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.
Zoe Brooks of
St. John-Vianney (Holmdel) is the 2022-23 MaxPreps New Jersey High School Girls Basketball Player of the Year. The 5-foot-8 senior point guard led the Lancers to a 32-1 record and the Non-Public A championship game.
For the season, Brooks averaged 23.0 points, 6.6 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 5.8 steals per game. She put up 33 points – including the game winner – in a 63-61 win over Paul VI (Haddonfield) in the South Jersey Non-Public A title game, the program's 92nd consecutive win against in-state opponents.
Zoe Brooks of St. John-Vianney is the MaxPreps New Jersey Player of the Year. (Photo: Robert Barnes)
Headed to North Carolina State, Brooks was selected as a McDonald's All American and to the roster of the inaugural Nike Hoops Summit for women.
Madison St. Rose of St. John-Vianney was the 2021-22 MaxPreps New Jersey Player of the Year. Now a freshman in the Princeton basketball program, St. Rose averaged 21.0 points and 4.9 rebounds per game to help the Lancers go 32-1 and capture the NJSIAA Tournament of Champions title.
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).
