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Gatorade 2022 - 2023: Player of the Year

Girls Basketball - Delaware

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Emma Kirby

Forward
TATNALL SCHOOL
WILMINGTON, DELAWARE
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-2
Press Release

Peak Performance

16.3

Average Points (per game)

3.6

Average Assists (per game)

14.4

Average Rebounds (per game)

2.1

Average Steals (per game)
“Emma Kirby is without question the key to Tatnall’s success. She moves extremely well for a post player, she’s a great passer who is unselfish with her teammates and she’s a great finisher around the basket and as a 3-point shooter.”
Jason Honsel
Assistant Coach assistant coach at St. Andrew’s School
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Athletic Excellence

At the time of her selection, the 6-foot-2 senior forward had led the Hornets to a 16-3 record and a berth in the second round of the state tournament. Kirby averaged 16.3 points, 14.4 rebounds, 3.6 assists, 2.8 blocks and 2.1 steals per contest through 19 games. A 2022 Second Team All-State selection and a two-time All-Delaware Independent School Conference honoree, she entered the state tournament with 1,153 points in her prep basketball career.

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Academic Achievement

Kirby has maintained a B average in the classroom. She has signed a national letter of intent to play basketball on scholarship at Millersville (Pa.) University this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Kirby has volunteered locally with the Greater Newark Boys & Girls Club and has donated her time to both the Police Athletic League and the Special Olympics.