The 2026 Michigan Sports Writers Division 2 All-State girls basketball team selected by a panel of 13 sports writers:


PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Kendyl Smith, Flint Powers Catholic


COACH

Jason Gray, Goodrich


FIRST TEAM

Sophia Prins, Grand Rapids South Christian

Lillie Johnson, Gladstone

Sadie Dykstra, Yale

Baylor Lauinger, Goodrich

Vanessa Rodriguez, Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard

Kendyl Smith, Flint Powers Catholic

Chloe Bullinger, Tecumseh

Ly’Nique Cunningham, South Haven

Emersen Holder, Warren Regina

Jozelynn Begick, Freeland

Kaitlyn Johnson, Haslett


COACH

Jason Gray, Goodrich

SECOND TEAM

Kenley Slanger, Grand Rapids West Catholic

Danica Dwyer, Owosso

Taylor DeKuiper, Fremont

Alexis Asekomeh, Grand Rapids West Catholic

Kayla Hairston, Goodrich

Gretel Johnson, Negaunee

Alexis Bruyere, Imlay City

Brooke Smalldon, Otsego

Janiyah Turner, Center Line

Addi Zajac, Tecumseh

Dani Glass, Three Rivers

Rayah Hitt, Parma Western

Nayia Crispin, Detroit Country Day


COACH

Kristy Zajac, Tecumseh


HONORABLE MENTION

Ava Rodriguez, Ann Arbor Father Gabriel Richard

Aubrie Moore, Kingsford

Madleen Hussein, Flat Rock

Olivia Gratz, Carleton-Airport

Kaylyn Sowers, Pontiac Notre Dame Prep

Valeria Ricossa, Armada

Elaina Flynn, Petoskey

Christina Dixon, Haslett

Lilly Thelen, Portland

Grace Pickelhaupt, St. Clair

Ella Salenbien, Adrian


The Michigan Sports Writers All-State girls basketball team was selected by: Doug Donnelly, The Advance, Blissfield; James Cook, Traverse City Record-Eagle; Bryan Everson, Oakland Press; Daniel Stickradt, Macomb Daily; Jason Juno, The Globe, Ironwood; Fred Kelly, Midland Daily News; Josh VanDyke, Muskegon Chronicle; Tom Greene, Huron Daily Tribune; Dan D’Addona, Holland Sentinel; Brandon Watson, Sturgis Journal; Patrick Nothaft, Grand Rapids Press; Jared Ramsey, Detroit Free Press; Matthew Ehler, Kalamazoo Gazette.

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