Peters Township’s Makenna Marisa earns All-American honors from MaxPreps
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Sunday, April 14, 2019 | 6:39 PM
Peters Twp.’s Makenna Marisa drives between Bethel Park defenders during their game Thursday, Jan. 3, 2019, at Bethel Park High School.
Peters Township’s Makenna Marisa earned All-American honors from MaxPreps which named the senior as one of the nation’s Top 50 girls basketball players.
Marisa was named as a sixth-team All-American.
The Penn State recruit averaged 20.8 points, 6.1 rebounds and 4.3 assists as Peters Township (30-0) won WPIAL and PIAA Class 6A titles.
Neumann-Goretti’s Diamond Johnson was the only other Pennsylvania player to make the list. Johnson earned honorable mention.
Paige Bueckers, Azzi Fudd, Haley Jones lead star-studded group of 50 players from across the country. ??
?our MaxPreps 2018-19 High School Girls Basketball All-American Team. ?
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— MaxPreps (@MaxPreps) April 12, 2019
Chris Harlan is a TribLive reporter covering sports. He joined the Trib in 2009 after seven years as a reporter at the Beaver County Times. He can be reached at charlan@triblive.com.
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