Nine Observer-area stars make Associated Press all-state teams
Nine Observer-area boys and girls basketball players made the 2017-18 Associated Press all-state teams.
The teams were voted on by 16 media members, including the Observer.
Here are the boys who made the team: Providence Day senior Devon Dotson, Concord Cox Mill junior Wendell Moore, Independence senior Jamarius Burton, Concord Cannon senior Jairus Hamilton, North Mecklenburg unior Jae'Lyn Withers and Unionville Piedmont senior Hunter Tyson.
Dotson was Mecklenburg County player of the year. Moore and Hamilton shared All-Region player of the year honors.
Three girls players made teams: Mecklenburg County player of the year Ahlana Smith of Mallard Creek, Kennedy Boyd of Providence Day and Chyna Cornwell, a sophomore from Newton-Conover. Smith and Boyd are seniors.
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PLAYER OF THE YEAR
MEN: Coby White, Wilson Greenfield (9)
WOMEN: Elissa Cunane, Northern Guilford (6)
ALL-STATE TEAMS
MEN
Jaylen Alston, Eastern Guilford, Sr., F/G (15)
Devon Dotson, Providence Day, Sr., PG (15)
Wendell Moore Jr., Concord Cox Mill, Jr., G (15)
Coby White, Wilson Greenfield, Sr., G (15)
John Newman, Greensboro Day, Sr., F/G (14)
Jayden Gardner, Wake Forest Heritage, Sr., F/C (11)
Daivien Williamson, Winston-Salem Prep, Sr., G (11)
Jamarius Burton, Independence, Sr., PG (10)
Jairus Hamilton, Concord Cannon, Sr., G/F (9)
Jalen Benjamin, Raleigh Leesville Road, Jr., PG (5)
Isaiah Bigelow, Greensboro Smith, Sr., G/F (5)
Jaylen Hoard, High Point Wesleyan, Sr., F (5)
Jae'lyn Withers, North Mecklenberg, Jr., F (5)
Hunter Tyson, Monroe Piedmont, Sr., F (5)
WOMEN
u–Nyjanique Langley, North Pitt, Sr., G (16)
Elissa Cunane, Northern Guilford, Sr., C (15)
Elizabeth Kitley, Northwest Guilford, Jr., C (15)
Shaniya Jones, High Point Wesleyan, Sr., G (15)
Alex Scruggs, Fayetteville Smith, Jr., G/F (15)
Ahlana Smith, Mallard Creek, Sr., G (14)
Isabella Leite Nicolette, Raleigh Neuse Christian, Sr., G (12)
Skyler Curran, West Forsyth, Sr., G (9)
Jazmin Harris, Eastern Guilford, Sr., C (9)
Kennedy Boyd, Providence Day, Sr., G (7)
Breanna Proctor, Elizabeth City Northeastern, Sr., F/C (7)
Chyna Cornwell, Newton Conover, Soph., F (6)
Elana Ingram, Roxboro Community, Sr., G (6)
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u–unanimous selection
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Voters:
David Thompson, Citizen-Times of Asheville; Langston Wertz, Charlotte Observer; Malcolm Shields, The Daily Advance of Elizabeth City; Bob Sutton, The Times-News of Burlington; Chris Miller, The Daily News of Jacksonville; Jaclyn Shambaugh, Fayetteville Observer; Richard Walker, Gaston Gazette of Gastonia; Joe Sirera, The News & Record of Greensboro; Aaron Schnautz, Hickory Daily Record; J. Mike Blake, The News & Observer of Raleigh; Jessie Nunery, Rocky Mount Telegram; Mike London, Salisbury Post; Brian Meadows, Statesville Record & Landmark; Tim Hower, StarNews of Wilmington; Paul Durham, The Wilson Times; Jay Spivey, Winston-Salem Journal.
This story was originally published April 6, 2018 at 7:13 PM with the headline "Nine Observer-area stars make Associated Press all-state teams."