Mr. and Miss Basketball finalists named

Fifteen Midstate players were named finalists for the 32nd annual Mr. and Miss Basketball awards on Friday.

The awards, which will be presented on March 8 at MTSU's Murphy Center, are given to the top girls and boys players in each of the five classifications — Class A, Class AA, Class AAA, Division II-A and Division II-AA.

Van Buren County’s Lakelyn Bouldin (A), Middle Tennessee Christian’s Ashlynd Wilkerson (A), Upperman’s Akira Levy (AA), Blackman’s Crystal Dangerfield (AAA), Riverdale’s Anastasia Hayes (AAA), Wilson Central’s Kendall Spray (AAA) and Brentwood Academy’s Sydni Harvey (DII-AA) were named finalists for Miss Basketball.

Huntland’s Kobe Foster (A), Fayetteville’s Nick Hopkins (A), Clay County's Tyreke Key (A), Cheatham County’s Austin Douglas (AA), Maplewood’s Bo Hodges (AA), Franklin Road Academy’s Kenny Cooper (DII-A), Ensworth’s Jordan Bone (DII-AA) and Brentwood Academy’s Darius Garland (DII-AA) were chosen as finalists for Mr. Basketball.

High school head coaches and members of the media nominated players, and a statewide committee of sports writers select winners based on performance during the 2015-16 regular season. Academics and character were also taken into consideration.

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2016 Miss Basketball finalists

DII-A
Ashtyn Baker, Northpoint Christian
Anna Jones, USJ
Micah Scheetz, Knoxville Webb

DII-AA
Taylor Barnes, St. Benedict
Kaleigh Clemons, Baylor
Sydni Harvey, Brentwood Academy

Class A
Lakelyn Bouldin, Van Buren County
Taylor Lamb, South Greene
Ashlynd Wilkerson, MTCS

Class AA
Akira Levy, Upperman
Jacobi Lynn, McMinn Central
Kayla Marosites, Elizabethton

Class AAA
Crystal Dangerfield, Blackman
Anastasia Hayes, Riverdale
Kendall Spray, Wilson Central

2016 Mr. Basketball finalists

DII-A
Kenny Cooper, FRA
Chase Hayden, St. George’s
Clayton Hughes, USJ

DII-AA
Jordan Bone, Ensworth
William Douglas, Christian Brothers
Darius Garland, Brentwood Academy

Class A
Kobe Foster, Huntland
Tyreke Key, Clay County
Nick Hopkins, Fayetteville

Class AA
Austin Douglas, Cheatham County
Bo Hodges, Maplewood
Garrett Sams, Westview

Class AAA
Tee Higgins, Oak Ridge
Nathan Hoover, Arlington
Alex Lomax, Memphis East

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