19 WPIAL players picked for 2024 all-state girls basketball team
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Friday, April 26, 2024 | 1:00 PM
Blackhawk’s Alena Fusetti celebrates with Aubree Hupp after Hupp hit a 3-pointer against Scranton Prep during the PIAA Class 4A championship game Saturday, March 23, 2024, at Giant Center in Hershey.
Blackhawk coach Greg Huston watches from the sideline against Scranton Prep during the PIAA Class 4A championship game Saturday, March 23, 2024, at Giant Center in Hershey.
A month after winning a PIAA title, Blackhawk teammates Alena Fusetti and Aubree Hupp were among 19 WPIAL girls basketball players to earn all-state honors Friday.
Blackhawk coach Greg Huston, who guided the Cougars to a 27-3 record in his first season, was voted as the state coach of the year in Class 4A.
The WPIAL didn’t have any girls earn player of the year honors, but Fusetti was one of nine named to the first team. The senior guard averaged 15.8 points per game as Blackhawk reached the state final for the second year in a row.
Also earning first-team honors were North Catholic’s Alayna Rocco, Seton LaSalle’s Mallory Daly, Freedom’s Shaye Bailey, Greensburg Central Catholic’s Erica Gribble, Clairton’s Iyanna Wade, Union’s Kelly Cleaver, Geibel’s Emma Larkin and St. Joseph’s Julie Spinelli.
Hupp, a sophomore, made the second team along with Peters Township’s Natalie Wetzel, Oakland Catholic’s London Creach, Hampton’s Meghan Murray and Armstrong’s Emma Paul.
Making the third team were Norwin’s Lauren Palangio, Latrobe’s Elle Snyder, Quaker Valley’s Oumou Thiero, Shady Side Academy’s Maggie Spell and Union’s Kylie Fruehstorfer.
The teams are selected by a statewide vote of sportswriters.
Class 6A
First team
Anna Azzara, Spring-Ford, 5-6, sr., 15.6
Kailah Correa, Lebanon, 5-4, jr., 19.0
Joanie Quinn, Cardinal O’Hara, 5-6, sr., 12.0
Molly Rullo, Cardinal O’Hara, 5-9, jr., 17.0
Brooke Wilson, Archbishop Carroll, 5-9, sr., 14.0
Reese Zemitis, Neshaminy, 5-0, sr., 17.6
Second team
Haylie Adamski, Garnet Valley, 6-0, jr., 14.1
Alexis Eberz, Archbishop Carroll, 5-8, so., 15.0
Grace Galbavy, Perkiomen Valley, 5-11, jr., 15.9
Mackenzie Pettinelli, Spring-Ford, 5-10, sr., 6.7
Natalie Wetzel, Peters Township, 6-3, jr., 17.3
Talia Zurinskas, Parkland, 5-9, sr., 14.4
Third team
Ava Byrne, Manheim Township, 5-9, sr., 19.6
Quinn Boettinger, Perkiomen Valley, 6-2, jr., 14.1
Evelyse Cole, Easton, 6-2, sr., 16.6
Amber Howard, Bensalem, 6-0, sr., 18.2
Lola Ibarrondo, Neshaminy, 5-8, sr., 11.7
Megan Ngo, Upper Dublin, 5-3, so., 9.7
Lauren Palangio, Norwin, 6-1, sr., 13.7
Caleigh Sperling, North Penn, 5-10, sr., 17.2
Player of the Year
Molly Rullo, Cardinal O’Hara
Coach of the Year
Ed Ohlson, Parkland
Class 5A
First team
Addie Biel, Cathedral Prep, 6-2, jr., 15.6
Emily Knouse, Archbishop Wood, 6-0, jr., 13.0
Jayden McBride, Cathedral Prep, 5-11, sr., 13.6
Ava Renninger, Archbishop Wood, 5-6, sr., 13.1
Zya Small, Scranton, 6-2, fr., 18.0
Second team
Schuyler Coles, Susquehanna Township, 5-9, sr., 18.8
London Creach, Oakland Catholic, 5-8, jr., 15.1
Cici Hernandez, Bethlehem Catholic, 5-6, sr., 12.2
Gianna Johnson, George, 6-5, sr., 17.3
Meghan Murray, Hampton, 5-5, sr., 22.0
Emma Paul, Armstrong, 5-5, sr., 22.2
Faith Walker, West York, 6-1, sr., 18.4
Lena Walz, Cathedral Prep, 5-10, sr., 11.4
Third team
Riley Davis, Notre Dame de Namur, 5-9, fr., 13.0
Lily Fatool, Shikellamy, 5-7, so., 20.0
Daniela Ranieli, Pittston, 5-3, jr., 18.6
Grace Reedy, Exeter, 5-11, sr., 20.9
Janay Rissmiller, York Suburban, 5-6, sr., 12.0
Elle Snyder, Latrobe, 5-9, sr., 19.8
Player of the Year
Ava Renninger, Archbishop Wood
Coach of the Year
Mike McDonald, Archbishop Wood
Class 4A
First team
Peyton Dincher, Jersey Shore, 5-11, jr., 20.3
Alena Fusetti, Blackhawk, 5-9, sr., 15.8
Alayna Rocco, North Catholic, 5-10, sr., 19.0
Shayla Smith, Universal Audenried, 5-8, jr., 25.3
Amaya Stewart, Wyomissing, 6-1, jr., 19.5
Second team
Isabella Casey, Germantown Academy, 5-9, sr., 15.8
Molly Driscoll, Allentown Central Catholic, 5-8, sr., 16.5
Jenna Hillebrand, Scranton Prep, 5-7, jr., 15.0
Aubree Hupp, Blackhawk, 5-10, so., 14.0
Megan Jacoby, Delone Catholic, 5-5, jr., 12.0
Arianna Seitz, Eastern York, 6-0, sr., 20.1
Jayssa Snelick, St. Marys, 5-9, sr., 19.7
Third team
Jessica Canty, Parkway Center City, 5-6, so., 22.7
Carryn Easley, Neumann Goretti, 5-4, jr., 15.0
Maya Jenkins, Scranton Prep, 5-7, jr., 11.6
Grace McDonough, Lansdale Catholic, 6-2, jr., 13.5
Oumou Thiero, Quaker Valley, 6-4, so., 19.4
Player of the Year
Shayla Smith, Universal Audenried
Coach of the Year
Greg Huston, Blackhawk
Class 3A
First team
Mary Bolesky, Lancaster Catholic, 5-4, sr., 14.4
Ryan Carter, Penn Charter, 5-11, fr., 17.1
Mallory Daly, Seton LaSalle, 5-8, sr., 23.8
Brie Droege, Columbia, 5-10, sr., 18.2
Christiana Gordon, Westmont Hilltop, 6-0, jr., 21.6
Logyn Greer, Friends’ Central, 6-3, jr., 14.8
Jordyn Palmer, Westtown, 6-1. fr., 17.9
Ava Persichetti, River Valley, 5-9, jr., 20.3
Second team
Savannah Curry, Westtown, 5-11, sr., 13.0
Alaina Dadzie, Loyalsock, 6-0, so., 18.4
Olivia Jones, Westtown, 5-10, jr., 10.0
Rylee Kraft, Lancaster Catholic, 6-0, sr., 12.8
Olivia Kulyk, Mercyhurst, 6-0, sr., 17.9
Makayla Presser-Palmer, Northwestern, 6-1, so., 24.7
Third team
Nal’La Bennett, Friends’ Central, 5-7, jr., 13.1
Kaylinn Bethea, Penn Charter, 5-9, jr., 17.3
Jocelyn Goldstein, Masterman, 6-2., jr., 26.7
Lia Krarup, Wilmington, 5-7, jr., 19.3
Lacey Kriebel, Loyalsock, 5-11, jr., 12.1
Jessie Moses, Westtown, 5-10, fr., 14.0
Maggie Spell, Shady Side Academy, 5-10, so., 19.8
Player of the Year
Jordyn Palmer, Westtown
Coach of the Year
Brittany Eisenhuth, Westmont Hilltop
Class 2A
First team
Shaye Bailey, Freedom, 5-8, sr., 23.4
Layke Fields, Kennedy Catholic, 6-0, jr., 20.6
Erica Gribble, Greensburg Central Catholic, 5-8, so., 19.4
Lauren Patnode, Perkiomen School, 6-0, sr., 15.4
Iyanna Wade, Clairton, 5-4, jr., 40.1
Second team
Gianna Gallucci, Bishop McCort, 5-7, sr., 21.3
Mylee Harmon, Redbank Valley, 5-7, jr., 19.0
Bella Magestro, Kennedy Catholic, 5-8, so., 12.0
Lydia Miller, Marion Center, 5-6, sr., 14.3
Aubrey Pollard, Northern Lehigh, 5-10, sr., 17.8
Third team
Jenna Burkett, Portage, 5-9, sr., 16.4
Maddison Maynard, Panther Valley, 5-8, sr., 17.0
Carly Minchoff, Marian Catholic, 5-10, sr., 14.9
Cloe Price, Everett, 5-8, sr., 18.5
Kayce Raczka, Minersville, 5-11, sr., 14.2
Caitlin Stephens, West Middlesex, 5-11, sr., 20.9
Monique Vincent, Kennedy Catholic, 5-5, jr., 11.3
Player of the Year
Layke Fields, Kennedy Catholic
Coach of the Year
Amy Trimble, Marion Center
Class A
First team
Kelly Cleaver, Union, 6-0, sr., 16.0
Addison Kilmer, Mountain View, 6-1, so., 16.9
Emma Larkin, Geibel, 5-6, so., 29.8
Gigi Parlante, St. John Neumann, 5-10, sr., 16.1
Julie Spinelli, St. Joseph, 5-11, sr., 21.2
Second team
Naomi Crispin, St. Joseph’s, 5-5, so., 20.4
Ayla Hileman, Williamsburg, 5-8, sr., 16.6
Lily Homan, North Clarion, 5-6, sr., 19.7
Coral Prosser, Berlin Brothersvalley, 5-9, fr., 16.6
LeeAnna Royer, Williamsburg, 5-5, so., 15.6
Third team
Kailey Devlin, Meadowbrook Christian, 5-8, sr., 15.6
Kylie Fruehstorfer, Union, 5-5, jr., 13.0
Courtney Good, Linville Hill Chrisian, 5-6, so., 13.6
Ciara O’Hara, Kimberton Waldorf, 5-6, jr., 18.7
Masie Reed, Lourdes Regional, 5-8, sr., 12.5
Morgan Ruggery, Bishop Guilfoyle. 5-8, fr., 10.8
Player of the Year
Addison Kilmer, Mountain View
Coach of the Year
Kristi Kaack, Bishop Guilfoyle
Chris Harlan is a TribLive reporter covering sports. He joined the Trib in 2009 after seven years as a reporter at the Beaver County Times. He can be reached at charlan@triblive.com.
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