25 Indiana standouts boost recruiting stock at Charlie Hughes showcase
Charlie Hughes turned into a stock-jump weekend as Baker-Lands, Coolman and other guards forced new recruiting conversations across Indiana.
1. Harper Baker-Lands, Plainfield
Harper Baker-Lands scored 40 points against Austin. In a field of more than 200 teams, the 6-foot-4 guard was one of the weekend’s clearest stock movers. With Noah Smith and Landon Gilliatt gone from Plainfield’s top-5 core, Baker-Lands answered with a 40-point game against Austin and showed he can carry the Quakers as both a scorer and primary handler.
2. Caleb Coolman, Penn
Caleb Coolman already owns an Oklahoma State offer and several mid-major looks. The 6-foot-5 point guard kept pushing himself into the top tier of Indiana’s 2028 class. Penn’s 50-45 win over Bloomington North reinforced that he can manage a young roster while still owning the offense.
3. Jeremiah Bellamy, Lawrence Central
Bellamy scored 12 of his team’s points after halftime in a 64-62 win over Brownsburg. He used the second half against Brownsburg to change the conversation around his scoring ceiling. The 6-4 senior is more than the 7.9-point, 5.7-rebound role player he was last season.
4. Kellen Crim, Morristown
Crim had the kind of weekend that can reshape a senior’s final summer. He poured in 42 against North Putnam and 32 more versus Garrett, building on a junior season in which he averaged 15.2 points and 3.8 assists on a 17-6 team.
5. Cooper Zachary, Fishers
Cooper Zachary buried 16 three-pointers across two games.
6. Jason Gardner Jr., Fishers
Gardner looked purposeful in Fishers’ blowout wins over Penn and Silver Creek, and he made a three in the second game to keep the pressure on defenses.
7. Micah Mohler, Austin
Micah Mohler left Austin with an Indiana scholarship offer in hand. The 6-5 guard scored 18 in one of Austin’s weekend games and has already shown he can take over, including a 33-point overtime performance against Plainfield in Prep Hoops’ evaluation.
8. Don Bowling III, Anderson
The 6-5 sophomore averaged 20.1 points and 6.5 rebounds, then backed up the numbers with motor, shot-making and pace-changing ability that made him one of the more impressive 2028 prospects on the floor.
9. Amarian Leggett, Blackford
Amarian Leggett averaged 26.3 points, 4.3 assists and 4.2 rebounds as a sophomore. He drew interest from Purdue, Notre Dame and others, and added 17 points in the game.
10. Jaylin Foster, Scecina
Foster’s weekend mattered because it showed how much a defensive wing can influence a team’s ceiling. The 6-6 junior finished with 22 points and gave Scecina another switchable piece in its fast-paced attack.
11. Derrick Cross Jr., Bloomington North
Cross took a shot to the head against Carmel and still kept producing. The 6-3 Junior All-Star averaged 19.4 points as a junior and shot 45 percent from three.
12. Landon Lampley, Pike
The 6-6 wing is ranked as Indiana’s No. 1 prospect in the 2028 class by Prep Hoops, has offers from Florida State, Mississippi State and Rutgers, and pairs that buzz with 14.7 points and 4.3 rebounds per game.
13. Cash Daniels, Carmel
Daniels was one of the calmest ball-handlers in the building and one of the smoothest. The 6-0 Carmel guard is an elite playmaker with the ball in his hands, and his 23-point game against Hamilton Southeastern earlier this season showed it.
14. Reece McKee, New Albany
McKee keeps showing why New Albany’s backcourt is loaded. He is one of the state’s quickest guards off the bounce, and he backed that up with 22 points in a win over Cathedral, forcing defenders to collapse before he could make the next read.
15. Joshua Henderson, Carmel
The 6-6 forward averaged 19.3 points and 7.1 rebounds in 17 games at University High. Now he is doing it at Carmel in front of bigger crowds during a live recruiting weekend.
16. Max Hopkins, Fishers
Hopkins may be the most unusual evaluation in the gym, because his football profile is already massive. The 6-8, 235-pound sophomore owns offers from Indiana and Purdue in football, but he is clearly good enough on the court to make college staffs ask how much upside he still has in basketball.
17. Karson Stoudemire, New Albany
The sophomore guard was part of New Albany’s 4-0 weekend.
18. Nash Sigmund, Decatur Central
Sigmund’s calling card is perimeter shooting, and that reputation held up again. He is one of the better three-point shooters in the state, and his role as a varsity captain gives Decatur Central a steady 2027 guard who can space the floor and keep possessions moving.
19. Makeil Baker, Decatur Central
Baker is one of three junior guards who help give Decatur Central its identity. The 5-10 point guard averaged 12.7 points and 3.1 assists, and his ability to hit shots, including two threes against Whiteland, keeps him in the conversation as a lead-guard stabilizer.
20. Bo Washington, Pike
Washington is the kind of point guard who makes Pike look organized even when the pace turns chaotic. He is a true floor general who consistently got downhill.
21. Brody Baker, Harrison
Baker’s production is the argument for keeping him high on any watch list. The 6-1 guard averaged 19.0 points and 4.8 assists, a heavy enough load to show he can create offense as both a scorer and table-setter.
22. Jaxon McKain, Boonville
McKain stands out because he is a multi-sport athlete with a real basketball frame. Listed at 6-3 and 195 pounds, he plays basketball, baseball and football, and that kind of versatility makes him a natural fit for programs looking for toughness and size on the wing.
23. Tait Wetzel, Heritage Hills
Wetzel gives Heritage Hills a true interior presence in the 2027 class. At 6-6 and 215 pounds, he was a big-time paint presence on both ends.
24. Vincent Nover, Carmel
Nover made the most of the home-floor spotlight with a smooth, efficient weekend. Carmel’s 6-4 guard posted 11 points, six rebounds, four steals and three assists in one game, then followed with 23 points, five rebounds, three assists and three steals in the next.
25. Griffin Quesenberry, Center Grove
Quesenberry’s weekend mattered because it widened the frontcourt conversation in the 2028 class. The 6-6 big has the frame and length to stay on college radars.
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