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Former HN Lady Viking named to special HOF team

The Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame has announced the 2022 Silver Anniversary Team, which includes 18 women chosen based on their “outstanding accomplishments as a senior basketball player” 25 years ago. One member of that team, Abbi Wilson Rosen, is a Huntington North High School (HNHS) graduate.

Rosen was a Hall of Fame ICGSA all-state and 1996 Indiana Junior All-Star after 1,255 career points, a school record of 901 rebounds and 314 blocks at HNHS. She set a season rebound record of 264, graduated third in career scoring and fifth in both season scoring and career FT percentage. She also recorded the first triple-double in HNHS school history with 20 points, 10 rebounds and 13 blocks.

Rosen averaged 17.1 points and 10.4 rebounds her senior season, 13.5 points and 10.2 rebounds as a junior and 11.0 points and 7.5 rebounds as a sophomore on the 1995 state championship team. She has played for teams that went 91-12, winning four sectional titles, three regional championships and the 1995 state title. She was a three-time, all-conference and all-sectional champion, and a two-time all-regional and all-semistate champion.

At the University of South Florida, Rosen played in 66 games over three seasons. She earned a degree in elementary education and graudated cum laude. After working outside the home for 20 years, she is currently a stay-at-home mother with three children and resides in Fishers.

The entire Silver Anniversary team includes 13 members of the 1997 Indiana All-Star squad, among them being Indiana’s Miss Basketball. There are five other all-state players included to comprise the best of Indiana’s high school class of 1997.

All members of the 2022 Silver Anniversary team include:

• Miss Basketball Lisa Shepherd Stidham.

• Katie Douglas.

• Candace Crawford Hall.

• Ruth Riley Hunter.

• Jenny Martin.

• Katrina Merriweather.

• Liz Stansberry Mitchell.

• Staci Mueller.

• Julie Schrader.

• Constance Murdock Sherrod.

• Andi Speer.

• Tamie Stiner.

• Amber Holle Williams.

• Erica Cory.

• Shannon Layne.

• Gretchen Miles.

• Abbi Wilson Rosen.

• A.J. Whitehead.  

All Women’s Silver Anniversary Team members will be honored at the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame’s 20th Women’s Awards Banquet on Saturday, April 30, 2022.

The ceremony will take place at the Primo Banquet Hall, which is located on the south side of Indianapolis.  Tickets for the event are available online now. Call the Hall at 765-529-1891 or e-mail info@hoopshall.com for more information.