ALL-METRO FIRST TEAM

ALL-METRO FIRST TEAM

PLAYERS AND BIO INFORMATION

Tayler Hill

Minneapolis South

5-11 junior guard

The Metro Player of the Year has been named to the All-Metro team four times now and has led the Tigers to their third state berth in four years. She is averaging 22.8 points this season, scoring 31, 31, 25, 35 and 22 in the most recent five games.

Courtney Boylan

Chaska

5-7 senior guard

She averaged 20 points for the Hawks, who are making their first trip to state since 1998. A third-team All-Metro selection last year, she has signed with Michigan, where she plans to study kinesiology.

Brianna Mastey

Becker

6-1 senior forward

The 56-percent shooter averaged 22.7 points and nearly 10 rebounds per game. She helped the Bulldogs capture the Class 3A title last season. She has signed with the Gophers, as has her twin sister, Nicole.

Brittnye McSparron

Eastview

5-8 senior guard

A second-team pick a year ago, McSparron averaged 22.2 points and three steals for the state-bound Lightning. She had seven steals in a Section 3 title victory over Park. McSparron has signed with Drake and plans to major in pharmacy,

Megan Nipe

Centennial

6-0 junior forward

She averaged 22 points, shooting 60 percent from the field, and grabbed eight rebounds per game with a single-game high of 18. Nipe helped the Cougars hold the No. 1 ranking in 4A for most of the season.

What's your favorite basketball memory?

Hill: When my summer team, NC Heat, took third in nationals.

Boylan: This year. Chaska is going to state! The section final game against Kennedy is a memory I will never forget.

Mastey: Winning state last year and playing traveling basketball in sixth-eighth grade.

McSparron: Making it to the state tourney this year. Also this summer, playing in the Adidas Top Ten camp.

Nipe: Going to state freshman year and hanging out with the boys' and girls' teams, taking third in nationals at 15, and winning AAU state five years in a row.

Who is your favorite basketball player, and why?

Hill: Diana Taurasi and Allen Iverson because they are true ballplayers. They know the game and have basketball IQs.

Boylan: Kevin Garnett. He makes everyone around him play at a higher level and his passion and desire make him great.

Mastey: KG. He is just a great player.

McSparron: Steve Nash, because he can do everything and he makes everyone on his team look like a star.

Nipe: Tayler Hill because we've played together since fifth grade and I look up to her. Also, Michael Jordan because he's the best player to ever play and he's a good role model.

Would girls' basketball be better or worse with a shot clock? Explain.

Hill: It would be better because it gets girls ready for the college level.

Boylan: It would be better. The game would be faster-paced and would create much different end-of-game situations.

Mastey: Better. It would keep the game at a faster pace.

McSparron: Better, because it would speed up the game, making it more exciting.

Nipe: Better, because it would keep the game going and it prepares us for college.

What's your one-month record for text messages? And who do you text the most?

Hill: Thousands and thousands. I text my best friends (Mandy, Sandra, Megan and my boyfriend Bryce).

Boylan: Somewhere around 8,000. I text everyone and anyone.

Mastey: About 12,000 in a month, maybe a little more (my BFF Theairra Taylor).

McSparron: Thousands (C. Starr and friends).

Nipe: Thousands, probably. I text my best friends Hannah and Tayler the most, and my sisters.

What will you be doing in 10 years?

Hill: Hopefully in the WNBA and finishing med school.

Boylan: I will either have a career in personal training or still will be playing basketball.

Mastey: I will have a good job that pays a lot and maybe be playing basketball.

McSparron: I will be coaching basketball after discovering a new medication to cure cancer.

Nipe: Hopefully be finishing med school.