Ogunbowale Named The Associated Press Player Of The Year
Friday, April 3rd, 2015 -- 10:11 AM
For the third straight year, Divine Savior Holy Angels senior Arike Ogunbowale is The Associated Press player of the year in Wisconsin.Whitewater's Judy Harms is the coach of the year.
Ogunbowale averaged 27.2 points, 9.2 rebounds, 2.8 assists and 2.5 steals in leading the Angels to their first WIAA state title. She set a tournament record with 55 points in the state semifinals, which tied for third most in a girls game in the state, according to records kept by the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association.
AP Girls Basketball All-State
First Team:
Arike Ogunbowale, 5-9, sr., G, Divine Savior Holy Angels (x); Gabby Green, 5-5, sr., G, Pius XI (x); Megan Gustafson, 6-3, sr., F, South South; Allazia Blockton, 5-10, sr., G/F, Dominican; Natisha Hiedeman, 5-8, sr., G, Green Bay Southwest.
Second team
Kayla Goth, 6-0, sr., G, DeForest; Amani Wilborn, 5-10, G, Milwaukee Riverside; Chloe Wanink, 5-7, sr., G, Cameron; Annalese Lamke, 6-3, sr., C, Gale-Ettrick-Trempealeau; Hannah Whitish, 5-9, jr., G, Barneveld.
River Falls' Karly Murphy made the fourth team.
Honorable mentions from our area include Eau Claire Regis' Shae Brey, Stanley-Boyd's Jamie Reit, Fall Creek's Tatum Mayenschein, Augusta's Dani Nelson and Owen-Withee's Stephany Heggemeier.
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