Each year since 2006, MaxPreps has recognized outstanding performers in high school girls basketball. The tradition continues to close out the 2025-26 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.
Ivanna Wilson Manyacka of
Bullis (Potomac) is the 2025-26 MaxPreps Maryland High School Girls Basketball Player of the Year. The 6-foot-3 junior guard led the Bulldogs to a 27-6 record and private school state championship.
For the season, Wilson Manyacka averaged 21.2 points, 11.5 rebounds and 3.4 steals per game.
A two-time MaxPreps All-American, Ivanna Wilson Manyacka is one of the nation's top players in the Class of 2027. (PHOTO: Mark Jones)
In a 62-50 win over then-national No. 1 Bishop McNamara (Forestville) in the state title game, Wilson Manyacka tallied eight points, 14 rebounds and six steals.
Wilson Manyacka is closing in on 1,500 career points and 1,000 rebounds.
Regarded as the No. 2 prospect in the Class of 2027 nationally, Wilson Manyacka has offers from the likes of Connecticut, Iowa, South Carolina and USC 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 2025 WNBA Most Valuable Player A'ja Wilson (2014) along with 2025 All-WNBA selections Aliyah Boston (2017, 2018, 2019), Paige Bueckers (2018, 2019), Napheesa Collier (2015), Sabrina Ionescu (2015, 2016), Kelsey Mitchell (2014), Nneka Ogwumike (2008), Alyssa Thomas (2010) and Jackie Young (2014, 2015).
Past MaxPreps Maryland Players of the Year2021-22 — Kennedy Fauntleroy, New Hope Academy (Landover Hills)
2022-23 — Maddy McDaniel, Bishop McNamara (Forestville)
2023-24 — Maddy McDaniel, Bishop McNamara
2024-25 — Ivanna Wilson Manyacka, Bullis
