Each year since 2006, MaxPreps has recognized outstanding performers in prep girls basketball. America's source for high school sports continues the tradition to close out the 2023-24 season by naming the top player in each state. Selections are based on team success and individual excellence in addition to local and state accolades.
Jaliya Davis of
Blue Valley North (Overland Park) is the 2023-24 Kansas MaxPreps Player of the Year. The 6-foot-1 junior forward led the Mustangs to a 20-5 record and third-place finish in Class 6A.
For the season, Davis averaged 19.8 points and 7.4 rebounds per game. She shot 63 percent from the field and notched a season-high 30 points in a 72-56 win over Derby in the state tournament third-place game.
Kansas MaxPreps Player of the Year Jaliya Davis broke her own single-season school scoring mark this season with 495 points. (File photo: A.J. Hildreth)
Blue Valley North is 40-9 over the past two seasons with a state title in 2023.
On pace to become the school's all-time leading scorer, Davis has offers from Georgia, Iowa, Iowa State, Louisville, Mississippi State, Oklahoma, Oklahoma State, South Carolina, Texas Tech and Wisconsin among others.
Each state's MaxPreps Player of the Year will be considered for inclusion in the MaxPreps All-America Team, which is scheduled to be released April 11. Past selections include 2023 WNBA Most Valuable Player Breanna Stewart (2012) as well as 2023 All-WNBA first team picks Napheesa Collier (2015), Alyssa Thomas (2010) and A'ja Wilson (2014).
Past Kansas MaxPreps Players of the Year2021-22 — Zyanna Walker, Heights (Wichita)
2022-23 — Addy Brown, Derby
