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.
Jerzy Robinson of
Desert Vista (Phoenix) is the 2022-23 MaxPreps Arizona High School Girls Basketball Player of the Year. The 5-foot-11 freshman guard led the Thunder to a 28-3 record and the inaugural Open Division state championship.
For the season, Robinson averaged 22.0 points and 8.2 rebounds per game. She scored 21 points in a 63-37 win over Millennium (Goodyear) in the title game after putting up 32 in the semifinals against Xavier College Prep (Phoenix).
Desert Vista freshman Jerzy Robinson is the MaxPreps Arizona Player of the Year. She helped the Thunder to the inaugural Open Division title while averaging 22 points per game. (Photo: Steven Davis)
Robinson can play multiple positions and already holds at least 10 Division I offers, including schools like Alabama, Ohio State, UCLA and USC.
Jennah Isai of
Valley Vista (Surprise) was the 2021-22 MaxPreps Arizona Player of the Year. Now a freshman at BYU, Isai averaged 24.9 points, 7.9 rebounds and 4.5 steals a game for the
Monsoon, who won a third straight 6A 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).
