SAN ANTONIO – UTSA women's basketball signee Sidney Love has been tabbed the Alamo City Girls Basketball Player of the Year by the San Antonio Express-News, it was announced on Wednesday night at the Alamo City High School Sports Awards.
Love, a star at Steele High School for the last four years, earned the honors as San Antonio's top prep girls basketball player by the Express-News. She averaged 23 points, nine rebounds, seven assists and six steals as a senior, while earning Texas Association of Basketball Coaches and Texas Girls Coaches Association Class 6A All-Star honors.
"I am thrilled to see that Sid has been recognized in this manner, especially alongside the other players being honored," UTSA head coach Karen Aston said. She was a game changer for the Steele program and I know that she is driven to do the same as a Roadrunner. Sid is a great example of the type of student-athletes who have shined in our community that we want to keep at home playing for the Roadrunners. She is helping lay the foundation for the future of our program, a program that is proud to embrace our community and the standout student-athletes who play here. We can't wait to get her on the floor for us and help her continue to develop."
Congrats to newcomer Sidney Love, named the 2021-22 Alamo City High School Girls Player of the Year by the @ExpressNews!
— UTSA Women's Basketball (@UTSAWBB) June 2, 2022
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A four-year letterwinner for Coach Jeffrey Chatman at powerhouse Steele High School, Love was the 2021-22 Co-District MVP and a McDonald's All-America nominee, while also earning Express-News Player of the Week accolades during her senior season. A 1,300 point scorer in her career, she was named District Defensive MVP as a junior, All-District and earned TGCA All-Star honors.
Love is part of an eight-member signing class for the 2022-23 season, including Nissa Sam-Grant, a transfer from Panola College and Arkansas Pine Bluff, Brandeis High School standout Alexis Parker, Southern Cal transfer and 2021-22 Pac-12 Most Improved Player Jordyn Jenkins, and fellow USC transfer and Converse native Kyra White. Aston signed three future Roadrunners in November, including Madison Cockrell, a standout from Dallas' Bishop Lynch High School, San Jose prep standout Siena Guttaduro, and Duncanville High School standout Maya Linton.
Steele's Sidney Love is the #AlamoHSS Girls Basketball Player of the Year. Love averaged 23 points, 9 rebounds, 7 assists, abs 6 steals as a senior, earning TABC & TGCA Class 6A All-State honors as a senior. She is signed to play at UTSA. @UTSAWBB @SteeleHoops pic.twitter.com/q9iHMfKgmb
— mySA high schools (@mysahighschools) June 2, 2022
2022-23 UTSA Women's Basketball Newcomers
#2 Alexis Parker – G – 5-9 – San Antonio, Texas/Brandeis HS
#4 Siena Guttadauro – G – 5-6 – San Jose, Calif./Archbishop Mitty HS
#5 Madison Cockrell – G – 5-4 – Dallas, Texas/Bishop Lynch HS
#11 Sidney Love – G – 5-8 – Cibolo, Texas/Steele HS
#20 Maya Linton – F – 6-0 – Duncanville, Texas/Duncanville HS
#22 Kyra White – G – 5-9, Converse, Texas/Judson HS/Southern Cal
#30 Nissa Sam-Grant – C – 6-4 – Marietta, Ga./Wheeler HS/Arkansas Pine Bluff/Panola College
#32 Jordyn Jenkins – F – 6-0 – Kent, Wash./Kentridge HS/Southern Cal
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