Girls Basketball Community Celebration

Community Celebration for State Champ Girls Basketball Team
Posted on 04/19/2021
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The 2021 DeSoto High School Girls Basketball Team brought home the State Championship title for the first time in school history!  On April 27, the district will host a community-wide celebration scheduled to take place from 6 to 7 p.m. in front of their home court, the Chris Dyer Gymnasium (600 Eagle Drive).  

 

The celebration will honor this history-making team of scholar-athletes, their coaches and support staff as DeSoto ISD makes a special presentation to the team and their fans.

 

The Lady Eagles went 21-2 in the regular season, won all six of their playoff games, and then took the championship at the Alamodome in San Antonio in a 53-37 win over Cypress Creek in which Lady Eagles senior guard Kendall Brown, who committed to play college basketball at the University of Houston, scored a team-high 12 points and junior forward Sa’Myah Smith received UIL MVP honors.

 

These student-athletes have racked up several honors this season including:

DMN Player of the year

  •  Kendall Brown 

6A All State

  • Tionna Heron, DeSoto
  • Sa’Myah Smith, DeSoto

 

All region 6A region 2

  • Tionna Heron       
  • Amina Muhammad         
  • Sa’Myah Smith     

District 11-6A MVP 

  •  Sa’Myah Smith

 

All District First Team

  • Ja’Mia Harris
  • Tionna Heron
  • Amina Muhammad

 

All District Second Team

  • Kendall Brown
  • Jiya Perry
  • Ayanna Thompson

 

All District Honorable Mention

  • Kayla Glover

 

Academic All District

  • Kayla Glover
  • DeShayla Harris
  • Kaliyah Parker

 

During the course of the program’s history, the Lady Eagles made three tournament appearances--2008, 2019 and 2021. This year’s campaign was led under the direction of Head Coach Andrea Robinson and her staff which includes Kadi Creel, Catherine Williams, Darmarcous Crockett, and Moesha Risby.

 

The team is comprised of the following scholar-athletes and student support staff:

 

Number

Name

Class

Height

 

00

Mylasia Smith

Freshman

5'6"

G

00

DeShayla Harris

Senior

5'5"

G

3

Kayla Glover

Senior

5'6"

G

4

Ja'Mia Harris

Junior

5'7"

G

5

Sa'Myah Smith

Junior

6'4"

F

10

Miah Payton

Junior

5'6"

G

11

Tionna Herron

Junior

6'5"

F

12

Jiya Perry

Junior

5'11"

G

14

Amina Muhammad

Junior

6'4"

F

15

Michayla Gatewood

Junior

5'5"

G

20

Ayanna Thompson

Junior

6'0"

G

21

Kaliyah Parker

Senior

5'6"

G

23

Kendall Brown

Senior

5'8"

G

24

Ariyanna Hines

Senior

5'7"

G

30

Nadia Johnson

Senior

5'4"

G

34

Nisaa Muhammad

Freshman

5'7"

G

 

Managers, Trainers, Statisticians

Name

Position

Mykali Ford

Manager

David Young

Athletic Trainer

Corrie Crawford

Student Trainer

Khiya Cockerham

Student Trainer

James Beal

Statistician

 

DeSoto ISD cordially invites all who can attend to join the celebration as we congratulate our scholar-athletes on this outstanding accomplishment!