2024 LSWA Class B All-State Basketball Teams
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(LSWA, Written By Daniel Green) Avoyelles Charter junior Jalen Brown Jalen Brown 5'10" | PG Avoyelles Charter | 2025 State LA and Hicks senior Reese Stephens were selected as the Outstanding Player award winners on the Louisiana Sports Writers Association’s…
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Avoyelles Charter junior Jalen Brown Jalen Brown 5'10" | PG Avoyelles Charter | 2025 State LA and Hicks senior Reese Stephens were selected as the Outstanding Player award winners on the Louisiana Sports Writers Association’s Class B all-state basketball teams selected by a panel of sportswriters from across the state.
Brown was voted the Class B Outstanding Player for the second straight year. He led the Vikings to a win over J.S. Clark in the Division V select final at Burton Coliseum in Lake Charles.
For the season, Brown averaged 21 points, five steals, four rebounds and four assists per outing.
Stephens, a first-team all-state performer in 2023, guided Hicks back to the Division V nonselect final and a runner-up finish to Fairview. She averaged 20 points, five rebounds, five assists and four steals per contest.
Negreet’s Gary Henry (boys) and Ross Rix of J.S. Clark (girls) grabbed Coach of the Year honors.
Henry guided Negreet to the LHSAA tourney for the first time since 1997. Rix coached both the boys and girls at J.S. Clark to the Division V select state championship games, winning the girls championship over defending champion Oak Hill. J.S. Clark was the runner-up to Avoyelles Charter in the boys title game.
LSWA CLASS B ALL-STATE BASKETBALL CHARTS
BOYS
First team
Player School Ht. Cl Avg.
Jalen Brown Jalen Brown 5'10" | PG Avoyelles Charter | 2025 State LA Avoyelles Charter 5-8 Jr. 21.0
Preston Sanders Preston Sanders 6'2" | CG Zwolle | 2025 State LA Zwolle 6-2 Jr. 23.0
Le’Damien George J.S. Clark 6-3 So. 18.0
Dustin Welch Dustin Welch 6'3" | SG Anacoco | 2024 State LA Anacoco 6-4 Sr. 20.4
Johnathan Holmes Johnathan Holmes 6'2" | SG Negreet | 2024 State LA Negreet 6-4 Sr. 22.3
Second team
Player School Ht. Cl Avg.
Kane Broussard Kane Broussard 6'5" | CG Lacassine | 2025 State LA Lacassine 6-4 Jr. 20.0
Michael Jones Choudrant 6-1 Sr. 25.4
Armonii Benjamin Armonii Benjamin 6'2" | CG Avoyelles Public Charter | 2026 State LA Avoyelles Charter 6-1 So. 16.3
Hayden Doyle Hayden Doyle 6'2" | CG Hicks | 2024 State LA Hicks 6-2 Sr. 15.6
DeMarion McClendon Doyline 5-9 Jr. 15.3
OUTSTANDING PLAYER: Jalen Brown Jalen Brown 5'10" | PG Avoyelles Charter | 2025 State LA , AVOYELLES CHARTER
COACH OF THE YEAR: GARY HENRY, NEGREET
Honorable mention: Howard Ethridge, Zwolle; Jacob Vilar Jacob Vilar 6'2" | SG Holy Savior Menard | 2024 State LA , Episcopal of Acadiana; Itavus Brown, Simsboro; Logan Ponder, Quitman; Christopher Newton Christopher Newton 5'11" | PG Rapides | 2024 State LA , Rapides; Dalton Miller, Holden; Kayden Bourque, Midland.
GIRLS
First team
Player School Ht. Cl Avg.
Reese Stephens Hicks 5-4 Sr. 20.0
Taylor Barnaba J.S. Clark 5-1 So. 18.0
Gracie Miller Midland 5-9 Sr. 20.4
Shyanne Phillips Hicks 6-1 Sr. 21.0
Alexis Dyer Oak Hill 5-10 Sr. 17.0
Second team
Player School Ht. Cl Avg.
Bailey Davis Anacoco 5-9 Sr. 12.4
Madison Suire Hathaway 5-4 Sr. 15.4
Payton Herpin Bell City 5-9 So. 20.2
Ambree Collinsworth Castor 5-6 Sr. 12.8
Kaiya Miller Negreet 5-7 So. 12.7
OUTSTANDING PLAYER: REESE STEPHENS, HICKS
COACH OF THE YEAR: ROSS RIX, J.S. CLARK
Honorable mention: Cali Deal, Quitman; Reese Brown, Choudrant; Lily Rousseau, Avoyelles Charter; Tora Savoy, Midland; Hayzlyn Granade, Maurepas; Preslye Rivers, Converse; Abbilee Dowden, Anacoco.