2024-25 GIRLS ALL-STATE TOP 5 BIOS
ANNA BECKER, SEAMAN
5-foot-11 senior point guard
2024-25
- 409 points (16.4 ppg), 123 assists (4.9 apg), 50 steals (2 spg), 106 rebounds (4.2 rpg)
Career
- 1,334 points (14 ppg), 369 assists (3.9 apg), 256 steals (2.7 spg), 419 rebounds (4.4 rpg)
Worth Noting
Led Seaman to 24-1 record and Class 5A state runner-up finish this season after leading Vikings to 24-2 record and Class 5A state championship as a junior. … State title was first for program since 1991. … Averaged 16.3 points and 5 assists per game at this year’s state tournament, including 28 points in championship game loss to St. Thomas Aquinas. … Averaged team-best 12.7 points per game at the state tourney as junior in title run. … Earned first-team all-league honors all four years, one year in Centennial League and three years in United Kansas Conference. … Named UKC Player of the Year each of past three seasons and was Centennial League newcomer of the year as a freshman in 2022. … Set school records for career points scored (1334), career assists (369) and career steals (256). … Also set school record for wins in a career, leading Seaman to 84-11 record in four years as starter with three state tournament appearances. … Shot 44.6% from the floor for her career, including 48.2% this season. … Also shot 38% from 3-point range this season. … Has signed with Drake.
Coach’s comment
“What makes Anna special is her work ethic, she was always in the gym and always wanted to get better,” Seaman coach Matt Tinsley said. “Every year, there was a part of her game that she had to improve on and she did that. What sets her apart from everyone else is she has a passion for the game, a desire for that and you can tell that by the way she plays. She has her fingerprints on everything. I said it at our banquet, she did everything but drive our bus to the games. She impacted on the defensive end, the offensive end – she has the total game.”
KENDAL BRUEGGEN, HESSTON
5-foot-10 senior guard
2024-25
- 529 points (20.3 ppg), 145 rebounds (5.6 rpg), 56 assists (2.2 apg), 85 steals (3.3 spg)
Career
- 1,781 points (18.4 ppg), 566 rebounds (5.8 rpg), 165 assists (1.7 apg), 292 steals (3 spg)
Worth Noting
Led Hesston to a 25-1 record this season and a third-place finish at the Class 3A state tournament. … Also led the Swathers to a 22-4 mark and runner-up state finish in 2024. … Finished career 80-18 as four-year starter for Swathers. … Averaged 22.2 points per game as a junior and 19.1 per game as a sophomore. … Led 3A state tournament in scoring as a junior with 65 points (21.7 per game) and averaged 19.3 per game at state this year. … Has been unanimous first-team All-Central Kansas League selection each of the past three seasons. … Became Hesston’s career-leading scorer this season, passing Michelle Arnold, who scored 1,589 points in her career from 1982-86. … Also holds Hesston’s career record for 3-pointers made with 182 in her career, shooting 36% from beyond the arc for her career. … Ranks No. 2 on Hesston’s career steals chart and No. 5 on the career rebounds list. … Was first-team All-Class 3A and second-team All-State last year and was named the small-school player of the year last season. … Has signed with Missouri State.
Coach’s comment
“Kendal has been a great student-athlete here at Hesston and has made many coaching decisions very simple and easy as she competes at such a high level,” Hesston coach Matt Richardson said. “Her competitiveness in her years here has left a very positive impression on those she has played with and in front of.”
JALIYA DAVIS, BLUE VALLEY NORTH
6-foot-2 senior forward
2024-25
- 620 points (24.8 ppg), 202 rebounds (8.1 rpg), 51 assists (2.1 apg), 56 steals (2.2 spg)
Career
- 1,735 points (19.9 ppg), 634 rebounds (7.3 rpg), 140 steals (1.6 spg), 97 blocks (1.1 bpg)
Worth Noting
Led Blue Valley North to a 21-4 record and the Class 6A state championship this season, scoring 22 points and adding 8 rebounds and 5 assists in a 65-39 win over Derby in the championship game. … Averaged 22.7 points and 12.3 rebounds per game at this year’s state tourney with double-doubles in quarterfinals (26 points, 12 rebounds) and semifinals (20 points, 17 rebounds). … Also led Mustangs to the 2023 Class 6A state title, averaging 16 points per game in that state tourney. … Averaged 6A-best 21 points per game in the 2024 state tournament, leading the Mustangs to a third-place state finish. … Averaged 21.6 points and 8.1 rebounds per game as a junior and 19.7 per game as a sophomore. … Set North’s single-season scoring record as a sophomore and then broke it again as a junior and then again as a senior. … Finished as Blue Valley North’s all-time leading scorer, breaking the old record by nearly 500 points. … Selected to play in McDonald’s High School All-American game this season. … Named MaxPreps Player of the Year in Kansas this season. … Has signed with Kansas as a five-star recruit.
Coach’s comment
“It is really hard when you get double and triple-teamed every night,” Blue Valley North coach Ann Fritz said. “She just always keeps working hard. Her teammates love her. A special girl to coach for sure.”
OEN DETERS, CENTRALIA
5-foot-7 senior point guard
2024-25
- 453 points (18.1 ppg), 137 rebounds (5.5 rpg), 153 assists (6.1 apg), 118 steals (4.7 spg)
Career
- 1,758 points (17.9 ppg), 633 rebounds (6.5 rpg), 412 assists (4.2 apg), 418 steals (4.3 spg)
Worth Noting
Led Centralia to 26-0 record and Class 1A Division I state championship this season, the first state title for the Panthers since 2016 the program’s sixth overall. … Scored 29 points in 50-43 win over previously undefeated Little River in state championship game, 15 coming in the third quarter after the Panthers trailed by three. … Also had 24 points and 10 rebounds in semifinal win over Troy and finished tourney averaging 17.7 points, 7.7 rebounds, 6 assists and 4.7 steals per game. … Also led Panthers to a third-place finish at 2023 state tourney as junior in a season where she averaged 18.8 points, 4.2 assists and 5.2 steals per game, and runner-up state finish as a freshman when she averaged 17.4 points per game. … A four-time first-team All-Twin Valley League selection in her career and led Panthers to league tournament title the past three seasons. … Led Centralia to 87-14 record in her career. … Scored more than 400 points in each of her four seasons, finishing third on Centralia’s career scoring list behind Miklannet Tennal (2,347) and Kristen Rethman (1,784). … Is Panthers’ all-time leader in steals with 418 and has top-two single-season totals (130 as junior, 118 as senior). … Ranks second in career assists (412) and third in single-season assists (153) and fourth in career rebounds (633). … Has signed with Benedictine.
Coach’s comment
“You watch her on the floor and I know she’s not the fastest girl in the gym but she looks a step quicker because of her understanding or the game of basketball, what we’re trying to do and what other teams are trying to do,” Centralia coach Dusty Thompson said. “That’s what sets her apart. There are always girls that can shoot the ball well or do this well or that well. Just her being able to see the floor and understand … it’s her basketball IQ. When she was a sophomore, she had to score, we didn’t have a ton of scorers. To get her out of that to a ‘You’re still going to get your shots up and you’ll get better looks if you get other people involved’ mindset was big. Her scoring total went down like three-quarters of a point, but her assists went up two and a half. When we talk about what she did different this year to me she settled into she didn’t have to do as much to get as much.”
VAL NORWOOD, WELLINGTON
5-foot-8 senior guard
2024-25
- 390 points (15.6 ppg), 91 rebounds (3.6 rpg), 114 assists (4.6 apg), 82 steals (3.3 spg)
Career
- 1,323 (13.6 ppg), 447 rebounds (4.6 rpg), 433 assists (4.5 apg), 346 steals (3.6 spg)
Worth Noting
Led Wellington to its first-ever state championship this season as the Crusaders capped a 24-1 season with a 53-48 win over Bishop Miege. … Scored 20 points and added 5 rebounds and 3 assists in the championship game. … Averaged 17.7 points, 6 rebounds and 4 assists in this year’s state tourney. … Also led Crusaders to runner-up state finish in 2024, averaging tourney-best 24.3 points per game. … Helped Wellington to fourth-place finish at state in 2022 and during four years as starter, Crusaders posted a 91-7 record. … Holds school record for steals in a career (346) and game (11). … Also has two-best single-season assist totals in school history, setting record as a freshman with 116 before breaking it as a junior with 120. … Also has single-game assist record with 10, doing that twice. … Had single-game scoring high of 33 points. … Named Ark Valley Chisholm Trail IV MVP each of the past two seasons and was a three-time first-team all-league selection. … Has signed with Lindenwood.
Coach’s comment
“This is so simple, but she’s just so special to this community, so special to me,” Wellington coach Eric Adams said. “Val is a vibrant person. When she walks into wherever – the gym, the classroom – she just always has that smile. She doesn’t take anything too seriously and just goes about her business. You could see it on the floor. She didn’t get all riled up. … On the court, she got stronger physically and took more leadership her junior and senior years vocally. Her freshman and sophomore year, she relied a lot more on going to the rim, but then she really worked on her jump shot and was a very accurate 3-point shooter for us. She was more of a double assassin for us her senior year. You play off and she’ll knock it down. You try to crowd her, she’ll get you on her hip and blow by you.”
ERIC ADAMS, WELLINGTON
Coach of the year
2024-25
- 24-1 Class 4A state champions
Career
Worth Noting
Led Wellington to program’s first-ever state championship this season as Crusaders knocked off five-time defending Class 4A state champion Bishop Miege 53-48 in state title game. … Crusaders had lost to Miege 75-62 in 2024 state championship game to take second and also lost to Stags in 2023 quarterfinals and 2022 semifinals, taking fourth that season. … Has a 213-63 record in 12 seasons as Wellington head coach, including a 91-7 record the past four seasons. … Has led Wellington to six Ark Valley Chisholm Trail IV League titles and seven state tournaments overall. … Has four top-four state finishes, including a third-place finish in 2016. … First high school head coaching job came at South Haven in 2012-13 and led Cardinals to the Class 1A Division I state berth, going 16-8 in lone season there before taking over at Wellington where he had been head coach for the middle school for five years. … Has been named AVCTL IV Coach of the Year six times. … Is a Wellington alum who was a three-year starter for the Crusaders during his prep playing career.
Coach’s comment
“My job with this group has been more about putting confidence in them and being a positive as I can with the kids,” Adams said. “Being truthful and not in an arrogant way, I was up front with them, saying we have the talent. We have the talent to do this. You need to take the floor with that attitude. That’s all I was doing these last couple of years. There’s no secret to it. It’s just been those little things you do as a coach, trying to put them in the best spot both physically and mentally.”