YOU PREDICT: 6A, 5A Player of the Year
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Tipoff for the first game of the 2025-26 Oregon high school basketball season is just over two weeks away. Who do you predict will win the Class 6A and 5A Player of the Year? Vote below in one or both preseason polls. Players are sourced from the Prep Girls Hoops Oregon rankings, and names are randomized for each ballot. The polls will close at 11:59 PM on Monday, November 24.
Update: Nov 25, 2025
Polls are closed. Click "View Results" at the bottom of each ballot. Also listed below are alternative results adjusted for players' share of unique IP votes.
6A POY readers' prediction:
Share of unique IP votes
Love Lei Best: 38%
Kaylor Buse
Kaylor
Buse
5'9" | PG
West Linn | 2027
State
OR
: 35%
Everyone else: 27%
5A POY readers' prediction:
Share of unique IP votes
Ava Bergeson
Ava
Bergeson
6'1" | SF
La Salle | 2026
State
OR
: 27%
Taylor Young
Taylor
Young
5'7" | PG/SG
Crater | 2026
State
#86
Nation
OR
: 23%
Taylor Donaldson
Taylor
Donaldson
6'0" | SG/SF
South Albany | 2026
State
OR
: 20%
Payton Starwalt
Payton
Starwalt
5'7" | PG
West Albany | 2027
State
OR
: 17%
Karlee Martirano
Karlee
Martirano
5'9" | SG
Silverton | 2027
State
OR
: 7%
Everyone else: 6%
