Girls Basketball: All-Ohio teams announced

COLUMBUS — The Ohio Prep Sports Media Association unveiled the 2026 girls basketball All-Ohio squads on Monday and Tuesday, honoring the state’s top performers from the regular season as nominated by the association’s seven districts.

Whitney Stafford, a 5-foot-8 senior from Lewis Center Olentangy who averaged 21.3 points per game, earned the Division I Player of the Year award. She headlines the Division I First Team alongside Pickerington Central 5-11 junior Zoe Coleman (17.8 ppg), Massillon Jackson 5-11 senior Maddie Lepley (18.3), Wadsworth 5-9 senior Lauren Decker (14.1), Kettering Fairmont 5-8 senior Kaylah Thornton (18.0), Cincinnati Princeton 6-1 sophomore Erin Thomas (20.7), Batavia West Clermont 5-11 freshman Bella Swisshelm (20.1) and Mentor 5-5 senior Nina Rodriguez (19.2).

In Division II, Sunbury Big Walnut 6-2 junior Sydney Mobley claimed top honors after posting 20.5 points per contest. She is joined on the First Team by Westerville Central 6-1 senior Ella Martin (21.4), Cincinnati Mount Notre Dame 5-7 senior Mia Vieth (15.8), Cincinnati Seton 6-4 senior Lauren Bain (17.5), Whitehouse Anthony Wayne 6-0 senior Leah Pike (20.0), Rocky River Magnificat 5-11 senior Gemma Wichmann (14.6), Massillon Washington 5-8 sophomore Delaney Pierce (26.7) and Akron Hoban 5-8 senior Niera Stevens (17.0).

Division III co-Players of the Year are Lyndhurst Brush 5-10 junior Tatiana Mason (24.6 ppg) and Chillicothe Unioto 5-10 senior Milee Smith (23.7). They anchor a First Team that also includes Steubenville 5-8 senior Nylah McShan (20.3), Columbus Hartley 5-7 sophomore Naomie “Pinky” Burkett (19.2), Columbus Centennial 5-8 junior Kennedy Houston (22.4), Hamilton Badin 5-10 senior Braelyn Even (20.5), Ashland 5-8 junior Kennedy Lacey (22.7), Norwalk 5-7 senior Trinity Lazzara (12.5), Copley 5-8 senior Evelyn McKnight (23.9) and Akron St. Vincent-St. Mary 5-7 junior Melania Cornute (22.0).

Shaker Heights Laurel 5-8 senior Tristan Williams, who averaged 22.8 points, was named Division IV Player of the Year. The First Team features Columbus International 5-8 senior Leila Carter (27.0), Circleville 6-2 junior Addison Edgington (20.1), Franklin Bishop Fenwick 6-1 sophomore Lucy Luers (14.7), Cincinnati Purcell Marian 6-3 junior Samaya Wilkins (22.4), Bellevue 6-3 senior Kaitlyn Turinsky (12.9), Ashtabula Edgewood 5-7 junior Carly Kray (23.5), Norton 5-7 senior Dakota Graham (16.1) and Wintersville Indian Creek 5-9 junior Kaydence Walker (18.2).

Complete second- and third-team listings, along with special mention and honorable mention honorees, accompany the release and recognize standout performers from every corner of the state.