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Several basketball players from the Metro Buckeye Conference were among those named all-Ohio by the Ohio Prep Sports Media Association.

Brayden Kidd of Dayton Christian was special mention in Division-IV. The 6 foot, 1 inch junior averaged 15.4 points per game. In Division-VII, Jacob Thompson of Legacy Christian Academy and Brayden Trimbach of Yellow Springs were honorable mention selections.

Thompson, a 6 foot junior, averaged 20.9 points per game, while Trimbach, a 6 foot, 3 inch freshman, averaged 23 points per game.

For the girls, Preslei Copper of Miami Valley was second team in Division-VII. The 5 foot, 9 inch senior averaged 19.7 points per game. Ali Solomon of Legacy Christian Academy was third team in Division-VII. The 5 foot, 9 inch senior averaged 14 points per game. Alli Graves and Ava Combs of Legacy Christian Academy were honorable mention selections. Graves, a 5 foot, 7 inch senior, averaged 9.6 points per game, while Combs, a 5 foot, 6 inch sophomore, averaged 11 points per game.

A plethora of Metro Buckeye Conference boys and girls basketball players were named to the All-Southwest District teams as released by the Ohio Prep Sports Media Association.

For the girls Preslei Copper of Miami Valley and Ali Solomon of Legacy Christian were first-team selections, while Legacy Coach Mark Combs was co-coach of the year with Fort Loramie's Carla Siegel.

Copper averaged 19.7 points and 6.9 rebounds for the Rams, while Solomon averaged 14 points and 6 rebounds for Legacy. 

On the second team were Jillian Geis of Middletown Christian and Alli Graves of Legacy Christian. Geis averaged 11.5 points and 10.9 rebounds, and Graves averaged 9.6 points and 4 assists per game.

Ava Combs of Legacy Christian was a third-team selection after averaging 11 points and 3.5 steals per game.

Honorable mention selections were Naemah Nzeruem of Miami Valley and Whitney Schaurer of Middletown Christian.

For the boys, Brayden Kidd of Dayton Christian was a first-team choice in Division-V. He averaged 15.4 points and 2 steals per game. 

In Division-VI, Thomas Cook and Olisah Oynah of Miami Valley School were honorable mention.

In Division-VII, Jacob Thompson of Legacy Christian and Brayden Trimbach of Yellow Springs were second-team selections. 

Thompson averaged 20.9 points, 12.2 rebounds, and 1.6 blocks per game. Trimbach averaged 23 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 1.9 assists per game. 

Nate Hudson of Emmanuel Christian was named to the third team. He averaged 14.5 points, and 4.5 rebounds per game.

Honorable mention choices were Caleb Skaggs of Middletown Christian, and Jae Ferryman and Gus Carrier of Emmanuel Christian.

Middletown Christian's Joshua Prows recently signed a National Letter of Intent to continue his basketball career at Truett McConnell University.

The 6 foot, 5 inch center averaged 6.9 points and 4.3 rebounds per game while shooting 52.8 percent from the field.

Several Metro Buckeye League players made the Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association District 15 senior and underclassmen boys and girls all-star teams.

For the girls, Dayton Christian's Sidney Clements, Legacy Christian's Ali Solomon and Alli Graves, and Middletown Christian's Olivia Schauer and Whitney Schauer were on the senior team for Division VI/VII. Legacy's Autumn Allport and Ava Combs, and Middletown Christian's Jillian Geis were on the underclassmen team.

Solomon was the Division VI senior of the year.

For the boys in Division V, Dayton Christian's Mason Woodall was on the senior team, while DC's Brayden Kidd and Reid Collins were on the underclassmen team.

Kidd was underclassman of the year. DC assistant coach Chris Woodall was co-assistant coach of the year with Waynesville's Todd Cook. 

In Division VI/VII, Yellow Springs' Kaveeyon Wagner was on the senior team. Legacy Christan's Jacob Thompson, Middletown Christian's Caleb Skaggs, and Yellow Springs' Brayden Trimbach were on the underclassmen team.

Wagner was the D-VII senior of the year, while Thompson was the underclassman of the year. Middletown Christian's Ryan Fairchild was coach of the year.