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The nets have been cut and champions have been crowned. The student-athletes below represent the best of the best in Colorado High School hoops for the 2017-18 season.
ALL-COLORADO GIRLS BASKETBALL FIRST TEAM
Francesca Belibi
Regis Jesuit | Junior
Camilla Emsbo
Lakewood | Senior
Jana Van Gytenbeek
Cherry Creek | Sophomore
Leilah Vigil
Grandview | Senior
Autumn Watts
Highlands Ranch | Junior
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Camilla Emsbo
Lakewood | Senior
COACH OF THE YEAR
Amy Bahl
Evergreen
HONORABLE MENTION
Isabella Allen
Horizon | Senior
Delaynie Byrne
Ralston Valley | Senior
Noelle Cahill
Regis Jesuit | Senior
Alisha Davis
Grandview | Junior
Claudia Dillon
Evergreen | Junior
Jaiden Galloway
Grandview | Senior
Alyssa Jimenez
Horizon | Junior
Gabi Lucero
Pueblo South | Junior
Olivia Lough
Pueblo West | Senior
Sydney Mech
Cherry Creek | Senior
Tommi Olson
Highlands Ranch | Senior
Ashley Panem
Fairview | Senior
Denali Pinto
Fairview | Senior
Riley Snyder
Fruita Monument | Senior
Ashley Steffeck
Fossil Ridge | Junior
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ALL-COLORADO BOYS BASKETBALL FIRST TEAM
Ronnie DeGray III
Chaparral | Junior
Bodie Hume
Sterling | Senior
Daylen Kountz
Denver East | Senior
Sam Masten
Rock Canyon | Senior
Dayne Prim
Grandview | Junior
PLAYER OF THE YEAR
Sam Masten
Rock Canyon | Senior
COACH OF THE YEAR
Jeff Kloster
Longmont
HONORABLE MENTION
Marcell Barbee
Pueblo South | Senior
Cade Carroll
Buena Vista | Senior
Trent Dykema
Silver Creek | Senior
Jon’il Fugett
George Washington | Senior
Tyson Gilbert
Rock Canyon | Senior
Joe Golden
Doherty | Senior
Kenny Foster
Smoky Hill | Junior
Kaison Hammonds
ThunderRidge | Senior
Luke Johnson
Longmont | Senior
Kwane Marble
Denver East | Junior
Tucson Redding
Overland | Senior
Nieyem’e Smeyer-Williams
Pueblo West | Senior
Dimitri Stanley
Cherry Creek | Senior
Brendan Sullivan
Highlands Ranch | Senior
Adam Thistlewood
Golden | Senior