COLDWATER, MI (WTVB) – Senior Elli Foley was voted by her teammates Most Valuable Player for the Coldwater Cardinal girls basketball team. The recognition came during the annual team banquet held Sunday afternoon at the Lakeland Elementary cafeteria.
In other awards voted on by team members, sophomore Paisley Harvey was named Most Improved Player and also received the Coach’s Award, while junior Danika Cox won the Leadership Award and was named Most Sportsmanlike. Fellow junior Coley Burkhardt was named Best Defensive Player for the second straight year.
Despite battling a rash of injuries and illness, Coldwater finished the season 17-9 overall, finished second in the Interstate 8 at 9-3, won their third straight District championship, and advanced to the Regional Finals for the first time since 2019.
A complete list of awards follows:
Statistical Awards
- Helping Hands (Assists): Elli Foley (64)
- Master Thief (Steals): Elli Foley (66)
- Rejection (Blocks): Coley Burkhardt (28)
- Chairman of the Boards (Rebounds): Elli Foley (121)
- Black & Blue Award (diving for loose balls): Coley Burkhardt (21)
- The Buck Stops Here (taking charges): Elli Foley (20)
- Player of the Year (“Player Of The Game” Points): Elli Foley (1164)
Team Awards
- Most Sportsmanlike: Danika Cox
- Most Improved Player: Paisley Harvey
- Best Defensive Player: Coley Burkhardt
- MVP: Elli Foley
- Leadership Award: Danika Cox
- Coach’s Award: Paisley Harvey
- BCAM “Team First” Award: Danika Cox
- BCAM Academic All-State: 3.9686 team GPA, third highest in Division 1, sixth highest in state, thirteenth straight year
- BCAM Senior Scholar Award: Elli Anderson, Elli Foley
- Coldwater Daily Reporter Dream Team: Elli Anderson, Coley Burkhardt, Elli Foley, Mya Porter; Rylie VanAken (Honorable Mention), Danika Cox (Honorable Mention)
- Battle Creek Enquirer All-Area Team: Elli Foley, Mya Porter
Interstate 8 Athletic Conference
- All-Conference: Elli Foley, Mya Porter
- Honorable Mention: Elli Anderson, Coley Burkhardt
- Academic All-Conference: The entire team
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