Grandview’s Michaela Onyenwere named Gatorade player of the year for girls basketball
Grandview star Michaela Onyenwere picked up another award on Monday morning when she was named the Gatorade player of the year for Colorado girls basketball.
Onyenwere, a McDonald’s All-American, led the Wolves to the Class 5A championship over the weekend, the first in program history.
She now becomes a finalist for the national award, which will be announced later this month.
Onyenwere, a UCLA recruit, finished her career at No. 4 on girls basketball’s all-time scoring list in Colorado.
After the 5A game, Lakewood coach Chris Poisson said on Onyenwere: “She was really good as a sophomore; really, really good as a junior. She is absolutely great as a senior. She is special. There is a reason why she is going where she is going. She is incredible.”
“Michaela Onyenwere is an amazing player, competitor and leader,” Cherry Creek coach Chris Curneen said in a statement. “She is a classy person and has always been intense and very athletic. She has great sportsmanship and I don’t know of any other coach or player that has ever had anything negative to say about her.”
