in his 16th year in that position.
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April (McDivitt) Schilling, Connersville (1999): McDivitt was named Miss Basketball in 1999 after averaging 22.4 points, 3.4 rebounds, 6.3 assists and 4.1 steals as a senior while leading Connersville to a 25-2 season and Class 4A semistate runner-up finish for third-year coach Larry Miller. In four seasons for the Spartans, McDivitt amassed career school records of 1,908 points, 554 assists, 446 steals, 673 total field goals and 271 3-pointers as well as 326 rebounds in 98 games for teams that went 86-12 with two Olympic Conference titles, four sectional trophies, two regional crowns and the 1995 Hall of Fame Classic championship. She also posted season school records, all as a senior, for points (606), assists (170), steals (130), total field goals (203) and 3-pointers (95). She went to the University of Tennessee, totaling 519 points (5.0), 151 rebounds (1.5), 196 assists (1.9) and 115 steals (1.1) in 104 games over three seasons for Pat Summit-coached teams that went 93-12, won three SEC regular-season championships, the 2000 SEC Tournament title and played in three NCAA Tournaments, including a 2000 national runner-up finish, a 2001 Sweet 16 effort and a 2002 Final Four appearance. McDivitt transferred to UC-Santa Barbara for her final college season, averaging 8.3 points, 3.2 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 1.8 steals as the 27-7 Gauchos won the Big West Conference and reached the NCAA Sweet 16 for coach Mark French. She and her husband, Ed Schilling, current men’s head coach at Pepperdine University and recently announced as a 2026 men’s Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame inductee, have two daughters – Ava and Callie.
April Traylor-Percy, Martinsville (1998): Traylor-Percy propelled Martinsville to state titles in 1997 and 1998, averaging 19.4 points, 7.3 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 4.6 steals as a junior for a 26-1 squad that won the last non-class title as well as 20.2 points, 6.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 3.6 steals as a senior for the 29-0 Artesians who captured the first IHSAA Class 4A crown. For her high school career, which included two sectional-winning seasons for coach Jim Porter at Eminence, Traylor-Percy totaled 1,930 points, 653 points, 248 assists and 482 steals in 99 games for teams that went 95-4. The 1998 Indiana All-Star, a 5-10 guard, totaled 1,503 points, 397 rebounds, 387 assists and 217 steals in 112 games over four seasons at Florida State. She averaged 15.1 points, 3.7 rebounds and 3.8 assists as a junior and 13.0 points, 3.6 rebounds and 2.8 assists as a senior. She worked as a teacher and coach in Florida for 21 years.
Eileen Weber, Washington Catholic (1994): Weber totaled school records of 1,879 points, 858 rebounds and 212 steals in 81 games over four seasons for teams that went 47-34 and won a 1991 sectional for coach Bill O’Brian. As a senior, she averaged 31.7 points, 14.9 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 2.8 steals. The 6-foot forward, a 1994 Indiana All-Star, went on to play at the University of Southern Indiana, where she stands second in career scoring (1,847), second in career field goals (705), third in career rebounds (842), fourth in career steals (188) and sixth in career steals (188). She netted 15.4 points, 6.4 rebounds, 1.3 assists and 1.9 steals as a junior for the 30-2 national runner-up squad and 17.8 points, 8.0 rebounds, 1.8 assists and 2.1 steals as a senior for a 26-2 team. Weber was a first-team Division II All-American in 1998.
Linda Yearby, Chrisney (1954): The 1954 graduate of Chrisney High School in Spencer County and current resident of Lake Panasoffkee, Fla., is an inductee as the 2026 women’s Silver Medal winner. Yearby played basketball at a time when girls did not play high school basketball. She did play eighth-grade basketball in 1949-50 for her the Midway Grade School boys’ team that went 15-7 and she was nicknamed “Hot Shot” by the captain. Midway was not allowed to play in the Spencer County Tournament because she was on the team, but Midway later won an invitational with her playing. As a freshman in high school, Yearby scored 103 points in two games in the Chrisney girls’ class tournament. After high school, Yearby was a 5-foot-5 guard on Dempsey Hovland’s barnstorming Texas Cowgirls from 1954 to 1958 where she was a player, coach and driver for a team that played nearly 200 games per season and traveled more than 40,000 miles annually. In 1958-59, she coached the Harlem Chicks, a barnstorming team of African-American players who played preliminary games for the Harlem Globetrotters. Yearby helped form the Shooting Stars barnstorming team in 1964, a squad that was renamed the Arkansas Lassies in 1970. The Lassies dissolved in 1977, but Yearby continued in basketball by offering skills camps and clinics until 2005. Over the years, she played in Canada, Mexico, Spain, Morocco and in every U.S. state except Hawaii. Yearby was inducted into the Indiana Sports Hall of Fame in 2023 and the Greater Evansville Basketball Hall of Fame in 2024. A street was named after Yearby in the Spencer County town of Midway on July 22, 2024.
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