2025 Times All-Area Girls Basketball Team

Honoring 25 of the area’s top girls basketball players as selected by The Times Sports staff, here is the Times All-Area Girls Basketball Team.

First Team

Marlie Orlandi, Ottawa, sr.

The Times 2025 Girls Basketball Player of the Year returned after missing her junior season due to injury and played like she was never away, averaging 14.1 points, 5.0 rebounds, 1.7 assists and 2.2 steals per game for the 24-8, Class 3A regional champion Pirates. She is a unanimous selection.

Orlandi was a first-team Interstate 8 Conference selection and received all-state special mention from the Illinois Basketball Coaches Association.

Ella Derossett, FCW, sr.

An all-around threat and one of the area’s most potent scorers, Derossett averaged 19.4 points, 6.1 rebounds, 3.5 steals and 1.9 assists per game. She led an underdog Flanagan-Cornell/Woodland team to an improbable Class 1A regional championship. She was selected to the All-Heart of Illinois Conference first team and was a IBCA special mention. She is a unanimous selection.

Alyssa Zellers, Seneca, sr.

The only double-digit scorer on the balanced, 25-win, Class 2A regional champion Fighting Irish, Zellers averaged 13.7 points, 2.9 rebounds, 2.1 assists and 2.8 steals per game during her senior season. Also a first-team selection of the Tri-County Conference, Zellers was a unanimous selection.

Kaitlyn Davis, Marquette, so.

Stepping into a leading role for the 21-win Crusaders as a sophomore, Davis proved she was ready by putting up averages of 17.8 points, 5.9 rebounds, 2.9 assists, 3.3 steals and 1.9 blocks per game for Marquette. She is a unanimous selection. Davis was a first-team choice of the Tri-County Conference and an IBCA All-State special mention.

Jenna Setchell, Serena, sr.

Like Davis, Setchell took over as her team’s primary playmaker and excelled in the role, leading the Huskers to a 23-8 season and another Little Ten Conference championship. She averaged 14.3 points, 4.4 rebounds, 3.0 assists and 2.8 steals per game. She also was honored with a spot on the Little Ten All-Conference Team and the IBCA All-State special mention list.

Second Team

Hannah Treptow, Sandwich, sr.

Skylar Dorsey, Ottawa, sr.

Macy Gochanour, Fieldcrest, jr.

Ella Schmitz, Ottawa, sr.

Hunter Hopkins, Marquette, so.

Third Team

Mary Stisser, Ottawa, jr.

Audry McNabb, Seneca, sr.

Ava Gwaltney, Streator, jr.

Macy Mahler, Serena, sr.

Abby Hohmann, Somonauk/Leland, jr.

Honorable Mention

TerriLynn Timmerman, Fieldcrest, so.; Alayla Harris, Sandwich, so.; Natalie Hall, Earlville, sr.; Pru Mangan, Fieldcrest, jr.; Grayson Provance, Seneca, so.; Emma Palaschak, FCW, so.; Hailey Larsen, Ottawa, sr.; Evelyn O’Connor, sr., Seneca; Kiley Mason, Somonauk/Leland, jr.; Kesley Cuchra, Marquette, so.