Wyomissing’s Amaya Stewart, Fleetwood’s Alexis Hess named to All-State first team
Wyomissing sophomore Amaya Stewart and Fleetwood senior Alexis Hess have been named to the Pennsylvania Sportswriters All-State Class 4A first team.
Stewart, a 6-1 sophomore, led Wyomissing to its first league and District 3 championships and to a 28-3 record. The Spartans advanced to the PIAA Class 4A semifinals for the first time since 2004.
Stewart averaged 15.3 points for the season and took her game to a new level in the postseason. She averaged 16.2 points and 10.9 rebounds throughout nine county, district, and state playoff games, eight of which Wyomissing won.
Stewart was chosen as MikeDragoSports.com Berks girls basketball Player of the Year earlier this month.
Joining Stewart on All-State Class 4A first team is Fleetwood senior and Kansas State commit Alexis Hess, who is no stranger to the All-State accolades.
Hess averaged 17.6 points, 9.2 rebounds, and 2.9 assists this season.
Hess, a 6-1 guard, was named to the third team as a sophomore and made the first team as a junior, the first time a Berks Girls League player had been named to the top All-State team since Twin Valley’s Peyton McDaniel in 2020.
Hess scored 1,403 career points at Fleetwood and is a four-time All-Berks selection.
Hess and Stewart are the only Berks girls to be named All-State.
Fleetwood and Wyomissing matched up twice during the regular season as Berks Girls League Division III opponents. Stewart scored 17 and Hess six in the Spartans 55-22 victory in Jan. and Stewart had 26 and Hess seven in the Spartans 54-20 win in Feb. Wyomissing finished 11-0, 28-3 and Fleetwood 6-5, 11-10.
The Berks duo is joined on the Class 4A first team by Lansdale Catholic and Saint Joe’s commit Gabby Casey, a 5-10 senior who averaged 21.5 points; Blackhawk 5-10 junior Alena Fusetti, who averaged 17.4 points; Jersey Shore 6-0 sophomore Peyton Dincher, who averaged 20.8 points; North Catholic 5-11 junior Alayna Rocco, who averaged 17.6 points; and Audenreid 5-10 sophomore Shayla Smith, who averaged 24.8 points.
Casey won 4A Player of the Year and Lansdale Catholic head coach Eric Gidney won Coach of the Year.
All of the All-State selections are included below.
PENNSYLVANIA SPORTSWRITERS ALL-STATE TEAMS
(With height, class, and scoring average)
CLASS 6A
Player of the Year: Olivia Jones, Cedar Cliff
Coach of the Year: Renie Shields, Archbishop Carroll
First team
Jillian Jekot, Cumberland Valley, 6-0, Jr., 22.9
Olivia Jones, Cedar Cliff, 5-10, So., 15.3
Abby Sharpe, Plymouth-Whitemarsh, 6-0, Sr., 18.7
Jasmine Timmerson, North Allegheny, 5-7, Sr., 16.4
Natalie Wetzel, Peters Township, 6-3, So., 18.6
Second team
Kailah Correa, Lebanon, 5-4, So., 18.1
Grace Galbavy, Perkiomen Valley, 5-11, So., 13.5
Marissa Gingrich, Mifflin County, 5-8, Sr., 22.0
Molly Rullo, Cardinal O’Hara, 6-0, So., 16.8
Brooke Wilson, Archbishop Carroll, 5-9, Jr.. 11.3
Taylor Wilson, Archbishop Carroll, 6-0, Sr., 14.8
Cire Worley, Abington, 6-0, Sr., 20.4
Third team
Anna Azzara, Spring-Ford, 5-8, Jr., 14.7
Kendall Berger, Norwin, 5-9, So., 13.2
Erin Daley, Plymouth-Whitemarsh, 6-0, Sr., 16.5
Caroline Dotsey, Haverford, 6-2, Sr., 16.9
Casey Harter, Souderton, 5-10, Sr., 16.1
Lauren Palangio, Norwin, 6-1, Jr., 11.9
Rylee Kalocay, Upper St. Clair, 5-9, So., 20.0
Reese Zemitis, Neshaminy, F, 6-1, Jr., 13.8
CLASS 5A
Player of the Year: Maddie Webber, South Fayette
Coach of the Year: Mike McDonald, Archbishop Wood, and Lauren Stackhouse, West Chester Rustin
First team
Deja Evans, Archbishop Wood, 6-2, Sr., 8.7
Maddie Knier, Manheim Central, 6-0, Sr., 23.5
Jayden McBride, Cathedral Prep, 5-11, Jr., 16.7
Laine McGurk, West Chester Rustin, 5-11, Sr., 22.5
Maddie Webber, South Fayette, 5-11, Sr., 17.3
Second team
Hannah Griffin, Gwynedd Mercy, 5-9, Sr., 10.5
Alison Hatajik, Hollidaysburg, 6-0, Sr., 15.2
Cici Hernandez, Bethlehem Catholic, 5-6, Jr., 14.1
Gianna Johnson, George School, 6-5, Jr., 12.0
Senaya Parker, Samuel Fels, 5-6, So., 5-6, 43.1
Ava Renninger, Archbishop Wood, 5-6, Jr., 8.0
Alexa Washington, Oakland Catholic, 5-7, Sr., 16.3
Third team
Eve Fiala, Indiana, 6-5, Sr., 14.4
Haley Noblit, Greencastle-Antrim, 5-3, Jr., 13.0
Priyanka Ponnam, George School, 6-3, So., 12.0
Daniella Ranieli, Pittston, 5-3, So. 16.3
Janay Rissmiller, York Suburban, 5-6, Jr., 14.0
Lena Walz, Cathedral Prep, 5-10, Jr., 12.8
CLASS 4A
Player of the year: Gabby Casey, Lansdale Catholic
Coach of the Year: Eric Gidney, Lansdale Catholic
First team
Gabby Casey, Lansdale Catholic, 5-10, Sr., 21.5
Alexis Hess, Fleetwood, 6-1, Sr., 17.6
Alena Fusetti, Blackhawk, 5-10, Jr., 17.4
Peyton Dincher, Jersey Shore, 6-0, So., 20.8
Alayna Rocco, North Catholic, 5-11, Jr., 17.6
Shayla Smith, Audenried, So., 5-10, 24.8
Amaya Stewart, Wyomissing, 6-1, So., 15.3
Second team
Kendall Bennett, Germantown Academy, 6-3, Sr., 12.0
Hope Garrity, Fairview, 5-8, Sr., 14.9
Maya Jenkins, Scranton Prep, 5-8, So., 13.4
Dacia Lewandowski, North Catholic, 5-11, Sr., 12.0
Maddy Wetzel, North Schuylkill, 5-8, Sr., 20.1
Third team
Quinn Borroni, Blackhawk, 5-10, Sr., 11.0
Schuyler Coles, Susquehanna Township, 5-8, Jr., 20.2
Molly Driscoll, Allentown Central Catholic, 5-8, Jr., 14.7
Carryn Easley, Neumann-Goretti, 5-4, So., 13.5
Jaida Helm, Lansdale Catholic, 5-10, Sr., 12.0
Amya Scott, Neumann-Goretti, 5-4, So., 15.7
Paige Sevrain, Northwestern Lehigh, Sr., 6-0, 12.4
CLASS 3A
Player of the Year: Ciera Toomey, Dunmore
Coach of the Year: Carrie Toomey, Dunmore
First team
Brie Droege, Columbia, 5-10, Jr., 23.8
Zahra King, Westtown, 5-10, Jr., 13.3
Mairan Haggerty, Neshannock, 6-1, Sr., 22.5
Ava Perischetti, River Valley, 5-8, So., 19.8
Aleah Snead, Penn Charter, 5-11, Sr., 16.2
Ciera Toomey, Dunmore, 6-4, Sr., 10.2
Second team
Mary Bolesky, Lancaster Catholic, 5-4, Jr., 15.4
Savannah Curry, Westtown, 5-10, Jr., 9.1
Madeline Evans, Bloomsburg, 6-1, Sr., 18.3
Logyn Greer, Friends’ Central, 6-3, So., 15.2
Grace Sundback, Westtown, 5-8, Sr., 13.2
Tiffany Zelmore, Mount Pleasant, 5-10, Sr., 28.8
Third team
Joniyah Bland-Fitzpatrick, Westtown, 5-11, Sr., 7.0
Belle Bosch, Chestnut Ridge, 5-11, Sr., 21.0
Mallory Daly, Seton LaSalle, 5-8, Jr., 21.7
Christiana Gordon, Westmont Hilltop, 5-11, So., 16.6
Lia Krarup, Wilmington, 5-6, So., 20.2
Olivia Kulyk, Mercyhurst Prep, 6-0, Jr., 19.7
Alyssa Reisinger, Mount Carmel, 6-0, Sr., 15.5
Bella Toomey, Penn Charter, 6-0, Sr., 10.6
CLASS 2A
Player of the Year: Layke Fields, Kennedy Catholic
Coach of the Year: Justin Magestro, Kennedy Catholic
First team
Shaye Bailey, Freedom Area, 5-7, Jr., 21.6
Layke Fields, Kennedy Catholic, 6-0, So., 19.1
Bella Forker, Faith Christian, 5-8, Sr. 16.5
Genesis Meadows, Lancaster Country Day, 5-4, Sr., 25.2
Macy Sardone, Homer-Center, 5-7, Sr., 18.0
Iyanna Wade, Clairton, 5-5, So., 33.3
Second team
Bria Bair, Bishop McCort Catholic, 5-11, Sr., 16.2
Erica Gribble, Greensburg Central Catholic, 5-8, Fr., 16.9
Bella Magestro, Kennedy Catholic, 5-8, Fr., 12.1
Maddison Maynard, Panther Valley, 5-10, Jr., 22.6
Lauren Patnode, Perkiomen, 6-0, Jr., 17.0
Third team
Minyhah Easterling, Glendale, 6-3, Sr., 19.2
Saraiah Franklin, Penn Treaty, 5-7, Sr., 23.4
Mylee Harmon, Redbank Valley, 5-6, So., 21.0
Molly Kosmack, Homer-Center, 6-0, Sr., 13.6
Lacey Kriebel, South Williamsport, 6-0, So., 14.9
Lydia Worthing, Bellwood-Antis, 5-10, Sr., 17.0
CLASS 1A
Player of the Year: Amber Bullard, The Christian Academy
Coach of the Year: Rob Nogay, Union (New Castle)
First team
Amber Bullard, The Christian Academy, 6-1, Sr., 18.3
Kelly Cleaver, Union (New Castle), 6-0, Jr., 15.4
Ayla Hileman, Williamsburg, 5-8, Jr., 19.7
Addison Kilmer, Mountain View, 6-1, Fr., 20.5
Jenna Muha, Shade, 6-1, Sr., 31.6
Second team
Kailey Devlin, Meadowbrook Christian, 5-9, Jr., 20.7
Kylie Fruehstorfer, Union (New Castle), 5-5, So., 12.5
Grace Sechler, Berlin Brothersvalley, 5-9, Sr., 16.5
Katie Sheeler, Otto-Eldred, 5-7, Sr., 22.2
Sheiana Tutler, St. John Neumann, 6-0, Sr., 13.0
Third team
Linda Brown, Christian School of York, Sr., 5-7, 14.0
Paityn Moyer, Lourdes Regional, 5-9, Jr., 7.6
Masie Reed, Lourdes Regional 5-8, Jr., 11.8
Julie Spinelli, St. Joseph, 5-11, Jr., 19.2
Jayla Woodruff, Williamsburg, 6-0, Sr., 12.7