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.
Britt Prince of
Elkhorn North (Elkhorn) is the 2022-23 MaxPreps Nebraska High School Girls Basketball Player of the Year. The 5-foot-11 junior point guard led the Wolves to a 25-1 record and their third straight Class B state title.
For the season, Prince averaged 24.2 points, 8.7
rebounds, 6.5 assists and 3.6 steals per game. She is already one of the top 20 scorers in Nebraska state tournament history with 200 points in nine games.
With Prince and her mom Ann as the head coach, Elkhorn North is 72-4 over the past three seasons.
Prince is regarded as a top 10 prospect in the Class of 2024 and has received more than 35 scholarship offers.
Taylor McCabe of
Fremont was the 2021-22 MaxPreps Nebraska Player of the Year. The current Iowa freshman averaged 21.2 points per game for the Tigers, who went 25-2 and won the Class A 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).
