MONROE — Sydney Hilliard was selected first-team all-state in girls basketball by the Associated Press March 21.
Black Hawk’s Natalie Leuzinger and Bailey Butler also received all-state honors, being among 45 players to received honorable mention accolades.
Hilliard, who has committed to play at the University of Wisconsin, was joined on the AP first-team by Lexi Donarski of La Crosse Aquinas, Sydnee King of Milwaukee King and unanimous selections of Monona Grove’s McKenna Warnock and Milwaukee Academy of Science’s Shemera Williams.
Williams was named AP Player of the Year and finished her career as the No. 2 scorer in state history. Beaver Dam coach Tim Chase was named the Coach of the Year.
The Associated Press doesn’t separate its all-state teams based on divisions, so those received honors are judged to be the top players in the state regardless of school student population.
Second-team all-state players were Natalie Anderson (Mukwonago), Chelby Koker (Shoreland Lutheran), Emma Nagel (Bay Port), Tara Stauffacher (Beaver Dam) and Maty Wilke (Beaver Dam).
Third-team players were Anna Lutz (Marshall), Shea Dechant (Kimberly), Kiarra Otto (Laconia), Jaddan Simmons (Green Bay Southwest) and Caroline Strande (Racine Lutheran).
The fourth-team included Ellie Clements (Whitefish Bay), Teryn Karlstad (Eau Claire Regis), Mia Morel (Marshall), Cassie Schlitz (Luxemburg-Casco) and Lexi Wagner (Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau).
2019 ASSOCIATED PRESS GIRLS BASKETBALL ALL-STATE TEAM
Player of the Year: Shemera Williams, 5-9, sr., Milwaukee Academy of Science
Coach of the Year: Tim Chase, Beaver Dam
FIRST TEAM
Lexi Donarski, 5-10, jr., La Crosse Aquinas
Sydney Hilliard, 6-0, sr., Monroe
Sydnee Roby, 6-3, sr., Milwaukee King
Shemera Williams, 5-9, sr., Milwaukee Academy of Science (unanimous)
McKenna Warnock, 6-2, sr., Monona Grove (unanimous)
SECOND TEAM
Natalie Andersen, 5-11, sr., Mukwonago:
Chelby Koker, 5-6, sr., Shoreland Lutheran
Emma Nagel, 6-0, jr., Bay Port
Tara Stauffacher, 5-11, sr., Beaver Dam
Maty Wilke, 5-10, soph., Beaver Dam
THIRD TEAM
Anna Lutz, 6-1, soph., Marshall
Shea Dechant, 5-7, sr., Kimberly
Kiarra Otto, 5-9, sr., Laconia
Jaddan Simmons, jr., 5-9, Green Bay Southwest
Caroline Strande, 5-11, jr., Racine Lutheran
FOURTH TEAM
Ellie Clements, 6-1, sr., Whitefish Bay
Teryn Karlstad, 6-0, sr., Eau Claire Regis
Mia Morel, 5-7, sr., Marshall
Cassie Schiltz, 5-11, sr., Luxemburg-Casco
Lexi Wagner, 5-9, sr., Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau
HONORABLE MENTION
Abbie Aalsma, fr., Waupun; Emily Annis, sr., Durand; Maddison Baker, jr., West Bend West; Emily Behnke, sr., Manitowoc Lutheran; Hannah Belanger, sr., Grafton; Grace Beyer, sr., Mukwonago; Bailey Butler, soph., Black Hawk; Courtney Becker, jr., La Crosse Aquinas; Mesa Byom, jr., Melrose-Mindoro; Sara Dax, sr., Kewaunee; Kadie Deaton, sr., Wausau West; Alissa Dins, sr., Laconia; Ella Diny, jr., Wrightstown; Jada Donaldson, jr., Beaver Dam; Leah Earnest, jr., Stevens Point; Katie Gard, sr., Oak Creek; Maddie Gard, sr., Oak Creek; Callie Genke, soph., Freedom; Caelan Givens, jr., Chippewa Falls; Madelyn Granica, sr., Amery; Aleah Grundahl, sr., DeForest; Emily Herzberg, jr., Melrose-Mindoro; Grace Hilber, sr., Sun Prairie; Julia Hintz, sr., New Berlin Eisenhower, Ariel Kirkwood, sr., Milwaukee Vincent; Makaylee Kuhn, sr., Hilbert; Alison Leslie, sr., Clayton; Natalie Leuzinger, jr., Black Hawk; Madison Lindauer, sr., Tomah; Sami Martin, jr., Platteville; Natalie McNeal, jr., Germantown; Brianna Nelson, jr., Eleva-Strum; Macy McGlone, Jr., Hortonville; Katelyn Meister, sr., Wisconsin Dells; Ashala Moseberry, sr., Madison East; Olivia Pitrof, jr., Racine Horlick; McKenna Reichling, sr., Mineral Point; Alexis Rolph, sr., Oshkosh Lourdes; Erika Simmons, sr., Melrose-Mindoro; Maddie Schires, sr., Wausau West; Lauren Schill, jr., Pewaukee; Paige Schumann, sr., Beaver Dam; Sitori Tanin, jr., Middleton; Savannah Walsdorf, sr., Kiel; Jennifer Wendler, sr., Owen-Withee.
