The Pearland Lady Oilers and the Shadow Creek Lady Sharks battled to 11-1 district marks to share the District 23-6A title. When the two teams played to see who would be the No. 1 seed entering the post-season, it would be Pearland winning the game to grab the top spot.
While Shadow Creek’s head coach Latoya Micheaux-Giles was selected the “Coach of the Year” — first-year Pearland head coach Jere’ Adams certainly deserved strong consideration to have shared the award — both were deserving.
Pearland finished with a 28-10 overall record and 11-1 in league play. Shadow Creek finished 11-1 in district and 29-5 overall. Dawson was 15-19 overall and 4-8 on district under first-year coach Sharee Griffin.
Pearland junior Rylee Grays was selected as the district “Most Valuable Player.” Grays averaged 17.8 points per game while hitting 91-of-168 free throws. Grays collected 188 rebounds, 40 steals, 11 blocked shots, and 27 assists.
Shadow Creek senior R’Mani Taylor was named “Offensive Player of the Year.” Taylor averaged 14.2 points per game while hitting 46-of-153 three-point shots. Taylor hit 83-of-116 free throws (72%) while snaring 141 rebounds and dishing out 135 assists with 86 steals and three blocks.
“Co-Defensive Players of the Year” were Alyssa Prier of Alief Taylor and Melinda Winston of Alief Hastings.
“Newcomer of the Year” was Nataliyah Gray of Alief Taylor.
Pearland senior Aryelle Stevens was named to the All-District first-team. Stevens averaged 11.7 points per game while collecting 190 rebounds, dishing out 16 assists, 48 steals, and nine blocks. She hit 65-of-131 free throws.
Shadow Creek junior Ace Edmond was named to the All-District first-team after averaging 7.6 points per game. Edmond hit 15-of-49 three-pointers and 40-of-71 free throws. Edmond grabbed 138 rebounds with 64 assists and 52 steals.
Shadow Creek senior Brooklin Brown was named first-team All-District and surpassed the 1,000 point mark this season. Brown averaged 14.6 points per game while hitting 52-of-171 three pointers and 61-of-84 free throws (73%). Brown grabbed 231 rebounds, dished out 67 assists while getting 92 steals with 27 blocked shots.
Dawson junior Kennedy Ford was named to the All-District first-team as she averaged 11.3 points per game while hitting 41-of-147 three pointers and making 61-of-97 free throws. Ford had 83 rebounds, 46 assists, and 111 steals.
Dawson senior Kennedy Williams was a first-team All-District pick after averaging 9.6 points per game while making 26-of-166 three pointers and 74-of-130 free throws. Williams also had 91 rebounds, 76 assists, 59 steals, and six blocks.
Named to the All-District second-team was Jordan Skaggs (Dawson), La’Niah Thorton (Pearland), Paige Bonner (Pearland), and Nyla Price.
