ASHLAND — The future is bright for Ashland’s Makaree Chapman.
The present looks pretty good, too.
A sophomore, Chapman was a Division I honorable-mention selection when the All-Northwest District girls basketball teams were unveiled Wednesday evening by the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association.
The 5-foot-9 guard averaged 9.4 points, 7.0 rebounds and 2.5 assists per game for the Arrows. She was a District 6 first-teamer in Division I and an Ohio Cardinal Conference second-team selection.
Chapman also is a standout softball player for the Arrows. She was selected to the OCC first team as a freshman last spring. The Arrows won the OCC softball championship in 2022.
Toledo Start’s Sinai Douglas and Fremont Ross’ Destiny Robinson shared the Division I Player of the Year award. Start’s Dane Franklin was the Coach of the Year.
Here’s a look at the Division I girls basketball teams, as selected by a panel of media members from the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association:
First Team: Sinai Douglas, Toledo Start, 5-foot-4, junior, 16.8 points per game; Elise Bender, Whitehouse Anthony Wayne, 6-0, so., 17.4; Kendall Carruthers, Holland Springfield, 5-6, sr., 17.2; Destiny Robinson, Fremont Ross, 5-7, jr., 16.1; Komara Sylvester, Toledo Start, 5-6, jr., 19.3; Dekota Smith, Toledo Notre Dame, 5-7, sr., 13.4.
Second Team: Brooke Bender, Whitehouse Anthony Wayne, 5-11, so.; Jada Shoup, Toledo Whitmer, 5-8, jr., 13.4; Chloe Kilbride, Perrysburg, 5-8, so., 9.0; Maddy Greene, Sylvania Northview, 6-0, sr., 13.7; Janiah Holmes, Fremont Ross, 5-10, sr., 11.8; Dallas Poll, Tiffin Columbian, 5-9, sr., 14.6.
Third Team: Tai’Laya Garrison, Toledo Start, 5-4, sr., 15.3; Gretchen Sigman, Holland Springfield, 5-11, jr., 11.8; Kaitlyn Stechschulte, Findlay, 5-10, jr., 10.2; Carlee Wiczynski, Toledo St. Ursula, 5-11, jr., 10.0; Paige Brown, Sylvania Southvew, 5-9, sr., 10.5; Sydney Borer, Toledo Whitmer, 5-6, jr., 9.9.
Players of the Year: Sinai Douglas, Toledo Start; Destiny Robinson, Fremont.
Coach of the Year: Dane Franklin, Toledo Start.
Honorable mention: Makaree Chapman, Ashland; Madilyn Stechschulte, Findlay; Carma Johnson, Fremont Ross; A’Leah Hodges, Holland Springfield; Lexi Huntermark, Oregon Clay; Kallie Thames, Perrysburg; Emerie Morgan, Sandusky; Grace Kahl, Sylvania Northview; Carys Bourbeau, Sylvania Southview; Mackenzie Davis, Tiffin Columbian; Lexi Smith; Tiffin Columbian; Nina Sims, Toledo Notre Dame; Denni Lawrence, Toledo Whitmer.
