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Alabama High School Basketball Player of the Year Finalists Announced

Finalists for the Alabama Sports Writers Association’s major high school basketball awards for the 2024-25 season.
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The Alabama Sports Writers Association announced its three finalists for player of the year in each classification, boys and girls, for the 2024-25 high school basketball season.

Players of the year and Mr. and Miss Basketball will be named at a luncheon banquet April 17 in Montgomery.

 

ASWA FINALISTS

Girls

CLASS 7A

Sarah Gordon, Vestavia Hills

Jabria Lindsey, Central-Phenix City

Lani Smallwood, Albertville

 

CLASS 6A

Saniya Jackson, Park Crossing

Kristen Johnson, Hazel Green

Haley Trotter, Chelsea

 

CLASS 5A

Jamonica Chambers, Vigor

Leah Childress, Priceville

Samarian Franklin, Wenonah

 

CLASS 4A

Ava McSwain, Good Hope

Maddie Smith, Trinity

Kaylee Yarbrough, New Hope

 

CLASS 3A

Natalie Barton, St. James

Belle Hill, Mars Hill Bible

Shila Marks, Lauderdale Co.

 

CLASS 2A

Campbell Barron, Pisgah

Ella Dickerson, Cold Springs

Leslie Hames, Decatur Heritage

 

CLASS 1A

Ace Austin, Spring Garden

Sarah Davis, Shoals Christian

Hadlee Sanderson, Brilliant

 

AISA

Diamond Chankio, North River

Shalexia Little, Springwood

Lexie Smith, Edgewood

Boys

CLASS 7A

DeWayne Brown, Hoover

J.D. Gossett, Huntsville

Jacoby Hill, Central-Phenix City

 

CLASS 6A

Jaylen Alexander, Oxford

Devin Barksdale, Gadsden City

Austin Coner, Pinson Valley

 

CLASS 5A

Zak Cain, East Limestone

EJ King, Russellville

Jayden Williams, Ramsay

 

CLASS 4A

Keeyun Chapman, Jackson

Milton Jones Jr., Fairfield

Junior Smith, Dale Co.

 

CLASS 3A

Emmanuel Clarton, Sumter Central

Eli Pounders, Mars Hill Bible

Skyler Stovall, Montgomery Academy

 

CLASS 2A

Pearce Boone, Providence Christian

Mica Merriman, Gaston

Danilo Stojakovic, Tuscaloosa Academy

 

CLASS 1A

Jayden Parks, Brantley

Isiah Thomas, R.C. Hatch

John Welsh, Spring Garden

 

AISA

Nolan Cole, Hooper

Deshawn Hall, Valiant Cross

Tylon Shine, Evangel-Montgomery

See also: 2025 Alabama High School All-State Basketball Teams

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Christopher Walsh
CHRISTOPHER WALSH

Christopher Walsh is the founder and publisher of Alabama Crimson Tide On SI, which first published as BamaCentral in 2018, and is also the publisher of the Boston College, Missouri and Vanderbilt sites . He's covered the Crimson Tide since 2004 and is the author of 27 books including “100 Things Crimson Tide Fans Should Know and Do Before They Die” and “Nick Saban vs. College Football.” He's an eight-time honoree of Football Writers Association of America awards and three-time winner of the Herby Kirby Memorial Award, the Alabama Sports Writers Association’s highest writing honor for story of the year. In 2022, he was named one of the 50 Legends of the ASWA. Previous beats include the Green Bay Packers, Arizona Cardinals and Tampa Bay Buccaneers, along with Major League Baseball’s Arizona Diamondbacks. Originally from Minnesota and a graduate of the University of New Hampshire, he currently resides in Tuscaloosa.

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