NBA All-Star ‘Rising Stars’ unveiled
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The Indianapolis NBA All-Star 2024 Host Committee on Wednesday unveiled the newest members of its All-Star Rising Stars group. The individuals will each receive a $2,400 scholarship to be used toward their postsecondary education.
The Rising Stars were nominated by the organizations selected for the NBA All-Star Legacy Grants.
When the NBA All-Star Game in Indianapolis was originally set to take place in 2021, the host committee announced 21 Legacy Grant recipients and recognized 21 Rising Stars. That number was upped to 24 when the game was rescheduled for 2024.
The newest Rising Stars announced Wednesday are in addition to the 21 individuals named three years ago.
“Recognizing 21 Rising Stars in 2021 for leadership in their schools and communities was extraordinary,” Rick Fuson, NBA All-Star Board of Directors and Pacers Sports & Entertainment CEO, said in a news release. “We are honored to recognize 24 additional students as they are both a testament to their schools, selves, and communities and to the commitment of our Legacy Grantees to serving the youth in their communities.”
The initial recipients of the NBA All-Star Legacy Grants were unveiled in 2020 with the three additional recipients announced last year. Each grant is worth up to $50,000 for brick-and mortar projects focused on health and wellness or education with an estimated impact on 90,000 youth statewide.
The new NBA All-Star Rising Stars are listed below. You can learn more about each individual by clicking here.
| Legacy Grantee | Rising Star | High School (Location) |
| A Kid Again | Megan Broviak | Noblesville High School (Noblesville, IN) |
| Agape Therapeutic Riding Resources | Cade Mahin | Morristown High School (Morristown, IN) |
| Aspire House | Autumn Joshua | Believe Circle City High School (Indianapolis, IN) |
| Boys & Girls Club of Lawrence County | Destiny Morales | Bedford North Lawrence High School (Bedford, IN) |
| Boys & Girls Club of Noblesville | Kathy (Zee) Melinger | Noblesville High School (Noblesville, IN) |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Greater Northwest Indiana | DeAndre Cooper | Hammond Central High School (Hammond, IN) |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of Marshall County | Sarah Stine | Bremen High School (Bremen, IN) |
| Boys & Girls Clubs of St. Joseph County | Tala Tannir | Career Academy South Bend (South Bend, IN) |
| Chances and Services for Youth | Aarna Koduru | Terre Haute South Vigo High School (Terre Haute, IN) |
| Christamore House | Isaac Robertson | North Central High School (Indianapolis, IN) |
| Concord Neighborhood Center | Charlize Pruitt | Christel House at Manual (Indianapolis, IN) |
| Dream Center Evansville | Brayden Huebner | Evansville North High School (Evansville, IN) |
| Duneland Family YMCA | Zoe Trakas | Chesterton High School (Chesterton, IN) |
| Friends of Historic Vernon | Alexis Carson | Jennings County High School (North Vernon, IN) |
| Hawthorne Community Center | Jayla Williams | Ben Davis High School (Indianapolis, IN) |
| Indy Public Safety Foundation | Rashon Butts | Crispus Attucks High School (Indianapolis, IN) |
| Jameson Camp | Fatoumata Sow | Ben Davis High School (Indianapolis, IN) |
| Jay County Boys & Girls Club | Gage Sims | Jay County Jr-Sr High School (Portland, IN) |
| Knightstown Kids Inc. | Baeli Renie | Knightstown Community High School (Knightstown, IN) |
| L & A Park Foundation | Lacey Pickering | Delphi Community High School (Delphi, IN) |
| Project H.O.P.E. | Devon Kelley | Liberty Christian High School (Anderson, IN) |
| Turnstone Center for Children and Adults with Disabilities | Elliott Mohre | Edon Northwest (Edon, OH) |
| Washington County Family YMCA | Delainey Predmore | Salem High School (Salem, IN) |
| White’s Residential & Family Services | Carrie Collins | Southwood Junior-Senior High School (Wabash, IN) |