Congrats to the following BLITZ Girls Basketball Player of the Year Nominees.

WHERE DO NOMINATIONS COME FROM? Head coaches. We ask coaches to send their top players (anywhere from 2-5) as a nominee. In the event we didn’t receive anything from a coach, we went with that team’s top All-Region players. We did so with Stephens County, Commerce, and Jefferson.

WHAT’S NEXT? We will take this list of nominees and drop it down to a finalist group. Then the public will get to vote on the LAST FINALIST that is not in our original finalist group.

PLAYER OF THE YEAR NOMINEES

Kyia Barrett – Habersham Central JR G #23

STATS: 15.0 PTS, 6.9 REB, 4.2 AST, 2.2 STL, Region 8-AAAAAA POY

Eva Bishop – Dawson County SO C #0

STATS: 7.4 PTS, 8.2 REB, Honorable Mention Region 7-AAA

Skyler Brady – Jefferson SO G #5

STATS: 10.9 PTS, 3.5 REB, 1.8 AST, 1.3 STL, 12 Total BLK, 41% FG, Region 8-AAAAA All-Region

Morgan Chester – Dawson County JR F #12

STATS: 8.7 PTS, 9.4 REB, 2.3 BLK, Second Team All-Region 7-AAA

Kindra Coker – Dawson County JR PG #5

STATS: 6.1 PTS, 4.2 AST, 38% 3PT, Honorable Mention Region 7-AAA

Kamryn Grier – Banks County SR C #44

STATS: 14.0 PTS, 10.0 REB, 2.0 STL, 2.0 BLK, 65% FT, 1,000+ Career Pts & 1,000+ Career Reb; Region 8-AA Player of the Year; All-State Class 2A

Addison Hoard – Banks County JR G #5

STATS: 11.0 PTS, 4.0 AST, 4.0 REB, 4.0 STL, 70% FT; Region 8-AA All-Region

Lucy Hood – Rabun County JR G #11

STATS: 17.0 PTS, 5.6 AST, 3.5 STL, 81.5% FT, 38.5% 3PT, Region 8-A DI All-Region

Averie Jones – Lumpkin County JR G #4

STATS: 16.9 PTS, 4.1 REB, 3.2 AST, 2.7 STL, 74 3PT, 37% 3PT, 48% FG, 78% FT, Region 7-AAA All-Region; All-State 3A

Denika Lightbourne – Tallulah Falls SR G #23

STATS: 26.0 PTS, 11.0 REB, 4.0 AST, 3.6 STL, Region 8-A DI POY, (Career: 1,569 PTS, 652 REB, 317 AST, 58 BLK, 307 STL)

A’Niya Mayweather – Stephens County SR G #11

STATS: 8-AAA All-Region

Ariel McCarter – Union County SO G #11

STATS: 15.8 PTS, 5.0 REB, 2.0 AST, 1.0 STL, 8-AA All-Region

Mary Mullinax – Lumpkin County SR G/F #11

STATS: 17.7 PTS, 7.6 REB, 3.7 AST, 2.9 STL, 0.3 BLK, 49 3PT, 34% 3PT, 51% FG, 76% FT, 7-AAA Player of the Year, All-State Class 3A

Raven Parks – Commerce JR G #15

STATS: 8-A DI All-Region

Kirklyn Porter – Dawson County SR G #11

STATS: 7.1 PTS, 4.5 AST, 3.2 REB, Third Team All-Region 7-AAA

Naomi Roberts – White County SR PF #15

STATS: 13.0 PTS, 4.0 REB, 2.3 STL, 2.0 AST, 44% FG, 26% 3PT, 71% FT, 7-AAA All-Region, All-Tournament Team Hilton Head Holiday Classic

Abby Samples-Slaton – Dawson County JR G #21

STATS: 10.5 PTS, 3.5 REB, 2.1 STL, GACA All-State, Third Team All-Region 7-AAA

Sarah Shook – Towns County SR G #4

STATS: 12.9 PTS, 4.4 REB, 3.0 AST, 1.4 STL, 8-A DII First Team All-Region

Brelan Sieveking – Towns County JR PG #15

STATS: 12.1 PTS, 3.6 REB, 3.6 AST, 2.5 STL, 8-A DII First Team All-Region, BOTS All-Tournament Team

Ellie Southards – Rabun County JR G/F #20

STATS: 16.4 PTS, 5.5 REB, 2.5 STL, 85.3% FT, 40.8% 3PT, Region 8-A DI All-Region