FORT WAYNE, Ind. (AP) — An Indiana high school basketball star who suffered a serious head injury in a small plane crash that killed his father and stepmother likely won't return to the court this season, his family said Wednesday.
Austin Hatch made an early commitment in June to play at the University of Michigan starting in 2013. The plane crash happened shortly after.
His family said he's making strides in his rehabilitation, but the first year is vital to the recovery process and it's unlikely his doctors will clear him to play during his junior season. Along with a head injury, Hatch suffered a punctured lung and broken ribs and collarbone.
The family's statement was distributed by Fort Wayne's Canterbury High School, where the 6-foot-6 Hatch is a junior.
His father was flying when the plane struck a garage in a neighborhood near the Charlevoix Municipal Airport. The family had been on their way to their summer home on Walloon Lake in the Lower Peninsula.

Tommie Bush has drawn the interest of some Mid-American Conference football programs, his coach at Michigan Collegiate said.
Buffalo, Central Michigan and Western Michigan have looked over the Cougars running back, who was named the Macomb County Player of the Year after he rushed for 1,700 yards in his senior season, Alfredo Calderon said.
Bush helped Michigan Collegiate win league and district championships this year.

Ariel Hodges of Warren has signed a letter of intent to continue her swimming career at Ohio University.
She trains with coach Jeff Cooper and the Oakland Live Y'ers in Rochester Hills, and will compete in the NCSA Junior Nationals in March 2012.
Hodges, who is home schooled, began swimming through Warren Parks and Recreation, and she swam for the Jaguar Swim Team at the Warren city pool.