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[Dave Johnson]

As selected by the district's coaches ...

First Team
1. Tiffany Davis, Hampton, CO-PLAYER OF THE YEAR
2. LaQuanda Younger, Warwick, CO-PLAYER OF THE YEAR
3. Amber Easter, Bethel
4. Seja Gamble, Woodside
5. Nicole Hamilton, Phoebus

Second Team
1. Evany Dickerson, Heritage
2. Deborah Smith, Hampton
3. Kianna Doliveira, Woodside
4. Naima Harrington, Menchville
5. Shawnyqua Ellis, Heritage

COACH OF THE YEAR: Vanessa Starks, Warwick

Honorable Mention
Shamari Carroll, Bethel
Taylor Daniels, Bethel
Dani Gunderson, Denbigh
Jasmine Rawl, Denbigh
Alisha Breckenridge, Gloucester
Jill Fisher, Gloucester
Joycelyn Davis, Hampton
Kenyatta Sears, Hampton
Malikah Byrd, Heritage
Shelby Cannon, Heritage
Erin Jenrette, Kecoughtan
Trevia Hunt, Kecoughtan
Shea Boone, Menchville
Monique Harvey, Phoebus
Mariah Powell, Phoebus
Diana Gregory, Warwick
Ebony Weddington, Warwick
Candice Kelly, Woodside
Alecia Bell, Woodside

[GirlzFan]

Congraulations to all..

[twiceasnice757]

I like the picks. This group of 10 girls should have formed an AAU team together this past summer. They could have made some noise at Nationals. Let's look a little closer, it could/should have happened.

Davis was running with a mediocre Red Tide program
Younger was running with her coaches 14u team
Easter was riding the bench with Boos travel squad
Gamble and Hamilton were playing together on Boos 16u B squad

Dickerson and Ellis were running with a Heritage AAU team
Dolivera was with Gamble and Hamilton on the B squad
Smith was running with Boo's 15u elite squad
Not sure who Harrington was playing with

[The Educator]

Dickerson has been a four-year starter for Heritage and ran the point for the first state championship girls' team in Newport News history. And she's never been on first team?! I wish the coaches would put their personal differences aside and take some other things into consideration.

[Peninsula fan]

Being a point guard on a squad with 6 D I players last year does not make you an all District 1st Team selection. Wasn't the first, won't be the last.

[The Educator]

Originally Posted by Peninsula fan

Being a point guard on a squad with 6 D I players last year does not make you an all District 1st Team selection. Wasn't the first, won't be the last.

I know that. That's why I mentioned the whole four-year starter thing. If you're going to mention the fact that she played on a team with a lot of talent and that doesn't make her a first-teamer, then you also should agree that being a pretty good player on an average team shouldn't make you Player of the Year. But it happens.

I was at the voting, so I know exactly what went down. People refuse to vote for some teams because they have personal differences with the coach. I know being on the All-District team isn't going to get anyone into college, but it is still supposed to be a reward for a player's body of work. It's wrong for coaches to let personal differences affect a player who has nothing to do with it.

[Number20]

Originally Posted by The Educator

I know that. That's why I mentioned the whole four-year starter thing. If you're going to mention the fact that she played on a team with a lot of talent and that doesn't make her a first-teamer, then you also should agree that being a pretty good player on an average team shouldn't make you Player of the Year. But it happens.

I was at the voting, so I know exactly what went down. People refuse to vote for some teams because they have personal differences with the coach. I know being on the All-District team isn't going to get anyone into college, but it is still supposed to be a reward for a player's body of work. It's wrong for coaches to let personal differences affect a player who has nothing to do with it.

You mention that she's a 4-year starter and then later on you say it's "supposed to be a reward for a player's body of work". I maybe making a too big a leap here but it sounds like you're saying she should have made first team because of her work over her 4-year "career". Is that really what the criteria is or are you a person who gets to vote for this honor, and that's the way you as an individual have chosen to cast your votes. This is a sincere question, I really don't know what the criteria is, so I'm seeking knowledge.