After another exciting season of GCHSAA hoops action, here are the 2016-2017 Brooklyn/Queens girls’ high school basketball all-stars. The stats and pertinent information were provided by the league’s coaches.
‘AA’ First Team
Danielle Patterson: The Mary Louis Academy, Jamaica Estates; senior; center; team captain; 23 pts. per game, 11 rebounds per game, 4 assists per game; selected to McDonald’s All-American Game and Jordan Brand Classic Game; will attend the University of Notre Dame, South Bend, Ind.; 2016 Tablet All-Star
Jordan Nixon: The Mary Louis Academy; junior; guard; 20 pts. per game, 8 assists per game, 6 rebounds per game
Kaelynn Satterfield: Christ the King H.S., Middle Village; sophomore; guard; 17.3 pts. per game, 6.2 rebounds per game
Lynette Taitt: Bishop Loughlin M.H.S., Fort Greene; senior; guard; scored 1,000th career point this season; will attend Manhattan College; 2016 Tablet All-Star
Emily Engstler: St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows; junior; forward; 19 pts. per game, 15.7 rebounds, 6 blocks, 3.4 assists, and 3.4 steals per game; nominee for N.Y. Gatorade Player of the Year
‘AA’ Second Team
Klarke Sconiers: Christ the King; sophomore; center; 9.7 pts. per game, 8 rebounds per game
Brandy Thomas: Christ the King; junior; guard; 11.4 pts. per game, 7.3 rebounds per game
Jenna Mastellone: Archbishop Molloy H.S., Briarwood; senior; guard; 14 pts. per game; named M.V.P. of The Mecca Basketball Challenge
Alexis Sykes: Nazareth H.S., East Flatbush; senior; guard; team captain; 13 pts., 6.6 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 2.3 steals per game; 2016 Tablet All-Star
Vanerlie Valcourt: The Mary Louis Academy; junior; guard; 12 pts., 10.0 rebounds, 2.0 assists per game
‘AA’ Third Team
Natalija Marshall: Christ the King; Dorothy Matinale: St. Francis Prep; MacKayla Scarlett: St. Francis Prep; Shonnyvelle Regalado: Nazareth; Victoria Brown: Nazareth.
‘A’ First Team
Kelly O’Donnell: St. Edmund Prep H.S., Sheepshead Bay; senior; forward; team captain; 21.2 pts., 7.3 rebounds per game, high game of 34 pts., scored 1,000th career point this season; will attend St. Joseph’s College Brooklyn; 2015 and 2016 Tablet All-Star
Katie Marquardt: Fontbonne Hall Academy, Bay Ridge; junior; guard; 9 pts., 9 assists , 3.8 rebounds, 3.8 steals per game; 2015 and 2016 Tablet All-Star
Meghan Glynn: Fontbonne Hall; senior; forward; team captain; 10.1 pts., 4.0 rebounds per game; 2014 Tablet All-Star Honorable Mention; 2015 and 2016 Tablet All-Star
Casey O’Shaughnessy: Bishop Kearney H.S., Bensonhurst; sophomore; guard; 16.0 pts., 5 rebounds, 3 assists per game, high game of 25 pts.; 2016 Tablet All-Star
Emily Bosiacki: Bishop Kearney; senior; forward; team captain; 10 pts., 8 rebounds, 2 assists, 2 blocks per game; high game of 18 pts., recorded six double-doubles this season; 2014 Tablet All-Star Honorable Mention; 2015 and 2016 Tablet All-Star
Kaitlyn Stenz: Msgr. McClancy H.S., East Elmhurst; senior; forward; team captain; 9.5 pts., 7.4 rebounds, 2 assists per game, recorded six double-doubles this season; 2015 and 2016 Tablet All-Star
‘A’ Second Team
Gabriella Rafaniello: Bishop Kearney; senior; forward; team captain; 7 pts., 6.0 rebounds, 3 assists per game; 2016 Tablet All-Star
Lizzie Mulvaney: St. Edmund Prep; junior; guard; 16.7 pts., 5.1 rebounds, 4.2 assists per game, high game of 30 pts.
Rhona McCaughey: Msgr. McClancy; junior; guard; team captain; 10.5 pts., 4.0 rebounds, 3.0 steals per game, high game of 22 pts.; 2016 Tablet All-Star
Kristina Krslovic: Msgr. McClancy; junior; guard; team captain; 8.5 pts., 4.5 rebounds, 2.3 assists 2.6 steals per game
Jill Howard: Fontbonne Hall; sophomore; forward; 14.6 pts., 7.3 rebounds per game
Breanne McDonnell: Fontbonne Hall; junior; guard; 11.5 pts., 3.2 rebounds, 2 steals per game; 2016 Tablet All-Star
‘A’ Third Team
Kim Soriano: Msgr. McClancy; senior; Leandra Ortiz: Msgr. McClancy; Brittany Stenz: Msgr. McClancy; Amanda Martinez: St. John’s Prep, Astoria; Erin Kennedy: Fontbonne Hall; Natalie LaCognata: Fontbonne Hall.
‘B’ First Team
Lauren Duggan: St. Saviour H.S., Park Slope; senior; guard; team captain; 18.0 pts., 10 rebounds, 4 assists, 3 steals per game; 2014, 2015 and 2016 Tablet All-Star
Raven Pitt: St. Joseph’s H.S., Downtown Brooklyn; junior; guard; team captain; 15 pts., 5 assists per game
Ericka Fenelus: Cristo Rey Brooklyn H.S., Flatbush; senior; guard; team co-captain; 10.6 pts., 8 assists, 7 rebounds per game
Lauryn Clarke: Cristo Rey Brooklyn; senior; guard; team captain; 15.1 pts., 4 assists, 2 steals per game
Funmilayo Akeredolu: Cristo Rey Brooklyn; sophomore; forward; 12.5 pts., 10.0 rebounds per game
‘B’ Second Team
Ginelle Phipps: St. Joseph’s; freshman, guard; 14 pts., 3 assists per game
Melanie Polanca: St. Agnes A.H.S., College Point; senior; guard; team captain; 8 pts. per game
Megan McGinn: St. Saviour; senior; guard; team co-captain; 5 pts. per game; 2016 Tablet All-Star
Brianna Kenny: St. Saviour; sophomore; forward; 6 pts., 10 rebounds per game
Allison Ryan: St. Saviour; sophomore; guard; 8 pts., 3 steals per game
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