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Keizer hoopers receive All-American recognition
By MATT RAWLINGS
Of the Keizertimes
The state of Oregon had
24 prep girls basketball play-
ers nominated for the 42nd
McDonald’s All-American
game this spring, and four of
them hail from right here in
Keizer.
Senior
hoopers
Ana
Coronado, Bailey Hittner,
Trinity Phipps and Abigail
Hawley each received con-
sideration for the annual all-
star contest.
Coronado, Hittner and
Phipps all play basketball at
Blanchet High School while
Hawley is a star at McNary
High School.
The girls were put up for
recognition by coaches and
administrators at Blanchet
and McNary. After going
through all the local nom-
inees from each state, the
national committee for the
McDonald’s event settled on
selecting 24 candidates from
Oregon.
Even though the girls
don’t play on the same high
school team, their friend-
ships go all the way back to
fi fth grade when they played
youth basketball together for
Keizer Youth Basketball As-
sociation (KYBA).
Coronado, Hittner, Phipps
and Hawley all played to-
gether until their freshmen
year. Even during high
school, the girls still play on
the same Amateur American
Union (AAU) team called
the Mid-Valley Monarchs.
Ron Hittner — who is
the father of Bailey and the
head coach at Blanchet —
started coaching all four of
these girls in fi fth grade and
has continued to coach them
at the AAU level as well.
Seeing them grow into
the excellent players and
people that they are has been
a gift for Coach Hittner.
“Their personal athlet-
ic achievements speak for
themselves, but they deserve
this because they are all great
girls,” Coach Hittner said.
“They work incredibly hard
both on the basketball fl oor
and in the classroom.”
All four girls have been
crucial to their respective
team’s success so far this sea-
son.
ABIGAIL HAWLEY (MCNARY)
Hawley is in her fourth
year playing for the McNary
varsity team and leads the
squad in scoring at 13 points
per game.
She also leads the team in
three-point fi eld goals (23)
and helped the Celtics start
the Mountain Valley Confer-
ence season with six straight
wins.
She received second-team
all-Greater Valley Confer-
ence recognition last season
and played a big role in the
Celtics reaching the postsea-
son. Hawley also received an
honorable mention nod her
sophomore year.
“I defi nitely couldn’t be
where I’m at right now if I
didn’t have the support of
my coaches and teammates,”
Hawley said. “I’ve really been
working on my leadership
skills and keeping my team
excited about what we’ve
done so far this season.”
What her coach says:
“She is just a joy to coach.
She works hard every day,”
McNary head coach Eliza-
beth Doran said. “She is very
consistent on both ends of
the fl oor.”
Other Sports: Hawley was
a fi rst-team all-league per-
former for the McNary girls
soccer team in the fall.
TRINITY PHIPPS (BLANCHET)
Phipps has been a starter
for Blanchet in each of the
last three seasons and is in
her second year as a team
captain.
She is second on the team
in scoring, averaging 12 ppg.
She is also pulling down
three rebounds a game and
shooting 48 percent from
the fi eld.
Phipps
earned
sec-
ond-team all-PacWest Con-
ference honors last season.
“It’s a big honor to be
nominated,” Phipps said. “It’s
pretty cool that all four of us
have gotten recognition.”
What her coach says:
“Ever since fi fth grade,
Trinity has been one of the
most fl exible players on the
team,” Coach Hittner said.
“She has really come in to
her own on the offense end,
but she’s just a great all-
around player.”
Other Sports: Phipps is
the back-to-back 3A state
champion in the 110-me-
ter hurdles. She also placed
third in the state in the triple
jump.
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Abigail Hawley
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Ana Coronado
BAILEY HITTNER (BLANCHET)
Just like Phipps, Hittner
has also been a three-year
starter for the Cavaliers, as
well as a team captain.
Hittner is one of the team
leaders in assists (4.0 per
game) and steals (2.1 per
game). She shoots 81 percent
from the foul line and has
knocked down more than
80 shots from behind the arc
over the course of her career.
She was a fi rst-team
all-conference and third-
team all-state performer last
season.
“I’ve always seen the
McDonald’s All-American
nominees and thought it was
such a cool thing when I was
growing up, so to be able to
say that I am one of those is
such a big honor, especially
being able to share it with
my best friends,” Hittner
said.
What her coach says:
“I think she is the best
defensive player in the state
when she puts her mind to
it,” Coach Hittner said of
his daughter. “She can shut
down anyone. We always
have her guard the best play-
er on the other team.”
Other Sports: Hittner has
won the 200-m event at the
PacWest District track meet
for the last three years.
ANA CORANADO (BLANCHET)
Regardless of level, Coro-
nado has proven herself to
be one of the most dynamic
guards in the state over the
course of her career.
Not only is she her team’s
top scorer at 14.2 ppg, she
also leads the Cavaliers with
4.6 assists per game and an
incredible 5.6 steals per con-
test.
Coronado has been a
starter for Blanchet in all
four years of her high school
career and has been a team
captain for the last two sea-
sons. She received fi rst-team
all-conference honors in her
fi rst three years as a mem-
bers of the Cavaliers and was
recognized as the conference
player of the year last season.
She also earned fi rst-team
all-state honors as a junior, as
well as second-team all-state
nods as a freshman and soph-
omore.
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Bailey Hittner
“This is a pretty big hon-
or for me. It’s one of those
things you see a lot on so-
cial media,” Coronado said.
“Even if we don’t get cho-
sen for the actual game, it’s
still such a honor to receive
recognition for the things we
have done on the court and
off the court.”
What her coach says:
“I believe she is the best
player in 3A and I hope she
gets player of the year this
year because she deserves it,”
Coach Hittner said. “She has
been one of the best players
in the state for the last four
years and she is just a com-
plete player on both ends of
the court … I’m super proud
of her and I’m super excit-
ed to see her play at the next
level. She is going to help
whichever school she goes
to.”
Other Sports: Coronado
has also received all-league
recognition in volleyball and
softball over the course of
her decorated career at Blan-
chet. She also won the 400-
m event at the PacWest Dis-
trict track meet last season.
Coronado plans to play
basketball in college at either
George Fox University or
Corban College.
Trinity Bhipps
But even though their lives
as star prep basketball players
is coming to a close, they still
have some more things they
would like to accomplish.
After a slow start to the
season, Hawley looks to lead
the youthful Celtics squad
back to the postseason.
“We have a lot of deter-
mination as a team and we
have grown so much,” Haw-
ley said.
Coronado, Hittner and
Phipps each were instru-
mental pieces to Blanchet’s
state title in 2017. After tak-
ing third place in 2018, these
Hawley, Coronado, Hit- three seniors are hoping to
tner and Phipps have all ex- end their high school bas-
perienced incredible success ketball careers with a second
in athletics in their careers. state championship.
“We’ve already done it
once, so we know we have
the potential to do it again,”
Coronado said. “This year, I
think we are 10 times stron-
ger than what we were as
sophomores. We’re probably
one of the most experienced
teams in 3A.”
Blanchet enters the post-
season as the number two
ranked 3A team in the state
with a 21-3 record, mean-
ing that a second state title
in three years is well within
reach for the Cavaliers.
“Having one last run
where we get all the way
to the end and fi nish it out
would be the perfect way to
end our basketball careers,”
Phipps said.