All-State Girls BB 2026: First Team

Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year Kaleena Smith of Ontario Christian and just officially named NorCal Player of the Year McKenna Woliczko of Archbishop Mitty are among the headliners on the 47th annual Cal-Hi Sports all-state girls basketball teams. We also found it correct to have a spot for the top junior, sophomore and even freshman player of the year among our first 10. Go inside for writeups of all 10 first team honorees.

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2026 CAL-HI SPORTS ALL-STATE
ELITE GIRLS BASKETBALL TEAMS

FIRST TEAM OVERALL

(All presented in alphabetical order)

G – Addison Archer (Rancho Christian, Temecula) 5-10. Fr.

Over the last few years, including the last two seasons when Kaleena Smith and Tatianna Griifin were selected as freshmen, we mentioned more than once how rare it is for a freshman to be selected Elite All State First Team. Now, for the third-straight season Addisson Archer joins those two along with also being selected to the Los Angeles Times’ 2025-26 All-Star girls’ basketball team and to the All CIF-SS Open Division squad.

Archer is the “latest in the pipeline of bucket-getters” in the arsenal of 2026 State Coach of the Year Marlon Wells at Rancho Christian. Wells, who previously had former state career scoring leader Charde Houston at San Diego High and current state career scoring leader (and his adopted daughter) Destiny Littleton at Bishop’s of La Jolla, says based on her freshman scoring numbers she’s ahead of the pace of both while still not yet developing a consistent three-point shot. What Archer can do is relentlessly attack the basket and with a muscular frame she’s hard to stop. A 50-point outing in a league win versus Heritage (Menifee) was her season high. She also had 36 points in a regional playoff win over Bakersfield Christian and 44 points when Rancho Christian got a win in the regional playoffs against CIF San Diego Section Open Division champion Francis Parker. Archer scored 905 points in 34 games for the Eagles this season for a 26.6 per game average, plus she also averaged 6.4 rebounds, 5.5 assists and 2.9 steals per.

F – Cydnee Bryant (Centennial, Corona) 6-4, Sr.

There hasn’t been a real big name basketball and volleyball standout in California since Kerri Walsh starred in the mid-1990s at Archbishop Mitty (San Jose) and led her team to the 1995 CIF Division III state championship and also led the Monarchs to three straight (1993-1995) CIF state volleyball championships. Bryant has not achieved that kind of fame yet and had a lot more help on the basketball court than Walsh. However, there is little doubt Ms. double-double machine, who will play both basketball and volleyball at Kansas, was the top player on 2026 CIF Division I state championship Huskies and it’s not surprising she was the only player on Centennial to be named All CIF Southern Section Open Division on the 13-player squad and also become the only Centennial player to be named Elite All State First Team.

On the season, Bryant was second on the team in scoring at 15.9 points per game and led the team at 15.9 rebounds a game and 3.1 blocks per contest. In the SoCal D1 title-game, she went for a double-double 17 points and 21 rebounds, and in the CIF D1 state championship Bryant had another double-double after finishing with 13 points and 13 rebounds with five assists. One of her better performances game in the CIFSS play-in game to move on to the state championships when she had 32 points and 19 rebounds in a 66-55 win over Lakewood Saint Joseph. She also represented California in all the postseason senior all-star games, including the McDonald’s game and the BallIsLife Seaworld All American game where Bryant went for a double-double 16 points and 14 rebounds with three blocks.

G – Arynn Finley (Etiwanda) 5-10, Sr.

The Eagles lost a ton of talent with the graduation of 2025 Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year Aliyahna “Puff” Morris plus all-state first team Grace Knox, but Etiwanda did return itss No. 3 scorer from two season in Finley. The Arizona-bound Finley, who switched up after initially committing to Florida, nearly doubled her scoring output from two seasons ago when she averaged 12.4 points per game with 4.1 rebounds, 3.4 assists, 2.4 steals. This past season Finley averaged 23.7 points, 4.6 rebounds, 2.8 assists, 2.4 steals and 1.7 blocks per game. Finley was also named All CIF Southern Section Open Division. She is the only Eagles’ player on first team for 2026 and concurrent with that she also moves up from third team the Elite All State First Team.

F – Tatianna “Tati” Griffin
(Ontario Christian) 5-11, Soph.

After becoming one of the few freshmen to be named Elite All State First Team last year when she also was honored as the Cal-Hi Sports State Freshman of the Year, Tati makes it two-state first team selections after already being named the Cal-Hi Sports State Sophomoremof the Year. An amazing thing about Tati is she is tough as nails. Back in July of 2025 when we saw Griffin at the Cali Cup in Mission Viejo, the day after we evaluated her we got word that Griffin had gone down with a knee injury that some thought might possibly end her season. The injury was serious but turned out to not be season ending. She rehabbed until the end of September and despite showing signs of the injury in several games we saw her play in, Griffin played in all 36 games for the Lady Knights, and even on three-plus wheels Tati is like a bulldozer compared to other girls her age and an offensive and defensive juggernaut.

In the CIF Open Division state championship 56-49 victory over Archbishop Mitty of San Jose, her defense and physicality were part of the reason Mitty was held to a season low on offense. Tati only had 12 points but eight rebounds and clogged the paint despite only being right around 6-feet tall. For the season, Tati was second on the team in scoring at 21.3 points per game, second in rebounds at 7.9 per game plus 3.2 assists and 1.6 steals a contest. He high water mark and career-high came in a win over Cal-Hi Sports State Top 20 Fairmont Prep of Anaheim when she went for 44 points and 10 rebounds with four assists. That was one of nine double-doubles she registered with one triple double last season. The triple-double came against State Top 20 Rancho Christian (Temecula) when she had 24 points, 15 rebounds and 11 assists. Another outstanding performance came in the first win over Archbishop Mitty when Tati had a very solid 20 points and 16 rebounds in a 96-87 double-overtime victory. According to ESPN, not only is Tati the top sophomore in California, but the entire nation. According to several analysts, if Griffin can stay healthy she has a chance to be one of California’s all-time greats.

G – Amalia Holguin (Sage Hill, Newport Beach) 5-9, Sr.

This is the third time Holguin had garnered an Elite All State selection but the first time she has made first team after making third team as a sophomore and second team last season. When the question of Cal-Hi Sports State Senior of the Year arose the name of Holguin came up based on the fact she led Sage Hill to a CIF Southern Regional Open Division semifinal victory over Sierra Canyon after that team had upset Ontario Christian. However, even though she was not chosen, it solidified the Texas-signee’s position as a top five player in the state. The deadly long-range shooter and durable Holguin was the only Sage Hill player to play in all 34 games of a 28-6 season and played nearly 25 minutes per game. Holguin finished the season with per game averages of 22.4 points, 4.2 rebounds, 3.8 assists and 1.9 steals, and just short of 100 three-pointers with 99 this season.

A highlight for her was on January 26 in a win over Laguna Beach when she cracked the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book in two spots. Her 64 points will make the Most Points (Game) list and is the second-most ever in Orange County history and her 13 made three-pointers will make the Most Three-Point Field Goals (Game) list and tied the Orange County record. Only her stats for her junior and senior seasons have been fully reported with 1,225 total points, but in looking back at her sophomore season when she averaged 14.4 points per game and some of her freshman season game stats its believed Holguin had somewhere around 1,800-1,900 career points. On a final note, Holguin only was chosen for one postseason all-star game, the BallIsLive Seaworld All American game and although she did not gamer MVP honors she was instrumental in her Sharks’ team’s 89-71 victory with 16 points (three three-pointers) plus seven rebounds and four assists.

F/C – Maliya Hunter (Archbishop Mitty, San Jose) 6-2, Soph.

An Elite All State First Team selection from last season when she averaged 10.5 points and 5.9 rebounds per game and was also named also the Bay Area News Group CIF Central Coast Section Player of the Year, Maliya returns to the Elite First Team this season after upping her numbers and averaging 13.7 points (31 three-pointers) and 6.5 rebounds per game. Hunter had her struggles in the two losses to Ontario Christian like most of the Monarchs, including the CIF Open Division title game 56-49 loss. However, in a defensive battle she was still the only player besides teammate McKenna Woliczko to hit double-figure scoring for Mitty after finishing with 11 points plus seven rebounds. She is still one of the top overall sophomores and one of the top inside players in the state. Early on, and before teammate Woliczko returned from her injury, the daughter of Stanford assistant coach Wayne Hunter shined. At the Nike TOC she helped lead Mitty to a 58-46 victory over Maryland Bullis in third-place game after finishing with 29 points and 68 points overall in the four games. Her biggest game of the season came against state-ranked Rancho Christian when she dominated the paint and finished with a double-double 34 points and 10 rebounds.

G – Jerzy Robinson (Sierra Canyon, Chatsworth) 6-1, Sr.

Robinson has been one of the top players in the state ever since coming to California from Phoenix prior to her sophomore season. That year she snagged an All State Elite Second Team selection and finished as a close runner-up to McKenna Woliczko for Cal-Hi Sports State Sophomore of the Year. With Woliczko out last season with an injury, there was pretty much little doubt Robinson, who is currently regarded as the No. 3 top recruit in the class of 2026 by several recruiting services, was going to be almost a slam dunk to garner State Junior of the Year honors, and she did and also moved up from Second Team to All State Elite First Team. The CIF Southern Section Co-Player of the Year adds a second-straight All State First Team Elite honor this year and in a razor thin race with Woliczko this season for Cal-Hi Sports State Senior of Year she captured that award as well.

Although her Sierra Canyon team faltered in the CIF Southern Regional Open Division semifinals, Jerzy’s performance in the CIF Southern Section Open Division 69-62 victory over Ontario Christian where she had a double-double 32 points and 12 rebounds put her over the top for the senior award and at the time put her in contention for Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year. For the overall season, Robinson averaged 21.7 points, 8.4 rebounds, 3.5 assists and 1.5 steals per game. She became Sierra Canyon’s all-time leading scorer when she scored 33 points in a loss to nationally ranked Long Island Lutheran on MLK weekend at the Hoophall Classic, breaking the record of 2,322 held by JuJu Watkins (who also played at another school as a freshman). With her freshman season at Desert Vista, her overall total stands at 3,005 career points. Jerzy was both a McDonald’s All-American and led the Nike Hoop Summit with a game-high 19 points. International play isn’t technically supposed to matter that much for a state high school award, but in both the FIBA U-17 Women’s World Cup in 2024 and the FIBA U-16 Women’s World Cup in 2023 it was Jerzy who was the MVP for the gold-medal winning USA squad. Robinson committed to South Carolina and head coach Dawn Staley early in the season and is expected to become an immediate contributor.

G – Sadie Sin (Clovis) 5-5, Sr.

Here is a player that impressed us the first time we saw her as an incoming freshman in August of 2022 at the Myles McGowan Classic/Fresh Faces event in Oakland, and her game has continued to improve for all four years. Now, after being the leader of the CIF Northern Regional champions and state D1 runner-up Cougars, the recently uncommitted point guard moves up to Elite All State First Team after being selected third team last season. With all due respect to the other members of Clovis, Sin did not have the same kind of supporting cast of any of the teams ranked ahead of the Cougars in the Final Expanded Rankings, yet with her leadership the team had some up and downs but thrived.

Sin stamped herself as a leader early on when she was named the David “Scoop” Jackson MVP pf the Platinum Division of the West Coast Jamboree after the 56-53 win over Hawaii No. 1 Kamehameha Kapalana of Honolulu. Sin scored the game’s first nine points and finished with 19 points (one three-pointer, five rebounds, five assists and three steals). She was also was 8-of-9 from the free throw line, including hitting two that helped secure the win with less than 20 seconds remaining. In the D1 state championship title game, Sin was exceptional and finished with 19 points (three three-pointers) and seven assists but against Centennial it just wasn’t enough. On the season, Sin, the Tri-River Athletic Conference and CIF Central Section Player of the Year, averaged 15.8 points, 3.0 rebounds and 2.9 assists. Her points total of 586 this past season coupled with 1,565 thru her junior means Sin finishes as the all-time leading scorer in Clovis history with 2,151 career points.

G – Kaleena Smith (Ontario Christian) 5-6, Jr.

After being among a very few select freshmen to make All State Elite First Team two years ago when she was the State Freshman of the Year, Smith was pretty much a no-brainer for State Sophomore of the Year honors last season and was a razor thin close runner-up and only other real major contender for Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year last season when she was edged out by Aliyana Morris of Etiwanda. Now, now only does “Special K” as she’s known add a third-straight All State First Team Elite selection, she has captured the 2026 Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year, plus obviously the State Junior of the Year. The CIF Southern Section Co-Player of the Year (with Jerzy Robinson) headlines this year’s Elite All State First Team.

Smith’s numbers this season, while not quite as high as her phenomenal freshman season, but better than last season, were off the charts. What was even more impressive was that she did it in a schedule that included many of the state’s top teams and several of the nation’s top teams as well. Special K averaged 31.5 points, 3.7 rebounds, 6.9 assists and 4.5 steals per game. She made 138 three-pointers and hit on 89 percent of her free throws. Her high water mark for points was 51 in a rout of Anaheim Esperanza, but the other time she went for 50 in a game was when she had a nifty 50 in an 96-87 double overtime victory over an Archbishop Mitty of San Jose that finished directly behind Cal-Hi Sports top-ranked Ontario Christian in the Final Expanded State Rankings. Against Mitty in the CIF Open Division championship game 56-49 victory in a defensive grinder, the triple-teaming defense of Mitty head coach Sue Phillips could not stop Smith. She led all scorers with 24 points, plus three rebounds and five assists, but it was her ability to be able to drive through and around the Mitty defense that inevitably made her live up to her nickname of “Special K” that she’s had for many years.

The 1,103 total points last season actually led the state and gets Smith a second spot in the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book Most Points Season (List) after the 1,153 points she had as a freshman. With still potentially another season to go, her 2,997 points already qualifies Kaleena for a Top 20 spot on the Most Points (Career) list in the state record book. Her 138 made three-pointers gets Special K a second spot on the Most Three-Point Field Goals Made (Season) list after the first one for her freshman season where she had 179 made treys. Kaleena’s 89 percent average from the free-throw line this season and her 86-percent career percentage from the charity stripe gains her two additional record book spots on the Highest Free Throw Percentages and Highest Free Throw Percentages (Season) lists, respectively.

Every single rating service has Special K as the top player from the Class of 2027 in the nation, and although some national evaluators have her ranked No. 3 overall beyond seniors Saniyah Hall of Florida and Olivia Edwards of Washington, many other college coaches we’ve talked too among elite programs feel despite only being 5-foot-6 while the others are 6-footers, Smith was the top player in the nation this season. It is not surprising that Special K was one of the first high school players to sign an image and likeness deal that reportedly has brought her hundreds of thousands of dollars. It’s no wonder she has drawn major interest from UCLA, USC, South Carolina, UConn, TCU and Notre Dame, plus a ton of other hopefuls that likely do not have a chance.

F – McKenna Woliczko (Archbishop Mitty, San Jose) 6-2, Sr.

Because she missed almost all of the 2024-2025 season with a knee injury Woliczko was unable to make it three straight Elite All State First Team selections, and she couldn’t follow up her selections as the Cal-Hi Sports State Freshman of the Year and State Sophomore of the Year. However, despite missing the early part of this season before returning from that same injury, Woliczko makes it three out of four Elite First Team honors with freshman, sophomore and now senior season selections, and that is pretty good for the Iowa-bound star who was also was just edged out the Cal-Hi Sports State Senior of the Year. McKenna also has now just been officially added to the list of NorCal Players of the Year. She’s the winner for 2026, which matches what she did for 2023 as a freshman and 2024 as a sophomore. Mitty’s Haley Jones (2017-2019) is the only other three-time NorCal Player of the Year, which is cool when you see some of the others who are on the list twice (including Sabrina Ionescu and Chelsea Gray).

When we first heard about McKenna it was in 2022 and prior to her freshman season but we did not see her because she was off playing softball. At the time she was considered one of the top softball prospects in the state and won several softball awards before deciding to concentrate on basketball prior to her junior season, and the decision has paid off. Some might argue that Woliczko had a claim to be state senior of the year based on the fact she was selected to the MaxPreps All-American Girls Basketball Team but nonetheless she leaves Mitty as one of the most decorated Monarchs of all time. Last season, she averaged 20.7 points, 11.1 rebounds, and 2.5 assists per game, shot 70.2-percent from the field and 80.8-percent from the free-throw line and she did it playing sparingly in many blowouts.

Had head coach Sue Phillips not rested her in the blowouts and had she not missed over a season’s worth of games, Woliczko likely would have easily qualified for the Most Points (Career) list in the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book, but even so she finished with 1,892 points (21.3 ppg) along with 835 rebounds (9.4 rpg) and although there is no category for it in the record book it was amazing she finished shooting 63.7 percent from the field. Although she wasn’t the MVP of any postseason all-star games in her last game as a high-schooler McKenna set the rebounding record at the Nike Hoop Summit with 13 rebounds to go along with 10 points and six assists.

Note: Co-founder Mark Tennis contributed to this report.

Harold Abend is the associate editor of CalHiSports.com and the vice president of the California Prep Sportswriters Association. He can be reached at marketingharoldabend@gmail.com. Don’t forget to follow him on Twitter: @HaroldAbend