WKBN Starting 5: 2025 girls basketball award winners announced
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio (WKBN) – Over the last 17 years, WKBN has honored some of the best high school basketball players in the Valley with our Starting 5 award.
Watch the video above to see which players made the WKBN Girls Starting 5 this season.
These high school basketball players have won championships, shattered school records and dominated our coverage all season. Here is our 2025 WKBN Girls Starting 5:
Alyssa Brown – Chaney
The youngest member of our Starting 5 stuffed the stat sheet this year as just a sophomore. The Steel Valley Conference Player of the Year averaged over 20 points, 7 rebounds, 4 assists and 4 steals per game this season while leading Chaney to its first playoff win in program history.
Layke Fields – Kennedy CatholicThe Eagles senior will graduate as the only player in school history with over 2,000 points and over 1,000 rebounds. Fields averaged over 22 points, 13 boards and 3 blocks per game this season. She is the two-time reigning Pennsylvania Player of the Year, a three-time member of the Starting 5 and will continue playing next year at Robert Morris.
Ava Hulett – Mineral Ridge
Trumbull County's Player of the Year led the Rams with over 18 points, 10 rebounds and 3.5 steals per game this season. Hulett helped lead Mineral Ridge to a perfect 14-0 record in the MVAC Scarlet Tier and will graduate second on the all-time scoring list with 1,360 career points.
Lia Krarup – Wilmington
The Hounds senior broke a Mercer County record with over 250 three-pointers in her high school career and will graduate as the program's all-time leading scorer with over 1,800 career points. The Clarion recruit has won 73 games and two Region titles over the last four years.
Addison Rhodes – Crestview
The Rebels junior lit up the scoreboard again this season with a staggering 26 points per game. Rhodes shattered a school record with 81 three-pointers this year and 33 consecutively made free throws. She is the reigning Player of the Year in the conference, county, district and State of Ohio. Rhodes is a two-time member of our Starting 5 and returns for the three-peat next season.
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