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Gilliard, Lampley head IndyStar's Central Indiana girls super team

Gilliard and Lampley sit atop a super team that exposes where Central Indiana girls basketball talent is clustering, and which schools are steering the title race.

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Gilliard, Lampley head IndyStar's Central Indiana girls super team
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1. Gracyn Gilliard, Center Grove

Gilliard is the player who turns this list from a talent check-in into a power statement. She became the first Center Grove player voted IndyStar Miss Basketball after averaging 25.6 points for an undefeated Class 4A champion, and her final line, 1,898 points and 336 steals, shows why her season carried statewide weight. Center Grove’s first girls state title since 1996 gave her case an edge that went beyond scoring; it was the profile of a senior who finished a perfect run with the sport’s biggest individual honor.

2. Lola Lampley, Lawrence Central

Lampley is the cleanest counterweight to Gilliard because her résumé is built on both recognition and expectation. The Lawrence Central guard finished second in Miss Basketball voting and had already won MVP in the 2024 Indiana All-Stars Girls Futures Game, a reminder that her name has been near the top of the state conversation for a while. With Lawrence Central seniors Keke Butler and Aniyah McKenzie also previewing a season built around another title push, Lampley sits at the center of the region’s deepest talent cluster.

3. Laniah Wills, Lapel

Wills gives the super team one of its most compelling stories because the numbers and the meaning line up. She passed 2,000 career points in December 2025, a milestone that puts her among the most prolific scorers in the area, and her Butler commitment gives Lapel a player whose impact reaches beyond one small-school program. IndyStar also highlighted her tattoo honoring the late Fred Garland, which adds a personal layer to a résumé that already says she belongs in the same conversation as the larger-school headliners.

4. KK Holman, Hamilton Southeastern

Holman represents the recruiting side of the Central Indiana power map, where production, visibility and college interest overlap. IndyStar has tracked her through recruiting coverage, ESPN rankings and her AAU connection with Lilli Barnes, which is exactly the kind of paper trail that usually belongs to elite prospects long before the next signing day. Hamilton Southeastern stays in the mix here because Holman keeps the Royals connected to the state’s broader talent pipeline, even as other schools grab more of the championship spotlight.

5. Lawrence Central’s core, and what it says about the region

The biggest concentration of talent on this super team is Lawrence Central, where Lampley, Butler and McKenzie all sit inside the same program’s orbit. That matters because IndyStar’s ALL-USA Central Indiana Super Team is built from coach nominations and comments, individual statistics and team performance, and the Bears’ footprint shows how much of the area’s best talent is concentrated in one school rather than spread evenly across the map.

The most surprising part of the list is not a single omission so much as the way it confirms the balance of power has shifted into a handful of places: Greenwood, Indianapolis, Lapel and Fishers all matter, but Lawrence Central is the program that most clearly stacks elite pieces in one place. With the season beginning Nov. 3, 2025 and ending with four state champions crowned on Feb. 28, 2026, this super team captures the real story of Central Indiana girls basketball: the talent is deep, but the championship pressure is now being carried by a few schools that can afford to dream bigger.

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