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.
Anna Foley of
Andover is the 2022-23 MaxPreps Massachusetts High School Girls Basketball Player of the Year. The 6-foot-3 senior forward led the Golden Warriors to a 27-0 record and the Division 1 state championship.
For the season, Foley averaged 16.9 points, 8.0 rebounds, 4.0 assists, 2.4 steals and 2.0 blocked shots per game. She scored a game-high 20 points in a 55-51 title game victory over
Bishop Feehan to help Andover bring home its sixth state crown since 2003.
Andover's Anna Foley is the MaxPreps Massachusetts Player of the Year after guiding the Golden Warriors to the Division 1 title. (Photo: Peter McClelland)
Headed to Quinnipiac next year, Foley also helped Adnover win a state title as a freshman. She was named the Merrimack Valley Conference Large School MVP this season.
Megan Olbrys of
Norwood was the 2021-22 MaxPreps Massachusetts Player of the Year. Now a freshman in the Villanova basketball program, Olbrys led the Mustangs to the Division 2 final by averaging 18.1 points and 10.2 rebounds a game.
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).
