2023-24 GIRLS ALL-STATE TOP 5 CAPSULES
 

JALIYA DAVIS, BLUE VALLEY NORTH
 
6-foot-2 junior forward
 
2023-24

• 495 points (23.6 ppg), 186 rebounds (8.9 rpg)

 
Career

• 1,115 points (19.9 ppg), 432 rebounds (7.7 rpg)

 
Worth Noting
 
Helped lead Blue Valley North to 2023 Class 6A state championship and third-place finish this year. … Scored career-high 30 points in this year’s third-place game and averaged 6A tourney-best 21 points per game overall. … Broke school’s single-season scoring record last year as sophomore with 463 points and then broke her own mark again this year with 495 points, shooting 63.5% from the field. … With 1,115 career points is just 135 points away from North’s career scoring record of 1,250 points. … Missed all but 10 games of freshman year with broken foot, but her return helped North qualify for state. … Had 9 games of 25 or more points this season and has career-high 14 rebounds against Staley (Mo.). … Also had 41 steals and 31 blocks this season and has 105 career steals and 73 career blocks. … Was first-team All-Class 6A pick last year.
 
Coach’s comment
 
“Being named (All-State) is a testament to Jaliya’s exceptional talent and hard work,” Blue Valley North coach Ann Fritz said. “She is double and tripled team every night, gets beat up and still finds a way to get the job done. Not only is she a special athlete she also excels in the classroom as she is a member of the National Honor Society.”
 

MAKENZIE MCDANIEL, SILVER LAKE
 
6-foot-1 senior center
 
2023-24

• 516 points (19.8 ppg), 271 rebounds (10.4 rpg)

 
Career

• 1,493 points (14.8 ppg), 952 rebounds (9.4 rpg)

 
Worth Noting
 
Led Silver Lake to 26-0 record and Class 3A state championship as Eagles turned in dominant season with only one game decided by single figures. … Averaged 21 points per game in this year’s state tournament and had 25 points and 13 rebounds in 66-61 win over Hesston in championship game. … Also helped lead Eagles to a third-place state finish in 2022 and fourth-place finish in 2023. … Had a season-high of 30 points against Marysville this year and a career-best of 34 against Cherryvale in the 2022 state tournament. … Also had career-best 18 rebounds in Cherryvale state win. … Added 47 assists, 85 steals and 155 blocks in her career. … Ranks No. 1 all-time in school history in total rebounds, offensive and defensive rebounds and two-point field goals made. … Is second all-time in scoring and blocks with her 1,493 career points trailing only former Eagle All-Stater Rhonda Matzke’s 1,517 points. … Holds single-season records for total points, two-point field goals, points per game, offensive and defensive rebounds. … A first-team All-Mid-East League pick for three years, also was first-team All-3A last year as junior and second-team as sophomore. … Is an Emporia State commit. … Also is a softball standout, earning all-league honors three years including first-team honors as freshman and sophomore.
 
Coach’s comment
 
“Her freshman year, she was a girl who when she needed to score, she had to have an angle and have position,” Silver Lake coach Kyle Porter said. “Her sophomore year, she really developed post moves over both shoulders and then this year especially, she was able to finish with both hands and got really good with her left. Teams can account for her more in the paint and in the half-court when they can double her, but she was phenomenal this year in finishing as a trailer in transition and our guards did a great job finding her. She has an awareness when the ball goes up on rebounds and things like that of keeping that ball high and finishing pretty quick. She’s got tremendous hands and Mark Johnson, our assistant coach who works with our posts, has done a phenomenal job with her and she’s gotten a lot of work with skills trainers and AAU program she’s been a part of to develop as well.”
 
 

CAMRYN SMITH, SHAWNEE MISSION SOUTH
 
5-foot-8 senior guard
 
2023-24

• 380 points (15.2 ppg), 140 rebounds (5.6 rpg), 84 assists (3.4 apg), 75 steals (3 spg)

 
Career

• 1,300 points (14.6 ppg), 641 rebounds (7.2 rpg), 324 assists (3.6 apg), 262 steals (2.9 spg)

 
Worth Noting
 
Led South to its first Class 6A state championship since 1995 as Raiders topped Washburn Rural 47-37 in state title game. … Led Raiders to undefeated Sunflower League championship and 24-1 record overall with lone loss coming to 4A champion Bishop Miege. … Led team in scoring at this year’s state tourney at 15.7 points per game in the three games and had 17 points, 8 rebounds and 3 steals in championship game. … Earned first-team All-Sunflower League honors all four years of her career. … Ranks No. 2 on South’s career scoring and assists chart and No. 4 on the career rebounds and steals lists. … Had single-game career highs of 32 points (twice), 15 rebounds, 8 assists and 8 steals. … Led South to a 46-2 record over the last two seasons. … Has signed with Missouri Western.
 
Coach’s comment
 
“Camryn will go down as one of the top-two players in Shawnee Mission South history with Kate Benson,” South coach Mark Western said, referring to the Raiders’ only other All-State Top 5 selection (1995). “She doesn’t have bad days and is the definition of consistency. She is the best rebounding guard that I’ve ever seen play. She makes everyone else around her better and puts the team ahead of her individual accolades. Camryn has led the turnaround as South went from five wins the year prior to her freshman season to finishing the last two seasons with a record of 46-2 and a state championship.”
 

TAYLOR WEISHAAR, RIVERSIDE
 
6-foot-3 senior forward
 
2023-24

• 597 points (22.9 ppg), 301 rebounds (11.6 rpg)

 
Career

• 1,623 points (16.7 ppg), 11.3 rpg)

 
Worth Noting
 
Led Riverside to back-to-back Class 2A state runner-up finishes with the Cyclones falling to Berean Academy in the 2023 championship game and to Wichita Independent in this year’s title contest. … Averaged 19.3 points per game at this year’s state tourney and had 24 points and 8 rebounds in the championship game. … Is Riverside’s career-leading scorer and rebounder and joined an elite club of players to finish their careers with over 1,500 career points and 1,000 career rebounds. … Her single-game highs of 47 points and 19 rebounds also are school records. … Has been a unanimous All-Big Seven League selection each of her past three seasons. … Was a Top 15 selection by KSHSAA Covered last year as well as first-team All-Class 2A. … Also had 245 career steals and 142 career assists. … Also was a volleyball standout for the Cyclones, setting school record for kills. … Has signed with Central Missouri.
 
Coach’s comment
 
“She’s very skilled,” Riverside coach Craig Burnes said. “She can do everything at all three levels. She can post up, shoot from mid-range, shoot from the 3. She’s the complete package. She has speed to run the floor and rim-run. She’ll rebound and just run to the front of the rim and beat the other post players down the floor. She has the speed, she can handle it, dribble left and right. Just a highly-skilled player who has really worked on her game.”
 
 

JADYN WOOTEN, BLUE VALLEY
 
5-foot-7 senior guard
 
2023-24

• 421 points (19.1 ppg), 142 assists (6.4 apg), 162 rpg (7.3 rpg)

 
Career

• 1,680 points (17.6 ppg), 448 assists (4.7 apg), 514 rebounds (5.4 rpg)

 
Worth Noting
 
Was an All-State Top 5 selection last year as a junior and is the lone repeat on the Top 5 this year. … Is two-time MVP of the Eastern Kansas League, which is arguably the top girls’ basketball league in the state, earning the honor as a junior and senior. … Holds 10 school records, including single-season and career scoring, single-game, single-season and career assists and single-game and career steals. … Made 114 career 3-pointers, a school record as well, including 6 in one game, also a record. … Had 222 career steals, getting at least 50 each season. … Had three triple-doubles in her career and 6 career games with at leat 30 points or more and scored 20 or more in 35 of her 95 career games. … Led Tigers to three state tournament appearances in career, including a third-place finish in 2022. … Has been named Gatorade Player of the Year this season and is also a finalist for the DiRenna Award given to the top player in the Kansas City metro area. … Has signed with Oklahoma State.
 
Coach’s comment
 
"This is my 43rd year of coaching, and I’ve been at the Division I level a number of years,” Blue Valley coach Bruce Erickson said. “The way (Wooten) passes the ball and makes her teammates better is the best I’ve ever had. She makes some passes in games, and even in practice, she’ll make a pass that I just don’t understand how she saw it and how she executed it and gets the ball to the person that’s open. That’s the thing that I think she brings to our team. She’s such a great point guard, distributing the ball and getting it to where our kids can be successful. She’s just second to none on that and she really understands the game. Her basketball IQ is just top notch."
 
 

KYLE PORTER, SILVER LAKE
 
Coach of the year
 
2023-24

• 26-0, Class 3A state champions

 
Career

• 130-43, 2 state championships

 
Worth Noting
 
Led Silver Lake to seventh state championship in program history as Eagles went 26-0 this season to win the Class 3A championship, defeating Hesston 66-61 in this year’s title game. … Undefeated season was fourth in program history, which ranks only behind Central Plains (6), Bishop Miege (5) and Olpe (5) in state history. … Eagles seven state titles are tied for fifth and the most won at the 3A level. … Championship game was the lone win by less than double-digits all season as Eagles dominated tough Mid-East League and had 14 wins this season by 30 or more points, finishing with a winning margin of 30.8 points per game. … Has led Eagles to 85-15 record and to state berths in each of four seasons as head coach, the first time in program history to qualify for state four straight years and past three seasons is the winningest stretch in Silver Lake history. … Eagles took third in 2022 and fourth in 2023. … Previously coached two years at Royal Valley, leading Panthers to runner-up finish in 2018 and Class 3A state championship in 2019 – the first state title for any Panther program in school history. … Also spent one year as head coach at Hays. … Was named 3A coach of the year in 2019.
 
Coach’s comment
 
“Undefeated is nothing new here, this is our fourth undefeated Silver Lake girls basketball team, but I think it’s probably our most dominant,” Porter said. “What made it so fulfilling this year is to go through all we have – we’ve been together for 101 games – and see it happen for them was so gratifying and fulfilling. It’s probably as emotional as I’ve been as a coach seeing them accomplish that. It’s a credit to their resolve and their ability to continually be their best when their best was needed.”