Outstanding underclassmen selections unveiled for 2024-25 high school basketball season
The Vermont Basketball Coaches Association announced its outstanding underclassmen teams ahead of Saturday's all-star showcase at Windsor High School.
In all, 64 players from the four divisions, boys and girls, are recognized by voting members of the VBCA. Only freshmen, sophomores and juniors from the 2024-25 season are considered.
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The coaches' honor was formerly named "Dream Dozen." The VBCA Executive Board voted to make a change to allow more athletes to be recognized. Previously, there were 12 players selected from a combination of D-I and D-II and D-III and D-IV, totaling 48 honorees.
The full all-star senior teams will be announced when the information is made available later this week.
DIVISION I GIRLS
Brattleboro: Reese Croutworst. Champlain Valley: Zoey McNabb. Colchester: Anya Davis. Essex: Colleen Sonnick. Mount Mansfield: Aly Dorman, Maysa Long. Rutland: Brinley Gandin. St. Johnsbury: Anna Ebert.
DIVISION II GIRLS
Enosburg: Lisey Robtoy. Hartford: Charlotte Jasmin. Lamoille: Alana Crittenden, Alyssa Small. Middlebury: Solstice Binder, Louisa Orten. Milton: Marlie Bushey. North Country: Addie Nelson.
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DIVISION III GIRLS
Bellows Falls: Abby Nystrom. Hazen: Mya Lumsden, Kelsie Rivard. Oxbow: Braylee Phelps. Peoples: Sophie Beck, Daisy Berg. Randolph: Ella Messier. Windsor: Amelia Rockwood.
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DIVISION IV GIRLS
Arlington: Mia Aldrich, Marleigh Taft. Mount St. Joseph: Jada Hughes. Rivendell: Lily Murray. Twin Valley: Kate Oyer. West Rutland: Hayley Raiche. Williamstown: Julia French, Hannah Spencer.
DIVISION I BOYS
Burlington: Pascal Munezero, Byron Robertson, Jr. Champlain Valley: Owen Scott. Essex: Cooper McCurley. Rutland: Cellan Wood. St. Johnsbury: Michael Rodriguez Guerrero. South Burlington: Oliver Avdibegovic, Paul Comba.
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DIVISION II BOYS
Fair Haven: Andrew Barker, Sam Kyhill. Hartford: Kole Fotion, Noah Jenks. Harwood: Steele Nelson. Lamoille: Jackson Hoag. Middlebury: Cooke Riney. Otter Valley: Connor Denis.
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DIVISION III BOYS
Bellows Falls: Jaden Bazin. Hazen: Sullivan Laflam. Peoples: Jack Lafayette. Randolph: Eli Messier. Richford: Bobby Gendron. Vergennes: Ryker Mosehauer. Winooski: Hussein Mohamed. Woodstock: Elvis Lavallee.
DIVISION IV BOYS
Danville: Sebastian Eldred. Poultney: Nate Dyer. Proctor: Chase Razanouski. Twinfield/Cabot: Eli Russell, Tej Stewart. Twin Valley: Brayden Brown. West Rutland: Peter Guay. Williamstown: Nick Mascitti.
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This article originally appeared on Burlington Free Press: Vermont high school basketball: Outstanding underclassmen selections
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