2023 LSWA Class 3A All-State Basketball Teams

(LSWA Release, Written by Jerit Roser)   State champions and history-makers headline the Louisiana Sports Writers' Association's 2023 Class 3A All-State basketball teams.   Record-breaking St. Louis star Paris Guillory and four-time Port Allen state champion [player_tooltip player_id='1273359' first='Elliot' last='McQuillan'] were selected as Outstanding Player award winners to top the girls and boys squads, respectively.   The unanimously voted Guillory, now a three-time LSWA all-state first-teamer, averaged 27.1 points, 10.8 rebounds, 4.2 assists and 3.6 steals to lead the Saints to a fifth straight title game appearance.   Guillory, a Louisiana Tech signee, was her team's lone returning starter from its 2022 championship run.   And she capped her decorated prep career with a 41-point semifinal to the single-game state tournament scoring record (Kim Mulkey, Hammond, 1980), then another 27 points in the final to break the two-game state tournament mark for Class 3A/Division II (Brenda Porter, Amite, 1970).   St. Louis Catholic finished 27-7 as state runner-up in the Division II select bracket.   McQuillan earns all-state first-team honors for the second consecutive year after honorable mention recognition as a sophomore.   After playing an increasing role on three straight Class 2A titles, the sharpshooting senior guard averaged 18 points, six rebounds and five steals to help his Pelicans win the Division-III non-select crown in their first year back in Class 3A.   Port Allen finished 29-4, including a 15-1 mark against teams in 3A, 2A and 1A   Parkview Baptist's Brett Shelton and Iowa's Ron Melanson were selected for the respective Coach of the Year honors.   Shelton led the Lady Eagles to an improbable turnaround from 7-19 and missing the playoffs in 2022 to a 30-5 mark and Division-II select state championship, the program's first since 2017.   The young roster grew together and peaked at the right time to win 13 of their final 14 contests, including quarterfinal, semifinal and final defeats of No. 4 St. Thomas Aquinas, No. 1 Isidore Newman and No. 6 Episcopal of Baton Rouge — each of which had reached the 2022 state tournament.   Melanson coached Iowa to a 29-6, including a 14-game winning streak, an 11-1 record and co-championship in a challenging District 3-3A and the first state tournament run in program history.   The Yellow Jackets had won just two playoff games from 2011 to 2020 — first-round games in 2016 and 2017 — and missed the postseason entirely twice in that span.   But Melanson and company have now built from a 2018 playoff absence to a second-round appearance in 2021 and runs to the 2022 quarterfinals and 2023 semis.   CLASS 3A ALL-STATE BASKETBALL CHARTS   BOYS   First Team   Player School Ht. Cl. Avg.   [player_tooltip player_id='1130735' first='Rictavion' last='Johnson'] Carroll 5-11 Sr. 12.5   [player_tooltip player_id='970130' first='Courtney' last='McCarthy'] Richwood 6-5 Sr. 28.8   [player_tooltip player_id='1218217' first='Josh' last='Smith'] Madison Prep 6-2 Jr. 13.0   [player_tooltip player_id='1273359' first='Elliot' last='McQuillan'] Port Allen 6-3 Sr. 20.0   [player_tooltip player_id='1895266' first='Isaiah' last='Howard'] Port Allen 6-3 Sr. 16.0   Second team   Player School Ht. Cl. Avg.   [player_tooltip player_id='1105533' first='Jordan' last='Comanche'] Wossman 6-6 Jr. 14.1   [player_tooltip player_id='1686760' first='Jaylen' last='Welch'] Bolton 6-1 Sr. 24.0   [player_tooltip player_id='1892517' first='Demond' last='Davis'] Patterson 6-4 Jr. 15.0   [player_tooltip player_id='970109' first='Dylan' last='Dominique'] Madison Prep 6-0 Sr. 12.0   Dashawn Ceasar Iowa 6-2 Jr. 21.6   Outstanding Player: [player_tooltip player_id='1273359' first='Elliot' last='McQuillan'], Port Allen   Coach of the Year: Rob Melanson, Iowa   Honorable Mention: Jae'Kwon Gulley, Caldwell Parish; [player_tooltip player_id='1673158' first='Blane' last='Parish'], Buckeye; Kendall Francois, Patterson; [player_tooltip player_id='1105530' first='Cornelius' last='Brown'], Kennedy; Desamonte Gradney, Iowa; [player_tooltip player_id='1543647' first='Cooper' last='Nelson'], Sterlington; [player_tooltip player_id='1263093' first='Damien' last='Walters'], Union; [player_tooltip player_id='1167550' first='Xzander' last='Washington'], Richwood; [player_tooltip player_id='1273402' first='Ryan' last='Batiste'], Lake Charles College Prep; Elijah Garrick, Lake Charles College Prep; M.J. Sternfels, E.D. White; Kobe Brown, St. James; Chase Schonberg, Donaldsonville; Jayvyn Duncan, St. Martinville, [player_tooltip player_id='1388006' first='Lavion' last='Owens'], Carroll; [player_tooltip player_id='1285330' first='Antron' last='Mason II'], Wossman; [player_tooltip player_id='1273398' first='Cardez' last='Norman'], Sterlington; Seth Mays, University; [player_tooltip player_id='1218216' first='Jayce' last='Depron'], Madison Prep; Davante Landry, Sophie B. Wright.   GIRLS   First Team   Player School Ht. Cl. Avg.   Anyra Wilson Wossman 5-7 So. 13.1   DaNaya Ross Wossman 5-8 Jr. 14.6   Paris Guillory St. Louis 5-9 Sr. 27.1   Haley Brumfield Amite 5-8 Jr. 19.0   Aubrey Hoyt Albany 5-10 Jr. 15.0   Second team   Player School Ht. Cl. Avg.   Sky Montgomery Bolton 5-9 Sr. 24.6   Carlesia Fields Bunkie 5-7 Jr. 24.7   Caroline Adams E.D. White 5-8 Jr. 21.3   Addyson Bernhard Parkview Baptist 5-4 Jr. 13.6   D'Jaiyah Levy Abbeville 5-8 So. 20.0   Outstanding Player: Paris Guillory, St. Louis   Coach of the Year: Brett Shelton, Parkview Baptist   Honorable Mention: Ramiah Augurson, Wossman; Mariah Heard, Bastrop; Hope Tucker, Sterlington; Shelbi Moses, Buckeye; Raelyn Gunter, South Beauregard; Leah Varisco, Sacred Heart-NO; Ava Shields, Albany; Lybi Cross, Buckeye; Kylee Savant, Doyle; Kennedy Aldridge, University; Anna Richardson, Parkview Baptist; Shaine Parker, Church Point; Jalyn Williams, South Beauregard.

(LSWA Release, Written by Jerit Roser)