The Wichita Eagle/VarsityKansas.com 2015 All-State girls basketball teams (VIDEO)

All-State and All-Class teams are selected by The Wichita Eagle with the help of basketball coaches across Kansas.

Each school’s athletic director is e-mailed a ballot to have their coaches return to The Eagle by the end of the season. Coaches may nominate their own players and players from other teams.

The girls team was selected by Joanna Chadwick. The boys team was selected by Taylor Eldridge. They tabulated nominations from the ballots and got additional input from coaches and other media members.

All-State and All-Class basketball teams are not selected by position.

SAM BACHRODT

5-10, sr., Kapaun Mount Carmel

Stats: Bachrodt, a four-year starter, led Kapaun to a 20-5 record. She scored 78 points in three games at the Class 5A tournament, including the game-winning basket in overtime to finish third. She helped Kapaun win the 2012 title. A versatile player, she has ballhandling skills and is a natural scorer from anywhere on the court. But with no experienced post players, she was forced to battle more inside than in the past. She averaged 19.8 points, 7.3 rebounds, 4.5 steals and scored 1,400 career points. Bachrodt had 11 games of 20 or more points and three of 30 or more.

College: Drake

NCAA women’s pre-tournament pick: Connecticut

Most memorable moment: “Winning state freshman year. That was a pretty cool experience. We were definitely the underdogs. No one knew us at all. We were pretty shocked we got there at all.”

Advice you live by: “Work for everything that you want to get.”

Favorite pastime outside of basketball: “Hang out with my friends and family. We just hang out, go eat, spend time together.”

Coach Billy Graf: “She can shoot, she can post, she can guard. She played whatever role we needed her to play.… She figured out her role and she performed it. We needed her to score and to rebound and to get assists. She did everything the team needed her to. We had a pretty successful season because we had so much versatility. She still led the league in scoring and she’s playing out of position and still dominating.

“She is deceptively quick, and she is so strong. The time she puts in, she doesn’t only do it with basketball, but she lives in the weight room. It’s amazing how strong she is. And then there’s her competitiveness. Because of how competitive she is, she puts in more work than anyone. She’s a gym rat. I have to kick her out of the gym.”

TYLER JOHNSON

6-2, sr., Leavenworth

Stats: Johnson’s scoring was down by about five points, but that was due to opponents focusing the majority of their defensive attention on stopping her because they knew she could dominate inside or step out and hit a three-pointer. Johnson, who led Leavenworth to its second straight Class 5A title, likely will play power forward at Kansas. Johnson, who had two teammates who also are Division I signees, has a quick first step and can power past opponents to the rim. She averaged 10.7 points, 7 rebounds and 1.4 blocks. She had nine rebounds in the title game win over Blue Valley Southwest. She scored 1,106 career points and had 678 career rebounds. Her dad, David, who played at Oklahoma, was an All-State selection in 1983 while at Kansas City Wyandotte.

College: Kansas

NCAA women’s pre-tournament pick: Connecticut

Most memorable moment: “My favorite moment would most likely be when we won another state championship. We worked so hard all year long and we just wanted to do back-to-back. That was a really exciting feeling. The second one is always harder than the first one.”

Advice you live by: “Never doubt yourself and hard work always triumphs.”

Favorite pastime outside of basketball: “I don’t do anything besides basketball. I guess I like to read, anything good — I like mystery, I like drama, I like suspense, I like romance.”

Coach Jordan Mellott: “One of the things that really stands out is she’s a great team player. She does everything for the team. This year she didn’t put up the big numbers that she usually does because a lot of people were all worried about her and coming down on her. She did a good job of sharing the ball and getting people involved.

“She did all the little things, besides scoring, and that is what made her special. She can flat-out score. She’s very talented on the offensive end. She’s talented around the basket, she can shoot from outside, she can shoot the three. She can hurt you so much that if you don’t concentrate on her, then she’s going to score 20. She does have a great first step.”

ERICKA MATTINGLY

5-8, jr., Wichita South

Stats: A three-year starting point guard, she helped lead South to its third straight Class 6A title, the first 6A girls team to do so. South finished 23-2 and is 71-4 in her career. She averaged 9.5 points, 4 steals, 5 assists and 6 rebounds. Mattingly runs the Titans’ methodical offense impeccably. While the offense is focused on getting the ball inside, she can take over a game. She can drive past defenders to the basket, drawing defenders and either scoring or passing to an open teammate. Defensively she neutralizes opponents’ guards with her quickness and knowledge of how to get to spots ahead of the opponent. She has made a non-binding commitment to Wichita State.

NCAA women’s pre-tournament pick: Wichita State

Most memorable moment: “This year it’s definitely winning state for all the seniors I that I’ve played with for so long. It’s been a fun ride. I do look up to (senior) Kirea (Rogers) and to all those seniors who are going on to college next year.”

Advice you live by: “Hard work and dedication in everything I do is my motto.”

Favorite pastime outside of basketball: “Movies. I’m a big movie watcher. I like to go to movies and watch on Netflix. I watch a lot of ‘Criminal Minds’ on Netflix.”

Coach Antwain Scales: “We don’t win without Ericka. She’s the one that gets our offense going and, on the flip side of the coin, defensively, she’s so awesome. Her speed and quickness — if people underestimate her, they don’t when they play her. The kid is so fast and so strong, that’s what kind of separates her from the rest of the pack as far as guard play.

“… Because of her (defensive) ability, she was able to counteract the guard play and be a disruptive figure up there on the top of the defense. She also was a lot more vocal. She’s always a kid that leads by example. She’s the first one in every line drill. In whatever we’re doing, she’s first. That’s the leadership role that kind of became contagious.”

LANIE PAGE

6-3, sr., Wamego

Stats: Page, a two-time All-State selection, doesn’t turn 17 until July, but her skills are undeniable. She has the ballhandling skills of a guard, despite her height, and has improved her strength and her shooting range. Page shoots well from the perimeter, including extending her range to about four feet beyond the three-point line. She averaged 20.3 points, 8.8 rebounds, 3.2 blocked shots, 2.7 assists and 2.7 steals for Wamego (15-6). She shot 50 percent from the field, including 42 percent from three-point range. In her career she scored 1,503 points and had 676 rebounds, 248 assists, 279 steals and 317 blocked shots. She ranks first at Wamego in career steals but is second in points, rebounds and blocks behind her sister Kaylee, a two-time All-State selection. While she signed with Nebraska, she was released at her request. She will likely follow Kaylee to Kansas State.

College: Undecided

NCAA women’s pre-tournament pick: Connecticut

Most memorable moment: “Probably state championship two years ago, and last year, I guess. Just playing in that atmosphere and playing in the Bicentennial Center is pretty cool. Playing in state altogether was a lot of fun.”

Advice you live by: “Try to always stay positive and find the positive side in everything. If you don’t, it’s hard to be happy.”

Favorite pastime outside of basketball: “I like to spend time with my family a lot. Hang out with friends and family is what I pretty much do outside of basketball.”

Coach Jim Page: “The thing about Lanie’s game, she is so tough to guard. Each year she’s kind of had to add something to her game. She can shoot a legitimate jump shot, and you have to come out and guard her. She’s got more of a street game: she can take it to the hoop, post up and shoot with either hand.

“… I’ve been really impressed this year with her maturity. She’s only 16, yet there were times she’s guarded full court by two players and (defenses) played the rest of us four on three. One game she took about two steps across half court and two girls were standing face to face with her.”

KEIRYN SWENSON

6-2, sr., Maize

Stats: Swenson led Maize to a 24-1 record and, for the second straight season, was second in Class 6A. The Kansas Gatorade Player of the year, she scored 17 points in the title game. Swenson averaged 14.6 points, 8.7 rebounds, 2.1 steals and 1.6 blocks. She also shot 53 percent from the field and 83 percent from the free-throw line. Swenson finished her career with 1,399 points and 694 rebounds, which rank first in Maize history, and 151 blocks. Swenson, who has signed with Arkansas, will also throw the javelin; she won the 6A javelin title in May. Her athleticism is eye-catching because she moves so fluidly and scores and rebounds with such finesse.

College: Arkansas

NCAA women’s pre-tournament pick: Arkansas

Most memorable moment: “When my teammate Daley Handy and I chest-bumped in the Andover Central game. We planned if one of us got an ‘and-one’ in the game, we’d have to find each other and give each other a chest bump. It was the best chest bump ever.”

Advice you live by: “You just always have to work your hardest in everything you do. Don’t give up.”

Favorite pastime outside of basketball: “Probably throw the javelin or hang with friends.”

Coach Jerrod Handy: “She’s got great hands. She can catch any pass thrown to her. She gets so many rebounds. She cleans up the inside when anyone misses a shot, and she’s putting it back in. Whenever we started her as a freshman, she wasn’t very physical. We had to teach her how to block shots and how to get to the rim hard and quick. She’s worked hard on her game, and she’s gotten so much better. She used to be so one dimensional: she scored. She passes so well now, and I’ve been real impressed with her this season because she’s become a complete player.”

SHELLY HOYT

Hoxie coach

Hoxie set a state record this season with 95 straight victories, breaking what had seemed like an unbeatable record of 91 straight wins set by Little River in the late 1990s.

Hoxie also won its fourth straight Class 1A-Division I title. Before Hoyt’s first season in 2001-02, Hoxie had one state title (1993 in Class 3A). In her tenure at Hoxie, she is 289-58.

Hoyt, who also coached in Archie, Mo., Utica and Attica and is 425-135 overall, is the fourth Kansas girls coach to win four straight titles. Hoxie is the fourth school to have three straight unbeaten seasons. Under Hoyt, Hoxie has played in seven champiosnhip games.

She has coached all four of her daughters, including Terran, a junior, and Jacie, who was an All-State selection in 2005.

Hoxie senior Carly Heim: “She’s very encouraging. She always pushes us to be our best. Somehow she gets us to give our all every single game or in practice. We definitely want to do it for her and for each other. We, including her, have put so much time into it. She’s put so much time into us, spending the summer with us, working us to the point that we need to be. She’s always there for us.

“… She built the program from scratch. She didn’t really have anything when she came here. She had athletes, but she didn’t have basketball players. She raised us all up, taught all the new ones who came in that we are family, that we love each other. With the help of her and our team, we did it (won 95 straight). We’re all kind of close and God is on our side. No one could stop us as long as we stayed together.”

This story was originally published March 22, 2015 at 1:08 AM with the headline "The Wichita Eagle/VarsityKansas.com 2015 All-State girls basketball teams (VIDEO)."