Winamac senior John Malchow, Munster sophomore Gracyn Gilliard, International senior Philip Randolph, Alexandria-Monroe junior Jacklynn Hosier, Evansville Christian senior Josiah Dunham, and Silver Creek sophomore Brooklynn Renn have been selected for Dec. 18-Dec. 23 in the recognition program coordinated by the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association.

Malchow is the boys’  winner in District 1.

The Winamac Warriors and Malchow were able to collect fifth place honors last week at the Indiana Kitchen Classic with a 2-1 overall record. The event began on Monday, as they fell at home to North Newton, 42-39. The 6-2 guard did his best, scoring 25 points on an efficient 10-of-15 shooting, including 3-of-7 from deep, but it just wasn’t enough in the narrow defeat.

On Friday, the Warriors returned to the court and were back on track, knocking off the Rossville Hornets, 55-43. Malchow was again strong, scoring 27 points and pulling down seven rebounds in the win, plus he knocked down 8-of-9 shots from the charity stripe.

On Saturday, the Warriors found themselves in the win column once again, battling Delphi to a hard-fought, 48-42 outcome. Malchow scored right at 20 points for his third 20-point outing of the week, plus he was 4-of-8 from long range and grabbed another four boards.

This is the 16th season for the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association Player of the Week program, and the fourth season it is being presented by Franciscan Health, a corporate sponsor of the Indiana Basketball Coaches Association.

Player of the Week winners are chosen each week from each of the IHSAA’s three districts.