Players to track during Indiana All-Stars week for Purdue women's basketball, plus two 2026 offers
Junior All-Stars, Future Games and Indiana-Kentucky All-Star game feature plenty of Boilermaker connections
It’s All-Star week in the state of Indiana where a handful of events highlight the present but also the future talent in the state. Plenty of Purdue targets are scheduled to see action:
SUNDAY
The Indiana-Kentucky Junior All-Star game (2 p.m.) at Scottsburg starts the activities.
Meredith Tippner, the 2025 standout from Noblesville, received a scholarship offer in May from coach Katie Gearlds. Tippner is part of the core group of the Junior All-Stars and will also play Wednesday against the Indiana All-Star team in Kokomo.
The 5-foot-10 Tippner averaged 16.3 points, 9.8 rebounds, 3.4 assists, and 3.3 steals as a junior for the Millers. Tippner posted double-doubles against Fort Wayne Snider and Valparaiso in the IHSAA state tournament. She’s totaled over 1,100 career points. She helped Noblesville win one state championship in basketball and two in soccer.
MONDAY
The annual Future Games features prospects from the 2026 and 2027 classes in a matchup (6 p.m.) at Hamilton Southeastern. Among the Purdue targets:
• Gracyn Gillard. The 2026 prospect from Munster averaged 25.9 points and eight rebounds last season, topping the 30-point mark six times.
• Lillie Graves. The product from nearby McCutcheon had a solid freshman season, and the 2027 target already had a Purdue scholarship offer before her first game in high school. She averaged 21.5 points and 5.6 rebounds.
• Myah Epps. The Homestead standout is a member of the 2026 class and was offered by Purdue in February. The combo guard continues to receive a lot of interest from programs.
• Kenzie Koch. The 2027 prospect completed her freshman season, leading Eastern Hancock to sectional and regional titles. She visited Purdue in February.
• Brooklyn Renn. Related to Purdue men’s basketball standout Trey Kaufman-Renn, the 2026 prospect from Silver Creek stands 6-foot-3 and can clearly dominate inside
• Kennedy Holman. The 2026 prospect from Hamilton Southeastern will play on her home floor in the event. She has a Purdue scholarship offer.
WEDNESDAY
• Incoming freshman Jordyn Poole from Fort Wayne Snider is a member of the Indiana All-Star team. The tough-minded point guard averaged 16.2 points and 4.4 assists last season. Poole, along with her two classmates – Kendall Puryear and Lana McCarthy – will move into their campus apartments this weekend ahead of the start of summer school on June 10. Poole will spend the week with the Indiana All-Stars. Puryear and McCarthy will return to campus next weekend.
• Along with Tippner, Avery Gordon and Kira Reynolds – a pair of 2025 Boilermaker commitments - will play against the Indiana All-Star team and Poole at Kokomo. It’s surprising Gordon and Reynolds were not part of the core group for the Junior All-Stars.
FRIDAY
• Poole and her Indiana All-Star teammates face Kentucky at 5:30 p.m. at Lexington Catholic High School.
SATURDAY
• The annual summer series concludes with a 5 p.m. matchup against Kentucky at Gainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
2026 OFFERS
Purdue offered a pair of out-of-state targets this week
Virginia standout Sanai Green, a 6-foot combo guard.
Texas standout Jayda Kearney, a 6-foot-6 prospect from Houston. Her Twitter bio - “guard/center.”
