Each year since 2006, MaxPreps has recognized outstanding performers in high school girls basketball. The tradition continues to close out the 2024-25 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 2024-25 Kansas MaxPreps Player of the Year. A repeat selection, the 6-foot-2 senior forward led the Mustangs to a 21-4 record and their second Class 6A title in three seasons.
For the season, Davis averaged 25.0 points, 7.5 rebounds, 2.3 steals and 2.1 assists per game. In a 65-39 win over Derby in the title game, she posted 22 points, eight rebounds and five assists.
More than 15 major college programs offered Kansas MaxPreps Player of the Year Jaliya Davis before she opted to stay in-state to play for the Jayhawks. (PHOTO: Brett Foley)
A McDonald's All American, Davis became Blue Valley North's all-time leading scorer and rebounder this season.
Regarded as a top 25 prospect in the Class of 2025 by
247Sports, Davis signed with Kansas in November over offers from Baylor, Oklahoma, South Carolina and Texas 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 in April. Past selections include 2024 WNBA Most Valuable Player A'ja Wilson (2014) as well as 2024 All-WNBA first team picks Caitlin Clark (2020), Napheesa Collier (2015), Breanna Stewart (2012) and Alyssa Thomas (2010).
Past Kansas MaxPreps Players of the Year2021-22 — Zyanna Walker, Heights (Wichita)
2022-23 — Addy Brown, Derby
2023-24 — Jaliya Davis, Blue Valley North (Overland Park)
