The 2020 Post-Gazette Fab 5

GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAM

For four decades, the PG has saluted the best in high school basketball. Today: The 2020 boys and girls teams.

★★★★★ Player Of The Year LIZZY GROETSCH

NORTH ALLEGHENY • 5-11 • GUARD • JUNIOR

The scoop: Versatile combo guard led North Allegheny to the WPIAL Class 6A championship. Did a little of everything, averaging 17.4 points, 7.7 rebounds. 4.1 assists, 3.7 steals, 1.2 blocks. Shot 41% from 3-point range and 78% from the free-throw line. A starter since her freshman year, Groetsch has 1,051 career points. Has played in three WPIAL title games.

College talk: Made verbal commitment in February to Pennsylvania of the Ivy League. Other finalists were Duquesne, Davidson, Yale, Brown and Columbia.

Most memorable moment this season: Definitely winning the WPIAL and celebrating on the court with my teammates. That was pretty unforgettable.

Favorite player of all time: LeBron James.

Favorite person to follow on Twitter: I follow a lot of sports accounts, but I couldn’t name one in particular.

Toughest opponent: Bethel Park’s Maddie Dziezgowski and Liv Westphal.

People might be surprised to know: I play the piano. I started taking lessons when I was 8 years old.

Person who has influenced you the most, other than a parent: My grandparents on both my mom’s and dad’s side. They’ve done so much for me.

You can’t be an athlete or a coach in the future, you’d be: I haven’t really decided on a college major, but I’m interested in the sciences. So I’ll say doctor.

Funniest moment from this season: Before the playoff games, we would get hyped in the locker room. A lot of funny things happened then.

With no school because of the coronavirus, anything you’ve done differently to pass the time: I’ve been going to North Park every day, running the lake and my brothers are home from college. So we’ve been playing on the courts. We have a chess board now set up at our house, too. My brothers and I have been playing chess.