Mt. Vernon senior Charlie Cross raises the trophy and celebrates with teammates after the Marauders won the 2025 4A Sectional 9 championship. It was announced Tuesday that Cross and MV student manager Natalie Hudson would receive IBCA scholarships.
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Mt. Vernon’s Charlie Cross and Natalie Hudson were among the 40 Indiana high school seniors named winners of 2025 scholarship awards from the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association, it was announced Tuesday.
Cross was a senior on the Marauders regional champion boys basketball team and Hudson was a student manager for the team.
The IBCA — a statewide coaches group with about 2,400 members — this year is presenting a grant of $500 to each recipient in the names of Marion Crawley, Junior Mannies, Pat Aikman and Steve & Jeanie Witty.
Through the years, the IBCA has awarded about $820,000 in scholarships to Indiana student-athletes.
Cross and Hudson received Crawley Scholarships.
A total of 34 Crawley Scholarships were presented to 16 boys players, 12 girls’ players, four student managers and two team statisticians.
The boys’ recipients, along with Cross, for 2025 are Mason Bales of Northridge, Keyton Barnes of Gary West Side, Logan Boone of Union County, Zac Buell of Northview, Jack Campbell of Mt. Vernon (Posey), Tyler Champion of Hamilton Heights, Fletcher Cole of Paoli, Gentry Groves of Cowan, Peyton Hofer of East Central, Kai Kunz of Jasper, Zander McHenry of Connersville, Colton Phillips of Perry Meridian, Josiah Rice of Lakeland Christian, Colton Stowers of Washington and Caleb Wright of Sheridan.
Student manager recipients along with Hudson are Andrea Davidson of White River Valley, Meghan Jackson of Indianapolis Cathedral and Dudley Smith of East Central, The statistician recipients for 2025 are Drew Bush of LaPorte and Myles Susott of Tecumseh.
The girls’ recipients for 2025 are Addison Bowsman of Twin Lakes, Alexus Bryant of Christian Academy of Indiana, Addisyn Lambert of Oldenburg Academy, Emily McCrea of Prairie Heights, Keragan Spry of Madison, Brynna Walton of White River Valley, Lauryn Adamson and Lydia Maurer of Gibson Southern, Shelby Allen and Hadley Crosier of Lanesville, and Kalissa Jackson-Dietzer and Mylie Walton of Speedway.
Criteria for the Crawley Scholarship includes achievement in basketball, achievement in academics, participation in extracurricular activities and service to one’s school and community. Crawley was a former four-time boys basketball state championship coach and first executive director of the IBCA.
Ben Ferguson of Columbus North is the lone winner of a 2025 IBCA Junior Mannies Scholarship. Ferguson has battled cystic fibrosis to be a key member of the Bull Dogs’ team.
Mannies Scholarships are presented to students who have a physical handicap but have contributed to their respective school’s athletic program. Mannies won over 300 games as the basketball coach at Delphi, Mississinewa, Lewis Cass and Elwood.
Three players — Meah Dalrymple of the North Daviess girls’ team, Clara Hawk of the Eastern Greene girls’ team and Dylan Springer of the Northridge boys’ team — are recipients of the 15th annual Pat Aikman Character and Leadership Awards. This scholarship is named for Aikman, the Indiana All-Star games director from 1988-2007 and former IBCA Coordinator of Special Projects.
Abigayle Clayton of Hamilton Southeastern and Nate Luce of Wapahani, both players for successful programs, are winners of the Steve & Jeanie Witty Scholarship, named for the IBCA’s current executive director emeritus and his late wife.
The Witty Scholarship awards go to student-athletes who are the child of a current-year IBCA-member coach who plans to pursue a career in education/coaching or a something in a medical field such as a physician, physician’s assistant, nurse or medical technician.
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