Gradwell, Wallis named Co-Players of the Year
T-R FILE PHOTOS • West Marshall senior Isabelle Gradwell, left, and Grundy Center junior Hailey Wallis have been name the Times-Republican's All-Area Girls Basketball Co-Players of the Year.
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T-R FILE PHOTOS • West Marshall senior Isabelle Gradwell, left, and Grundy Center junior Hailey Wallis have been name the Times-Republican's All-Area Girls Basketball Co-Players of the Year.
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West Marshall senior Isabelle Gradwell and Grundy Center junior Hailey Wallis have been selected as the Times-Republican All-Area Co-Players of the Year.
Gradwell earns the distinction for the second-straight season, as she was the 2016-17 Player of the Year. Gradwell finished this season with the most made 3-pointers in Class 3A with 89 hits from deep. That was the third-most three-pointers made in the state, regardless of class, and she averaged 21.8 points per game this season, tied for third in 3A.
Gradwell, who was a first-team selection for the inaugural Iowa Print Sports Writers Association also finished fourth in assists, ninth in blocks and 10th in defensive rebounds in 3A. She finished in tied for NICL West Division Player of the Year, along with AGWSR's Mandy Willems.
Wallis, a second-team IPSWA selection this season, was the captain of Class 2A All-State Tournament team after a tough battle in the final matchup against Cascade.
She averaged 14.9 points per game this season, racked up 88 total steals and 114 total rebounds. In the championship game against Cascade, Wallis scored the final 24 points for her squad and nearly willed the Spartans to a state title.
Wallis was also a first-team all-NICL West Division selection for the second-straight year.
All-Area Girls Basketball
Co-Players of the Year -- Isabelle Gradwell, sr., West Marshall; Hailey Wallis, jr., Grundy Center
Coach of the Year -- Matt Lindeman, Grundy Center
FIRST TEAM
Aubrie Fisher, jr., AGWSR
Taylor Gienger, jr., Gladbrook-Reinbeck
Jessica Musgrave, jr., South Tama County
McKensie Vaske, sr., GMG
Faith Vincent, jr., Colo-NESCO
Mandy Willems, sr., AGWSR
SECOND TEAM
Lauren Anderson, sr., BCLUW
Molly Barten, sr., Colo-NESCO
Kayla Cripps, jr., West Marshall
Brooke Flater, jr., Grundy Center
Jaylee Moore, fr., Meskwaki
Olivia Terrones, so., East Marshall
HONORABLE MENTION
Teresa Disney, so., West Marshall
Erica Johnson, so., Marshalltown
Rylee Purvis, so., Colo-NESCO
Rachel Sicard, so., AGWSR
Madison Ubben, so., BCLUW
Kylie Willis, jr., Grundy Center