Tina Charles
Tina Charles (Christ the King, Middle Village, NY) 6-4, Sr. Center    
EA SPORTS NATIONAL PLAYER OF THE YEAR		  
The cupboard hardly will be left vacant at Christ The King once Tina heads off to UConn. Look for current junior Lorin Dixon, who scored 34 points in the final win over Murry Bergtraum, to step up and perhaps become an EA SPORTS All-American next year. Dixon was selected to the second team for this season.
Jane Appel (Carondelet, Concord, CA) 6-4, Sr. Center  

The four-year starter and three-year all-state player from the Golden State took on the added duties of being a leader for a young team and led the Cougars to the CIF Div. II state final. Appel, who is headed to Stanford, averaged 26 points and 13 rebounds per game. She was at her best down the stretch with 35 points and 15 rebounds in the CIF North Coast Section final and had 24 points and nine rebounds in a low-scoring state final vs. Troy of Fullerton. Although Troy won the game, the margin was only six points and that team was No. 3 in the final Student Sports FAB 50. Appel then went on to score 12 points for the victorious West team at the McDonald's All-America Game. She was named the game's MVP.

 
Vicki Baugh (Sacramento, CA) 6-4, Jr. Forward  

If anybody saw the West Coast Jamboree tourney this year, you'd know why Baugh is on our team. She led the Dragons to the title in that tourney and was named MVP. Two others who played in that tourney that week were Jacki Gemelos and Jayne Appel. Baugh ended the year with 19.8 points per game and showed she could handle the ball and play on the perimeter at her size. She was the CalHiSports.com State Junior Player of the Year and led Sacramento to the Northern California Div. III title.

 
Doreena Campbell (Edison, Alexandria, VA) 5-10, Jr. Guard  
In a much anticipated state playoff showdown between nationally-ranked Edison and Princess Anne of Newport News, Campbell soared for 29 points to lead Edison to the win. And although the Eagles were beaten in a close game in the final by Forest Park, Campbell certainly made a name for herself. She ended the year with a 21.6 per game scoring mark and has been just about that high since her freshman season. Doreena also is an outstanding student with a GPA above 3.50.
Joy Cheek (South Mecklenburg, Charlotte, NC) 6-2, Sr. Forward  
After being runner-up as the Associated Press State Player of the Year as a junior, Cheek stepped up to the top rung as a senior. She earned twice as many first-place votes by a media panel than any other player and it's easy to see why that happened. After averaging 16 points, eight rebounds and four assists per game in the regular season, Cheek came on in the postseason to average 23 points per game. She had 22 in the Class 4A state final and led South Mecklenburg to the championship. Next year, Cheek will play for national power Duke.
Elena DelleDonne (Ursuline, Wilmington, DE) 6-4, So. Guard  
How big time is DelleDonne? Consider this, the 16-year-old phenom has a personal entry in Wikipedia - a world-wide encyclopedia. DelleDonne helped Ursuline to a third straight state title by netting 50 points in the final - almost single-handedly beating FAB 50-ranked St. Elizabeth. Ursuline won the game 68-51, avenging two earlier losses. DelleDonne averaged 26 points and 10 rebounds, and hit a national record 80 straight free throws this past season. She may have only been a sophomore, but some believe she still may have done enough to have been national player of the year. She was certainly among the top five on our board.
Jacki Gemelos (St. Mary's Stockton, CA) 6-0, Sr. Guard  
The Miss Basketball State Player of the Year from California, as selected by CalHiSports.com, was on her way to 3,000 points for her career until she suffered a knee injury in the semifinals of her CIF sectional playoffs. Gemelos was on a run of four straight 40-point games at the time of her injury and ended up with an average of 39 per game (not including the last shortened outing) plus seven rebounds, six assists and five steals. Gemelos, who is headed to USC and hopes to have rehabbed from surgery in time to play for the Trojans next season, had a season high of 52 points, but her best outing may have been 43 points, nine rebounds and nine assists in a win by her team against Jayne Appel's team.
Amber Harris (North Central, Indianapolis, IN) 6-5, Sr. Center  
If you had a separate honor for best girls dunker this year, then Harris might be your pick. She was credited with eight dunks in games during the past three years and is known for her athleticism and quickness as a 6-5 post player. As a senior, Harris saw her scoring average dip to 16.5 points per game from 19.8 as a junior, but she was on a less experienced team and only took 12 shots per game as well. Despite those totals, she was named Miss Basketball for Indiana and has been on every All-American team, including this one.
Allison Hightower (Seguin, Arlington, TX) 5-11, Sr. Forward  
She pretty much has to be up there on on all of the All-American teams since she was the pick in a close call over Brittainy Raven to be the Dallas Morning News Player of the Year. Hightower also scored nine points for the winning team in the McDonald's All-America Game. She led Seguin to a 33-5 record during the season. She averaged 21 points, 8.3 rebounds and nearly four assists per game. Hightower next goes to LSU and may be part of the equation in replacing Seimone Augustus.
J.J. Hones (Southridge, Beaverton, OR) 5-11, Sr. Forward/Guard  

She's got the lowest scoring average of anyone on this team at just 12.5 per game, but Hones is one of those ultimate point guards. She led Southridge in assists and steals and was the major reason the Skyhawks went 56-2 in the last two years and won back-to-back Class 4A state titles. In a state semifinal game, Hones showed she could score when asked as she racked up 31 points. Hones was picked as the Class 4A player of the year in Oregon and will play next year at Stanford, where so many other top girls players from the state have gone.

 
Dee Dee Jernigan (Central, East Chicago, IN) 5-7, Sr. Guard  
Jernigan showed as a senior she would be able to make the transition from the inside to the outside. She averaged 17 points, eight rebounds and five assists per game. She was one of two Indiana players along with Amber Harris who were at the McDonald's All-America Game. Both those players were supposed to go to Purdue, but were recently released from their commitments due to a coaching change. Jernigan has played just about her entire prep career while her mother, Regina, has been battling breast cancer.
Whitney Jones (West Monroe, LA) 5-7, Sr. Guard  
For the third straight year Jones was selected as the Class 5A state player of the year in Louisiana. She also was honored as the Gatorade State Player of the Year twice. For her senior season, Jones averaged 21.3 points and 9.4 rebounds per game. She's expected to become more of a distributor than a scorer when she heads to college, which will be at 2005 NCAA champion Baylor.
Adrian McGowen (Goodrich, TX) 5-11, Sr. Guard
Some will scoff at McGowan being in our top 20 due to the Class 1A competition she faced in the Lone Star State, but her accomplishments are just too much to ignore. She averaged 49 points per game as a junior and kept her average near the 40 point mark as a senior. McGowan also ended her four-year career with 4,506 points, which is a new national record. It's also not as if she was completely off the radar screens of the major colleges, despite her small school status. The UConns and Tennessees weren't calling, but other major colleges were and McGowan wound up signing with Texas A&M of the Big 12 Conference.
Maya Moore (Collins Hill, Suwanee, GA) 6-0, Jr. Guard  
She didn't get the win, but in the championship game of the Nike TOC in Arizona it was Moore who scored 40 points while Tina Charles had 29. Those two will become teammates eventually, too, since Moore announced in early April after she came back from spring break that will sign a letter of intent in November with UConn, where Charles will play as a freshman this fall. Moore led Collins Hill to its second straight Class AAAAA state title with averages of 23.2 points, 11.5 rebounds, 5.4 steals and 4.6 assists. Her team has only lost three times in her three seasons and she's still got one more season yet to play. With Charles on the seniors, Moore on the juniors and DelleDonne on the sophomores, there's not much suspense or debate in women's basketball circles about the top player in the Classes of 2006, 2007 or 2008.
Epiphanny Prince (Murry Bergtraum, New York, NY) 5-9, Sr. Guard  
The prolific Prince created headlines everywhere when she scored 113 points in a game on Feb. 1 as Bergtraum routed Louis Brandeis of New York, 137-32. It broke the national record of 105 points set in 1981 by Cheryl Miller of California's Riverside Poly High. Prince averaged 37 points per game and ended a career in which she was part of one Bergtraum team that earned a mythical national title and three others that came close. This year, Prince's team only lost twice and both came against Christ The King and national player of the year Tina Charles.
Brittainey Raven (North Crowley, Fort Worth, TX) 6-0, Sr. Guard  
Raven's quickness up and down the floor and her ability to draw the defense into her was one of the most impressive things to see at this year's McDonald's All-American Game. Raven will no doubt make an immediate impact next season at Texas. She was the leading scorer among large schools in the Dallas area during the 2006 season with 27.2 points. She also handed out 5.2 assists per game.
Khadijah Rushdan (St. Elizabeth, Wilmington, DE) 5-11, Jr. Guard  
Rushdan was voted the Delaware Player of the Year by the state coaches association after leading St. Elizabeth to a state runner-up finish behind Ursuline. Rushdan has already scored 1,905 career points, which rates No. 2 all-time in Delaware. And while some may question whether she should be ahead of DelleDonne in player of the year voting, just the fact there are some who think that highly of her shows just how strong of a player she has become.
Dymond Simon (St. Mary's, Phoenix, AZ) 5-7, Sr. Guard  
Okay, Dymond might be closer to 5-2 or 5-1, but she was simply electrifying in the two major All-American Games, scoring 21 at the WCBA game in Boston and leading her team to a win. Simon averaged 22 points in each of the last three seasons at St. Mary's, leading the Knights to state titles as a sophomore and senior. She's headed to Arizona State and could make an immediate impact next season in the Pac 10 and might be Pac 10 freshman of the year, especially if Jacki Gemelos doesn't come back to full strength at USC after her knee surgery.
Jasmine Thomas (Oakton, Vienna, VA) 5-10, Jr. Guard  

The talented junior is already the three-time Northern Region player of the year in Virginia. The Northern Region is suburban D.C. and generally encompasses the largest and most successful girls basketball schools in the state. Thomas averaged 24.8 points, 8.3 rebounds and 5.0 steals while leading her team to an undefeated regular season. Thomas should go over the 2,000 career point total early in her senior season. She also achieved a high SPARQ Rating last summer at a workout in Beaverton, Oregon, with many of the other top girls in the nation.

 
Amanda Thompson (Whitney Young, Chicago, IL) 6-1, Sr. Forward  
A super rebounder and defender inside the paint, Thompson was one of the most impressive performers at this year's McDonald's All-America Game. She led her team to the Division II state semifinals and ended with averages of 17 points, 12 rebounds and five assists per game. Thompson will likely become more of a versatile player at the next level at Oklahoma since the Sooners already have the Paris Twins, including 2005 EA SPORTS National Player of the Year Courtney Paris.
Monica Wright (Forest Park, Arlington, VA) 5-10 Sr. Guard  

A three-time Washington Post All-Met selection, Wright guided Forest Park to its second state title in three years. The University of Virginia signee averaged 22.6 points per game. She's a perfect blend of skill, athleticism and leadership. She also averaged 12.3 rebounds, 4.5 steals and capped her career as the first girl from a Virginia public school named to both the McDonald's and WBCA national all-star games. She was team MVP at the WBCA game with 11 points and 11 rebounds and led the McDonald's East All-Stars with 13 points.

 

EA SPORTS ALL-AMERICA SECOND TEAM
(30 players listed alphabetically)

Angie Bjorkland (University, Spokane WA) 6-0, Jr., Guard
Heather Bowman (Lewis & Clark, Spokane WA) 6-3, Sr., Center
Jessica Breland (Bertie, Windsor NC) 6-3, Sr., Center
Jasmine Dixon (Poly, Long Beach CA) 5-10, Soph., Forward
Lorin Dixon (Christ The King, Middle Village NY) 5-5, Jr., Guard
Shanavia Dowdell (Calera AL) 6-1, Sr., Center
Latear Eason (Hope, Chicago IL) 5-7, Jr., Guard
Michelle Harrison (Mountain View, Provo UT) 6-3, Sr., Forward
Iasia Hemingway (Shabazz, Newark NJ) 5-11, Jr., Forward
Ashley Houts (Dade County, Trenton GA) 5-6, Sr., Guard
Rashidat Juniad (Camden Catholic, Camden NJ) 6-5, Sr, Center
Jantel Lavender (Cleveland Central Catholic, Cleveland OH) 6-3, Jr., Center
Theresa Lisch (Althoff, Belleville IL) 5-9, Sr., Guard
Italee Lucas (Centennial, Las Vegas NV) 5-8, Jr., Guard
Lesslie Mason-Cox (Princeton, Cincinnati OH) 6-2, Sr., Center
Kalli McLaren (Good Counsel, Laurel MD) 6-3, Sr, Center
Cait McMahan (Heritage, Maryville TN) 5-6, Sr., Guard
Morghan Medlock (Narbonne, Harbor City CA) 5-11, Sr., Forward
Jacinta Monroe (Stranahan, Fort Lauderdale FL) 6-4, Sr., Center
Jordan Murphee (Brock TX) 5-11, Sr., Forward
Kayla Pedersen (Red Mountain, Mesa AZ) 6-4, Jr. Center
Porshia Phillips (Redan, Stone Mountain GA) 6-1, Sr., Forward
Ta'Shia Phillips (Brebeuf Jesuit Prep, Indianapolis IN) 6-6, Jr., Center
Jeanette Pohlen (Brea Olinda, Brea CA) 6-0, Jr., Guard
Tiawana Pringle (Southeast Lauderdale, Meridian MS) 5-7, Sr., Guard
Danielle Robinson (Archbishop Mitty, San Jose CA) 5-10, Jr., Guard
Jenna Smith (Kennedy, Minneapolis MN) 6-2, Sr., Center
Steffi Sorenson (Bartram Trail, Jacksonville FL) 5-10, Sr., Guard
Amber White (Coatesville Area, Coatesville PA) 5-6, Sr., Guard
Danielle Wilson (St. John the Baptist, West Islip NY) 6-4, Sr., Center

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