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Hoops Star Asia Durr Named Parade Player of the Year
The Douglasville native, who starred at St. Pius X in Atlanta, was named the top player in the U.S.
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Asia Durr, the star basketball player from Douglasville who is the all-time leading scorer at St. Pius High School in Atlanta, has been named Parade magazine’s 2015 national girls high school player of the year.
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Durr, who will attend the University of Louisville, scored 2,764 points at St. Pius, the most for any male or female player at the school.
She is a two-time Georgia Miss Basketball who averaged 33.3 points and seven rebounds per game, Parade said
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She has played for Team USA and was the Most Valuable Player at the 2013 Women’s FIBA America’s Cup.
Durr was among 30 girls nationwide named to the Parade All-American team.
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