RESULTS: Gastonia, Shelby area boys and girls basketball preseason Players of the Year

After weeks of voting, Kings Mountain sophomore phenom Bradley Floyd and Hunter Huss senior standout Myla Hoover emerged as the fans’ choice for 2023 Gaston Gazette and Shelby Star Preseason Player of the Year.

Floyd received just shy of 25% of the boys’ vote, outpacing Lincolnton’s L.J. Smith and Burns’ Kamari Surratt. Floyd averaged 15.8 points per game his freshman year, in addition to 6.1 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 1.8 steals.

Hoover received 21.6% of the girls’ vote. East Lincoln’s Kiara Anderson was her nearest competition, receiving just shy of 12.9%.

The Huss senior standout helped the Huss girls basketball team to the Big South 3A title. She scored 15.4 points per game last season, adding 3.3 rebounds, 2.7 steals and 2.5 assists.

After scoring 22 points Nov. 28 in a 63-54 win over Hickory, Hoover is 26 points shy of her 1,000th career point.

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Here are other players nominated.

Boys basketball

• A.J. Adams, Crest

• Nico Aguilar, Forestview

• Gideon Allen, West Lincoln

• Dylan Bradley, South Point

• Deshawn Coulter, Gaston Day

• Trimell Dunlap, Hunter Huss

• Jackson Fannon, East Lincoln

• Kelan Flowers, Lincoln Charter

• Darian Floyd, Cherryville

• Zamarius “Z-Man” Gladden, Hunter Huss

• Kenneth Greene, Ashbrook

• Houston Hartsell, East Lincoln

• Alex Helton, Forestview

• Jonny Johnson, Burns

• Kellen Karr, North Lincoln

• Greyson Kines, South Point

• Santana London, Shelby

• Landen Lyerly, Lincolnton

• Makoi Mabor Marier, Gaston Christian

• Jayden Massey, Mountain Island Charter

• Caleb Nesbitt, Mountain Island Charter

• Cameron Newman, Gaston Christian

• David Reed Jr., Lincoln Charter

• King Rhodes, Crest

• Tucker Robinette, Kings Mountain

• Ty Sanders, North Lincoln

• Elijah Sherrill, Highland Tech

• Trenton Sherrill, East Gaston

• L.J. Smith, Lincolnton

• D’Various “Pluto” Surratt, Crest

• Kamari Surratt, Burns

• Taelan Whitley, Stuart Cramer

Girls basketball

• Kiara “Kiki” Anderson, East Lincoln

• Nykira Arrington, Ashbrook

• Happy Arune, Gaston Christian

• Lexi Boulware, East Gaston

• Mia Bridges, Kings Mountain

• Lyric Brown, Piedmont Community Charter

• Maggie Earl, Burns

• Sydnie Enste, Shelby

• Maddie Frank, South Point

• Amya Graham, South Point

• Duraejah Hardin, Ashbrook

• Camellia Holland, Lincolnton

• Oshauna Holland, Stuart Cramer

• Esynce Howze, Burns

• Kari Lee, Crest

• Jaleila Littlejohn, North Gaston

• Kallie Lusk, Lincoln Charter

• Bailey Maiers, Highland Tech

• Farri Martin, Kings Mountain

• Addie McCraw, Highland Tech

• Breana McEntire, Shelby

• Hailey McFadden, East Lincoln

• Emma Montanari, East Lincoln

• Amani Neely, Forestview

• Zoey Owenby, West Lincoln

• Kiona Pettus, Bessemer City

• Tionna Pettus, Bessemer City

• Blair Riley, Forestview

• Brooklyn Swann, Hunter Huss

• Symphani Stevens, Lincoln Charter

• Monica Surratt, Crest

• RaNya Watkins, North Gaston

• Hadley Womack, Stuart Cramer

This article originally appeared on The Gaston Gazette: NCHSAA basketball: Gastonia, Shelby area Players of the Year polls