Colonial Council All-Stars named

Here is the list of the 2011-12 Colonial Council girls’ basketball all-stars. The selections were made on a vote of league coaches.

Watervliet junior point guard Ailayia Demand has been named the league’s Most Valuable. Demand helped lead the Cannoneers to Colonial Council and Section II Class B titles. Watervliet spent the majority of the season ranked No. 1 in the state.

 Ailayia Demand (Watervliet)

My’Asia Alston (Cohoes)
Mikayla Deguire (Watervliet)
Sam Randio (Ravena)
Sarah Madden (Voorheesville)
Nina Spicer (Holy Names)

J’Vanay Santos (Albany Academy)
Hannah Friend (Holy Names)
Jen Cillis (Voorheesville)
Lashana Tolliver (Watervliet)
Kayla Hotaling (Ravena)

Alicia Razanousky (Ichabod Crane)
Sarah McDonald (Cohoes)
Amber Maiello (Mechanicville)
Katelyn Murray (Watervliet)
Jessica Bellai (Schalmont)
Mary Kate Murray (Holy Names)


  1. Renel Potter

    How on earth did J’Vanay Santos not make first team?! She’s far better than anyone on this list and dominated the league. Not to mention she was the only girl of all these canidates to surpass 1000 points and lead the league in scoring 2 years in a row. Shame on the coaches for cheating her out of a spot she deserves. J’Vanay Santos = MVP or first team at the least!

  2. section II fan

    Potter, Santos may be great but her team never had a good record all year! The girls on the first team lead their teams to wins, not just scoring.

  3. JD

    Santos and academy were overwhelmed by Vliet, so domination was not an accurate description of league play.

  4. Renel Potter

    They were 500 and made it to the 2nd round of the playoffs where they lost on a buzzer beater…If she had vliet’s team she would have put up equally impressive numbers probably better. Its an mvp award she was clearly mvp if you take her off academy team they don’t win a game. She was a huge asset and the other girls had help all around them which was evident but J’Vanay was out there by herself most nights doing her best and still had her team in contention.

  5. JR

    Any good player who plays as an individual will put up good stats, if that is your goal that is good. For those good players who play for the benefit of their team, the individual stats will not be as high, but the team stats will rise. Sacrafice is what makes an MVP, or the only thing your most valuable to is yourself. If anyone plays for themselves in Vliet, they will watch the rest of the games from the stands.

  6. Renel

    They had very different situations…Jvanay and academy were like Lebron and Cleveland where the other girls are like the lakers or spurs or thunder. 1 dominate player with much lesser athletes around him vs great TEAMS, that didn’t stop LBJ from getting MVP because he dominated and did the best he could with what he had it is an individual award not a team award championships are for teams awards are for individuals there’s just no reason she shouldn’t make 1st team

  7. JR

    What is the value of a player who doesnt play for their team, this is not an individual sport. An MVP draws the strength out of her team mates, passes, steals, motivates and knows how to utilize their individual skill set for the betterment of their team. The other side of the coin is stat leaders, if you lead an individual stat you are recognized as such, but that doesnt make you valuable to your team. It was the coaches job to teach this skill and explain the importance. Vliet doesnt have one good season after another because they always have the best players, its the system they buy into and make everything about the team, Demand bought into this philosphy and that coupled with her hard work ethos made her the clear MVP.