Senior guard led Sanford to the DIAA state title.
Each year since 2006, MaxPreps has recognized outstanding performers in high school girls basketball. America's source for high school sports continues the tradition to close out the 2022-23 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.
Dallas Pierce of
Sanford (Hockessin) is the 2022-23 MaxPreps Delaware High School Girls Basketball Player of the Year. The 5-foot-10 senior guard led the Warriors to a 20-3 record and the Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association state championship.
For the season, Pierce averaged 16.4 points per game. In a 58-46 win over Ursuline Academy in the championship game, she contributed 24 points, six rebounds and two steals in the title game to help
bring home Sanford's sixth state title.
Pierce scored in double figures in 22 of 23 contests, including a season-high 29 against Monsignor McClancy in December. She plans to continue her basketball career next season at the University of Massachusetts.
India Johnston of
Caravel (Bear) was the 2021-22 MaxPreps Delaware Player of the Year. Now a freshman at Towson, she averaged 21 points per game for the Buccaneers, who went 18-6 and won the DIAA state championship.
Each state's MaxPreps Player of the Year will be considered for inclusion in the MaxPreps All-America Team, which will be released in April. Past selections include 2022 WNBA Most Valuable Player A'ja Wilson (2014) as well as 2022 All-WNBA picks Skylar Diggins-Smith (2009), Sabrina Ionescu (2016), Jonquel Jones (2012), Nneka Ogwumike (2008), Kelsey Plum (2013), Breanna Stewart (2012) and Alyssa Thomas (2010).
