Asia Durr
The Naismith Trophy Girls High School Player of the Year Midseason Team was announced on Tuesday, honoring the best of the 2014-15 high school season. The team, which consisted of all 15 players in the senior class, included two commitments from Baylor, Connecticut, North Carolina, Notre Dame, Tennessee and Texas.
ProspectsNation.com Staff on the Naismith Committee include:
Brandon Clay - @BrandonClayPSB Rebecca Dyer - @RebeccaGrayPSB Jonathan Hemingway - @JLHemingwayPSB Chris Hansen - @ChrisHansenPSB Keil Moore - @KeilMoorePSB
| NAME | HOMETOWN | HIGH SCHOOL | CLASS | POS | COLLEGE |
| Kristine Anigwe | Phoenix, AZ | Desert Vista | 2015 | P | California |
| DeJanae Boykin | Springdale, MD | CH Flowers | 2015 | F | Connecticut |
| Kalani Brown | Slidell, LA | Salem | 2015 | P | Baylor |
| Napheesa Collier | St. Louis, MO | Incarnate Word | 2015 | W | Connecticut |
| Tea Cooper | Powder Springs, GA | McEachern | 2015 | PG | Tennessee |
| Asia Durr | Douglassville, GA | St. Pius X | 2015 | G | Louisville |
| Lashann Higgs | Round Rock, TX | Cedar Ridge | 2015 | PG | Texas |
| Jordan Hosey | Pearland, TX | Manvel | 2015 | W | Texas |
| Marina Mabrey | Point Pleasant, NJ | Manasquan | 2015 | G | Notre Dame |
| Beatrice Mompremier | Miami, FL | Miami Senior | 2015 | P | Baylor |
| Arike Ogunbowale | Milwaukee, WI | D.S.H.A. | 2015 | G | Notre Dame |
| Ali Patberg | Columbus, IN | Columbus North | 2015 | G | Notre Dame |
| Katie Lou Samuelson | Huntington Beach, CA | Mater Dei | 2015 | W | Connecticut |
| Destinee Walker | Orlando, FL | Lake Highland | 2015 | G | North Carolina |
| Stepanie Watts | Wesley Chapel | Weddington | 2015 | G | North Carolina |
The Naismith Awards were founded by the Atlanta Tipoff Club to recognize accomplished athletes, coaches, officials and contributors to high school and college basketball. Named in honor of Dr. James Naismith, the creator of the game of basketball, the first Naismith trophy was awarded in 1969 to UCLAs Lew Alcindor, later known as Kareem Abdul-Jabbar. The trophy was sculpted by Marty C. Dawe of Atlanta and has become among the most prestigious national honors awarded each year to top basketball players in the nation. The Womens Player of the Year Award was first given to Anne Donovan of Old Dominion University in 1983.
See the board of selectors for the Naismith Trophy Girls High School Player of the Year Awards
