LEXINGTON — A good three months after season’s end, the Associated Press has finally released the All-state basketball teams.

Mercer County High School earned three of four individual basketball awards as Seygan Robins and Trevon Faulkner were named Kentucky Girls and Boys Players of the Year respectively by members of The Associated Press. Chris Souder is girls Coach of the Year after guiding the powerhouse Titans to their second consecutive Sweet 16 championship.

Scott County’s Billy Hicks, whose Cardinals (37-2) reached the Sweet 16 final before falling to Covington Catholic, is boys Coach of the Year.

Robins, a 5-foot-9 guard, had more than 2,500 points, 800 assists and 500 steals in her career. She averaged 12.5 points during the Sweet 16 and repeated as Most Valuable Player after Mercer County (36-3) routed Mercy 74-34 in the championship. Robins will play for Louisville.

Faulkner, 6-4 and 180 pounds, ranked ninth in state scoring at 26.5 points per game as Mercer County (27-6) reached the Region 12 championship. An AP first team all-state selection in football, he will play basketball at Northern Kentucky.

The 2018 Kentucky high school girls’ All-State basketball team, as selected by 13 members of The Associated Press (with school and position):

GIRLS

PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Seygan Robins, Mercer County, G

FIRST TEAM

Seygan Robins, Mercer County, G

Blair Green, Harlan County, G

Macey Turley, Murray, G

Mykasa Robinson, Ashland Blazer, G

Macie Gibson, Owsley County, F

SECOND TEAM

Grace Barger, Louisville Sacred Heart, G

Taylor Clos, Campbell County, G

Anna Clephane, Scott, G

Lexi Held, Cooper, G

Emma King, Lincoln County, G

HONORABLE MENTION:

Emmy Souder, Mercer County, C; Savannah Wheeler, Boyd County, G; Lexy Lake, Mercer County, G; Molly Lockhart, Louisville Butler, C; Trinitee Jackson, Christian County, C; Abbey Estes, Whitley County, G; Mashayla Cecil, Lexington Paul Dunbar, G; Rayven Peeples, John Hardin, C; Brittney Cupp, Bell County, C; Keely Morrow, Bowling Green, G; Whitney Hay, Elizabethtown, G; Amaya Lasley, South Warren, G; Ciaja Harbison, Louisville Male, G; Danielle Waggoner, Graves County, G; Delaney Enlow, Woodford County, F; Jillian Enix, Pineville, F; Kendall Wingler, Meade County, G; Kennedy Igo, George Rogers Clark, G; Mackenzie Schwarber, Campbell County, F; Madison Darnell, Russell, F.

COACH OF THE YEAR

Chris Souder, Mercer County

BOYS

PLAYER OF THE YEAR

Trevon Faulkner, Mercer County, G

FIRST TEAM

Trevon Faulkner, Mercer County, G

CJ Fredrick, Covington Catholic, G

Dekeyvan Tandy, University Heights, G

Dontaie Allen, Pendleton County, G

Mickey Pearson, John Hardin, G

SECOND TEAM

Michael Moreno, Scott County, F

Zion Harmon, Adair County, G

Adam Kunkel, Cooper, G

Jay Scrubb, Louisville Trinity, SG

Detorrion Ware, Christian County, G

Eric “Boss” Boone, Lexington Bryan Station, G

HONORABLE MENTION:

Cooper Robb, Scott County, G; David Johnson, Louisville Trinity, G; Skyelar Potter, Warren Central, G; Steven Fitzgerald, Pulaski County, G; Jobby Howard, Caverna, G; Andrew Taylor, Corbin, G; Jake Walter, Covington Catholic, C; Wyatt Battaile, Pikeville, G; Aidan Matthews, Meade County, F; Anthony Wales, Louisville Fern Creek, Point G; Carter Hendricksen, Lexington Christian, F; Chase Villers, Ashland Blazer, G; Curt Lewis, Louisville Valley, F; Darius Harding, Elizabethtown, F; Gage Hughes, Greenup County, G; Isaiah Cozart, Madison Central, C; Jared Coomer, Barren County, F; Jordan Cousin, Warren Central, F; Kyle Rode, Lexington Christian, G; Reese Robinson, Boyd County, F.

COACH OF THE YEAR

Billy Hicks, Scott County

CJ Fredrick is one of the members on the boys’ AP All-state first team, released on Saturday.
https://maysville-online.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/07/web1_5aaf09009f572.image_.jpgCJ Fredrick is one of the members on the boys’ AP All-state first team, released on Saturday.

Associated Press