Swin
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Where does "western Pennsylvania" begin?
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Introducing the 'all-time' girls basketball Fab 5
This team has three WNBA champions, two Olympic gold medalists and two Women’s Basketball Hall of Fame members.
The WPIAL plus the Pittsburgh City League. WPIAL is a nine-county area in southwestern Pennsylvania.
See Districts VII and VIII below:
I'm from Pittsburgh, so I'm familiar with many of the younger players.
Had Ashley Battle chosen a Pittsburgh school instead of the Linsly School in WV, she undoubtedly would have been on this list as well.
Walker-Kimbrough was an incredible high school player. She made the game look so easy. I was shocked when I saw how good of a three-point shooter she became in her junior and senior seasons at Maryland, because that was never her specialty in HS, yet she shot nearly 55% as a junior.
The McConnell sisters were also very good players, and the youngest was rumored to have been the best until injuries derailed her career. After a few not so good years of coaching at Pitt, both are now coaching in the HS ranks.
As @Dillon77 and @Orangutan may know, Muffett has had some great success in Western PA, with Charel Allen, Madison Cable, and (though not eligible for this specific award) Kayla McBride.
But yes, Swin is far and away the most deserving player of this award, by a margin.
Had Ashley Battle chosen a Pittsburgh school instead of the Linsly School in WV, she undoubtedly would have been on this list as well.
Walker-Kimbrough was an incredible high school player. She made the game look so easy. I was shocked when I saw how good of a three-point shooter she became in her junior and senior seasons at Maryland, because that was never her specialty in HS, yet she shot nearly 55% as a junior.
The McConnell sisters were also very good players, and the youngest was rumored to have been the best until injuries derailed her career. After a few not so good years of coaching at Pitt, both are now coaching in the HS ranks.
As @Dillon77 and @Orangutan may know, Muffett has had some great success in Western PA, with Charel Allen, Madison Cable, and (though not eligible for this specific award) Kayla McBride.
But yes, Swin is far and away the most deserving player of this award, by a margin.
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Funny you should bring that up: I just did a post on The Bench on where and what kind of high school ND players from post-Skylar came from (interesting mix of public, private and parochial) and I was just noting Maddie's Mt. Lebanon days and Kayla ripping it "up" in Erie. Charel Allen was AOK, too!
Muffet has an incoming frosh from (I believe) Section VI (Blair County) in Bellwood-Antis' Alli Campbell, who -- on weekends -- commuted to Philly to train and play with the Belles, so she's a dedicated sort.
If she can even approach what Maddie did for the Irish, big thumbs up. (I'm not even to go put the pressure of K-Mac on her
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New Jersey border.
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In Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania where the Allegheny and Monongahela meet to create the Ohio.
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DaBall, from Oakland. I told Geno at the time he recruited Swin that she would be one of the best players he would ever have. He just nodded his head and said, "We'll see". Oakland Catholic was a hotbed for women's HS basketball for a long time but has sort of run out of steam.