The Missouri Basketball Coaches Association has released its all-state and academic all-state teams for the 2022-23 season.
Below is a look at Joplin area players who were recognized.
GIRLS ALL-STATE
Three local female athletes were recognized as all-state performers in Class 5—Carl Junction senior guard Destiny Buerge, Carl Junction junior forward Kylie Scott and Webb City sophomore center Sami Mancini.
Buerge was the MBCA Co-Player of the Year in Class 5 with Jefferson City’s Hannah Linthacum.
Nevada junior guard Clara Swearingen was listed on the Class 4 team, while Diamond junior guard Grace Frazier was named all-state in Class 3.
The lone Class 2 players recognized from the region were Miller freshman Loghann Leivan and Marionville junior Lucy Newberry.
Recognized in Class 1 were Golden City senior Kyndall Scott and Greenfield senior Marlie Wright.
BOYS ALL-STATE
Joplin junior guard All Wright was named all-state in Class 6 by the MBCA.
Also listed in Class 6 from Southwest Missouri were Kickapoo’s Brayden Shorter, Nixa’s Kael Combs and Republic’s Ahlante Askew.
Stockton senior Jay Baxter was recognized in Class 3.
Thomas Jefferson Independent senior center Jay Ball was named all-state in Class 1, along with Golden City senior Josh Reeves.
ACADEMIC ALL-STATE
The MBCA also released its academic all-state teams.
Girls from the Joplin area who have been recognized as academic all-state athletes are Carthage’s Landry Cochran, Thomas Jefferson’s Phoenix Wade and Nico Carlson and Nevada’s Abbey Heathman and Maddy Majors.
Area boys recognized as academic all-state are Neosho’s Carter Fenske and Michael Day, Lamar’s Cameron Sturgell, Thomas Jefferson’s Kip Atteberry, Jay Ball, Tyler Brouhard, Benji Carroll and Tony Touma and Miller’s Rolan Rinker and Alex Pennington.
MBCA Player of the Year Awards
GIRLS
CLASS 1 — Madison Ayers, South Iron
CLASS 2 — (Co-POY) Kaylee King, Ellington; Myra Claas, Tipton
CLASS 3 — Macie Mays, El Dorado Springs
CLASS 4 — (Co-POY) Sara Mendel, Ava; Rachael Jones, Vashon
CLASS 5 — (Co-POY) Hannah Linthacum, Jefferson City; Destiny Buerge, Carl Junction
CLASS 6 — Grace Slaughter, Grain Valley
BOYS
CLASS 1 — (Co-POY) Cade Sutton, Bunker; Martez Burse, South Iron
CLASS 2 — Michael “Isaia” Howard, Plattsburg
CLASS 3 — Jadis Jones, Central (New Madrid County)
CLASS 4 — Kennard Davis, Vashon
CLASS 5 — Kyle Pock, Bolivar
CLASS 6 — Kyan Evans, Staley
Miss Show Me Basketball
Grace Slaughter, Grain Valley
Mr. Show Me Basketball
Kyan Evans, Staley
Mr. Show Me Basketball Nominees
Kael Combs, Nixa
Kennard Davis Jr., Vashon
Kyan Evans, Staley
Kayden Fish, Staley
Kyle Pock, Bolivar
Brayden Shorter, Kickapoo
B.J. Ward, Chaminade
Miss Show Me Basketball Nominees
Kaemyn Bekemeier, Republic
Destiny Buerge, Carl Junction
Brooke Coffey, Incarnate Word Academy
Hannah Linthacum, Jefferson City
Macie Mays, El Dorado Springs
Reagan McCowan, Lebanon
Natalie Potts, Incarnate Word Academy
Grace Slaughter, Grain Valley
Richard Fairchild Coach of the Year Awards
GIRLS
CLASS 1 —Steve Carvajal, Meadville
CLASS 2 —Jason Culpepper, Tipton
CLASS 3 —Jenny Talbert, Fair Grove
CLASS 4 —John Albert, Vashon
CLASS 5 —Erin Luttschwager, Lutheran St. Charles
CLASS 6 —Dan Rolfes, Incarnate Word Academy
BOYS
CLASS 1 —Dusty Dinkins, South Iron
CLASS 2— Kenny Wyatt, Salisbury
CLASS 3— Lennis McFerren, Central (New Madrid County)
CLASS 4 —Tony Irons, Vashon
CLASS 5 —Ryan Johnson, Cardinal Ritter
CLASS 6 —Chris Neff, Staley
FULL ALL-STATE TEAMS: MBCA All State (nhsbca.org)
FULL ACADEMIC ALL-STATE TEAMS: MBCA Academic All-State (nhsbca.org)
