Naismith Trophy women highschool basketball finalists introduced

The Atlanta Tipoff Membership introduced the 5 finalists for the Naismith highschool women basketball Participant of the 12 months trophy and women Coach of the 12 months honors Tuesday.

The finalists for the Participant of the 12 months trophy are Forest Park Excessive Faculty (S.C.) senior ahead and South Carolina commit Sania Feagin, St. John’s Faculty Excessive Faculty (D.C.) guard and UConn commit Azzi Fudd, Westlake Excessive Faculty (Ga.) guard and South Carolina commit Raven Johnson, Moore Excessive Faculty (Okla.) and Texas commit Aaliyah Moore, and Northside Excessive Faculty (Ark.) guard and Arkansas commit Jersey Wolfenbarger.

Cypress Creek’s (Texas) Jennifer Alexander, Westlake Excessive Faculty’s (Ga.) Hilda Hankerson, Lake Highland Preparatory’s (Fla.) Al Honor, North Central Excessive Faculty’s (Ind.) DeAnn Ramey and Incarnate Phrase Academy’s (Mo.) Dan Rofles make up the checklist of finalists for Coach of the 12 months.

“These finalists symbolize the nation’s prime highschool women gamers and coaches who’ve loved outstanding success this season, regardless of the challenges introduced in on a worldwide pandemic, via their play on the court docket or their management from the sidelines,” stated Eric Oberman, government director of the Atlanta Tipoff Membership. “The ultimate few weeks of this season will probably be extraordinarily aggressive among the many candidates because it all the time is, which makes narrowing this checklist down to 1 winner for every award an thrilling problem for our voters.”

The winner of the Naismith Excessive Faculty Ladies Coach of the 12 months award will probably be introduced on March 9. The Naismith Excessive Faculty Ladies Trophy will probably be introduced on March 10.

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