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Gatorade 2018 - 2019: Player of the Year

Girls Basketball - Colorado

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Francesca Belibi

Forward
REGIS JESUIT HS
AURORA, COLORADO
SENIOR
Height: 6-FOOT-1
Press Release

Peak Performance

21.8

Points per game

12.3

Rebounds per game

3.4

Steals per game

2.7

Blocks per game
“Fran is a generational player. She’s transforming the way girls and women play basketball. She uses the dunk shot in practice every day and in every game. If not tackled, grabbed or intentionally taken down, Fran would play above the rim.”
Carl Mattei
Head Coach - Head coach of Regis Jesuit High
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Athletic Excellence

The 6-foot-1 senior forward had led the Raiders to a 23-3 record and a berth in the Class 5A state semifinals at the time of her selection. Belibi averaged 21.8 points, 12.3 rebounds, 3.4 steals, 2.7 blocks and 2.3 assists per game through 26 games. A McDonald’s All-American Game selection, Belibi was a member of the 2018 USA Women’s Under-17 World Cup Team that won a gold medal in Belarus last July. Belibi, the first girl in Colorado to dunk in a game, is rated as the No. 13 recruit in the Class of 2019 by ProspectsNation.com.

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Academic Achievement

Belibi has maintained a weighted 3.99 GPA in the classroom. She has signed a national letter of intent to play basketball on scholarship at Stanford University beginning this fall.

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Exemplary Character

A National Academy of Future Scientists and Technologists Award of Excellence honoree, Belibi has volunteered locally with an integrated learning center program at an elementary school and as a peer and youth math tutor.