2024-25 girls basketball All-GPC team

Graphic Printing Company Player of the Year:  Jillian Barr - Delta High School junior

Jillian Barr was selected as the inaugural Graphic Printing Company Player of the Year for girls basketball.

“I am super stoked,” said Barr, who surpassed 1,000 career points and broke the Delta rebounding record in its sectional semifinal win over Jay County. “I’ve been trying to push and work hard for this all summer, working on conditioning with (coach Ty’Ronda Benning). ... I’m so excited.”

Referred to by her teammates as Jill-zilla, Barr has averaged 20.5 points over her team’s last 14 games, including a career-high 31 in the sectional championship. 

“The beginning of the season, I just wasn’t mentally there,” said Barr. “I had some setbacks. I’m just in the right headspace now because I’ve had people to help me through it.”

She averages a double-double for the season with 10.1 rebounds per game and leads the team with 4 assists per game.

“Jillian’s a monster,” said Benning. “I say it all the time, I’m a fan of Jillian’s because she’s one of those players that nobody’s gonna stop Jillian but Jillian. When she’s in the right mental headspace, she’s a force to be reckoned with. ... It’s a blessing to have someone like Jillian, with her athletic ability ... and what she puts forward to the table.”

All-Graphic Printing Company first team:

•Hallie Schwieterman -Jay County sophomore: Schwieterman was the leader across the board for the Patriots, averaging 18.9 points, 5.6 rebounds, 4 steals and 2.5 assists per game.

•Griffyn Knight -Delta junior: After carrying the scoring load for the Eagles early in the season, Knight is averaging 15 points, 4.6 rebounds and 3.9 steals for the first DHS sectional title time since 1993.

•Haleigh Allen - Randolph Southern junior: In powering the Rebels to an 8-0 start and a sectional championship appearance, Allen averaged 18.4 points, 6.9 rebounds and 2.9 assists per game.

•Karlie Niekamp -Fort Recovery senior: Niekamp, who will play at Bluffton University, came on strong in the second half of the season, including 24-, 22- and 28-point efforts in a four-game stretch.

Honorable mention:

Kimber Abshear, senior, Wapahani

Addison Barnes, senior, Delta

Glory Ellis, senior, Union

Aberee Ervin, freshman, Monroe Central

Emily Luce, junior, Wapahani

Alivia McCoy, senior, Winchester

Kennedy Muhlenkamp, senior, Fort Recovery

Sydney Patterson, senior, Monroe Central

Addy Puckett, senior, Monroe Central

Oaklee Reichard, senior, Union City