Dec. 17, 2009

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. - Indiana junior Hope Elam visited Highland Park Elementary School on Wednesday, Dec. 16, as apart of the Hoosiers' Reach for the Stars program.

The Reach for the Stars program is where the Hoosiers speak to classes about being good students, read to a variety of classrooms and teach basketball fundamentals. The players also get to have lunch with the students at their respective schools, take photos and sign autographs.

Highland Park Elementary will be the Reach for the Stars school for Indiana's contest against Illinois at 7 p.m. ET on Thursday, Jan. 7.