Introducing the 2021-22 Post-Tribune Girls Basketball All-Area Team

FIRST TEAM

Tori Allen, Andrean, junior, guard:

Averaged 15.9 points, 3.6 rebounds, 3.7 assists. Indiana Basketball Coaches Association Underclass All-State honorable mention, all-conference.

Aniyah Bishop, Lake Central, sophomore, forward: Averaged 14.0 points, 5.0 rebounds, 2.2 steals. IBCA Large School Underclass All-State, all-conference.

Jessica Carrothers, Crown Point, senior, guard: Averaged 20.7 points, 4.5 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 3.6 steals. Finished 16th in state history with 2,335 points; program’s career scoring leader. Miss Basketball runner-up, IBCA Senior All-State Supreme 15, conference MVP. IUPUI recruit.

Asia Donald, Hobart, junior, guard: Averaged 23.5 points, 10.0 rebounds, 2.4 steals. Program’s career scoring leader. IBCA Large School Underclass All-State, all-conference.

Lilly Stoddard, Crown Point, senior, forward: Averaged 11.5 points, 9.0 rebounds, 2.4 blocked shots. IBCA Senior All-State Supreme 15, all-conference. Purdue recruit.

SECOND TEAM

Allison Capouch, Kouts, junior, guard:

Averaged 17.8 points, 5.9 rebounds, 3.0 assists, 2.3 steals. IBCA

Small School Underclass All-State, conference co-MVP.

Chloe Churilla, Highland, senior, forward: Averaged 15.2 points, 8.3 rebounds, 1.7 steals. IBCA Underclass All-State honorable mention, all-conference.

Riley Milausnic, Lake Central, sophomore, guard: Averaged 11.0 points, 2.9 rebounds, 1.8 steals. All-conference.

Davina Smith, Merrillville, senior, guard/forward: Averaged 11.8 points, 7.5 rebounds. IBCA Senior All-State honorable mention, all-conference.

Vanessa Wimberly, Lake Central, freshman, guard: Averaged 8.5 points, 3.5 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 3.3 steals. IBCA Underclass All-State honorable mention, all-conference.

THIRD TEAM

Carley Balas, Chesterton, senior, center:

Averaged 13.0 points, 5.0 rebounds. All-conference.

Trinity Barnes, West Side, senior, guard: Averaged 20.6 points, 4.1 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 4.6 steals. IBCA Senior All-State honorable mention.

Genesis Borom, Portage, senior, guard: Averaged 13.6 points, 6.1 rebounds, 2.8 steals. IBCA Senior All-State honorable mention, all-conference.

Marisa Esquivel, Griffith, senior, guard: Averaged 13.4 points, 3.2 rebounds, 2.6 assists, 3.8 steals. Program’s career scoring leader. IBCA Senior All-State honorable mention, all-conference.

Kylie Wells, Merrillville, freshman, guard:

Averaged 12.9 points, 4.4 rebounds, 1.9 steals.

HONORABLE MENTION

Bolanle Ayangade, Valparaiso, senior, guard; Amelia Benjamin, Valparaiso, senior, guard; Ana Blakely, Marquette, senior, guard; Kennedy Blakely, Bishop Noll, sophomore, guard; Skylar Bos, Covenant Christian, junior, guard; Sarah Burton, West Side, senior, forward; Kaylee Chavez, Lowell, senior, guard; Lauren Colon, Andrean, junior, guard; Sophia Frasure, North Judson, junior, guard/forward; Nasiya Gause, Lake Station, junior, guard; Becca Gerdt, Valparaiso, sophomore, forward; Peyton Honchar, Morgan Township, sophomore, forward; Clair Klinger, Washington Township, freshman, guard; Lyndsey Kobza, Kouts, senior, forward; Gracie Little, Washington Township, freshman, guard; Jaci Menard, Boone Grove, junior, guard/forward; Akaoma Odeluga, Munster, junior, center; Cierra Pipkins, Griffith, senior, guard; Payton Reid, Highland, junior, guard; Jessie Ringen, Rensselaer, senior, forward; Taylor Schoonveld, Kankakee Valley, senior, forward; Kate Thomas, Kankakee Valley, junior, guard; Lilly Toppen, Kankakee Valley, junior, guard; Aiyanie Troutman, River Forest, senior, guard; Kayla Wilkerson, Lake Station, sophomore, guard.