The Gatorade Company, in collaboration with ESPNHS, announced Alexis Prince of Edgewater High School as the 2011-2012 Gatorade Florida Girls Basketball Player of the Year. Prince is the first Gatorade Florida Girls Basketball Player of the Year to be chosen from Edgewater High School.
The award recognizes outstanding athletic excellence as well as high standards of academic achievement and exemplary character demonstrated on and off the court. Prince is now a finalist for the prestigious Gatorade National Girls Basketball Player of the Year award to be announced later this month. She joins an elite alumni association of past state girls basketball award winners, including Candace Parker (2003-04, 2002-03, & 2001-02, Naperville Central HS, Ill.), Diana Taurasi (1998-99 & 1999-00, Don Antonio Lugo HS, Calif.), Maya Moore (2005-06 Collins Hill HS, Ga.), Rashanda McCants (2004-05, Asheville HS, N.C.), Shyra Ely (1999-00, Ben Davis HS, Ind.), and Lisa Leslie (1988-89, Morningside HS, Calif.).
The senior wing led the Fighting Eagles to a 28-4 record and the Class 6A state championship this past season. Prince averaged 19.7 points, 7.6 rebounds, 3.6 steals, 3.1 blocks, and 2.6 assists per game. A McDonald’s and Women’s Basketball Coaches Association All-American selection, Prince shot 51.7 percent from the field, 37.9 percent from three-point range, and 72.6 percent from the free-throw line. An invitee to the 2010 USA Basketball Women’s U17 World Championship Team trials, she helped her Essence Amateur Athletic Union squad to the semifinals at this past summer’s Nike Nationals.
Prince has maintained a 3.73 weighted GPA in the classroom. She is a member of the National Honor Society and has volunteered on behalf of Every Kid Outreach.
Prince heads to Baylor University on a basketball scholarship this fall.
