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.
Teagan Colvin of
Coeur d'Alene is the 2022-23 MaxPreps Idaho High School Girls Basketball Player of the Year. The 5-foot-7 junior guard led the Vikings to a 24-2 record and the Class 5A state championship.
For the season, Colvin averaged 18.3 points, 8.2 rebounds, 4.2 steals and 4.0 assists per game. She tallied 20 points, four rebounds and two assists in the title game, a 65-27 win over Rocky Mountain (Meridian) to bring CDA its 10th state crown. In a semifinal victory over Boise, she posted a season-high 28 points.
Over 20 Division I programs have extended scholarship offers to Colvin, including Arkansas, BYU, Harvard, Michigan, Penn State, Utah, Washington State and Wisconsin.
Amari Whiting of Burley was the 2021-22 MaxPreps Idaho Player of the Year. She averaged 26.9 points per game for the Bobcats, who went 25-1 and won the 4A 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).
