Freshmen Award Winners
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A surprising number of freshmen earned some type of all-state recognition this year. Headlining the award winners was Sebastian Hines-Turner, a big man from Wichita Collegiate who was named on either the second or third team by each of the…
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Continue ReadingA surprising number of freshmen earned some type of all-state recognition this year.
Headlining the award winners was Sebastian Hines-Turner, a big man from Wichita Collegiate who was named on either the second or third team by each of the four major outlets to release all-state teams – KSHSAA, Sports in Kansas, the KBCA and the Wichita Eagle. His teammate Jaden Parker Jaden Parker 6'1" | CG Wichita Collegiate | 2026 State KS , picked up a nice collection of honors across the board, including second team from Sports in Kansas.
Since we didn’t see many of these players during the high school season, we’ll just list the group here and promise to report on each of them as we see them this summer.
5A:
DJ Jackson, 6-foot guard, Piper – HM KSHSAA and Sports in Kansas
Ian Premer, 6-foot-4 forward, Great Bend – HM KSHSAA, Wichita Eagle and Sports in Kansas
Brayden Myovela Brayden Myovela 6'3" | CG Maize | 2026 State KS , 6-foot-3 forward, Maize – HM Wichita Eagle
4A:
Kelan Gruver Kelan Gruver 6'2" | CG Chapman | 2026 State KS , Chapman – HM Wichita Eagle
Cooper Carr Cooper Carr 6'2" | CG Baldwin | 2026 State KS , 6-foot-1 guard, Baldwin – HM Sports in Kansas
3A:
Sebastian Hines-Turner, 6-foot-5 forward, Wichita Collegiate – 3rd team KSHSAA, 2nd team KBCA, 2nd team Wichita Eagle, 2nd team Sports in Kansas
Jaden Parker Jaden Parker 6'1" | CG Wichita Collegiate | 2026 State KS , 6-foot-1 guard, Wichita Collegiate – HM KSHSAA, HM KBCA, HM Wichita Eagle, 2nd team Sports in Kansas
Jack Donovan Jack Donovan 5'11" | SG Rossville | 2026 State KS , 5-foot-11 guard, Rossville – HM Wichita Eagle, HM Sports in Kansas
1A DI:
Wes Anderson Wes Anderson 5'9" | CG Frankfort | 2026 State KS , 5-foot-9 guard, Frankfort – HM KSHSAA, HM Wichita Eagle