ATLANTA (March 8, 2017) – The WBCA has announced its High School Players of the Week presented by MaxPreps for the week ending Sunday, March 5.
Now in its second year, the WBCA High School Player of the Week is presented to a deserving student-athlete who demonstrated outstanding play throughout the week in her respective region of the country. Head coaches submit nominations each week and the WBCA selects the individual based on stats that were submitted.
Here are this week's honorees:
Name | Year | School (City, State) |
| Anyelina Batista | Fr. | Pioneer Charter School of Science II (Saugus, Mass.) |
| Desiree Allen | Sr. | Neptune High School (Neptune City, N.J.) |
| Octavia Hawkins | Sr. | Thomas Stone High School (Waldorf, Md.) |
| Julia Cianferra | Sr. | Utica Ford High School (Sterling Heights, Mich.) |
| Bri Rutherford | So. | South Central High School (Coldwater, Kan.) |
| Christyn Williams | Jr. | Central Arkansas Christian School (North Little Rock, Ark.) |
| Shaylee Gonzales | Sr. | Mesquite High School (Gilbert, Ariz.) |
| Anna Luce | Sr. | Mercer Island High School (Mercer Island, Wash.) |
| Erica Haynes-Overton | Sr. | East Nashville Magnet School (Nashville, Tenn.) |
About MaxPrepsFounded in August 2002, MaxPreps.com is headquartered in Cameron Park, California, and is a unit of CBS Interactive. MaxPreps is proud to be involved with America's hometown heroes – the young men and women working hard to improve their skills, place team above self and serve as inspirations to their local communities. MaxPreps aspires to cover every team, every game and every player, doing so in collaboration with nearly 100,000 varsity coaches throughout the United States.
About the Women's Basketball Coaches AssociationFounded in 1981, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association is the professional association for coaches of women's and girls' basketball at all levels of competition. The WBCA offers educational resources that coaches need to help make themselves better leaders, teachers and mentors to their players; provides opportunities for coaches to connect with peers in the profession; serves as the unifying voice of a diverse community of coaches to those organizations that control the game; and celebrates those coaches, players and other individuals who excel each year and contribute to the advancement of the sport. Visit www.WBCA.org for more details about the Association.
