SKA senior Daphna Steinmetz is the 2025 Jewish Hoops America Player of the Year, with other top honors going to Coach of the Year Lee Joffe of SAR and North Shore High School sophomore Dillan Haghighat as Underclassman of the Year.
Steinmetz led the Sonics to a 17-6 record and #7 JHA Chai High ranking while averaging 21.5 points, 8 rebounds and 7 assists per game.
Joining Steinmetz and Haghighat on the 1st Team All-Jewish Hoops America are senior Kira Heumann of YULA and juniors Liv Solomon of SAR, Zoe Levy of Frisch and Eliana Wolfson of H.A. Miami..
The 2nd Team includes Ramaz senior Leila Sakhai, juniors Izzy Nadtrich of Frisch and Mikayla Trajtenberg of Barrack H.A. and sophomores Shylee Blavvise of Rochelle Zell and Shira Abramson of Shalhevet.
Named to the 3rd Team are seniors Daria Lennon of Ida Crown, Jamie Morris of CHAT and Lilly Yalovsky of Yavneh Dallas and juniors Nava Bousbib of SAR and Izzy Wilbur of Fuchs Mizrachi.
Joffe was named JHA Coach of the Year after leading the 26-2 Sting to the Yeshiva League championship and the #1 JHA ranking. It was the team’s fifth league title and first since 2019.
Other coaches considered were Batsheva Aaron of SKA, Joe Campodonico of H.A. Miami, Ryan Coleman of Shalhevet, Gil Dalva of YULA, Cheri Haghighat of North Shore H.A., Tali Zelenetz of Frisch and Aubrey Zimmerman of CHAT.
Haghighat won Underclassman of the Year after averaging 22 points per game, including a JHA single game record of 50 points. She also averaged 6 assists and 6 rebounds per game, topped 1,000 career points and was MVP of the Sam Gyenes and HAFTR tournaments.
Also considered were sophomores Shira Abramson of Shalhevet, Shylee Blavvise of Rochelle Zell, Shana Leibowitz of Beth Tfiloh and Danielle Shalom of Ilan and freshmen Ava Cohen of SAR and Lea Steinmetz of SKA.
1st Team All-Jewish Hoops America
Daphna Steinmetz, Sr., SKA/Lawrence,NY
Kira Heumann, Sr., YULA/Los Angeles,CA
Dillan Haghighat, So., North Shore H.A./Great Neck,NY
Zoe Levy, Jr., Frisch/Paramus,NJ
Liv Solomon, Jr., SAR/Bronx,NY
Eliana Wolfson, Jr., H.A. Miami/Miami Beach,FL
2nd Team All-Jewish Hoops America
Shira Abramson, So., Shalhevet/Los Angeles,CA
Shylee Blavvise, So., Rochelle Zell/Deerfield,IL
Izzy Nadtrich, Jr., Frisch/Paramus,NJ
Leila Sakhai, Sr., Ramaz/New York,NY
Mikayla Trajtenberg, Jr., Barrack H.A./Bryn Mawr,PA
3rd Team All-Jewish Hoops America
Nava Bousbib, Jr., SAR/Bronx,NY
Daria Lennon, Sr., Ida Crown/Skokie,IL
Jamie Morris, Sr., CHAT/Toronto,ON
Izzy Wilbur, Jr., Fuchs Mizrachi/Beachwood,OH
Lilly Yalovsky, Sr., Yavneh Dallas/Dallas,TX
Honorable Mention
Ava Cohen, Fr., SAR/Bronx,NY
Nitzahn Epstein, Jr., Berman H.A./Rockville,MD
Addison Floumanhaft, Sr., HANC/Uniondale,NY
Sarah Kahane, Sr., Margolin/Memphis,TN
Leah Kaplan, Sr., Maimonides/Brookline,MA
Shirel Kashimallek, Sr., North Shore H.A./Great Neck,NY
Shana Leibowitz, So., Beth Tfiloh/Baltimore,MD
Tali Loeffler, Sr., Jewish Day School/Rockville,MD
Sami Neff, Jr., Barrack H.A./Bryn Mawr,PA
Megan Sharf, Sr., HAFTR/Cedarhurst,NY
Danielle Shalom, So., Ilan/Deal,NJ
Leah Sicklick, Jr., SKA/Lawrence,NY
Shana Strohli, Jr., H.A. Miami/Miami Beach,FL
Inbar Vicus, Sr., CHAT/Toronto,ON
Final 2024-25 Chai High JHA Top 18
1.SAR/Bronx,NY…………………………………………26-2
2.Frisch/Paramus,NJ…………………………………19-2
3.Shalhevet/Los Angeles,CA ………………….17-11
4.North Shore H.A./Great Neck,NY……….26-5
5.Tanenbaum CHAT/Toronto,ON ………….24-3
6.YULA/Los Angeles,CA………………………….21-13
7.SKA/Hewlett,NY………………………………………17-6
8.Hebrew Academy/Miami Beach,FL…….22-9
9.Barrack H.A./Bryn Mawr,PA…………………..10-8
10.Milken/Los Angeles,CA…………………………12-14
11.Ida Crown/Skokie,IL……………………………….17-10
12.Ramaz/New York,NY……………………………..10-10
13.Maimonides/Brookline,MA……………………12-9
14.Katz YHS/Boca Raton,FL………………………,,12-5
15.Ilan/Deal,NJ……………………………………………..12-9
16.Flatbush/Brooklyn,NY…………………………….13-14
17.Beth Tfiloh/Pikesville,MD……………………….13-12
18.Rochelle Zell/Deerfield,IL……………………...16-11
PAST PLAYERS OF THE YEAR
2024 - Yalee Schwartz, Shalhevet
2023 - Yalee Schwartz, Shalhevet
2022 - Yalee Schwartz, Shalhevet
PAST COACHES OF THE YEAR
2024 - Ryan Coleman, Shalhevet
2023 - Becky Silberman, Jewish Day School
2022 - Ryan Coleman, Shalhevet