» Honor: Southwestern Buckeye League Southwestern Division Coach of the Year. Season: Led the Wildcats to a 22-5 record, a first-place finish in the Southwestern Buckeye League Southwestern Division and the program's first-ever trip to a Division II regional final. Owens a 317-175 career record – 41-12 in two seasons at Franklin, 199-44 in 10 seasons at Madison, 56-77 in six seasons at Fenwick and 21-42 in three seasons at Middletown. Job: Sales representative for Ohio Eagle Distributing.
» RELATED: 2018-19 Journal-News All-Area Girls Basketball Statistics
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Layne Ferrell, Franklin, 6-1, senior, guard
» Honors: Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association Division II All-Ohio first team, All-Southwest District Player of the Year; Southwestern Buckeye League Southwestern Division Player of the Year. Career points: 1,974. College: Akron
FIRST TEAM
Zahrya Bailey, Fairfield, 5-0, senior, guard
» Honors: Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association Division I All-Southwest District honorable mention; Greater Miami Conference first team. Career points: 884. College: Wilmington
Emma Broermann, Badin, 6-2, senior, forward
» Honors: Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association Division II All-Ohio second team, All-Southwest District first team; Greater Catholic League Coed Central Division Player of the Year. Career points: 1,291. College: North Florida
Nevaeh Dean, Lakota West, 6-2, junior, forward
» Honors: Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association Division I All-Southwest District honorable mention; Greater Miami Conference first team. Career points: 642. College: Virginia Tech (verbal commitment).
Kendall Folley, Lebanon, 5-7, sophomore, guard
» Honors: Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association Division I All-Southwest District honorable mention; Greater Western Ohio Conference National West Division Athlete of the Year. Career points: 699.
Chance Gray, Lakota West, 5-9, freshman, guard
» Honors: Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association Division I All-Ohio third team, All-Southwest District first team; Greater Miami Conference first team. Career points: 383.
CiCi Riggins, Hamilton, 5-11, senior, forward
» Honors: Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association Division I All-Ohio honorable mention, All-Southwest District second team; Greater Miami Conference first team. Career points: 1,452.
SECOND TEAM
Kailyn Dudukovich, Lakota West, 5-11, sophomore, wing; Callie Hunt, Edgewood, 6-0, sophomore, forward; Shelby Nusbaum, Badin, 6-0, junior, guard; Jordan Rogers, Franklin, 5-9, sophomore, guard; Sophie Sloneker, Monroe, 5-11, senior, guard; Olivia Wells-Daniels, Monroe, 5-8, junior, forward
THIRD TEAM
Emily Adams, Fenwick, 6-0, sophomore, forward; SaMill Calhoun, Middletown, 5-7, junior, guard; Dominique Camp, Lakota West, 5-9, senior, wing; Abby Erisman, Carlisle, 5-9, senior, forward; Emily Maher, Badin, 5-7, senior, guard; Tara Price, Madison, 5-6, senior, guard
FOURTH TEAM
Trinity Bellard, Middletown Christian, 5-8, freshman, guard; Anna Cardwell, Hamilton, 5-6, junior, guard; Shaniyah Reese, Fairfield, 5-3, senior, guard; Jordan Stanley, Lakota East, 5-6, senior, guard; Zoe Stephen, Edgewood, 5-6, junior, guard; Hannah Tebbe, Fenwick, 5-4, senior, guard
HONORABLE MENTION
Alyssa Beckett, Monroe, 5-11, sophomore, forward; Brooklyn Breaker, Ross, 5-6, junior guard; Kyra Koontz, Talawanda, 5-6, junior, guard; Caila Nagel, Cincinnati Christian, 5-5, sophomore, guard; Arielle Scalf, New Miami, 5-5, junior, guard; Brooke Stover, Franklin, 5-10, junior, forward
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