Girls high school basketball all-area awards
Girls basketball All-Area first team: Haley Pfau, Oskaloosa; Kennedy Kirkpatrick, Free State; Ramie Burkhart, Baldwin; Abbey Bays, Perry-Lecompton; Lynn Robinson, Free State; Emily Altman, Mill Valley; Hailey Kelly, Oskaloosa; Emily Peterson, Lawrence High; Jordan Baldwin, Ottawa; TaMiya Green, Lawrence High.
Girls basketball player of the year: Jordan Baldwin, Ottawa.
Baldwin averaged 19.6 points, 7.8 rebounds and 3.3 assists per game this past season. She was an All-Frontier first-team selection and the league’s player of the year in 2010-11. Baldwin was also on the J-W All-Area first team in 2010.
Girls basketball All-Area coach of the year: Cliff McCullough, Ottawa.
McCullough guided the Cyclones (20-6) to the Class 4A state semifinals, where Ottawa took fourth place at the tournament, the best finish among J-W area schools in the winter.
Girls basketball All-Area honorable mention (alphabetical order): Myranda Behrens, Baldwin; Maggie Bones, Ottawa; Allison Howard, Baldwin; Stephanie Lichtenauer, sophomore, Mill Valley; Danielle Miller, senior, Tonganoxie; Jenny Whitledge, sophomore, Tonganoxie.