Meet Mr. and Miss Kansas Basketball for 2020 (along with other KBCA award-winners)
Being named Mr. or Miss Kansas Basketball is one of the state’s greatest achievements in the sport.
Recent high school stars so honored include Taylor Robertson from McPherson, Tiffany Bias of Andover Central and Christian Braun of Blue Valley Northwest and now at KU. The awards handed out annually by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association put a player in the most elite company in Kansas high school basketball history.
Here is the full list of KCBA 2020 award winners.
Miss Kansas Basketball: Emily Ryan, Central Plains
Ryan leaves Central Plains as not only one of the best basketball players in Kansas history, but one of the best athletes, period.
She earned her third straight Top 5 selection from the Eagle as a senior, averaging a state-high 29.5 points per game and pushing Central Plains’ win streak to 136, the longest in the U.S.
She finished her career as one of three players in Kansas history to eclipse 3,000 points and was perhaps on her way to a fourth straight state championship before the tournament was canceled because of the ongoing pandemic.
Ryan has signed with Division I Iowa State.
Mr. Kansas Basketball: Xavier Bell, Andover Central
Bell was a two-time All-Metro and Top 5 selection for The Eagle. He took Andover Central to the state tournament in each of his four seasons and helped win the Jaguars’ first boys basketball title in 2019.
As a senior, Bell was Central’s do-it-all player. He averaged 24.6 points, 7.3 rebounds, two assists and a block and steal per game, and that included a 3-5 start to the season.
Central caught fire later in the year, with its biggest highlight coming in its Class 5A sub-state championship game as Central beat undefeated Bishop Carroll on the road.
Bell will play at Division I Drexel next.
Other awards
Middle school girls coach of the year: Jamie Minneman, Marysville, eighth grade
Middle school boys coach of the year: Tim Klein, Abilene, eighth grade
Junior college women’s coach of the year: Mitch Rolls, Labette County
Junior college men’s coach of the year: Tommy DeSalme, Cowley County
Women’s coach of the year, college: Ryan Showman, Kansas Wesleyan
Men’s coach of the year, college: Aaron Siebenthall, Ottawa
KBCA Hall of Fame teams: Hiawatha High girls, 1997-78/1978-79
KBCA Hall of Fame individuals: Kelly Krumsick, Frontenac, Pitt State; Carla Barto, Frontenac, Pitt State
Clint & Billie Hill Scholarships: Megan Foster, Waverly; Britlyn Beach, Ingalls; Noah Krueger, Washburn Rural
Randy Walling-Executive Director Scholarships: Karlee Wahlmeier, Concordia; Jacob Karsak, Derby
KBCA Scholarships: Kristen Beckman, Atwood; Payton Michael, Sabetha
Spalding Scholarships: Alexis Zehr, Burrton; Megan McClendon, West Elk; Harley Blaske, Macksville; Skyler Davis, Emporia
LaVetta Loring Memorial Scholarship: Samantha Fisher, Basehor-Linwood
Terri Ashida-Fields Memorial Scholarship: Neleh Davis, Olpe
KBCA All-Academic All-State
Austin Henry, Andover; Jaren Jackson, Augusta; Zach Davidson, Augusta; Quinn Buessing, Axtell; Hunter Peacock, Baldwin; Ethan Eckman, Baldwin; Riley Tinder, Basehor-Linwood; Shea Larson, Beloit; Jessica Meier, Beloit; Hudson Gray, Beloit; Brady Palen, Beloit-St. John’s-Tipton; Braden Dameron, Beloit-St. John’s-Tipton; Emily Eilert, Beloit-St. John’s-Tipton; Jadyn Rosebaugh, Beloit-St. John’s-Tipton; Brandon Bates, Beloit-St. John’s-Tipton; Gabe Ellis, Bucklin; Abby Dunn, Burlington; Jillian Vogel, Chanute; Gavin Hooper, Cherryvale; Alexis Umbarger, Cherryvale; Emily Ryan, Central Plains; Delaney Rugan, Central Plains; Nolan Streit, Clearwater; Drake Beatty, Clearwater; Kailey Shields, Colby; Jill Stephens, Colby; Hallie Vaughn, Colby; Brittany Foss, Colby; Jacob Williams, Concordia; Madison Pauly, Conway Springs; Peyton Fischhauser, Council Grove; Shyanne Allen, Council Grove; Luke Millman, De Soto; Coby Morton, De Soto; Jacob Karsak, Derby; Heather Mills, Derby;Jake Landis, Berean Academy; Zach Koontz, Berean Academy; Skyler Douglas, Emporia; Jerratt Bradley, Eudora; Connor Schmidt, Eudora; Kade Hackerott, Goddard; Makayla Brungardt, Eisenhower; Chance Omli, Eisenhower; Aly Chapman, Eisenhower; Spencer Maley, Eisenhower; Elizabeth Halderfer, Goessel; Alex Schremmer, Great Bend; Dylan Ruder, Hays; Kelsey Huggans, Campus; Jackson Humphreys, Hesston; Chandler Blackwell, Hoisington; Jackson Stoppel, Holcomb; Makenzie Kennedy, Jackson Heights; Kailea Smith, Horton; Tatum Lockwood, Horton; Meg Friday, Hutchinson Trinity; Hannah Schrock, Hutchinson Trinity; Alexis Flores, Hutchinson Trinity; Sierra Garcia, Hutchinson Trinity; Riley Porter, KC Piper; Carson Walter, Lincoln; Cade Schneider, Smoky Valley; Morgan Konen, Little River; Kadyn Davison, Maize South; Katie Wagner, Maize South; Antonio Barron, Manhattan; Aloera Ostermann, Manhattan; Zanaa Cordis, Manhattan; Bryar Helms, Marysville; Zach Haefele, Marysville; Alexis While, Marysville; Katherine Stucky, Moundridge; Daniel Kaufman, Moundridge; Brady Helm, Moundridge; Khylee Massey, Northern Heights; Connor Haresnape, Norton; Sarah David, Norton; Courtney Kearney, Olathe East; Gabrielle Deng, Blue Valley North; Ally Hoban, Blue Valley North; Molly Hartnett, St. Thomas Aquinas; Shawne Hendershot, Blue Valley North; Nick Blackford, Blue Valley North; Lexy Farrington, Blue Valley North; Jack Sheplak, Blue Valley North; Colby Jones, Osawatomie; Reis Moore, Ottawa; Cade Gollier, Ottawa; Gabrielle Cummings, Perry-Lecompton; Jenna Keller, Perry-Lecompton; Blaise Ball, Perry-Lecompton; Rylee Paramore, Perry-Lecompton; Johnny Goetting, St. Mary’s Colgan; Coin O’Brien, St. Mary’s Colgan; Andrew Lomshek, St. Mary’s Colgan; Noah Malone, Pratt; Brody Barr, Randolph-Blue Valley; Abby Brown, Central Heights; Hannah Reidy, Rural Vista; Hannah Wertenberger, Sabetha; Reed McHenry, Salina Central; Kadyn Cobb, Salina Central; Kale Schroeder, Sedgwick; Erica Hammes, Nemaha Central; Austin Ahlquist, Nemaha Central; Erica Brummer, Tipton Catholic; Brooke Hollerich, Tipton Catholic; Tara Ellenz, Tipton Catholic; Riley Polter, Seaman; Sophie Sparks, Seaman; Noah Krueger, Washburn Rural; Zoe Caryl, Topeka; Josh Dessenberger, Valley Center; Cooper Desormiers, Trego; Carter Minson, Trego; Megan Foster, Waverly; Lawson Vitosh, Classical; Cole Sinclair, Classical; Lauren Mathews, Wichita-Trinity; Emma Weber, Wichita-Trinity; Body Tweed, Jefferson County North; Madelynn Collins, Yates Center.
This story was originally published May 4, 2020 at 1:41 PM.