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Jadyn Donovan Tabbed Gatorade District of Columbia Girls Basketball Player of the Year
3/8/2023 1:09:00 PM | Women's Basketball
DURHAM — Duke women's basketball signee Jadyn Donovan was tabbed the 2022-23 Gatorade District of Columbia Girls Basketball Player of the Year, the organization announced on Wednesday.
The fourth player from Sidwell Friends to achieve the feat, Donovan led the Quakers to an outstanding season that saw the squad post a 28-3 overall record, including an unblemished 13-0 mark in conference play, en route to winning Sidwell Friends' second straight DCSAA Girls AA State Championship, in which she tallied a 20 point, 10 rebound double-double. A finalist for the Naismith Girls Basketball National Player of the Year award, Donovan is a McDonald's High School All-American Game selection and a member of the Nike Hoop Summit Team USA squad.
Slotted No. 3 in the 2023 Class rankings, Donovan led Sidwell Friends in scoring (14.8) and rebounds (8.2). The Washington, D.C., product was also second on the team in blocks (1.1) and field goal percentage (50.0 percent), as well as third in both assists (3.2) and steals (2.1) per game.
The Gatorade Player of the Year program annually recognizes one winner in the District of Columbia and each of the 50 states that sanction high school football, girls volleyball, boys and girls cross country, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls soccer, baseball, softball, and boys and girls track & field, and awards one National Player of the Year in each sport. The selection process is administered by the Gatorade Player of the Year Selection Committee, which leverages experts including coaches, scouts, media and others as sources to help evaluate and determine the state winners in each sport.
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The fourth player from Sidwell Friends to achieve the feat, Donovan led the Quakers to an outstanding season that saw the squad post a 28-3 overall record, including an unblemished 13-0 mark in conference play, en route to winning Sidwell Friends' second straight DCSAA Girls AA State Championship, in which she tallied a 20 point, 10 rebound double-double. A finalist for the Naismith Girls Basketball National Player of the Year award, Donovan is a McDonald's High School All-American Game selection and a member of the Nike Hoop Summit Team USA squad.
Slotted No. 3 in the 2023 Class rankings, Donovan led Sidwell Friends in scoring (14.8) and rebounds (8.2). The Washington, D.C., product was also second on the team in blocks (1.1) and field goal percentage (50.0 percent), as well as third in both assists (3.2) and steals (2.1) per game.
The Gatorade Player of the Year program annually recognizes one winner in the District of Columbia and each of the 50 states that sanction high school football, girls volleyball, boys and girls cross country, boys and girls basketball, boys and girls soccer, baseball, softball, and boys and girls track & field, and awards one National Player of the Year in each sport. The selection process is administered by the Gatorade Player of the Year Selection Committee, which leverages experts including coaches, scouts, media and others as sources to help evaluate and determine the state winners in each sport.
To stay up to date with Duke women's basketball, follow the team on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook by searching "DukeWBB."
#GoDuke
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