Vote for the top South Coast high school girls basketball player ever
We're asking our readers to vote for the best high school girls basketball player ever from the South Coast. Most had record-setting careers.
As the United States approaches its 250th anniversary, USA TODAY Sports will celebrate the 250 greatest American sports figures of all time. Alongside that national recognition, the USA TODAY Network will spotlight the roots of the country’s sports culture: the high school athletes and sports figures who shaped communities and defined their states. That's no easy task, which is why we need help from our readers .
As we embark on a deep dive at the South Coast's best high school girls basketball players, we're asking for our readers to make their voices heard by voting for the best player from the area of all time. The coverage area includes The Taunton Daily Gazette, The Standard-Times and The Herald News. We are now focused on girls basketball, but boys basketball will be soon to follow in upcoming weeks.
Votes must be cast online. Jessica Gaspar, Dartmouth In her four years at Dartmouth, Gaspar set the school’s all-time scoring record (for boys and girls basketball) with 1,840 points (a mark recently broken by Kat Cheesebro). She helped Dartmouth go 71-9 with four Eastern Athletic Conference championships.
As a senior, she averaged 27. 4 points and just under 10 rebounds to power Dartmouth to a trip to the state semifinals her senior year in 1995 and earned the Dave Cowens Achievement Award, New England Gatorade Player of the Year Award for the second time and Nike/Foot Locker and Parade Magazine All-American. She was also selected as USA Today and Smith and Street’s Female Athlete of the Year for Massachusetts.
Continue to the original source for the full article.