{"id":253818,"date":"2026-04-06T08:01:20","date_gmt":"2026-04-06T08:01:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/253818\/"},"modified":"2026-04-06T08:01:20","modified_gmt":"2026-04-06T08:01:20","slug":"the-top-bay-area-players-for-2025-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/253818\/","title":{"rendered":"The top Bay Area players for 2025-26"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Led by a quintet from state Open Division runner-up Mitty and four from San Ramon Valley, the girls All-Metro first and second teams include players from 17 schools.<\/p>\n<p>Grace Curley, St. Francis HS, Mountain View<br \/>\u2022 6-1, Junior<br \/>\u2022 First-team All-West Catholic Athletic League for No.12 Lancers; 13.2 ppg, 6.7 rpg<\/p>\n<p>Ugreat Daniels, Woodside Priory HS<br \/>\u2022 5-11, Senior<br \/>\u2022 West Bay Athletic League co-MVP, double-double machine for No. 4 Panthers<\/p>\n<p>Layla Dixon, Carondelet HS, Concord<br \/>\u2022 5-11, Senior<br \/>\u2022 UC Davis signee led Cougars to NCS Open title<\/p>\n<p>Mafalda Fontan, Riordan HS, San Francisco<br \/>\u2022 5-10, Senior<br \/>\u2022 High-ceiling shooting guard made 44 three-pointers, clutch performer<\/p>\n<p>Ella Gunderson, San Ramon Valley HS, Danville<br \/>\u2022 5-9, Junior<br \/>\u2022 Counts Arizona State, Santa Clara, UCSB among offers<\/p>\n<p>Maliya Hunter, Mitty HS, San Jose<br \/>\u2022 6-2, Sophomore<br \/>\u2022 Second on team in scoring (13.7 ppg), more offensive rebounds (107) than defensive (96)<\/p>\n<p>Jhai Johnson, Oakland Tech<br \/>\u2022 6-3, Senior<br \/>\u2022 Vanderbilt signee was a four-year starter<\/p>\n<p>Andrea Martin, Piedmont HS<br \/>\u2022 6-1, Sophomore<br \/>\u2022 Co-West Alameda County Conference Player of the Year, 23.5 ppg, 10.5 rpg for No. 6 Highlanders<\/p>\n<p>Hayley McGee, St. Ignatius College Prep, San Francisco<br \/>\u2022 5-11, Senior<br \/>\u2022\u00a0 Unanimous first-team All-WCAL<\/p>\n<p>Ze\u2019Ni Patterson, Mitty HS, San Jose<br \/>\u2022 5-8, Junior<br \/>\u2022 Ballhawk (67 steals), 11.0 ppg, first team-All WCAL<\/p>\n<p>Alyssa Rudd, San Ramon Valley HS, Danville<br \/>\u2022 5-8, Senior<br \/>\u2022 1,500 points, 1,200 rebounds for career<\/p>\n<p>Terri\u2019A Russell, Oakland Tech<br \/>\u2022 6-2, Senior<br \/>\u2022 UNLV signee was Oakland Athletic League MVP\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Jayla Stokes, Bishop O\u2019Dowd HS, Oakland<br \/>\u2022 5-8, Senior<br \/>\u2022 Co-WACC POY led No. 9 Dragons (17-11)<\/p>\n<p>McKenna Woliczko, Mitty HS, San Jose<br \/>\u2022 6-2, Senior<br \/>\u2022 Highest-rated recruit to Iowa since Caitlin Clark<\/p>\n<p>Kitty White, Redwood HS, Larkspur<br \/>\u2022 5-11, Senior<br \/>\u2022 Born in Australia, still plays rugby<\/p>\n<p>Hania Bowes, San Ramon Valley<br \/>\u2022 3-point bomber<br \/>\u2022\u00a0All-EBAL also in flag football\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Adelaide Chan, Woodside Priory<br \/>\u2022 5-6, Senior<br \/>\u2022\u00a0Co-MVP of WBAL for No. 4 Panthers (23-7)<\/p>\n<p>Niylah Christopher, Carondelet<br \/>\u2022 5-9, Sophomore<br \/>\u2022 Leading scorer was relentless to the hoop<\/p>\n<p>Deoujenea Clay, Clayton Valley Charter<br \/>\u00a0\u2022\u00a05-4,\u00a0Junior<br \/>\u00a0\u2022\u00a0DAL MVP, 15.9 ppg, 5.7 apg, 4.9 spg<\/p>\n<p>Devin Cosgriff, Mitty<br \/>\u2022 5-10, Senior<br \/>\u2022\u00a0Michigan\u00a0signee shot 81.6% from line, +702 in 603 minutes\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Macie Flores, Cardinal Newman<br \/>\u2022\u00a05-6, Junior<br \/>\u2022\u00a0NBL-Oak MVP averaged 13.2 points, 3.1 assists\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Lulu Giometti, St. Ignatius<br \/>\u2022 5-9, Sophomore<br \/>\u2022\u00a0Team leading scorer (12.5 ppg), 3-point shooter (53)<\/p>\n<p>Caitlyn Kramer, Pinewood<br \/>\u2022 5-9, Senior<br \/>\u2022\u00a0Tops in scoring (13.3), assists (3.9) for No. 7 Panthers (21-7)\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Tee McCarthy, Mitty<br \/>\u2022\u00a05-7, Junior<br \/>\u2022\u00a0First-team All-WCAL, 9.3 ppg, team-best 121 assists<\/p>\n<p>Tallyah Nasol, Riordan<br \/>\u2022 5-3, Junior<br \/>\u2022\u00a0Team leader in assists, steals and rebounds<\/p>\n<p>Kenedi Nomura, Valley Christian<br \/>\u2022 5-6, Senior<br \/>\u2022\u00a0Scored 16 straight points in state title game<\/p>\n<p>Shirina Shi, American<br \/>\u2022 5-5, Junior<br \/>\u2022\u00a0Averaged 27.2 points, 5.3 rebounds, 3.8 steals\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Presley Uchikura, San Ramon Valley<br \/>\u2022 6-2, Freshman<br \/>\u2022\u00a0Averaged double figure points, reb. in playoffs<\/p>\n<p>Andri Wilkinson, Pinewood<br \/>\u2022 6-0, Senior<br \/>\u2022\u00a0Averaged 12.8 points, 10.5 rebounds\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>Windsor Worth, Brave Christian<br \/>\u2022\u00a05-8, Freshman<br \/>\u2022\u00a0Led state (35.5 ppg) in 15 games for small Dublin school\u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Led by a quintet from state Open Division runner-up Mitty and four from San Ramon Valley, the 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