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The 2023 Jersey Mike’s Naismith Girls High School Player of the Year watch list was revealed Tuesday, with 38 seniors making an appearance.
Parkway’s Mikaylah Williams, an LSU signee, and Sierra Canyon’s Juju Watkins, a USC signee, are among the marquee names on the watch list. Sophomores Aaliyah Chavez, Jasmine Davidson and ZaKiyah Johnson are the only underclassmen who made the list.
“This group of young women is as talented as we have ever seen,” said Eric Oberman, executive director of the Atlanta Tipoff Club. “We are excited to watch them compete this season and see their progression and development throughout the 2022-23 season.”
Jadyn Donovan, a Duke signee, will give Sidwell Friends School an opportunity to claim back-to-back honorees after Kiki Rice won the award in 2021-22. UConn and South Carolina each have three recruits on this year’s list.
“Jersey Mike’s believes in the importance of high school sports,” said Jeff Hemschoot, vice president of marketing for Jersey Mike’s. “We are thrilled to be a part of another great year of girls high school basketball and look forward to honoring a deserving athlete at the end of the season.”
The five finalists for this year’s award will be revealed in February, while the trophy will be awarded to the top player in March.
Sunaja Agara, Sr., G, Hopkins (Minn.), Stanford Kamorea Arnold, Sr., PG, Germantown (Wis.), UConn Carys Baker, Sr., F, Loomis Chaffee (Conn.), Virginia Tech Sofia Bell, Sr., Wing, Jesuit (Ore.), Oregon Madison Booker, Sr., W, Germantown (Miss.), Texas Zoe Brooks, Sr., G, Saint John Vianney (N.J.), NC State Jaloni Cambridge, Jr., PG, The Ensworth School, Uncommitted Justice Carlton, Jr., PG, Seven Lakes (Texas), Uncommitted Aaliyah Chavez, Soph., PG, Monterey (Texas), Uncommitted Essence Cody, Sr., Post, Valdosta (Ga.), Alabama Diana Collins, Sr., PG, Brookwood (Ga.), Ohio State Breya Cunningham, Sr., Post, La Jolla Country Day (Calif.), Arizona Jasmine Davidson, Soph., Wing, Clackamas (Ore.), Uncommitted Aalyah Del Rosario, Sr., Post, The Webb School (Tenn.), LSU Jadyn Donovan, Sr., G, Sidwell Friends (Washington, D.C.), Duke Joyce Edwards, Jr., F, Camden (S.C.), Uncommitted Milaysia Fulwiley, Sr., PG, W.J. Keenan (S.C.), South Carolina Hannah Hidalgo, Sr., PG, Paul VI (N.J.), Notre Dame Sahnya Jah, Sr., Wing, Montverde Academy (Fla.), South Carolina Kymora Johnson, Sr., G, Saint Anne’s-Belfield (Va.), Virginia Tessa Johnson, Sr., G, Saint Michael Albertville (Minn.), South Carolina ZaKiyah Johnson, Soph., G, Sacred Heart (Ky.), Uncommitted Ari Long, Sr., PG, Valley View (Calif.), Washington Amanda Muse, Sr., Post, Heritage (Calif.), UCLA Riley Nelson, Sr., Wing, Bullis School (Md.), Maryland Mackenzie Nelson, Sr., PG, St. Luke’s School (Conn.), Virginia Tech S’mya Nichols, Sr., Wing, Shawnee Mission West (Kan.), Kansas Courtney Ogden, Sr., Wing, Westminster School (Ga.), Stanford Olivia Olson, Jr., PG, Benilde Saint Margaret (Minn.), Michigan Britt Prince, Jr., PG, Elkhorn North (Neb.), Uncommitted Cassandre Prosper, Sr., F, Cairine Wilson Secondary School (Quebec, Canada), Notre Dame Laila Reynolds, Sr., G, Shabach Christian Academy (Md.), Florida Amiyah Reynolds, Sr., G, Washington (Ind.), Maryland Emma Risch, Sr., G, Palm Bay Magnet (Fla.), Notre Dame Qadence Samuels, Sr., F, Bishop McNamara (Md.), UConn Taliah Scott, Sr., G, Saint John’s Country Day (Fla.), Arkansas Sayvia Sellers, Sr., PG, Anchorage Christian Schools (Alaska), Washington Ashlynn Shade, Sr., G, La Lumiere (Ind.), UConn Sarah Strong, Jr., F, Grace Academy (N.C.), Uncommitted Adhel Tac, Jr., Post, South Grand Prairie (Texas), Uncommitted Delaney Thomas, Sr., F, St. John’s College (Washington, D.C.), Duke Blanca Thomas, Jr., Post, Charlotte Catholic (N.C.), Uncommitted Ciera Toomey, Sr., Post, Dunmore (Penn.), North Carolina Letycia Vasconcelos, Sr., Post, Montverde Academy (Fla.), Baylor Sammie Wagner, Sr., Wing, Ronald Reagan (Texas), Oregon Juju Watkins, Sr., G, Sierra Canyon (Calif.), USC Mikaylah Williams, Sr., G, Parkway (La.), LSU Jada Williams, Sr., PG, La Jolla Country Day (Calif.), Arizona Sahara Williams, Sr., Wing, West (Iowa), Oklahoma Allie Ziebell, Jr., G, Neenah (Wis.), Uncommitted