The best SC boys, girls basketball players named to All-State teams. See who made it
GG Jackson, MiLaysia Fulwiley, Joyce Edwards and Talaysia Cooper are some of the top players in the country in their respective classes. On Wednesday, the players were among those honored by the S.C. High School Basketball Coaches Association, which released its players of the year and all-state teams for this season.
Jackson, ranked by Rivals as the top player nationally in the Class of 2023, was named South Carolina’s Class 5A Boys Player of the Year for the first time.
For the second straight year, Keenan’s Fulwiley, a junior, and Camden’s Edwards, a sophomore, shared Class 3A Girls Player of the Year honors. Both standouts have scored more than 2,000 points in their careers.
Cooper, the reigning Gatorade Player of the Year and a University of South Carolina signee, was named Class A Player of the Year again. The McDonald’s All-American went over the 3,000-point mark for her career this season.
Other boys players of the year winners were A.C. Flora’s Collin Murray-Boyles (Class 4A), Blue Ridge’s Justin Bailey (Class 3A), Andrew Jackson’s Ca’Darrius Sowell (Class 2A) and South Carolina signee Zachary Davis, who shared Class A honors with Carvers Bay’s Tevin Young.
Other girls players of the year winners were West Ashley’s Kristen Jenkins (Class 5A), Westside’s Destiny Middleton (Class 4A) and Christ Church’s McCall King (Class 2A).
SC Basketball Coaches Association All-State teams
Class 5A Boys
Player of the Year: GG Jackson, Ridge View
Noah Clowney, Dorman; Cam Scott, Lexington; Robert McCleod, Cane Bay; Caleb Byrd, Mauldin; Nakeem Isaac, Sumter; Kyle Neibch, Fort Mill; Yannick Smith, Summerville; Demetris McKelvey, Fort Dorchester; Pharrell Boyogueno, Riverside; Houston Jones, Dutch Fork; Drake Downs, Mauldin; Jonah Nesmith, Carolina Forest; Jordyn Surratt, Dorman; Lawrence Bartee, Clover; Gabe Tooper, Fort Mill
Class 4A Boys
Player of the Year: Collin Murray-Boyles, AC Flora
Jacob Brown, Travelers Rest; Prometheus Franklin, Greenville; Quan Peterson, South Pointe; Dylan Williams, Irmo; Austin Harrell, North Augusta; Jamari Briggs, Hartsville; James Dennison, Beaufort; Julian Kiett, Irmo; Deuce Hudson, West Florence; Grayson Kirk, Lancaster; Justin Raye, Eastside; Kaziaes Hemphill, Westside; Jaden Hicklin, South Pointe; Elijah Hall, North Augusta; Zande Butler, Wilson
Class 3A Boys
Player of the Year: Justin Bailey, Blue Ridge
EJ Evett, Seneca; Dylan Ramirez, Broome; Semajeh Echols, Keenan; Jordan Simpson, Orangeburg-Wilkinson; Corean Nelson, Crestwood; Demarco Bethea, Dillon; Makhi Rivers, Oceanside; Bobby Taylor, Daniel; Savion Brown, Berea; Jabryson Hunter, Union County; Chrisean Oree, Keenan; Chandler O’Bannon, Fox Creek; Kidd Brizek, Powdersville; Murry Legette, Loris; Monquese Jenkins, North Charleston
Class 2A Boys
Player of the Year: Ca’Darrius Sowell, Andrew Jackson
Kory Davis, York Prep; Javario Tinch, Abbeville; Isaiah Washington, Landrum; Tory Kelly, Gray Collegiate; Russell Branch, Barnwell; Miles Haight, Phillip Simmons; Johnell Sindab, Mullins; Jordan Butler, Christ Church; Brady Poole, Chesnee; Jamian Risher, Wade Hampton; Lyric Evans, Timberland; Chamajd Hyland, Batesburg-Leesville; Avante Parker, Gray Collegiate; Kaleb Caldwell, North Central; Darius Griffin, Latta
Class A Boys
Co-Players of the Year: Zachary Davis, Denmark-Olar and Tevin Young, Carvers Bay
Russell Brunson, Calhoun County; Nywun Cloud, Great Falls; Kaleb Brown, Baptist Hill; Daquan Lewis, Calhoun Falls; Jace Avant, Johnsonville; Kavon Chisolm, Estill; Ali Kahn, High Point; Daquan Ramey, CA Johnson; Chris Kitchings, Wagner-Salley; Cyrus Ellison, Hannah Pamplico; Deuce Capers, Bamberg Ehrhardt; Randy Gibson, Scott’s Branch; Kavanaugh Green, Carvers Bay; A’Chean Durant, McCormick
Class 5A Girls
Player of the Year: Kristen Jenkins, West Ashley
Jakaiya Mack, JL Mann; Chamiah Dominick, Dorman; Nadia Dial, Fort Mill; Laila Hankerson, Rock Hill; Alexis Sexton, Lexington; Kiara Croskey, Sumter; Alaina Nettles, Cane Bay; Quinasia Abercrombie, Wade Hampton; Camille Kerridge, Nation Ford; Rickell Brown, Sumter; Jasmine Jenkins, Cane Bay; Trinity Jones, Mauldin; Darby Grigg, Northwestern; Hillary Offing, Dutch Fork; Jadein Haynes, RB Stall
Class 4A Girls
Player of the Year: Destiny Middleton, Westside
Jessica Woods, Westwood; Skyla Tuthill, Catawba Ridge; P’eris Smith, North Augusta; Albany Wilson, South Florence; Andrea Duncan, James Island; Alaysia Nash, Eastside; Ahri Scott, Westside; J’Adore Young, Greenville; Carrigan McCloud, Indian Land; Zuri Goldsberry, North Augusta; Kindan Dawson, Hartsville; Tacoya Heyward, Bluffton; Imani Williams, Dreher; Norriyah Bradley, Aiken; Terriana Gray, AC Flora
Class 3A Girls
Co-Players of the Year: Joyce Edwards, Camden and MiLaysia Fulwiley, Keenan
Riley Stack, Wren; Quadaija Langley, Blue Ridge; Kendahl Spearman, Emerald; Shar’dasia Zeigler, Orangeburg Wilkinson; JaLynn Johnson, Loris; Kiera Wilson, Battery Creek; Somarian Webb, Pendleton; Ella Schar, Bishop England; Hailey Chiles, Emerald; Kamari Thompson, Southside; Anala Nelson, Lower Richland; Tysonia Lowe, Marlboro County; Ashari Lewis, Keenan; Ally Dominiak, Bishop England
Class 2A Girls
Player of the Year: McCall King, Christ Church
Ty Ty Tate, Blacksburg; Jessica Means, Saluda; Tamia Watkins, Andrew Jackson; Shia Kinard, Wade Hampton; Aaliyah Lawrence, Silver Bluff; Amiyah Ferguson, Timberland; Kennedy Rivers, Phillip Simmons; MaKayla Legette, Latta; Emma Johnson, Crescent; Jasmine Norris, Greer Middle College; Jada Teasley, Eau Claire; Alyssa Woodlock, Gray Collegiate; Kierra Diggs, Chesterfield; Armani Johnson, Timberland; Yazmie Howard, Marion
Class A Girls
Player of the Year: Talaysia Cooper, East Clarendon
Dy’Neja Roberts, Denmark-Olar; Tyneshia Hickman, McBee; Adiyah Owens, High Point Academy; Ja’Niyah Waters, Lake View; Kadejah Smoak, Estill; Kynew Barnwell, Whale Branch; Shy’an Cokley, Calhoun County; Jasmine Cade, Calhoun Falls; CyAsia Singletary, CE Murray; Jaleya Ford, Lake View; Neysa Patrick, Bethune Bowman; Kaelin Davis, Military Magnet; KaDerrah Beason, High Point Academy; Tranice Smalls, Cross; Sabri Mitchell, Military Magnet
This story was originally published February 23, 2022 at 3:54 PM.
