2015-2016 MSA SPORTS GIRLS BASKETBALL ALL-NETTERS

By: HSSN Staff
Friday, March 25, 2016 | 5:05 PM

The Girls All Netters all-star squad this season is certainly a sizeable one. While guards often dominate all-star teams, the first team of the All Netters has four players at least 5-11, including three who are 6-1 or taller and one who is 6-4.

The team is picked by the MSA Sports staff from all WPIAL teams. Three of the first-team members won WPIAL championships. One of the second team members scored 1,000 points this season – as a freshman.

Introducing the 2016 MSA Girls All-Netters squads:

FIRST TEAM:

EMILY ANDERSON, SOUTH FAYETTE
6-4 SENIOR, CENTER

The Lions won a WPIAL championship this season for the first time in school history, and Anderson was the heart of the Lions. Or at least the biggest Lion. Anderson used her 6-4 length to give plenty of problems to opponents. She averaged 13 points, 10 rebounds and 4 blocked shots a game for the Class AAA champion. In a WPIAL semifinal against Hampton, she had a triple double with 27 points, 16 rebounds and 10 blocked shots.

Anderson is an excellent student and will play next season at Penn of the Ivy League.

SAM BREEN, CARDINAL WUERL NORTH CATHOLIC
6-1 JUNIOR, FORWARD

Breen put North Catholic on her back and carried the Trojanettes to the PIAA Class A title. After losing in the WPIAL championship, Breen came back and averaged 28.8 points in five state playoff games. She almost had a triple double in the championship game with 27 points, 15 rebounds, 9 assists and 4 steals.

For the season, Green averaged a double double at 26 points and 10 rebounds. She already has 1,782 career points and has a good chance to go over 2,000 next season.

Although she is only a junior, she already has Division I college scholarship offers from Richmond, Dayton, Canisius, Fairfield, Iona and Virginia Tech.

ALAYNA GRIBBLE, NORWIN
5-11 SENIOR, GUARD-FORWARD

Gribble helped put Norwin girls basketball on the map, leading the team to two consecutive WPIAL Class AAAA championships. Norwin had never made a WPIAL title game before last season.

Gribble is a versatile player who could score posting up on the inside, or stepping outside and shooting 3-pointers. She is an excellent shooter and finished her career with 1,782 points. This year, she had 54 3-pointers, shot 56 percent from the field and 83 percent from the free-throw line.

Gribble has signed with the University of Pittsburgh.

DESIREE OLIVER, PENN HILLS
5-7 JUNIOR, GUARD

Oliver is the only “smallish” player on the MSA Netters first team. She has been a starter since her freshman year and helped the Indians to the WPIAL Class AAAA semifinals this season after they made it to the title game a year ago. She averaged 18 points and 8 rebounds a game for Penn Hills. She has 1,177 career points.

Oliver was offered a scholarship to Duquesne when she was in eighth grade. She has not made a decision and now holds offers from, among others, Duquesne, Akron and Toledo.

GABBIE SMITH, QUIGLEY CATHOLIC
6-1 SENIOR, GUARD-FORWARD

The Quigley Spartans got a Spartan-like effort from Smith this season – and in her career. Smith was the second-leading scorer in the WPIAL this season with a 30.2 average. She set a WPIAL Class A playoff record when she scored 47 points in a first-round game against Imani Christian.

Smith helped Quigley reach the WPIAL semifinals for the fourth consecutive season. She will play next season at Pitt-Johnstown, an NCAA Division II college.

SECOND TEAM:

MARY DUNN, TRINITY
6-1 SENIOR, CENTER

There was something about Mary that Trinity fans had to like. Actually, there were a lot of things. Dunn did plenty to help Trinity reach a WPIAL title game for the first time in school history. Dunn had a few triple doubles this season and finished averaging 17 points and nine rebounds a game. She scored more than 1,000 career points.

AMANDA KALIN, PINE-RICHLAND
5-7 SENIOR, GUARD

Kalin is one of the best shooters in the WPIAL. She had 77 3-pointers this season for a team that reached the WPIAL Class AAAA semifinals. She averaged 20 points and scored a WPIAL Class AAAA playoff record 41 points in a first-round game. Kalin had some Division I college offers before making a verbal commitment to Duquesne in January.

CALI KONEK, IMANI CHRISTIAN
5-5 FRESHMAN, GUARD

Konek shot a lot (33 times a game), but she had the most prolific season scoring of any girl in WPIAL history. She averaged 45.4 points a game, tops in the country this season, according to Maxpreps. She had nine games where she scored 50 points or more and became the first WPIAL girl to score 1,000 points in a season, finishing with 1,045. Konek was offered a scholarship by Duquesne early in the season. Other colleges are showing interest.

NATALIE MYERS, BURRELL
5-11 SENIOR, BURRELL

The past four seasons were the best in Burrell girls basketball history and Myers was a key part every year. She finished her career with more than 1,000 points and averaged 20 points a game this season for a Burrell squad that made it to the WPIAL semifinals for the fourth consecutive season. Myers will play next season at Youngstown State.

DAYNA ROUSE, ELLIS SCHOOL
5-10 SENIOR, GUARD

In an unforgettable game in January, Rouse scored 56 points for Ellis School while Cali Konek scored 55 for Imani Christian. Ellis School won the game and went on to win the Class A Section 4 title, with Rouse leading the way. She averaged 25.3 points a game this season. She played mostly center as a junior, but played mostly guard as a senior. Rouse will play next season at Longwood University, a Division I school in Virginia.

Tags: Burrell, Cardinal Wuerl North Catholic, Ellis School, Imani Christian, North Catholic