All-L.A. City Section Division V 2019-2020 girls basketball team: Irene Benavides named player of the year

The L.A. City Section has released their all-section basketball awards for the 2019-2020 season. Here are the awards for Division V girls basketball.
MORE AWARDS: ALL-SECTION TEAM | OPEN DIVISION | DIVISION I | DIVISION II | DIVISION III | DIVISION IV | DIVISION V
Coach of the Year: Dante Brown – Monroe
Player of the Year: Irene Benavides – Senior – Monroe
ALL-CITY DIVISION V TEAM
Name | Class | School |
|---|---|---|
Jodi Alcantara | Senior | Fulton College Prep |
Alexis Brown | Sophomore | New Designs Watts |
Jatoya Jackson | Senior | USC-MAE |
Briana James | Senior | Larchmont Charter |
Melanie Lemus | Junior | Alliance Burton Tech |
Delia Mizarhi | Freshman | GALA |
Maya Molina | Senior | Fulton College Prep |
Wendy Reyes | Junior | Animo Ralph Bunche |
Jessica Sinnathamby | Junior | GALA |
Kennedy Taylor | Junior | GALA |

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.