First team 2024 ALL-TIDEWATER GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAMS
All-Tidewater Girls Basketball Player of the Year
MICAH OJO
Princess Anne,
6-1 freshman forward
Class 5 Player of the Year
Class 5 Region A Player of the Year
Had 3 1 points, seven rebounds, five assists and four blocks to lead the Cavaliers (2 5 -2 ) to a Virginia High School League-record 1 4 th state title in the past 2 2 years
Averaged18.8 points,10.9 rebounds, 4 .4 steals, 4 .2 blocks and 3.6 assists
Had 1 7 double-doubles, a tripledouble and a quadruple-double
Ranked as one of the top 2 5 freshmen in country by espnW
CYRIAH GRIFFIN Menchville, 5-7 senior guard
Averaged an area-high 2 5 .5 points and 8 .6 assists along with 3 .7 steals
Led Menchville (2 2 -4 ) to the Peninsula District title and a Class 5 state tournament berth
First-team All-Class 5
Peninsula District Player of the Year
Class 5 Region B Player of the Year
Will play for VCU
ZANIYAH WILLIAMS Catholic, 5-9 sophomore guard
Averaged 17.2 points, 5.2 assists and 4 .1 steals to help the Crusaders (2 6 -7 ) reach the VISAA Division I state semifinals
First-team VISAA Division I all-state
First-team All-TCIS
Tidewater Conference of Independent Schools Tournament MVP
Recently offered by West Virginia
KALIYA “KD” PERRY Hampton, 6-1 junior guard
Averaged 1 4 .2 points and 5 .7 rebounds to help the Crabbers (2 3 4 ) reach the Class 4 state final
First-team All-Class 4
Class 4 Region A Player of the Year
First-team All-Peninsula District
ASIA KEELS
Deep Creek,
5-2 sophomore guard
Averaged 1 3 points and 8 assists to help the Hornets (2 3 -3 ) reach the Class 5 state semifinals
Scored 2 3 points in a 4 9 -4 7 win over Norview in the Class 5 state quarterfinals
First-team All-Class 5
First-team All-Class 5 Region A
TINASIA SPENCER Princess Anne, 5-8 senior guard
Averaged 1 1 .5 points, 4 .5 rebounds, 3 .2 steals and 2 .7 assists to help Princess Anne repeat as Class 5 state champions and finish No. 1 in the 7 5 7 Teamz Top 1 5 First-team All-Class 5
First-team All-Class 5 Region A Scored 2 0 points in a 6 2 -5 0 win over Menchville in the Class 5 state quarterfinals, including three consecutive 3 -pointers to help the Cavaliers pull away
Second team Maddie Leach Jamestown,
5-9 sophomore guard
Averaged 21.3 points, 6.7 rebounds, 4 .7 assists and 5 .9 steals to help the Eagles (2 2 -2 ) finish 2 1 -0 in the regular season
Scored a career-high 3 7 points in the Eagles’ win over Warhill that sent them to the Class 4 state tournament
First-team All-Class 4 First-team All-Class 4 Region A Bay Rivers District Player of the Year
Olivia Bowes
Catholic, 6-0 senior guard
Averaged 16.9 points, 6.2 rebounds and 4 .1 assists while shooting 4 3 % from 3 -point range as the Crusaders reached the VISAA Division I state semifinals
Scored 2 3 points, 1 1 in the first quarter, in the Crusaders’ 6 1 -4 3 win over Norfolk Christian in the TCIS championship game
All-TCIS first team and All-TCIS Tournament team
Surpassed1,000 careerpoints this season
Will play for Longwood
Leyla Minor
Norview, 5-10 junior guard
Averaged 1 8 points, 1 0 rebounds, 3 assists and 3 blocks to help the Pilots (1 9 -6 ) tie for first in the Eastern District and reach the Class 5 state quarterfinals
First-team All-Class 5
First-team All-Class 5 Region B Eastern District Player of the Year
Abuna Ruop
Norfolk Christian,
6-8 sophomore center
Averaged 13.4 points, 10.9 rebounds and 4 .5 blocks to help the Ambassadors (2 3 -9 ) reach the VISAA Division II semifinals
First-team All-State VISAA Division II
First-team All-TCIS
Had 1 0 blocks against Class 2 state finalist John Marshall
Dynasti Pierce
Lafayette, 5-11 junior forward
Averaged 19.7 points, 9.6 rebounds and 4 .3 steals to lead the Rams (1 7-9 ) to the Class 3 Region A title
Lafayette was 12-3 in the 15 games Pierce played
First-team All-Class 3
First-team All-Class 3 Region A First-team All-Bay Rivers District
Third team
Kate Spain
Kellam, 5-6 freshman guard
Averaged 1 2 .0 points, 4 rebounds, 3 .4 assists and 2 .5 steals in helping the Knights
(1 9 -5 ) finish second in the Beach District
Scored 1 6 points, while twin sister Mia Spain (1 1 .6 ppg) scored
1 8 , as the Knights narrowly missed a state tournament berth, falling 5 6 -5 3 to Princess Anne in the Class 5 Region A semifinals
First-team All-Class 5 Region A
Kobie Haggins
Manor, 5-9 senior forward
Averaged 1 8 .5 points and 1 0 rebounds as the Mustangs (2 0 -4 ) tied Norview for the Eastern District championship
First-team All-Class 4
First-team All-Class 4 Region A First-team All-Eastern District Will play for Chowan
Tanaya Baxter
Lake Taylor, 6-0 senior forward
Averaged 1 6 points, 1 8 rebounds, 4 blocks and 5 steals to help the Titans (1 7-7 ) reach the Class 3 state semifinals
Had a double-double of 1 0 points and 1 8 rebounds in the Titans’ 5 6 -4 9 win over Brentsville District in the Class 3 state quarterfinals
First-team All-Class 3
First-team All-Class 3 Region A
Jemma Eleby
Catholic, 6-1 junior forward
Averaged16.1 points,8.5 rebounds, 2 blocks and 3 .3 assists as the Crusaders were
No. 2 to Princess Anne in the final 757TeamzTop15
VISAA Division I All-State First-team All-TCIS Surpassed1,000 careerpoints this season
Has multiple Division I scholarship offers, including from George Mason and Radford
Taylor Ragland
Grafton, 5-10 sophomore forward
Averaged 19.1 points, 11.8 rebounds, 3 .1 assists, 4 .4 steals and 3 blocks as the Clippers (1 8 -6 ) narrowly missed a Class 3 state tournament berth on Lake Taylor’s buzzer-beating 3 -pointer First-team All-Class 3
First-team All-Class 3 Region A First-team All-Bay Rivers District