Advertisement - scroll for more content
Basketball icon Bobby “Slick” Leonard, the fabled eight-time state champion Muncie Central Bearcats, the winningest active coaches in Indiana boys and girls high school basketball and the 2019 Indiana High School Athletic Association boys and girls state champions will be the 2018-19 Indiana Pacers Hickory Night honorees, the Pacers announced today. The Pacers also will wear their maroon and gold Hickory jerseys on the Hickory Nights at Bankers Life Fieldhouse as well as road games at the Los Angeles Lakers (Nov. 29) and Philadelphia (March 10). The Nike Classic Edition is a modern take on the uniforms of Hickory High as worn in the 1987 cinematic classic Hoosiers.
Coaching icons John Wooden and Tony Hinkle, the Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame and its home city of New Castle, and the 2018 IHSAA boys and girls state championship teams will be the 2017-18 Indiana Pacers Hickory Night honorees, the Pacers announced today. The Pacers also will wear new white Hickory jerseys on the Hickory Nights at Bankers Life Fieldhouse, as well as during road games against the Los Angeles Lakers (Jan. 19), Boston (March 11), Philadelphia (March 13) and the Los Angeles Clippers (April 1).
Indiana Pacers guard George Hill will recognize 10 young, Hoosier community leaders in the making and be part of a partnership that will give a $5,000 scholarship to one of them at an upcoming Pacers' game. Hill is partnering with Herff Jones, the Indiana High School Athletic Association and the National Federation of State High School Associations to create the scholarship, which will be announced at the March 22 Pacers vs. the Milwaukee Bucks game at Bankers Life Fieldhouse. The winner, who will be chosen by a committee that includes Hill, will receive a $5,000 college scholarship, courtesy of Herff Jones, to the accredited school of his or her choice.
Advertisement
Advertisement
Advertisement