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Austin Parkinson was named to the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame's 2025 Silver Anniversary Team on Tuesday. The Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame Board of Directors selected eighteen men based on their outstanding accomplishments as a senior basketball player 25 years ago.
Parkinson averaged 20.4 points, 4.9 rebounds, 8.5 assists and 3.6 steals as a senior in keying Northwestern to a 16-6 record. Over four seasons, he totaled 1,667 points (17.3), 431 rebounds (4.6), a school-record 678 assists (7.2) and a school-record 371 steals (3.9) as the Tigers went 77-17 with one Mid-Indiana Conference championship, two sectional crowns, one regional title and three Howard County Tournament trophies.
A 2000 Indiana All-Star, Parkinson was a McDonald's All-America nominee, AP third-team All-State, IBCA second-team All-State, Louisville Courier-Journal second-team All-State, IBCA honorable mention Academic All-State and won his school's Outstanding Academic Achievement Award as a senior. The 1999 Junior All-Star also was 1999 Louisville Courier-Journal honorable mention All-State, 1998 AP high honorable mention All-State, two-time IBCA first-team Underclass All-State, four-time Kokomo Tribune first-team All-Area, four-time Mid-Indiana Conference Player of the Year, four-time all-Howard County, four-time all-sectional, four-time team MVP and a four-time NIAAA Scholar-Athlete Award winner.
The 6-0 guard went on to Purdue, where he tallied 258 points, 203 rebounds, and 386 assists while helping the Boilermakers to a 66-58 record for coach Gene Keady. Parkinson led the team in assists as a sophomore (140) and senior (119) and posted a career-high 12 assists (with no turnovers) against Penn State on Feb. 4, 2004. He stands 14th on Purdue's career assist list and was the winner of the 2002 Purdue Doc Combs Play Hard Award, the 2003 Purdue Courage Award and a 2004 Purdue Red Mackey Award. He was named Academic All-Big Ten in 2004 and played for teams that qualified for the 2003 NCAA Tournament, won the 2003 Great Alaska Shootout and were selected for the 2001 and 2004 National Invitation Tournaments.
The entire team includes 11 members named to the 2000 Indiana All-Star squad. Seven other all-state players are included to recognize the top of Indiana's high school class of 2000
2000 Indiana All-Stars include Mr. Basketball Jared Jeffries, Michael Bennett, Brett Buscher, Steve Drabyn Jr, John Hamilton Jr., Andre Owens,
Austin Parkinson, Shane Power, Zach Randolph, John Standeford and Aaron Thomas
The remaining seven, named to various all-state teams are Braden Bushman, Ron Dokes, Mark Drake, Adam Mark, Mickey McGill, Bryant Northern, and Corey Seegers.
2025 Men's Silver Anniversary Team members will be honored at the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame's 63rd Men's Awards Banquet on Wednesday, March 19, 2025
A midday reception, free and open to the public, will be held at the Hall of Fame Museum in New Castle. The evening banquet will take place at the Primo Banquet Hall, which is located on the south side of Indianapolis.
Indiana Basketball HOF 2025 Silver Anniversary Team
Name - High School
Michael Bennett - Brebeuf Jesuit
Brett Buscher - Chesterton/Whiting
Braden Bushman - Mississinewa
Mark Drake - Shelbyville
Ron Dokes - South Bend Riley
Steve Drabyn Jr. - LaPorte
John Hamilton Jr. - Greenfield-Central
Jared Jeffries - Bloomington North
Adam Mark - Bremen
Mickey McGill - Rossville
Bryant Northern - Jeffersonville
Andre Owens - Perry Meridian
Austin Parkinson - Northwestern
Shane Power - Andrean
Zach Randolph - Marion
Corey Seegers - Columbus North
John Standeford - Monrovia
Aaron Thomas - Northridge
