2021 All Area Girls Basketball

Welcome to the 2021 All Area Basketball Team, presented by Mainstreet Daily News and The Prep Zone. We convened a panel of local sports writers and coaches to select the best of the best from the 2020-21 high school basketball season, taken from within Mainstreet’s nine-county coverage area in North Central Florida.

The team is broken into four squads: small school (1A-3A) girls and boys and big school (4A-7A) girls and boys. It includes 44 players and two coaches, each of whom is receiving a commemorative plaque in recognition of their outstanding season. We’ve also recognized another 14 players as honorable mentions. Each of our stories is listed below, followed by the full roster with photos. Congratulations to each of these student athletes and coaches on a job well done!

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Hawthorne, Trenton stars lead small school All Area Girls Basketball Team

Small School - Team One

Tyler Jefferson

Jayla Williams

Guard
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Hawthorne
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Cera McElreath

Forward
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Branford
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Mya McGraw

Center
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Hawthorne
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Bri Becker

Guard
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Trenton
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Samarie McHenry

Forward
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Trenton
Sr.

Small School - Team Two

Tyler Jefferson

Charity Hodge

Guard
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Chiefland
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Jacovya Major

Forward
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Ft. White
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Decaria Armstrong

Center
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Ft. White
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Kayla DesMartin

Guard
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Branford
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Jaz'lyn Jackson

Forward
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Hawthorne
Sr.

Big School - Team One

Tyler Jefferson

Na'Haviya Paxton

Guard
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Columbia
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Leyah Houston

Forward
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Gainesville
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Montayasia Jones

Center
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Suwannee
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Anzarria Jerkins

Guard
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Columbia
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Sara Foster

Forward
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Bradford
Sr.

Big School - Team Two

Tyler Jefferson

Jasmine Harkness

Guard
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Buchholz
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Kiley Channell

Guard
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Keystone Heights
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Ta'Niya Walker

Forward/Center
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Gainesville
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Seilona Peeples

Guard
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Eastside
Sr.
Tyler Jefferson

Janeil Allen

Forward
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Eastside
Sr.

Coaches of The Year

Tyler Jefferson

Cornelius Ingram

Small School Coach
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Hawthorne
Tyler Jefferson

Niya Johnson

Big School Coach
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Buchholz

Honorable Mentions

Small School

Nikki Fuller – Chiefland | Forward
Leiana Buie – Hawthorne | Guard/Forward
Jordan Douglas – Trenton | Guard
Kinsey Akins – Trenton | Guard/Forward
Lyric Foskey – Williston | Guard/Forward

Coaches

Bryant Frye – Trenton
Anthony Perry – Columbia