MaxPreps' All-Americans
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...5th team...because of injury....
this is a strange one
Leaonna Odom, Chaminade (West Hills, Calif.)
6-1 | Senior | Guard-Forward | Duke
Durability is an ability, and though Odom was spectacular when she played -- no more so than when scored 33 to lead Chaminade past then-No. 6 Miramonte in the California Open Division championship game -- she missed nine games due to injury. Had she been healthy all year, she undoubtedly would have been higher up this list.
this is a strange one
Leaonna Odom, Chaminade (West Hills, Calif.)
6-1 | Senior | Guard-Forward | Duke
Durability is an ability, and though Odom was spectacular when she played -- no more so than when scored 33 to lead Chaminade past then-No. 6 Miramonte in the California Open Division championship game -- she missed nine games due to injury. Had she been healthy all year, she undoubtedly would have been higher up this list.
I think Dangerfield is the best player in the nation...and I think she will start next year for Geno....
what Freshman has ever started the year for Geno.....you better be a great one for that to happen....
Weitz COY....dude maybe it's good you are leaving coaching if you came to Stockdump...
Tom would lite you up for 200 pts!!!! I love that pick....keeping Tom and Sue out...fantastic....
So same pick if Kelly had beaten Nade???
I don't see Yani anywhere...good...I hope she commits to getting into shape this summer....
she needs to drop 20 lbs...and really work on that core....
what Freshman has ever started the year for Geno.....you better be a great one for that to happen....
Weitz COY....dude maybe it's good you are leaving coaching if you came to Stockdump...
Tom would lite you up for 200 pts!!!! I love that pick....keeping Tom and Sue out...fantastic....
So same pick if Kelly had beaten Nade???
I don't see Yani anywhere...good...I hope she commits to getting into shape this summer....
she needs to drop 20 lbs...and really work on that core....
A case could certainly be made for Dangerfield -- it was a year with a lot of very good players but no transcendent ones.
The games-played issue is always a tricky one. At what point does a player qualify, or not qualify, for postseason awards? I think we'd all agree that nine games played out of 30 or so wouldn't be enough, and we'd all agree that 27 would be plenty. But what about Odom, who's right in the middle? Higgins played every game, and I would agree that fully healthy Odom is probably better, but what's the value of those nine games? Same argument goes on at all levels.
As for Weitz, Tom was Coach of the Year last year, and Self-Morgan was the year before that. It doesn't seem right to give that kind of award to the same person more than once -- there are a lot of very good high school coaches.
Now if Miramonte beats Chaminade, Kelly would have been a pretty good pick, but that didn't happen.
It's always an interesting process to come up with these picks and these lists -- and there's really no right answer given the sheer number of teams and players, and the lack of consensus (in games played, say) as to the criteria.
The games-played issue is always a tricky one. At what point does a player qualify, or not qualify, for postseason awards? I think we'd all agree that nine games played out of 30 or so wouldn't be enough, and we'd all agree that 27 would be plenty. But what about Odom, who's right in the middle? Higgins played every game, and I would agree that fully healthy Odom is probably better, but what's the value of those nine games? Same argument goes on at all levels.
As for Weitz, Tom was Coach of the Year last year, and Self-Morgan was the year before that. It doesn't seem right to give that kind of award to the same person more than once -- there are a lot of very good high school coaches.
Now if Miramonte beats Chaminade, Kelly would have been a pretty good pick, but that didn't happen.
It's always an interesting process to come up with these picks and these lists -- and there's really no right answer given the sheer number of teams and players, and the lack of consensus (in games played, say) as to the criteria.
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