Girls Basketball

The HSOT All-State girls basketball team for the 2022-23 season

HighSchoolOT's third annual all-state girls basketball team features 32 returning selections, with eight three-time all-state players. Only four players are two-time first teamers: Grace Christian of Sanford's Sarah Strong, Millbrook's Reychel Douglas, Cape Fear's Jayda Angel, and North Pitt's Zamareya Jones.

Posted 2023-04-19T15:28:10+00:00 - Updated 2023-04-20T13:53:18+00:00

Kirsten Lewis-Williams (11) of Lake Norman. Panther Creek won the school’s first girls basketball state championship, beating previously undefeated Lake Norman 75-65 at the Dean E. Smith Center in Chapel Hill on Saturday, March 11, 2023. (Photo By: Evan Moesta/HighSchoolOT)

There is a first, second, and third team with 15 players each. There is also an Honorable Mention list of 30 players.

Only players on teams in scholastic-based associations were eligible, save for some players who repeated their junior or senior seasons by reclassifying and are competing in their fifth season since entering ninth grade.

Players are listed with their averages in the following format: points / rebounds / assists. If a player notched more than 1.0 steals or 1.0 blocks per game, those were added as well. Averages without decimals were inexact calculations reported by coaches or other official sources.

Three-time all-state selections: Southside's Ka'Nyah O'Neill; North Pitt's Zamareya Jones; Grace Christian of Sanford's Sarah Strong; D.H. Conley's Kylah Silver, Shelby's Ally Hollifield; St. Pauls' Jakieya Thompson; Panther Creek's Madisyn Jordan; Bessemer City's Janiya Adams;

Two-time all-state selections: Millbrook's Reychel Douglas; Salisbury's Kylah Bryant; Purnell Swett's Kylie Chavis; Panther Creek's Taylor Barner; Cape Fear's Jayda Angel; Newton-Conover's Cassidy Geddes; Charlotte Catholic's Blanca Thomas; Terry Sanford's Miya Giles-Jones; East Forsyth's La'Niya Simes; Southwest Onslow's Armani Reid; Watauga's Kate Sears; Cannon School's Samyha Suffren; Hoggard's Anya Massey; Clayton's Darriona Howard; Lake Norman's Kirsten Lewis-Williams; Randleman's Gracyn Hall; Beddingfield's Daneesha Briggs; North Mecklenburg's Nevaeh Farmer; Cardinal Gibbons' Rhian Lawrence; Northern Guilford's Jasmine Harris; Bishop McGuinness' Adelaide Jernigan; Forest Hills' Jamyah Blakeney; Rocky Mount's Caroline Thiel; Asheville's Evangelia Paulk.

Two-time first team selections: Strong, Douglas, Angel, Jones.

Previous All-State Teams, Final Rankings

HighSchoolOT's All-State Girls Basketball Team

Jayda Angel of Cape Fear. South View at Cape Fear girls basketball - Feb. 15, 2023 (Photo by J. Mike Blake)

First Team

Jayda Angel, Cape Fear (junior) — 29.3/ 8.0 / 5.4 / 6.4 steals / 1.2 blocks
Sydney Barker, Jordan (senior) — 27.8 / Wofford recruit
Taylor Barner, Panther Creek (junior) — 19 / 3.6/ 3.4 / 2.9 steals
Reychel Douglas, Millbrook (senior) — 17.8 / 8.7 / 2.3 / 2.2 steals / Alabama recruit
Jasmine Felton, Northeastern (junior) — 30.3/ 13.4 / 3.5 / 7.0 steals / 1.4 blocks
Zamareya Jones, North Pitt (junior) — 28.9 / 4.6 / 7.0 / 5.4 steals / 1.2 blocks
Kirsten Lewis-Williams, Lake Norman (senior) — 20.6 / 8.8 / 5.5 / 4.1 steals / Buffalo recruit
Evangelia Paulk, Asheville (senior) — 18.0 / 7.6 / 3.3 / 4.6 steals / 2.6 blocks / Wofford recruit
Kylah Silver, D.H. Conley (senior) — 20.6 / 10.0 / 2.0 / 2.8 steals / 1.1 blocks / UNC-Wilmington recruit
Brecken Snotherly, Eastern Randolph (senior) — 30.7 / 9.7 / 3.0 / 3.6 steals / East Tennessee State recruit
Sarah Strong, Grace Christian of Sanford (junior) — 22.6 / 13.9 / 4.4 / 3.4 steals / 2.2 blocks
Samyha Suffren, Cannon School (senior) — 15.8 / 8.9 / 3.5 / 3.9 steals / Virginia Tech recruit
Caroline Thiel, Rocky Mount (senior) — 19.3 / 5.8 / 1.2 / 1.3 steals / Charlotte recruit
Blanca Thomas, Charlotte Catholic (junior) — 16.6 / 9.6 / 1.7 / 4.2 blocks
Olivia Tucker, Panther Creek (junior) — 16.8 / 3.4 / 4.1 / 3.0 steals

Southside's Ka'Nyah O'Neal (3). Chatham Charter defeated Southside in the fourth round of the 1A girls playoffs on Tuesday, Feb. 28, 2023. (Photo By: Evan Moesta/HighSchoolOT)

Second Team

Samiyah Barker, Hillside (sophomore) — 16.6 / 4.3 / 3.6 / 3.3 steals
Daneesha Briggs, Beddingfield (senior) — 26.5 / 5.3 / 1.7 / 3.2 steals / 1.9 blocks
Kylah Bryant, Salisbury (senior) — 22 / N.C. Central recruit
Nevaeh Farmer, North Mecklenburg (senior) — 16.4 / 5.6 / 5.7 / 5.1 steals / Francis Marion (D2) recruit
Cassidy Geddes, Newton-Conover (senior) — 21.0 / 6.3 / 5.4 / 5.8 steals / William & Mary recruit
Miya Giles-Jones, Terry Sanford (senior) — 18.0 / 10.3 / 2.9 / 3.5 steals / Northeastern recruit
Ally Hollifield, Shelby (senior) — 24.0 / 8.9 / 5.9 / 5.4 steals / Gardner-Webb recruit
Darriona Howard, Clayton (senior) — 17.9 / 11.2 / 2.9 / 3.5 steals / 1.2 blocks / Delaware recruit
Adelaide Jernigan, Bishop McGuinness (sophomore) — 18.3 / 3.9 / 1.6 / 2.4 steals
Madisyn Jordan, Panther Creek (senior) — 15.2 / 5.4 / 2.2 / 2.3 steals / 1.0 blocks / Wake Forest recruit
Kamryn Kitchen, Independence (sophomore) — 13.8 / 3.7 / 3.3 / 2.9 steals
Ka'Nyah O'Neil, Southside (senior) — 29.3 / 12.1 / 3.6 / 5.1 steals / 1.8 blocks / Fayetteville State (D2) recruit
Kate Sears, Watauga (sophomore) — 21.0 / 6.7 / 5.0 / 2.1 steals
Laynie Smith, Chapel Hill (junior) — 22.7 / 8.5 / 4.1 / 3.5 steals / 3.5 blocks / Illinois (volleyball) recruit
Braelyn Stilwell, East Burke (sophomore) — 17.0 / 4.3 / 7.6 / 6.0 steals

Caitlyn Jones (5) of Rolesville. Rolesville's girls basketball team defeated Millbrook 58-54 in the NAC 6 Conference tournament championship game on Feb. 17, 2023. (Photo by: Evan Moesta/HighSchoolOT) Girls Basketball: Rolesville vs. Millbrook (Feb. 17, 2023)

Third Team

Lauren Arnold, West Rowan (junior) — 15.9
Kylie Chavis, Purnell Swett (senior) — 21.2 / 10.1 / 6.2 / 4.5 steals / UNC-Wilmington recruit
Audrey Ericksen, Green Level (senior) — 14.7 / 8.2 / 3.2 / 2.2 steals / 1.7 blocks / Boston recruit
Caitlyn Jones, Rolesville (sophomore) — 18.1 / 4.0 / 4.2 / 4.4 steals
Rhian Lawrence, Cardinal Gibbons (senior) — 10.7 / 6.1 / 5.6 / 2.8 steals
Jasmine Nivar, Apex Friendship (sophomore) — 18.0 / 7.7 / 2.9 / 2.8 steals
Armani Reid, Southwest Onslow (senior) — 21.1 / 8.1 / 6.0 / 5.3 steals / 1.5 blocks / Winthrop recruit
Whitney Rogers, Cherokee (sophomore) — 16.3 / 3.3 / 2.3 / 2.8 steals
La'Niya Simes, East Forsyth (senior) — N/A / Winston-Salem State (D2) recruit
Ashara Spruill, Uwharrie Charter (senior) — 17.1 / 13.3 / 3.5 / 2.2 steals / 1.1 blocks / Texas Southern recruit
Elle Stone, Mallard Creek (sophomore) — 18.8 / 4.6 / 1.6 / 4.0 steals / 2.0 blocks
Emerson Thompson, Falls Lake Academy (junior) — 21.3 / 10.3 / 9.1 / 3.9 steals / 2.0 blocks
Jakieya Thompson, St. Pauls (senior) — 22.4 / 11.3 / 5.4 / 6.9 steals / North Carolina A&T recruit
Zoey Ward, Concord Academy (senior) — 16.8 / 5.5 / 2.4 / 2.2 steals / Farleigh Dickinson recruit
Gabby White, Seaforth (sophomore) — 15.5 / 10.0 / 3.7 / 3.2 steals

Jasmine Harris (11) of Northern Guilford. (11) Charlotte Catholic upset (3) Northern Guilford 58-53 in the third round of the NCHSAA 4A girls basketball state playoffs on Saturday, Feb. 25, 2023. (Photo By: Evan Moesta/HighSchoolOT)

Honorable Mention

Janiya Adams, Bessemer City (senior) — 18.6 / 3.6 / 4.2 / 6.1 steals
Shaymiah Bailey, Walkertown (sophomore) — 18.0 / 15.9 / 2.5 / 2.5 steals / 4.8 blocks
Shalyn Bell, North Stanly (sophomore) — 20.4 / 14.0 / 2.0 / 4.1 steals / 5.5 blocks
Jamyah Blakeney, Forest Hills (senior) — 27.6 / 9.4 / 2.6 / 3.2 steals / 2.2 blocks
Te'Keyah Bland, Northwood (senior) — 14.4 / 8.3 / 0.8 / 1.4 steals / 2.1 blocks / Howard recruit
Ja'Kea Brunson, Wayne Country Day (senior) — 17.8
Madison Cole, Ashbrook (senior) — 20.7 / 5.5 / 2.5 / 3.3 steals
Natalie Evington, Purnell Swett (senior) — 19.3 / 4.3 / 2.1 / 2.2 steals
Jamaria Freeman, Fike (sophomore) — 19.9 / 6.0 / 3.6 / 6.1 steals
Gracyn Hall, Randleman (senior) — 16.4 / 12.0 / 1.8 / 1.6 steals / 1.8 blocks / Emory & Henry (D2) recruit
Aniya Harris, North Raleigh Christian (senior) — N/A / Appalachian State recruit
Jasmine Harris, Northern Guilford (junior) — 12.7 / 4.6 / 3.5 / 3.4 steals
Michaela Hodge, Northampton County (junior) — 16.1 / 13.0 / 1.2 / 1.0 steals / 6.4 blocks
Jordyn Latter, Providence Day (senior) — 14.9 / 7.5 / 1.1 / 3.3 steals
Anya Massey, Hoggard (senior) — 11.8 / 4.4 / 3.0 / 1.8 steals / Wingate (D2) recruit
Jer'Lisah Pridgen, SouthWest Edgecombe (senior) — 18.4 / 6.6 / 4.5 / 3.2 steals / 1.2 blocks
Aniyah Rainey, Northeastern (senior) — 21.7 / 7.2 / 4.8 / 7.4 steals / Chowan (D2) recruit
Kelsey Rhyne, Lake Norman (freshman) — 12.8 / 6.9 / 3.0 / 2.3 steals
Rymiah Sanders, Southern Durham (senior) — 19.7 / 5.1 / 3.1 / 4.5 steals
Laney Scoggins, Hoggard (senior) — 10.8 / 3.1 / 3.4 / 2.3 steals / Presbyterian recruit
Anastasia Sinclair, South Mecklenburg (senior) — 14.4 / 2.9 / 7.3 / 3.9 steals / UNC-Pembroke (D2) recruit
Icyss Storm, Grace Christian of Sanford (junior) — 13.8 / 8.4 / 2.4 / 3.0 steals
Katie Story, Hibriten (senior) — N/A
Desta Trammell, Robbinsville (senior) — 23.4 / 2.2 / 5.1 / 2.5 steals
Tamaya Walden, Chatham Charter (senior) — 22.7 / 4.5 / 4.5 / 3.6 steals
Jermia Walker, Southern Nash (senior) — 19.4 / 7.9 / 4.0 / 5.1 steals
Skylar White, E.E. Smith (senior) — 12.5 / 3.4 / 3.7 / 3.4 steals
Candice Williams, Page (junior) — 19.2 / 3.7 / 2.0 / 2.6 steals
Staci Williams, Holly Springs (senior) — 14.0 / 3.4 / 3.3 / 2.1 steals
Olivia Young, Cardinal Gibbons (senior) — 12.5 / 6.9 / 3.0 / 3.0 steals / 2.6 blocks / Brown recruit