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Kentucky Girls All-Star Basketball Team practices at LWC

Adair County native Stacy Pendleton names longtime Adair County High School Coach Keith Young named Honorary Coach of team. Micah Jones, Green County High and Bre Elder of Marion County among players from nearby high schools on the team. Coach praises hospitality, facilities at Lindsey Wilson.
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By Ed Waggener

Lindsey Wilson College was host to the Kentucky High School Girls All Star Basketball team this past weekend, May 19-20, 2012Adair County native Stacy Pendleton, whose du Pont Manual High School team won this year's Kentucky State Girls' Basketball State Championship brought the talented group to Holloway Wellness Center Wellness Center. They were the invited by President Bill Luckey and were guests of the college.



Coach Pendleton named his old mentor and friend, Keith Young, Adair County, Honorary All Stars Coach. Young participated in the practice and will be on the bench with the active coaches at the two all Star Games on June 8-9, 2012. The first game will be at 6pmET, at Freedom Hall, 937 Phillips Lane, Louisville, KY; the second will be the following night in Indianapolis at Conseco Field House, 125 S. Pennsylvania Street, Indianapolis, IN, at the same time.

This year's team is extremely talented: All of the players are headed to Division I Schools, according to Jennifer Parsons, Corbin Head Coach and Assistant All Stars Coach. Three will be back in the area: Kendall Noble, Micah Jones and LeAsia Wright going WKU.

KABC (Kentucky Association of Basketball Coaches) coaches of the year from each district voted on the players. Forty players were invited try out at Georgetown College and the players at Lindsey were the ones who made that cut.

They include: April Wilson, Manual; Micah Jones, Green County; Lauren Bodine, Manual; LeAsia Wright, Manual; Bre Elder, Marion County; ; Hopkinsville; Christine Roush, Mercy; Jasmine Whitfield, South Oldham; Kendall Noble, Perry Co. Central; Courtney Roush, Mercy; not pictured, Sydney Moss, Boone County; and Kara Wright, Manual.

Besides Coach Pendleton, Coach Young, and Assistant Coach Jennifer Parsons, Chris Souders, Mercer County Head Coach, and Assistant All Stars Coach also participated in practice.

Coach Pendleton was pleased with the hospitality shown the group while here. "I can't thank President Luckey enough. It was a great experience for the team. The Wellness Center was a perfect practice location," he said, "and everyone appreciated the use of the dorm rooms and the wonderful food served by the college."

Pendleton, the son of Houston Pendleton of the Vester Community of Adair County, was honored by his home community with Celebration at Bearwallow UMC will honor Coach Stacy Pendleton


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Honorary Coach Keith Young, Head Coach Stacy Pendleton



2012-05-20 - 299 Williams Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener. Former Adair County High School Coach Keith Young, left was chosen by his former student, Stacy Pendleton, to be an Honorary Coach of the Kentucky Girls High School All-Star Team which will play the Indiana All Stars on June 8, 2012, in Louisville, KY and June 9 in Indianapolis. Stacy Pendleton coached the du Pont Manual Girls Basketball to the State Championship in 2012. Four of his players are on the team. The photo was taken in the Holloway Health & Wellness Center on Sunday, May 20, 2012. The All Stars and Coaches were guests of the college. "The hospitality has been great," Coach Pendleton said. "The team stayed in college rooms and the college provided those wonderful meals they are so famous for. We can't thank President Bill Luckey enough for his hospitality." Coach Pendleton's father, Huston Pendleton, still lives in Vester, Adair County, the ancestral home of so many of the distinguished Pendleton family of Adair County.
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KY Girls Basketball State All-Star Team at Lindsey Wilson



2012-05-20 - 299 Williams Street, Columbia, KY - Photo by Ed Waggener.
The talented Kentucky High School Girls All Star Basketball team
practiced at Lindsey Wilson College, at Holloway Wellness Center Wellness Center this weekend, Saturday-Sunday, May 19-20, 2012, as guests of the college Front row, from left April Wilson, Manual; Micah Jones, Green County; Lauren Bodine, Manual; LeAsia Wright, Manual; Bre Elder, Marion County; Stacy Pendleton, Manual Coach, All Stars Head Stars; Jennifer Parsons, Corbin Head Coach and Assistant All Stars Coach; Back row: Keith Young, Adair County, Honorary All Stars Coach; Chris Souders, Mercer County Head Coach, and Assistant All Stars Coach; Christy Soldo, Hopkinsville; Christine Roush, Mercy; Jasmine Whitfield, South Oldham; Kendall Noble, Perry Co. Central; Courtney Roush, Mercy; not pictured, Sydney Moss, Boone County; and Kara Wright, Manual

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