Camden star Joyce Edwards has had fairly the highschool profession. From profitable back-to-back state championships and committing to the South Carolina Gamecocks, the No. 2 ranked senior within the nation not too long ago added one other accolade to her resume: she’s now this 12 months’s 2023-24 Gatorade Nationwide Women Basketball Participant.
The distinguished honor, which was introduced on Thursday, was introduced to her by two-time WNBA All-Star and Dallas Wings ahead Satou Sabally, who shocked her in Camden HS’s fitness center alongside her mother and father, teammates and her coach, Natalie Funderburk, who gained Gatorade South Carolina Women Basketball Participant of the 12 months in ’92.
“I’m simply honored and grateful simply to be able,” Edwards advised WSLAM’s Madison Firle. “I imply, even to be thought of for this title is an achievement in itself. However for Gatorade to think about me the most effective ladies basketball participant in my class is it’s simply loopy. I’ve no phrases for it. I’m simply completely happy that different folks see the work that I’ve put into the sport.”
Edwards is a standout ahead who can knock down pictures and put up massive time numbers. As she will get prepared for the following stage, stars like Sabally already can inform her future is brilliant:
“She’s gonna make an affect on girls’s basketball, inspiring the following era and actually, you recognize, giving younger girls [something to look up to],” Sabally says, later including: “We at all times take a look at stats, however South Carolina clearly has a profitable tradition. And, you recognize, including an asset like [Joyce] will drive that profitable tradition ahead. I imply, Daybreak Staley doesn’t recruit flippantly. And she or he will certainly choose gamers which are value of the legacy that they’re constructing. So I’m simply tremendous enthusiastic about that.”
All photos might be credited to: Gatorade Participant of the 12 months / Joe Greer
