CITIZEN STAFF REPORT
LEXINGTON — Pikeville’s Trinity Rowe and Lyon County’s Travis Perry are the Miss and Mr. Kentucky Basketball winners. The Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation and Kentucky Association of Basketball Coaches presented the awards in a ceremony Sunday in Lexington.
Rowe is the first winner from the 15th Region since Sheldon Clark’s Ida Bowen in 1991. The 5-5 Southern Mississippi signee scored 2,463 points at Pikeville and led her team to five regional championships in six years. As a senior, she averages 16.2 points per game and surpassed 2,300 career points and 1,000 career assists.
Perry, the Region 2 Player of the Year and University of Kentucky signee, became the state’s all-time leading scorer last year. He has scored 5,393 points in six years at Lyon County and surpassed the previous record held by Kelly Coleman, who scored 4,337 points at Wayland from 1952 to 1956. He also holds the record for the most career 3-pointers at 698.
Other awards presented during the ceremony:
Donna L.J. Murphy Award (for “great” female student-athlete): Laken Williams of Martin County High School.
Ralph Beard Lifetime Achievement Award: Scott Hundley, 2000 Mr. Kentucky Basketball from Scott County.
Founders Coaching Award: Tim Davis, 2008 boys Kentucky All-Star coach and longtime Marion County coach.
Kentucky All-Star Hall of Fame Inductees: Karen Hayse, Member of Kentucky All-Star Planning Committee (2008-2017), Kentucky Lions Eye; Derek Smith, 1999 Kentucky All-Star, Highlands.
Wallace C. “Wah Wah” Jones Award (for multi-sport athlete): Brady Hussey, Covington Catholic.
William “Mr. Wildcat” Bill Keightley Award (for team manager): Garrett Stearns, Madison Central.
Boys Region Players of the Year: Region 1: Connor Miller, McCracken County; Region 2: Travis Perry, Lyon County; Region 3: Elijah Decker, Ohio County; Region 4: Mason Ritter, Bowling Green; Kade Unseld, Warren Central; Region 5: Brett Decker, Central Hardin; Ayden Evans, Elizabethtown; Region 6: Dayton Williams, Butler; Region 7: Quel’Ron House, Seneca; Region 8: Max Green, Oldham County; Region 9: Caden Miller, Covington Catholic; Nathan Vinson, Highlands; Region 10: Kylan Hinson, Augusta; Region 11: Tyler Doyle, Lexington Catholic; Region 12: Ben Godby, Somerset; Region 13: Trent Noah, Harlan County; Region 14: Peyton Dixon, Letcher County Central; Region 15: Aden Barnett, Magoffin County; Region 16: Adam Hargett, Fleming County.
Girls Region Players of the Year: Region 1: Claire Johnson, McCracken County; Region 2: Shiyah Forte, Hopkinsville; Region 3: Hailee Johnson, Owensboro Catholic; Region 4: Abigail Varney, Barren County; Region 5: Dea Bradley, Hart County; Region 6: Mariah Knight, Butler; Ramiya White, Butler; Region 7: Reagan Bender, Sacred Hear; Destiny Jones, Louisville Central; Region 8: Ella Morrison, South Oldham; Region 9: Quinn Eubank, Ryle; Julia Hunt, Covington Holy Cross; Region 10: Hayden Barrier, Montgomery County; Region 11: Ayanna Darrington, Frederick Douglass; Region 12: Anna Drakeford, Mercer County; Region 13: Ella Karst, Harlan County; Region 14: Carly Smith, Owsley County; Region 15: Trinity Rowe, Pikeville; Region 16: Shaelyn Steele, Russell.