Top Fox Valley area players to watch

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>The season is upon us and practices have begun! I see no better time then to highlight several of the top returning players in the Fox Valley area.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Appleton East</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='749048' first='Ella' last='Sweeney'] 5-8 Jr.--2025 stats: 13.8 ppg, 3.5 rpg, 2.9 apg, 1.2 spg. 1st Team All-Conference and Honorable mention All-State shot 40.9% from 3 and 89.7% from the line. Starts her junior season with 746 points and will be over 1,000 by the end of the year. Currently holds multiple D1 offers including Wisconsin.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='904623' first='Emilia' last='MontMarquette'] 5-9 So.--2025 stats: 6.4 ppg, 3.8 rpg, 2.9 apg, 1.8 spg. East's Swiss army knife who will be key to the Patriots hopes to return to State.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='813295' first='Jenna' last='Ott'] 5-9 Sr.--2025 stats: 6.2 ppg, 2.1 rpg, 1.6 apg. Long-range sniper looking to get back on track for a huge senior season.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Appleton North</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='838113' first='Avery' last='Werfal'] 5-8 Jr.--2025 stats: 19.7 ppg, 6.5 rpg, 2.0 apg, 1.6 spg. Two-time 2nd Team All-Conference selection shot 34% from 3 and 82.9% from the free throw line. Starts her junior season with 872 career points and a career 17.4 ppg average.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='533062' first='Tay' last='Maass'] 5-11 Sr.--2025 stats: 15.3 ppg, 8.7 rpg, 1.2 spg, 1.5 spg, 1.0 bpg. Two-time 2nd Team All-Conference selection shot 56% from the floor and starts her senior season with 758 career points. Committed to Southwestern Illinois College</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Appleton West</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='509690' first='Allysen' last='Buss'] 5-5 Sr.--2025 stats: 10.1 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 1.6 apg, 1.9 spg. 4-year varsity contributor will be key to new coach Tanner Bump's rebuild. Committed to Loras College.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Fox Valley Lutheran</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Eden Last 5-10 Sr.--2025 stats: 12.5 ppg, 3.9 rpg. Scored 300 points, last season, and starts her senior season with 493 career points.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Xavier</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='766628' first='Brynn' last='Krull'] 5-8 Sr.--2025 stats: 14.2 ppg, 4.3 rpg, 1.2 apg. Scored 412 points last season after missing entire sophomore season. Committed to St. Cloud State University.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Kimberly</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='764903' first='Ava' last='Van Vonderen'] 6-1 Jr.--2025 stats: 12.8 ppg, 7.0 rpg, 2.1 apg, 1.4 spg, 1.0 bpg. Shot 79.8% from the free throw line and 37.3% from 3. 1st Team All-State as a sophomore. Helped lead the Papermakers to their first state championship since 1998. Hit game tying three, at buzzer, to force overtime where Kimberly went on to beat #1 seed Pewaukee to go to state. Starts her junior season with 631 career points and holds Division 1 offers from Wisconsin, Marquette, Butler, DePaul, amongst other.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='764909' first='Haylie' last='Dulas'] 6-0 Jr.--2025 stats: 10.5 ppg, 3.9 rpg, 2.0 apg. 2nd team All-Conference selection starts her junior season with 543 career points. Holds D1 offers from Marquette, DePaul, Green Bay, and Milwaukee. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='509695' first='Emily' last='Urban'] 5-6 Sr.--2025 stats: 5.3 ppg, 3.2 rpg, 2.9 apg, 2.3 spg. Honorable mention All-Conference selection and key glue piece for defending champions. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>St. Mary Catholic</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='751240' first='Autumn' last='Crowe'] 5-10 Jr.--2025 stats: 13.6 ppg, 5.9 rpg, 2.8 apg, 4.3 spg. Shot 53.7 % from the floor and 40% from 3. Starts her junior season with 586 career points. #33 ranked junior in the state.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p><strong>Menasha</strong></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>[player_tooltip player_id='891648' first='Aria' last='Bilke'] 5-9 Jr.--2025 stats: 9.3 ppg, 5.3 rpg, 2.0 apg. Top returning scorer for Blue Jays looking to keep pace in the very tough Bay conference.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph -->