SAR’s Liv Solomon and Frisch’s Zoey Levy were the 2025-26 co-Players of the Year and Noam Levin of Berman Hebrew Academy was the Coach of the Year.
The Underclassman of the Year award went to SAR sophomore Ava Cohen.
Solomon and Levy were the best players on the two girls teams that dominated play all season. SAR finished 30-2 and #2 in the JHA Chai High ranking, their only losses coming to Frisch in the regular season and the Yeshiva League championship game. Frisch was 20-2, losing only to SAR in the regular season and in the Glouberman Tournament final.
Joining Solomon and Levy on the 1st Team All Jewish Hoops America are fellow seniors Mikayla Trajtenberg of Barrack H.A. and Eliana Wolfson of H.A. Miami and juniors Shira Abramson of YULA, Dillan Haghighat of North Shore H.A. and Shylee Blavvise of Rochelle Zell.
The 2nd Team is Cohen, seniors Nava Bousbib of SAR, Izzy Nadtrich of Frisch and Izzy Wilbur of Fuchs Mizrachi and junior Sarah Leff of Katz YHS.
The 3rd Team is seniors Sami Neff of Barrack H.A., Leah Sicklick of SKA and Shana Strohli of H.A. Miami and juniors Shana Leibowitz of Beth Tfiloh and Adi Topolosky of Berman H.A.
Levin’s Cougars went 28-3, won the HAFTR Tournament and the Potomac Valley Athletic Conference championship and ended the season with 15 straight wins. Other considered were Joe Campodonico of H.A. Miami, Tali Zelenetz of Frisch, Gil Dalva of YULA, Golan Silverman of Hyman Brand H.A. and Jackie Estreicher of Katz YHS.
Other freshmen and sophomores considered for underclassmen of the year were freshmen Gaya Bannai of Rochelle Zell, Sylvie Hersz of Barrack H.A. and Rina Fatiha of Magen David.
1ST TEAM ALL-JEWISH HOOPS AMERICA
Zoey Levy, Sr., Frisch/Paramus, NJ
Liv Solomon, Sr., SAR/Bronx,NY
Shira Abramson, Jr., YULA/Los Angeles,CA
Shylee Blavvise, Jr., Rochelle Zell/Deerfield,IL
Dillan Haghighat, Jr., North Shore H.A./Great Neck,NY
Mikayla Trajtenberg, Sr., Barrack H.A./Bryn Mawr,PA
Eliana Wolfson, Sr., H.A. Miami/Miami Beach,FL
2nd Team All-JEWISH hOOPS aMERICA
Nava Bousbib, Sr., SAR/Bronx,NY
Ava Cohen, So., SAR/Bronx,NY
Sarah Leff, Jr., Katz YHS/Boca Raton,FL
Izzy Nadtrich, Sr., Frisch/Paramus,NJ
Izzy Wilbur, Sr., Fuchs Mizrachi/Beechwood,OH
3rd Team All-Jewish Hoops America
Shana Leibowitz, Jr., Beth Tfiloh/Baltimore,MD
Sami Neff, Sr., Barrack H.A./Bryn Mawr,PA
Leah Sicklick, Sr., SKA/Hewlett Bay Park,NY
Shana Strohli, Sr., H.A. Miami/Miami Beach,FL
Adi Topolosky, Jr., Berman H.A./Rockville,MD
Honorable Mention
Stella Baitner, So., Katz YHS/Boca Raton,FL
Gaya Bannai, Fr., Rochelle Zell/Deerfield,OH
Marielle Bitran, Jr., Shalhevet/Los Angeles,CA
Sarah Edwards, Jr., Shalhevet/Los Angeles,CA
Kelly Fatiha, Sr., Flatbush/Brooklyn,NY
Rina Fatiha, Sr., Magen David/Brooklyn,NY
Dina Levian, Sr., North Shore H.A./Great Neck,NY
Tali Loeffler, Sr., Jewish Day School/Rockville,MD
Dahlia Messeloff, Sr., Fuchs Mizrachi/Beechwood,OH
Ayla Offer, Sr., Berman H.A./Rockville,MD
Naami Rosenblatt, Jr., YULA/Los Angeles,CA
Orli Scharf, Sr., Frisch/Paramus,NJ
Gabby Sosland, Sr., Hyman Brand H.A./Overland Park,KS
Jordyn Spalding, Sr., Yavneh Academy/Dallas,TX
Lea Steinmetz, Jr., SKA/Hewlett Bay Park,NY
PAST PLAYERS OF THE YEAR
2025 - Daphna Steinmetz, SKA
2024 - Yalee Schwartz, Shalhevet
2023 - Yalee Schwartz, Shalhevet
2022 - Yalee Schwartz, Shalhevet
PAST COACHES OF THE YEAR
2025 - Lee Joffe, SAR
2024 - Ryan Coleman, Shalhevet
2023 - Becky Silberman, Jewish Day School
2022 - Ryan Coleman, Shalhevet
2025-26 Final Chai High Rankings
1.Frisch/Paramus,NJ…………………………………21-2
2.SAR/Bronx,NY………………………………………..31-2
3.Tanenbaum CHAT/Toronto,ON …………22-2
4.Barrack H.A./Bryn Mawr,PA………………….14-14
5.Shalhevet/Los Angeles,CA …………………22-12
6.Hebrew Academy/Miami Beach,FL…….27-13
7.SKA/Hewlett,NY……………………………………….18-11
8.North Shore H.A./Great Neck,NY………..26-9
9.YULA/Los Angeles,CA…………………………..21-12
10.Berman H.A./Rockville,MD………………….28-3
11.Katz YHS/Boca Raton,FL…………………….…13-11
12.Milken/Los Angeles,CA…………………………16-11
13.Ida Crown/Skokie,IL………………………………16-12
14.Jewish Day School/Rockville,MD………..14-6
15.Rochelle Zell/Deerfield,IL……………………..17-12
16.Beth Tfiloh/Baltimore,MD……………………..10-11
17.Flatbush/Brooklyn,NY……………………………13-13
18.Fuchs Mizrachi/Beechwood,OH…………17-10
