The Indiana Basketball Hall of Fame (IBHOF) recently honored two former Jeffersonville High School alumni — Mary Jo Noon and Dennis Coutee — by naming them to the Hall’s 24th Women's Induction Class and Men's Silver Anniversary teams, respectively. Their selection underscores a remarkable local legacy in Indiana basketball. Noon averaged 25.2 points, 13.3 rebounds and 2.7 blocks while shooting .642 from the field (210-of-327) as a senior in keying Jeffersonville to a 21-3 record with sectional and regional titles. She was a 1998 Nike All-American, 1998 AP first-team All-State, a two-time Clark County Player of the Year and a three-time all-Hoosier Hills Conference selection. A 1998 Indiana All-Star and 1997 Junior All-Star, Noon amassed career totals of 1,368 points, 818 rebounds and 167 blocks while shooting .640 on field goals (567-of-886) in 77 games over four seasons for coach Rick Myers as the Red Devils went 65-17. The 6-foot-5 center also tallied 16.2 points, 10.6 rebounds and 2.5 blocks for a 15-5 squad as a sophomore as well as 22.5 points, 13.6 rebounds and 2.1 blocks for a 17-2 team as a junior. Noon went on to Purdue University, where she totaled 1,008 points and 483 rebounds in 113 games for teams that went 107-27 and played in four NCAA Tournaments, including a 2001 national runner-up finish. She sat out the 1998-99 season for coach Carolyn Peck because of injury. Over the next four seasons for coach Kristy Curry, Noon averaged 4.8 points and 3.5 rebounds as a freshman, 4.8 points and 2.7 rebounds as a sophomore, 13.1 points and 5.4 rebounds as a junior and 11.0 points and 4.9 rebounds as a senior. She was voted honorable mention all-Big Ten as a junior and senior. Noon was selected in the third round of the 2003 WNBA Draft by the Los Angeles Sparks. She earned a bachelor’s degree in exercise science from Purdue in 2003 and later earned degrees in nursing from Gaylord College in 2010 and Indiana Wesleyan in 2015. She currently works as a field clinical specialist for Edwards Life Sciences Corp. She was selected to the 2023 Silver Anniversary Team. Coutee tallied 19.1 points and 8.3 rebounds while shooting .512 from the field (129-of-252), .469 on 3-pointers (38-of-81) and .851 from the line (86-of-101) in leading Jeffersonville to a 17-5 record as a senior for coach Mark Lambertus. That followed a junior season in which Coutee averaged 18.5 points and 6.3 rebounds while shooting .540 overall (170-of-315), .442 from distance (34-of-77) and .854 on free throws (70-of-82) as the Red Devils captured sectional and regional crowns for coach Mike Broughton. Over four seasons, Coutee totaled 1,409 points (16.0) and 615 rebounds (7.0) in 88 games for teams that went 73-18 and won 1999 and 2000 Hoosier Hills Conference titles in addition to the 2000 sectional and regional. He stands second on Jeffersonville’s career scoring list and posted a career high of 40 points against Floyd Central on March 6, 2001. The 2001 Indiana All-Star also was 2001 AP second-team All-State, 2001 IBCA firstteam Senior All-State, 2000 AP third-team All-State, 2000 IBCA Junior All-State, 1999 IBCA first-team Underclass All-State, two-time Louisville Courier-Journal first-team All-State and three-time first-team all-HHC. In addition, he was a 2000 Junior All-Star and played in the 2001 North/South Indiana All-Star Classic and the 2001 Derby Festival Classic. After high school, Coutee averaged 19.8 points, 6.0 rebounds, 2.4 assists and was named first-team all-Orange Empire Conference in 2001-02 for a 28-9 squad at Riverside Community College in California. He then netted 10.1 points with 4.3 rebounds and 1.4 assists in 2002-03 for a University of Southern Indiana team went 25-7 and played in the NCAA Division II national tournament. He averaged 15.8 points in four games in 2003-04 at Azusa Pacific University but suffered a knee injury and never played competitive basketball again. Coutee has lived in Ohio since 2011 and worked as a consumer-loan advisor, bank teller and most recently as a service advisor for Bill DeLord Buick/GMC/Cadillac in Lebanon, Ohio. He is active as a singer for the worship team at Citygate Church and coaches youth baseball in Middletown, Ohio. He and his wife, Janis, reside in Lebanon, Ohio.