Saliby was a team captain who picked up her game just when the region champions needed it most. Also a softball player, Saliby finished the season averaging 14.6 points and 13.2 rebounds per game, but often her contributions weren't captured in statistics.

"She's always got a smile on her face," Reed said. "She's always trying to pick everyone else up. She likes to have a good time, and she works extremely hard."

That hard work extended to every aspect of Saliby's life. She maintained a 3.74 GPA and will graduate with her associate degree thanks to concurrent enrollment classes. She hopes to be a nurse.

"She's an overachiever," said Reed. "You're talking about a player who's 5-9 down in the paint rebounding."

3A MVP: Camille Fehlberg, Emery

This senior isn't the loudest player on the floor, but she is impossible not to notice.

"Sometimes when she calls out plays you can hardly hear her," said Spartans coach Steve Gordon. "She is a leader by example."

Fehlberg and the Spartans lost in the 3A title game last season, and Gordon believes that's some of what drove Fehlberg and her teammates to earn a victory in that final game this season.

"They got a taste of that (loss) and didn't want that again," he said.

Fehlberg was key to the successful season. She led the team to an undefeated region title and then a state championship with her intense, hard work.

"She didn't need to score as much for us this year because we had other players," Gordon said. "She gave the ball up a ton.

"But in that championship game, our offense was cold, and she just took over."

She will attend college on a track scholarship, although she's still deciding which offer to accept. She is a 4.0 student, academic all-state and a sterling scholar in math.

2A MVP: Aubrey Lindgren, South Sevier

A two-year starter, Lindgren's strength is her quickness.

"She is very intense," said Rams head coach Randy Madsen. "She is athletic and quick."

Her speed is something other teams might not expect from a 5-foot-10 forward who prides herself on mixing it up inside. But she is not limited by her size or her position.

"She plays forward, but she can go inside and outside," Madsen said. "She can shoot the 3, and this year she shot 74 percent from the field. That's unbelievable."

Especially for a sophomore

But Madsen said the young lady is so driven, she seems to live for those heart-stopping moments.