All-L.A. City Section 2019-2020 girls basketball teams announced: Jane Nwaba named player of the year

On Thursday afternoon, the L.A. City Section announced the All-City girls basketball awards for the 2019-2020 season. Here are their picks for the all-section team, which spans every division. We will also have separate posts for the awards by division.
MORE AWARDS: ALL-SECTION TEAM | OPEN DIVISION | DIVISION I | DIVISION II | DIVISION III | DIVISION IV | DIVISION V
Coach of the Year: Adam Levine – Palisades Charter
Player of the Year: Jane Nwaba – Senior – Palisades Charter
L.A. CITY ALL-SECTION TEAM
Name | Class | School |
|---|---|---|
Haylee Aiden | Senior | Granada Hills Charter |
Ameerah Ali | Junior | Crenshaw |
Sammie Arnold | Junior | Palisades Charter |
Sydney Blevins | Junior | Hamilton |
Iliana Camua | Senior | El Camino Real Charter |
Sherisse Chensam | Junior | Hamilton |
Megan Delgado | Senior | Granada Hills Charter |
Mia Dufresne | Senior | Narbonne |
Justina Graham | Senior | Carson |
Ariana Grimes | Senior | Westchester |
Demonie Lagway | Sophomore | Palisades Charter |
Samiyah Muhammad | Senior | Granada Hills Charter |
Angel Nwosu | Junior | Narbonne |
Alexis Pettis | Junior | Palisades Charter |
Gaby Quintana | Junior | Taft |
Kennedee Rankin | Senior | Hamilton |
Rebecca Saidoff | Senior | El Camino Real Charter |
Kailyn Watkins | Senior | Crenshaw |

Lance Smith is a veteran high school sports reporter who worked previously with SBLive Sports covering basketball, football, and softball in California's Southern Section and LA City Section and has returned as contributor to High School On SI in 2025. He also covers Nevada and National Girls Basketball. A graduate of The USC Marshall School of Business, Smith dabbles in linear algebra and football and basketball computer rankings.