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Gatorade 2023 - 2024: Player of the Year

Girls Basketball - Texas

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GIRLS BASKETBALL

Aaliyah Chavez

Guard
MONTEREY HS
LUBBOCK, TEXAS
JUNIOR
Height: 5-FOOT-10
Press Release

Peak Performance

37.800

Average Points (per game)

10.1

Average Rebounds (per game)

4.400

Average Assists (per game)

3.5

Average Steals (per game)
“I have been coaching 20 years now, and have seen and coached against some pretty good guards — several who have had standout careers in the WNBA — and she is the best I have seen. She is also a phenomenal passer, rebounder and defender. She can go right or left equally, she can shoot lights out from the 3-point line, she has a pull-up jumper. I studied her shot chart to try to find a weak spot and there wasn’t one.”
Brenda Andress
Head Coach - Abilene High head coach
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Athletic Excellence

The 5-foot-10 junior point guard led the Plainsmen to a 31-6 record and the 5A regional quarterfinals this past season. A finalist for the Naismith Girls Basketball National Player of the Year Award, Chavez averaged 37.8 points, 10.1 rebounds, 4.4 assists and 3.5 steals per game. She is ranked as the nation’s No. 1 recruit in the Class of 2025 by espnW.

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Academic Achievement

Chavez has maintained a 3.63 GPA in the classroom. She will begin her senior year of high school this fall.

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Exemplary Character

Chavez has volunteered locally with Monterey High’s “Christmas Angel” program, which provides holiday gifts to less fortunate families. She has also donated her time to the Plainsmen Pal Program, which pairs Monterey basketball players with an elementary-age “Pal” to mentor and spend time with during the season.