Girls Basketball Player of the Year Nominees


The 2020-21 season is a closed book for our local programs. We reached out to all the coaches to receive their nominations for BLITZ Player of the Year. Here are our 2020-21 nominees and honorable mentions. From this list, we will whittle it down to a finalist pool of 5-6.
NOTE – these are NOT for public voting. BLITZ will take the list down to 5-6 finalists before letting the public vote on ONE LAST FINALIST…then our voting panel votes on those finalists for Player of the Year
NOMINEES
Maddie Anglin – Dawson County SR G #5
STATS: 17.6 PPG (439 Pts) | 4.6 RPG | 2.2 APG | 1.5 SPG | 1.5 DEFPG | 55% FG | 34% 3PT | 74% FT | 7-AAA 1st Team All-Region | 1,000 Career Points
Livi Blackstock – Jefferson SR G #3
STATS: 16.6 PPG | 6.4 RPG | 4.1 APG | 3.2 SPG | 1,400 Career Points
Makenzie Caldwell – Lumpkin County SR F #34
STATS: 8.2 PPG | 6.5 RPG | 3.5 SPG | 2.3 APG | 0.7 BPG | 49% FG | 23% 3PT | 76 Deflections
Dasha Cannon – White County SR PG #10
STATS: 9.4 PPG (131 pts) | 5.1 RPG (71 reb) | 4.3 APG | 3.5 SPG | 41.3% FG | 67.6% FT | 24.4% 3PT
Veronaye Charlton – Tallulah Falls SO G #13
STATS: 12.6 PPG | 3.9 RPG | 3.6 APG | 2.5 SPG

Katy Corbett – Tallulah Falls SR G #20
STATS: 12.0 PPG | 5.7 RPG | 2.2 APG | 1.5 SPG | 0.3 BPG
Isabel Davenport – Lumpkin County SR G #2
STATS: 13.9 PPG | 4.9 APG | 4.1 RPG | 2.8 STL | 0.8 BLK | 41% FG | 38% 3PT | 76% FG | 60 Deflections
Gracie Deetz – Rabun County JR G #23
STATS: 11.8 PPG | 5.4 RPG | 2.1 BPG | 36% FG | 75% FT | 8-AA 1st Team All-Region
Tynijiah “Nada” Eades – Stephens County SR G #5
STATS: 12 PPG | 6.5 RPG | 6 APG | 2 SPG | 8-AAA All-Region 1st Team | 1,000 Career Points
Vanessa Floyd – Towns County SR G #15
STATS: 15.2 PPG | 6 RPG | 2.6 APG | 1.5 SPG | 1,100 Career Points | 8-A Public 1st Team All-Region
Maddie Futch – White County SR F/C #11
STATS: 14.7 PPG (324 pts) | 8.3 RPG (183 reb) | 1.5 SPG | 1 APG | 56.9% FG | 78.2% FT | 33.3% 3PT

Deshona Gaither – Jefferson JR G #1
STATS: 14.1 PPG | 4.8 RPG | 3.8 SPG
Kamryn Grier – Banks County SO F #44
STATS: 14 PPG | 11 RPG | 1.3 BPG | 1.3 SPG | 1.1 APG | 13 double-doubles | 60% FT | All-Region
Kennedi Henson – Towns County SR G #10
STATS: 14 PPG | 6 RPG | 3.2 SPG | 2.9 APG | 1,000 Career Points | 8-A Public 1st Team All-Region
Carson Hobbs – Commerce JR F #00
STATS: 8.4 PPG (251 Pts) | 5.9 RPG (176 Reb) |1.3 SPG (38 Stl) | 1.2 APG (35 Ast) | 35 Deflections
Lucy Hood – Rabun County FR G #11
STATS: 9.3 PPG | 4.3 RPG | 4.2 APG | 1.7 SPG | 39% 3PT | 8-AA 1st Team All-Region
Kiarra Howard – Stephens County SR G #23
STATS: 9 PPG | 5 RPG | 3 SPG | 8-AAA All-Region 1st Team
Ava Hunter – Union County JR F #45
STATS: 15.6 PPG | 9.5 RPG | 1 APG | 0.9 SPG | 0.9 BPG | 1000th point & 500th rebound as a junior
Averie Jones – Lumpkin County FR G #4
STATS: 15.9 PPG | 3.5 RPG | 3.0 APG | 2.6 SPG | 0.3 BPG | 46% FG | 34% 3PT | 76% FT | 72 Deflections
Ellie Kinlaw – Jefferson JR G #10
STATS: 11.1 PPG | 2.1 SPG
Denika Lightbourne – Tallulah Falls SO G #23
STATS: 13.3 PPG | 5.3 RPG | 3.9 APG | 3.1 SPG | 0.4 BPG
Mary Mullinax – Lumpkin County SO F #11
STATS: 10.4 PPG | 6.6 RPG | 2.7 APG | 2.3 SPG | 0.4 BPG | 47% FG | 30% 3PT | 59 Deflections
Addie Penick – Habersham Central SR G #5
STATS: 6.5 PPG | 4 RPG | 3.5 APG | 35% 3PT | 25 Charges Taken
Lexi Pierce – Lumpkin County SO G #5
STATS: 10.2 PPG | 3.4 RPG | 2.3 APG | 2.0 SPG | 44% FG | 34% 3PT | 49 Deflections
Kirklyn Porter – Dawson County SO G/F #11
STATS: 9 PPG | 4 RPG | 3 APG | 2 SPG
Jenna Reeves – Banks County SR G/F #23
STATS: 14 PPG | 3.5 RPG | 1.7 AST | 1.3 SPG | 65% FT
Bryanna Sanders – Commerce SR G #12
STATS: 11.1 PPG (333 Pts) | 2.4 APG (72 Ast) | 2.4 SPG (71 Stl) | 2.2 RPG (67 Reb) | 0.3 BPG (8 Blk) | 70 Deflections
Ellie Southards – Rabun County FR G/F #20
STATS: 9.2 PPG | 4.7 RPG | 44% FG | 39% 3PT | 74% FT | 8-AA 1st Team All-Region
Ranajah Verdell – Stephens County SR F #25
STATS: 13 PPG | 10 RPG | 2 BPG | Region 8-AAA Co-Player of the Year
Taylor Wade – Habersham Central JR F #10
STATS: 13.3 PPG | 6 RPG | 46.8% FG
HONORABLE MENTIONS
- Jacy Ayers – Banks County SO G (14 PPG, 7 RPG, 3 SPG, 2.3 APG)
- Mariah Benson – Dawson County SR C #20
- Savana Broska – Stephens County SR G #10 (7 PPG, 3.5 RPG, 2 SPG)
- Rebekah Chambers – Union County JR G (8.5 PPG, 4.4 RPG, 0.9 APG, 0.8 SPG, 0.5 BPG)
- Allianne Clark – Jefferson SR G/F #2 (9.2 PPG, 5.1 RPG)
- Ellie Cook – Union County SO G (7.1 PPG, 2.4 RPG, 2.4 SPG, 1.5 APG)
- Caitlyn Gailey – White County G
- Carley Haban – Rabun County JR G #4
- Addison Hoard – Banks County FR F
- Courtney Kidd – Jefferson SR F #45 (9.0 PPG, 5.4 RPG)
- Maggie Mullis – Commerce SR G #21 (6.8 PPG, 4.9 RPG, 3.5 APG, 2.0 SPG, 0.2 BPG, 52 Deflections)
- Naomi Roberts – White County
- Abby Samples-Slaton – Dawson County #21
- Hailey Seahorn – Banks County SR
- Carley Segars – Banks County FR
- Ella Siuta – Dawson County JR F #14
- Breanna Taylor – Stephens County SR G #32 (8 PPG, 5 RPG)
- Sophie Woodard – Rabun County JR G #1


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