2025 Season Preview: Returning Top Efficient Assist Leaders

<!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>With opening night of the 2024-2025 season closing in I crunched some MaxPreps 2023-2024 season numbers to find the most efficient, returning assist leaders.&nbsp; Looking at total assists and assists-to-turnovers ratio players were selected using the following criteria:</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:list {"ordered":true} --> <ol class="wp-block-list"><!-- wp:list-item --> <li>&nbsp;Played in 20 or more games;</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>&nbsp;Dished out 50 or more assists;</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>&nbsp;Averaged 2.5 assists per game; and</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --> <!-- wp:list-item --> <li>&nbsp;Had a assist-to-turnover ratio of 1.4 or greater.</li> <!-- /wp:list-item --></ol> <!-- /wp:list --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>Many players had greater than a 1.4 ratio but averaged under 2.5 assists per game.&nbsp; Of those with a ratio just above 1.4 only players with a substantial number of assists were included. Others made the assists per game mark but came in just shy of the ratio or did not generate enough assists.&nbsp; Still more did not play in enough games.&nbsp; Players are listed by class, then by assists-to-turnover ratio. Only two players return from last year's list. Notable is the lack of 2027s meeting criteria and the substantial drop from in number overall from the 14 from the 2024 season. </p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p>A couple things to note. Clifton-Clyde's <strong>Lillian Steinbrock</strong> and Andover's [player_tooltip player_id='349459' first='Amelya' last='Vance'] are the only repeaters from last year's list.</p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:paragraph --> <p></p> <!-- /wp:paragraph --> <!-- wp:table {"hasFixedLayout":false} --> <figure class="wp-block-table"><table><tbody><tr><td>Name</td><td>Height</td><td>Position</td><td>School</td><td>Games</td><td>Assists</td><td>APG</td><td>Turnovers</td><td>A/TO</td></tr><tr><td><strong>2025</strong></td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='456514' first='Tayten' last='Dewey']</td><td>5'10"</td><td>SF</td><td>Rawlins County</td><td>22</td><td>91</td><td>4.1</td><td>55</td><td>1.65</td></tr><tr><td><strong>Lillian Steinbrock</strong></td><td>5'4"</td><td>PG</td><td>Clifton-Clyde</td><td>23</td><td>75</td><td>3.3</td><td>44</td><td>1.7</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='349459' first='Amelya' last='Vance']</td><td>5'6"</td><td>PG</td><td>Andover</td><td>22</td><td>59</td><td>2.7</td><td>17</td><td>3.47</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='904759' first='Megan' last='Darensbourg']</td><td>5'6"</td><td>PG</td><td>Blue Valley Northwest</td><td>22</td><td>58</td><td>2.6</td><td>37</td><td>1.57</td></tr><tr><td><strong>2026</strong></td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td><td>&nbsp;</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='621267' first='Emerson' last='Kirk']</td><td>5'6"</td><td>PG</td><td>Bucklin</td><td>22</td><td>93</td><td>4.2</td><td>59</td><td>1.58</td></tr><tr><td>[player_tooltip player_id='649151' first='Bella' last='Galliart']</td><td>5'5"</td><td>SG</td><td>Holcomb</td><td>23</td><td>71</td><td>3.1</td><td>40</td><td>1.78</td></tr></tbody></table></figure> <!-- /wp:table -->