After another exciting season of GCHSAA hoops action, here are the 2016 Brooklyn/Queens girls’ high school basketball all-stars. The stats and pertinent information were provided by the leagues’ coaches.
Division I First Team
Dominique Toussaint: Christ the King H.S., Middle Village; senior, guard, co-captain; 19.5 pts. per game, 8.3 rebounds per game; scored 1,000th point this season; named recipient of 2016 GCHSAA John Moran Sportsmanship Award; nominee for McDonald’s All-American; candidate for Gatorade Player of the Year; will attend the University of Virginia, Charlottesville, Va.; 2014 and 2015 Tablet All-Star
Sydney Zambrotta: Christ the King; senior, guard, co-captain; 21.2 pts., 3.5 steals per game; scored 2,000th point this season; nominee for McDonald’s All-American; candidate for Gatorade Player of the Year; will attend the University of Louisville, Ky.; 2015 Tablet All-Star
Jasmine Brunson: The Mary Louis Academy, Jamaica Estates; senior, guard, co-captain; 18 pts. per game, 6.0 rebounds per game, 5.0 assists per game, 3.0 steals per game, high game of 28 pts.; will attend the University of Minnesota, Minn.; 2015 Tablet All-Star
Danielle Patterson: The Mary Louis Academy; junior, forward, co-captain; 22 pts. per game, 8 rebounds per game, 2 steals per game
Milicia Reid: Bishop Loughlin M.H.S., Fort Greene; junior, guard; 17 pts. per game, 7 assists per game, 5 steals per game; named recipient of 2016 GCHSAA Marianne Noonan Sportsmanship Award; 2015 Tablet All-Star
Kathryn Gibson: Archbishop Molloy H.S., Briarwood; senior, guard; 14 pts., 4 assists, 2 steals per game, high game of 26 pts.; will attend Molloy College, Rockville Centre, L.I.
Division I Second Team
Kaela Kinder: Christ the King; senior, forward; 13 pts. per game; will attend Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, Va.; 2015 Tablet All-Star
Ashlie Howell: Christ the King; senior, center; 9.5 pts. per game, 7.8 rebounds per game, 2.1 blocks per game; will attend St. Peter’s University, Jersey City, N.J.; 2015 Tablet All-Star
Sofia Recupero: St. Francis Prep, Fresh Meadows; senior, forward, co-captain; 11.3 pts., 7.3 rebounds per game; 2014 and 2015 Tablet All-Star
Dorothy Matinale: St. Francis Prep; junior, guard; 13.2 pts. 2.4 assists, 1.2 steals per game
Lynette Tate: Bishop Loughlin; junior, guard; 12 pts., 7 rebounds, 4 steals per game
Skydajah Patterson: Bishop Loughlin; senior, forward; 10.5 pts., 11 rebounds, 4.5 blocks per game; 2015 Tablet All-Star
Division I Third Team
Elizabeth Zullo: St. Francis Prep; senior, guard, team co-captain; 8.2 pts. per game
Lauren Quesada: St. Francis Prep, senior, forward; 7.8 pts., 8.4 rebounds per game
Laysha Delesantos: Bishop Loughlin; freshman, guard; 10 pts., 6 assists, 4 steals per game
Erykah Russell: Nazareth R.H.S., East Flatbush; senior, forward; 8.9 pts., 10.4 rebounds, 2.3 steals per game; 2015 Tablet All-Star
Alexis Sykes: Nazareth; junior, guard; 12.5 pts., 5.3 rebounds, 2.2 assists, 2.2 steals per game
Shalix Hines: Nazareth; senior, guard; 11.1 pts., 3 rebounds, 3.3 assists, 2.1 steals per game; 2015 Tablet All-Star
Division II First Team
Taylor Aybar: Msgr. McClancy M.H.S., East Elmhurst; senior, guard, team co-captain; 12.7 pts., 6.6 rebounds, 7.1 assists, 4 steals per game; 2015 Tablet All-Star
Kenia Garcia: Msgr. McClancy; senior, forward; 8.8 pts., 7.1 rebounds per game; will be attending SUNY Polytechnic Institute, Utica, N.Y.; 2014 Tablet All-Star Honorable Mention; 2014 Tablet All-Star Honorable Mention; 2015 Tablet All-Star
Lauren Duggan: St. Saviour H.S., Park Slope; junior, guard, co-captain; 26 pts., 10 rebounds per game, scored at least 20 pts. in 13 games, high game of 40 pts.; scored 1,000th point this season; 2014 and 2015 Tablet All-Star
Kelly O’Donnell: St. Edmund Prep H.S., Sheepshead Bay; junior, guard; 25.7 pts., 8.5 rebounds per game; 2015 Tablet All-Star
Katie Marquardt: Fontbonne Hall Academy, Bay Ridge; sophomore, guard; 12.9 pts., 3 rebounds, 6.5 assists per game; high game of 23 pts.; 2015 Tablet All-Star
Kailey O’Grady: Bishop Kearney H.S., Bensonhurst; senior, forward, team captain; 12.3 pts., 9 rebounds, 3.0 assists per game; 2014 Tablet All-Star Honorable Mention; 2015 Tablet All-Star
Casey O’Shaughnessy: Bishop Kearney; freshman, guard; 9.4 pts., 4 rebounds 5 assists, 4 steals per game
Division II Second Team
Kaitlyn Stenz: Msgr. McClancy; junior, forward; 6.7 pts. per game, 5 rebounds per game; 2015 Tablet All-Star
Gina Hopkins: Msgr. McClancy; senior, guard, team co-captain; 6.3 pts., 4.2 rebounds, 2.1 assists per game; will be attending St. Joseph’s College, Brooklyn; 2014 Tablet All-Star Honorable Mention
Maria Savva: St. Agnes H.S., College Point; senior, guard, team captain; 12 pts., 7 assists per game; named recipient of 2016 GCHSAA Cynthia McGrath Sportsmanship Award; 2014 Tablet All-Star Honorable Mention; 2015 Tablet All-Star
Meghan Glynn: Fontbonne Hall; junior, forward; 7.9 pts., 7.5 rebounds; high game of 17 pts.; 2014 Tablet All-Star Honorable Mention; 2015 Tablet All-Star
Emily Bosiacki: Bishop Kearney; junior, forward; 8.2 pts., 8.5 rebounds, 2 steals, 3 blocks per game; high game of 18 pts.; 2014 Tablet All-Star Honorable Mention; 2015 Tablet All-Star
Gabriella Rafaniello: Bishop Kearney; junior, guard; 6 pts., 5 rebounds, 2 steals per game; high game of 17 pts.
Leandra Ricks: St. John’s Prep, Astoria; senior, guard, team captain; 16.3 pts., 10 rebounds 8 assists per game
Division II Third Team
Rhiana O’Donell: St. Agnes; senior, center; 12 pts., 10 rebounds, 5 blocks per game; 2015 Tablet All-Star
Megan McGinn: St. Saviour; junior, guard, team co-captain; 5 pts.; named recipient of 2016 GCHSAA Theresa Witty Sportsmanship Award
Rhona McCaughey: Msgr. McClancy; sophomore, guard; 6.1 pts., 4.2 rebounds, 2.1 assists, 2.1 steals per game; high game of 20 pts.
Tara Burns: St. Edmund Prep; senior, forward; 7 pts., 10 rebounds per game
Taylor Draxdorf: St. Edmund Prep; senior, guard; 8 pts. per game
Breanne McDonnell: Fontbonne Hall; sophomore, guard; 11.2 pts., 4.5 rebounds; high game of 22 pts.
Emily Lind: Fontbonne; junior, guard; 6.3 pts. per game, 2.0 steals per game: 2015 Tablet All-Star
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