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Dabbelt Report Division 4
Thomas honored
as co-Player of the Year
TIPP CITY - Tri-Village senior Shaye Thomas was honored Wednesday night
as the Dabbelt Report Division 4 co-Player of the Year by Jim Dabbelt,
the website's Executive Director.
Thomas, who was also named the Cross County Conference and Southwest
District Player of the Year, led the Lady Patriots into the Division 4
regional finals with a 47-43 win over Mechanicsburg at Tippecanoe High
School.
"Shaye has enjoyed a wonderful career, and her role this year for the
Patriots was a bit different," said Dabbelt, a 27-year veteran covering
girls basketball in Ohio. "She has taken more of a scoring role and has
adapted to that nicely for (Coach) Brad (Gray)."
Dabbelt says Thomas is the best pure point guard in Ohio in Division 4,
and just gets her job done each night.
"Sure there are point guards who will score more than her, but her
complete game is as good as anybody in the state in Division 4,"
Dabbelt said. "She does a lot of the little things well, and is just
the consumate leader for that team."
Joining Thomas as the co-Player of the Year was Fort Loramie junior
Dairan Rose. Other top players named included Bianca Quisenberry of
Tecumseh and Kathryn Westbeld of Fairmont sharing the honor in Division
1, Trischa Lacy from Urbana in Division 2 and Natalie Billing from Anna
in Division 3.
You can view the entire list of Dabbelt's annual all-area team at
www.jimdabbelt.wordpress.com. The Dabbelt Report is generally
considered the premier source for girls basketball in Ohio.
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