Sydney Porter – Grass Valley – Basketball

Porter led the Miners (17-4 through January) to a 6-0 start in Sierra Foothill League play. She is averaging 19 points per game for the season and has averaged more than 22 points per game in league play. A lethal shooter, she has caught fire from beyond the arc in SFL action, making 57 percent of her 3-point shots in the first five league victories. A captain for Nevada Union, Porter leads her team on the court as an…

Nevada Union-Grass Valley – Basketball – Senior

   Porter led the Miners (17-4 through January) to a 6-0 start in Sierra Foothill League play. She is averaging 19 points per game for the season and has averaged more than 22 points per game in league play. A lethal shooter, she has caught fire from beyond the arc in SFL action, making 57 percent of her 3-point shots in the first five league victories. A captain for Nevada Union, Porter leads her team on the court as an accomplished shooting guard and off the court as a unifying force to bond veteran players with underclassmen.

IN HER OWN WORDS: “I have been trying to step up on defense this season to help the team. Everyone knows that scoring is what I do, so I want to be a better player at both ends of the floor.”

WHAT YOU DIDN’T KNOW: The Miners’ sharp-shooter has had some magical moments on the court, and she is a huge Harry Potter fan. Nevada Union’s homecoming theme this school year was Harry Potter-themed, which gave Porter the opportunity to indulge her Hogwarts’ side without giving up her deep passion for the fictional icon.

HONORABLE MENTION

Jordan Roberson — The Cordova-Rancho Cordova junior guard is averaging 28.7 points per game, which included a season-high 34 in a 75-50 victory over two-time defending league champ Antelope.

Daeja Black – In recent back-to-back league wins for the Granite Bay basketball team, the sophomore tallied a combined 45 points, 24 rebounds, 10 assists, 10 steals, and three blocks.

Jake Minshew — The Casa Roble-Orangevale junior wrestler won his sixth tournament title of the season by defeating Clovis’s Hexton Coronado in the 285-pound final of the Tim Brown Memorial Tournament.