N-H girls basketball player of the year watch list

The News-Herald will present the girls basketball Player of the Year award as part of the Varsity Chalk Talk Show at Hooley House on March 27. The following players are leading candidates as the tournament season continues.

The junior guard scored 25 points in the Panthers’ 67-59 sectional final loss to North. She finished the season averaging 19.3 points, 8.3 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 3.3 steals per game.

The senior forward, who will be going to the University of Michigan on a basketball scholarship, had 10 points and 18 rebounds in a regional semifinal win over Bay, then 23 points and 14 rebound in a regional final against Akron St. VincentSt. Mary. She is averaging 21.0 points, 14.0 rebounds, 2.7 assists and 2.0 steals per game, while shooting more than 70 percent from the field heading into the Division II state tournament this weekend.

The sophomore guard/forward finished the season averaging 19.3 points, 6.9 rebounds, 3.5 assists, 2.6 steals and 1.0 blocks per game.

The senior forward finished the season averaging 18.1 points, 11.3 rebounds, 2.0 steals and 1.1 blocks per game. She is going to the University of Akron on a volleyball scholarship.

The senior forward, a Gannon recruit, finished the season averaging 18.3 points, 10.5 rebounds, 2.0 assists, 2.0 steals and 1.1 blocks per game.

The senior guard finished the season averaging 19.3 points (with 65 3-pointers), 5.3 assists and 4.8 steals per game.

The senior guard/forward, a Baldwin Wallace recruit, ended the season averaging 22 points, 8 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 4.3 steals per game.

PATRICK HOPKINS — THE NEWS-HERALD Euclid’s Constance Chaplin and Mentor’s Teagan Ochaya watch a shot during the Cardinals’ victory on Jan. 10 at Mentor.