State's top AA, A and B players honored by the S.D. Basketball Coaches Association
Mahli Abdouch of O'Gorman (Class AA), Katie Vasecka of Tea Area (Class A) and Ava Lingemann of Ethan (Class B) have been chosen as the state's girls basketball players of the year for 2023-24 by the South Dakota Basketball Coaches Association.
Here are the 2024 South Dakota Basketball Coaches Association All-State girls basketball teams:
CLASS AA
First Team
Mahli Abdouch, O'Gorman, 5-8, sr. G (16.3 ppg, 3.4 rpg, 3.5 apg)
Sawyer Stoebner, Mitchell, 5-9, sr. G (15.8 ppg, 4.3 apg, 72 steals)
Alyvia Padgett, Brandon Valley, 5-7, so. G (13.8 ppg, 3 apg)
Taaliyah Porter, RC Stevens, 5-8, jr., G (19.8 ppg, 6.1 rpg)
Brinley Altenburg, SF Jefferson, 5-10, fr., G (17.1 ppg, 3.1 apg)
Grace Peterson, SF Washington, 6-0 , jr., F (12.7 ppg, 6.5 rpg)
Second Team
Jaidyn Dunn, SF Jefferson, 6-1, sr., F (12.7 ppg, 7.3 rpg)
Reese Terwilliger, Pierre, 5-11, sr., F-C (14.7 ppg, 5.7 rpg)
Lennix Dupris, Pierre, 5-6, jr., G (14.3 ppg, 4.4 rpg, 75 steals)
Abby Flanagan, Harrisburg, 5-10, sr., G (12.1 ppg, 5 rpg)
Hamtyn Heinz, Huron, 5-8, sr., G (15.9 ppg, 4.3 rpg)
Taryn Hermansen, Aberdeen Central, 6-0, so., C (14 ppg, 10 rpg).
Honorable Mention
Lucy Moore, O'Gorman, 5-7, sr., G (8.3 ppg, 4.9 rpg)
Lolo Carlow, RC Central, 5-8, sr., G (12.1 ppg, 3.6 rpg)
Jozie Dana, Spearfish, 5-8, jr. G (10.5 ppg)
Claire Tereshinski, Yankton, 5-6, sr., G (11.8 ppg)
Leah Landry, RC Central, 5-10, fr., F-G (12.3 ppg, 10.7 rpg)
Addie Siemsen, Mitchell, 5-8, so., G (12.3 ppg)
• Repeat Selections — 2023 (Abdouch and Stoebner, first team; and Porter, Dunn, Terwilliger and Peterson, second team); 2022 (Abdouch, first team; and Stoebner, second team.
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CLASS A
First Team
Katie Vasecka, Tea Area, 6-1, sr., G (22.6 ppg, 9.6 rpg, 3.8 apg)
Ashlyn Koupal, Wagner, 6-3, so., G-F (21.3 ppg, 11.5 rpg, 3.9 apg, 96 blocks)
Emilee Fox, Mount-Vernon Plankinton , 5-8, sr., G (21.1 ppg, 7.3 rpg, 3.8 apg, 112 3-pointers, 2,260 career points)
Krista Langager, Sisseton, 6-2, jr., C (20.5 ppg, 9 rpg)
Claire Sheppard, Flandreau, 6-2, sr., G (14 ppg, 6.3 rpg, 5.2 apg)
Addison Neuendorf, Hamlin, 5-6, so., G (20.5 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 3.9 apg)
Second Team
Ashlan Carlow-Blount, Maȟpíya Lúta, 6-0, so., G (17.2 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 5.7 apg, 102 steals)
Caylin Kelly, Florence-Henry, 5-11, sr., F-G (15 ppg, 8.2 rpg)
Lily Klein, Flandreau, 5-11, sr., G (14.8 ppg, 5.5 rpg)
Macy Koupal, Wagner, 5-9, sr., G-F (17.1 ppg, 6.8 rpg, 4.5 apg)
Mataya Ward, Belle Fourche, 6-0, sr., G-F (20 ppg, 5.5 rpg)
Mara Grant, Tea Area, 5-11, sr., F (15.1 ppg, 9.9 rpg)
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Third Team
Taylor Reuvers, Vermillion, 5-3, 8th, G (11 ppg, 4 rpg, 5 apg)
Brooke Jensen, Vermillion, 6-1, jr., G (12 ppg, 6 rpg)
Reagan Rus, Mount Vernon-Plankinton, 5-9, jr., G (16.5 ppg, 5.6 rpg)
Carli Kuyper, Lennox, 6-3, sr. F (14 ppg, 7.5 rpg)
Alyssa Moschell, Hanson, 5-9, sr., G-F (14.3 ppg, 7.8 rpg)
Maggie Taylor, Hill City, 6-2, sr., C (16.9 ppg, 12.6 rpg)
Honorable Mention
Avery Reitz, SF Christian, 5-9, jr. G (11.6 ppg, 5 rpg)
Ella Otten, Dakota Valley, 5-7, 8th, G (17.2 ppg)
Ava Hanson, Aberdeen Roncalli, 5-10, jr., F (13.8 ppg, 5.5 rpg)
Katie Rozell, Redfield, 5-11, sr., F-G (17.6, 6.1 rpg)
Hannah Leverson, Sisseton (5-5, sr., G (11.3 ppg, 5 apg)
Jodene Big Crow-Hunter, Maȟpíya Lúta, 5-6, jr., G (16.9 ppg)
Shania Ferguson, Lakota Tech, 5-4, so., G (20 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 84 steals)
• Repeat Selections — 2023 (A. Koupal, Sheppard and Vasecka, first team; Fox, Kelly, Jensen and Grant, second team; and Langager, Carlow-Blount and Neuendorf, third team); 2022 (Fox and Vasecka, first team; Sheppard and Kelly, second team); 2021 (Fox, first team; Vasecka, second team; and Sheppard, third team); 2020 (Fox, second team).
CLASS B
First Team
Ava Lingemann, Ethan, 5-6, sr., G (20.2 ppg, 7.7 apg)
Skyler Volmer, Lyman, 5-9, sr., G (16.9 ppg, 6.9 rpg, 4.6 apg, 78 steals)
Paige Kjerstad, Wall, 5-11, sr. G (15.4 ppg, 9.8 rpg)
Addalyn Steffensen, Arlington, 5-10, jr., G (16.2 ppg, 6 rpg)
Althea Gust, Centerville, 5-10, jr., G-F (13.4 ppg, 3.5 apg)
Abby Aslesen, Howard, 6-0, sr., F-G (21.1 ppg, 12.7 rpg)
Second Team
Makalee Scott, Lyman, 6-0, so., F (17.3 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 4.4 apg, 72 steals)
Avery Orth, Wessington Springs, 6-2, sr., C (17.2 ppg, 10.2 rpg)
Stevie Wittler, Sully Buttes, 5-7, sr., G (19.5 ppg, 4 rpg)
Kaylie Robinson, James Valley Christian, 5-9, jr., G (16.2 ppg, 9.1 rpg, 3.4 apg, 71 steals)
Emma Marshall, Centerville, 5-10, jr., F (12.7 ppg, 7.6 rpg)
Nora Dinger, Wall, 5-5, sr., G (12.4 ppg, 4.2 rpg, 5.6 apg)
Third Team
Megan Reiner, Tripp-Delmont-Armour, 5-10, sr., G (17.2 ppg, 3.6 rpg, 72 steals)
Allie Kohn, Lemmon, 5-9, sr., G (14.2 ppg, 4.5 rpg, 5.3 apg)
Claire Verhulst, Harding County, 5-4, sr. G (11.7 ppg, 74 steals)
Jaelyn Huntimer, Arlington, 5-8, so. G (14.3 ppg)_
Courtney Sees, Avon, 5-6, sr., G (15.5 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 3.6 apg)
Josie Brouwer, Andes Central-Dakota Christian, 5-7, jr., G (17 ppg, 7 rpg)
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Honorable Mention
Jaelyn Wendt, Harding County, 6-2, sr., C (8.9 rpg, 10.6 rpg)
Alexa Goertz, James Valley Christian, 5-9, jr., G (15.8 ppg, 3.5 rpg)
Hazel Luethmers, De Semet, 6-0, so., G-F (19.3 ppg, 7 rpg)
Adison Moore, Iroquois-Lake Preston, 5-6, jr., G (19.4 ppg, 5.7 rpg, 4.1 apg, 76 steals)
Taylor Hoxeng, Gayville-Volin, 5-6, so., G (17.2 ppg, 5.6 rpg, 4.2 apg)
Rhea Tucker, Wall, 6-0, sr., G (12.1 ppg, 8.3 rpg, 94 steals)
• Repeat Selections — 2023 (Lingemann first team; Aslesen, second team; and Volmer, Sees and Wittler, third team).
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