SBLive Missouri's all-state girls basketball teams
By Cody Thorn | Photo by Cheap Seats Photography
The 2021-22 girls basketball season in Missouri ended with some familiar names at the state’s biggest tournament – the Show-Me Showdown in Springfield last month.
In four of the six classes, there was at least one team in the final that made the championship game the year before and in Class 2 and 4, the same two teams made the final.
Incidentally, though, the two teams that lost in the Class 2 and 4 finals last year, won the championship this year.
Below are all-state teams honoring 24 players, the player of the year, underclassman of the year and coach of the year in Missouri.
PlAYER OF THE YEAR
Saniah Tyler | Incarnate Word | Point Guard | SR | Commitment: Kentucky
3x Missouri Basketball Coaches Association All-State
Two-time MSHSAA Class 6 champion
1,174 career points
St. Louis Post-Dispatch All-Metro Girls Basketball Player of the Year
UNDERCLASSMAN OF THE YEAR
Jordan Speiser | Lutheran St. Charles | FR
25.0 ppg/ 2.3 spg/ 4.9 rpg/ 3.1 apg/ 49% FG/ 44% 3/ 83% FT/ Scored 49 points in win vs. 86-56 Ellington
COACH OF THE YEAR
Jacob Yorg | John Burroughs
Missouri Basketball Coaches Association Class 4 Coach of the Year
Class 4 State Championship in 1st year at school
22-4 record
Winners of 17 straight to close season
Metro League Conference Championship
FIRST TEAM
Saniah Tyler | Incarnate Word | Point Guard | SR
Jordan Speiser | Lutheran St. Charles | FR
Natalie Potts | Incarnate Word | Center | JR
19.3 ppg/ 8.6 rpg/ 3.2 apg/ 1.4 bpg/ 62% FG
Grace Slaughter | Grain Valley | Wing | SR | Commitment: Missouri
27.2 ppg/ 7.0 rpg/ 1.7 apg/ 2.2 spg/ 49% FG/ 81% FT
Averi Kroenke | Rock Bridge | Combo Guard | SR | Commitment: Missouri
17.7 ppg/ 8.1 rpg/ 3.9 apg/ 3.0 spg
Ashton Judd | West Plains | Center | SR | Commitment: Missouri
26.5 ppg/ 11.5 rpg/ 3.5 apg/ 2.8 spg/ 54% FG/ 40% 3
Bella Fontleroy | Kickapoo| Guard | SR | Commitment: Baylor
23.4 ppg/ 11 rpg/ 49% FG/ 35% FG
Ayden Shannon | Wellington-Napoleon | Guard | SR | Commitment: William Jewell
23.8 ppg/ 3.2 apg/ 4.6 rpg/ 4.2 spg/ 47% FG/ 35% 3/ 75% FT/ 2,000+ career points
SECOND TEAM
Allie Turner | John Burroughs | Combo Guard | SO
17.4 ppg/ 4.0 apg/ 4.2 spg/ 5.0 rpg/ 59% FG/ 42% 3/ 87% FT
Addi Brownfield | Boonville | Combo Guard/ SR | Commitment: Western Illinois
24.0 ppg/ 4.7 apg/ 6.1 rpg/ 5.1 spg/ 44% FG/ 77% FT
Reese Schaaf | El Dorado Springs | Combo Guard | SR | Commitment: Drury
19.9 ppg/ 7.5 rpg/ 3.1 apg/ 3.3 spg/ 57% FG
Maddie Ayers | South Iron | Point Guard | JR
17 ppg/ 5 apg/ 6 spg
Kennedy Townsend | Park Hill | Combo Guard | SR | Commitment: Creighton
21.6 ppg/ 6.7 rpg/ 1.3 apg/ 1.9 spg/ 39% 3/ 47% FG/ 71% FT
Destiny Buerge | Carl Junction | Combo Guard | JR
22.8 ppg/ 5.7 rpg/ 3.9 spg/ 2.9 apg/ 42% FG/ 33% 3
Hannah Linthacum | Jefferson City | Guard | JR | Commitment: Missouri
18 ppg/ 11 rpg
Kaemyn Bekemeier | Republic | Guard/Forward | JR | Commitment: Missouri State
22.8 ppg/ 8.0 rpg/ 2.0 spg/ 2.0 spg/ 51% FG/ career scoring leader
THIRD TEAM
Lexi Rubel | Notre Dame Cape Girardeau | Combo Guard | SR | Commitment: Tennessee-Martin
15.9 ppg/ 4.9 apg/ 10.3 rpg/ 3.3 spg
JaNyla Bush | Whitfield | Point Guard | SO
13.3 ppg/ 2.0 spg/ 4.0 apg/ 44% FG/ 29% 3
Cierra Smith | Grandview | Combo Guard | SR | Commitment: Central Missouri
22.2 ppg/ 5.8 rpg/ 4.5 spg/ 2.5 apg/ 42% FG/ 30% 3
Maggie Collins | Platte Valley | Center | SO
15.6 ppg/ 8.7 rpg/ 2.9 spg/ 66% FG
Cassidy Hambelton | Dora | Point Guard | SR
30.7 ppg/ 7.0 rpg/ 5.1 apg/ 4.2 spg/ 45% FG/ 36% 3/ 2,500 career points
Jaidynn Mason | Blue Springs South | Point Guard | SR
14.9 ppg/4.5 rpg/ 3.1 apg/3.5 spg/ 43% FG/ 33% 3
Ella Moody | St. Joseph Central | Guard/Forward | SR | Commitment: Northwest Missouri State
14.7 ppg/ 6.0 rpg/ 2.0 spg/ 1,465 career points (school record)
Breona Hurd | Waynesville | Small Forward | SO
22.1 ppg/ 10.2 rpg/ 2.1 apg/ 3.0 spg/ 48% FG