COUDERSPORT’S KAMPER NAMED ALL AMERICAN AWARDS & ENGRAVING D9SPORTS.COM DISTRICT 9 GIRLS’ BASKETBALL PLAYER OF THE YEAR

BROOKVILLE – Coudersport’s Kristy Kamper is the 2008 All American Awards & Engraving D9Sports.com District 9 girls’ basketball Player of the Year.

Joining Kamper in being honored with individual awards are St. Marys’ Kayla Hoohuli as the All American Awards & Engraving D9Sports.com District 9 Rookie of the Year and West Forest’s Bob Wachob as the D9sports.com District 9 Coach of the Year.

In addition to the three individual awards, the All American Awards & Engraving D9Sports.com first-, second- and third-team All-District teams were also announced Saturday at the Alice R. Kozel Foundation District 9 All-Star game.

“Kristy, Kayla and Bob all had excellent seasons in their respective categories,” D9Sports.com co-Editor Chris Rossetti said. “Kristy is a two-year member of the first-team All-District team and has been one of the most consistent players in the district the last two seasons. Kayla is the best freshman in District 9 this decade, no question about it. To lead the district in scoring as a freshman is amazing. Bob Wachob has taken one of the smallest schools in Pennsylvania and turned it into a consistent winner. They won in District 10 and now they are winning in District 9. What he has done in the nearly 30 years as a head coach at West Forest is phenomenal.”

It is the ninth edition of the All-District teams and the eighth year that D9Sports.com has hosted the awards. It is also the second straight year that All American Award & Engraving has served as the title sponsor providing all the plaques and certificates that were awarded.

The major-award winners along with all the first-team honorees were provided a plaque courtesy of All-American Awards & Engraving, while the second-and third-team honorees received a certificate from All-American Awards & Engraving.

“Jim Carroll at All American Awards did a tremendous job with the plaques and certificates again this year,” Rossetti said. “I would encourage anyone who needs this type of work done to give him a call.”

NOTES – Both the major award winner and the all-district teams were chosen in a voting by the editorial staff of D9Sports.com after soliciting nominations and information from District 9 coaches, officials, players and fans as well as first-hand accounts of those players … All-American Awards & Engraving is located just outside of Shippenville and can be found on the web at http://www.allamericanawardsandengraving.com/. The company’s phone number is 1-877-402-9273.

2008 ALL-DISTRICT 9 GIRLS’ AWARD WINNERS (Top of page)

ALL AMERICAN AWARDS & ENGRAVING PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Kristy Kamper, Sr., F, Coudersport

Kamper, who was the second-leading scorer in District 9 this season at 19.7 points per game, helped the Lady Falcons to the District 9 Class A and the North Tier League championships this year. Coudersport then advanced to the second round of the PIAA Class A playoffs. An all-around player, she added 5.9 rebounds, 5.6 steals and 3.0 assists per game while shooting 48 percent from the field.

This is the second season that Kamper has been a first-team All-District selection, and she finished her career with 1,345 points, the second most in school history. This year, she scored 20 or more points 15 times including 30 or more three times with a high of 31 twice including in the PIAA playoffs. Last season, she scored a career-high 35 points in a game. She is the first Player of the Year to hail from Coudersport, and she breaks a two-year hold on the award by Union players. 

ALL AMERICAN AWARDS & ENGRAVING ROOKIE OF THE YEAR

Kayla Hoohuli, Fr., G, St. Marys

When you are being compared as a freshman to probably the two greatest girls’ basketball players to ever come out of District 9 - DuBois Central Catholic graduate Sheana Mosch (3,066 career points, 1^st in D9 history; went on to play at Duke and is now playing professionally in France) and Coudersport graduate Kim Tingley (2,905 career points, 2^nd in D9 history) – the comparison itself should speak volumes.

But Hoohuli’s numbers also spoke loud and clear in 2007-08. She led District 9 in scoring at 21.1 points per game while adding 7.1 rebounds. 6.2 steals, 5.0 assists and 3.8 blocks per contest. Her 549 points are believed to be the second most by a District 9 freshman to Mosch, and she actually barely outscored Mosch in per game average in their freshmen seasons averaging 21.11 points per game this past season while Mosch averaged 21.07 points per game.

Hoohuli, who is a first-team All-District selection, is the first freshman to earn a first-team All-District nod in the nine years of the award and just the fourth freshman to make any of the All-District teams – Punxsutawney’s Staci Heberling (2002), West Forest’s Geena Sneeringer (2007), Keystone’s Samantha Schwabenbauer (2007 were the other ones.  

ALL AMERICAN AWARDS & ENGRAVING COACH OF THE YEAR

Bob Wachob, West Forest

Wachob guided a very young West Forest squad – the Lady Indians started three sophomores and four underclassmen and the lone senior was coming off an ACL tear over the summer – to a 22-7 record and second-place in Class A in District 9. He also captained the Lady Indians to their first PIAA playoff appearance since 1982.

West Forest went 21-4 after a 1-3 start, which was due in part to playing without returning All-District third-team member Jackie Lutz, who tore her ACL over the summer and missed the first five games of the season.

Wachob just finished his 29^th year at West Forest and has a career record of 435-225.

2008 DISTRICT 9 ALL-DISTRICT BIOS (Top of page)

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ALL AMERICAN AWARDS & ENGRAVING FIRST TEAM (Return to top of Bios)

Kristy Kamper, Sr., F, Coudersport (Player of the Year)

See Bio Above

Kayla Hoohuli, Fr., G, St. Marys (Rookie of the Year)

See Bio Above

Lacey Blose, Sr., G, Redbank Valley

Blose, who is All-District for the first time, was the sixth-leading scorer in District 9 this season at 15.5 points per game while adding 3.8 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 4.4 steals per contest. She scored 20 or more points six times including a high of 30. Scoring a career-high 34 points as a sophomore, she finished her career with 1,155 career points, the third most in school history.

Ashley Campbell, Jr., F, Karns City

Campbell averaged 13.8 points per game and 7.4 rebounds per contest for the District 9 Class AA champion Lady Gremlins. She added 2.6 assists per game and 2.5 steals per game and scored 20 or more points three times with a high of 23. She picked up her game down the stretch, averaging 15.4 points per game in Karns City’s final eight contests. She will enter her senior season with 637 career points.

Allyson Kepple, Sr., G, Karns City

Kepple, who was a third-team All-District selection last season, was one of the top point guards in District 9 this season and helped lead the Lady Gremlins to the District 9 Class AA title and the PIAA playoffs. She was the seventh-leading scorer in D9 at 15.1 points per game while adding 4.6 assists, 4.5 steals and 4.1 rebounds per contest. She scored 20 or more points five times including a high of 25 and finished her career as the fifth-leading scorer in Karns City history with 1,189 points. 

Geena Sneeringer, So. G, West Forest

Sneeringer, who was a third-team All-District selection last year as well as the Co-Rookie of the Year, is just the second sophomore – Punxsutawney’s Staci Heberling in 2003 was the other – to earn first-team All-District honors. She was a key reason why West Forest won 22 games and finished second in District 9 Class A while advancing to the PIAA playoffs for the first time since 1982 averaging 17.8 points per game, third-best in D9, and 9.6 rebounds per contest. She added 7.2 steals and 4.8 assists per game and scored 20 or more points 11 times including a high of 30. She will enter her junior season with 876 career points.

ALL AMERICAN AWARDS & ENGRAVING SECOND TEAM (Return to top of Bios)

Bree Bergman – Jr., F/C, Kane

Bergman, who is making her first appearance on an All-District team, was the leading scorer for District 9 playoff participant Kane this season averaging 14.9 points per game, which was good for ninth in District 9. She ended the year averaging a double-double with 10.3 rebounds per contest and scored 20 or more points five times with a high of 24. She enters her senior season with 718 career points.

Amanda Craker – Jr., F, Sheffield

Craker, who is All-District for the first time, was the 10^th leading scorer in District 9 this season at 14.2 points per game while also averaging over 10 rebounds per contest. She also added 1.4 blocks per game and scored 20 or more points four times with a high of 29. She enters her senior season with 758 career points.

Abby Grumley – Jr., F, Johnsonburg

Grumley, whose older brother Calvin was a four-time All-District recipient, is making her first appearance on the All-District squad. She was the D9Sports.com District 9 Co-Rookie of the Year in 2006 with East Forest’s Kelsey Rini.

This season, Grumley was the eighth leading scorer in District 9 at 15.0 points per game and scored 20 or more points three times with a high of 26. She unofficially enters her senior season with 794 career tallies. She is the first Johnsonburg girls’ basketball player to earn All-District honors.

Diana Phalon – Sr., G, Smethport

Phalon is All-District for the third straight year and second-team All-District for the second consecutive season. She joins Coudersport’s Jessica Wilson (third team) as only the ninth and 10^th players in the nine-year history of the awards to earn at least three All-District nods. The fifth-leading scorer in District 9 this season, Phalon averaged 15.9 points per game while adding 4.6 assists per contest. She scored 20 or more points eight times including a high of 25 and finished her career with 1,317 tallies.

Sam Schwabenbauer – So., F, Keystone

Schwabenbauer, who was a third-team All-District selection and Co-Rookie of the Year last season with West Forest’s Geena Sneeringer, was the 15^th leading scorer in District 9 this year at 13.6 points per game. She added 6.4 rebounds, 3.7 assists and 3.3 steals per game for the KSAC Champion Lady Panthers and enters her junior year with 689 career points.

Rayna Valenti – Sr., G, Austin

Valenti is a second-team selection for the second consecutive season after helping the Lady Panthers to a fourth-place finish in District 9 Class A and the school’s first PIAA playoff berth. She was the fourth-leading scorer in District 9 at 16.4 points per game and added 3.3 rebounds, 2.0 steals and 1.3 assists per contest. Her level of play rose in the postseason where she averaged 20.8 points per game in five contests. She scored 20 or more points nine times this season including a high of 28 and finished her career as the fifth-leading scorer in school history with 1,213 points.

ALL AMERICAN AWARDS & ENGRAVING THIRD TEAM (Return to top of Bios)

Hannah Heeter – So., F, Cranberry

Heeter came into her own this season averaging 13.9 points per game while recording 11 double-digit rebounding games on the season for the District 9 Class AA runner-up and PIAA playoff qualifier Lady Berries. She scored 20 or more points five times with a high of 26 and will enter her junior season with 477 career tallies.

Cassy Hinderliter – Sr., G, Keystone

Hinderliter helped lead Keystone to the KSAC Championship by averaging 13.0 points per game while adding 4.0 steals and 2.6 assists per contest. She scored 15 or more points nine times including a high of 20 and finished her career with 980 points.

Jackie Lutz – Sr., F, West Forest

Lutz, who is a third-team selection for the second straight season, didn’t allow a torn ACL over the summer to keep her from having a productive senior season. She helped lead West Forest to a 22-win season and a District 9 Class A runner-up spot while also helping to lift the Lady Indians to the PIAA playoffs for the first time since 1982 by nearly averaging a double-double with 9.6 points and 10.6 rebounds per game. She added 4.3 assists and 3.5 steals per contest. She scored 15 or more points four times including a high of 20 and finished her career with 873 points. 

Andrea Moyer – Sr., G, DuBois Central Catholic

Moyer was the fourth-leading scorer in the AML at 13.2 points per game while helping the Lady Cardinals to the AML South title and an AML runner-up spot. She added 6.4 rebounds, 1.1 steals and 1.1 assists per game and scored 20 or more points five times with a high of 28. She finished her career with 956 points.

Kelsey Rini – Jr., F/C, East Forest

Rini, who was the Co-Rookie of the Year in 2006 with Johnsonburg’s Abby Grumley, averaged a double-double for East Forest this season with 10.8 points and 12.3 rebounds per game. She added 1.2 blocks per contest for the D9 playoff qualifying Lady Bears and scored 15 or more points nine times with a high of 22. She enters her senior season with 750 career points.

Torri Smith – Sr., G, Union

Thrust into a key role this season for Union, Smith responded helping to lift the Golden Damsels to the KSAC-East title and a KSAC runner-up finish by averaging 14.0 points per game, tied for 11^th in District 9, while adding 6.6 rebounds, 2.7 steals and 1.4 assists per contest. She scored 20 or more points four times with a high of 25 in a D9 playoff win and finished her career with 572 points despite playing just two seasons in the varsity team.

Jessica Wilson – Sr., F, Coudersport

Wilson joins Smethport’s Diana Phalon as just the ninth and 10^th players to ever earn All-District honors three times. She is a third-team selection for the third straight season after helping the Lady Falcons to the District 9 Class A title and the North Tier League crown as well as the second round of the PIAA playoffs. She averaged 11.9 points, 5.2 rebounds, 2.9 steals, 2.4 assists and 1.4 blocks per game and scored 20 or more points three times with a high of 23. She finished her career as the fifth-leading scorer in school history with 1,162 points. 

2008 ALL-AMERICAN AWARDS & ENGRAVING D9SPORTS.COM (Top of page)

DISTRICT 9 ALL-DISTRICT GIRLS’ TEAMS

(Each team is listed alphabetically by player’s last name)  

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First Team

Second Team

Third Team