As the North Carolina Tar Heels are enjoying their offseason, many incoming players, including [autotag]Ciera Toomey[/autotag], are earning high accolades.
The five-star recruit out of Dunmore, Pennsylvania, was awarded Player of the Year in Class 3A, an honor the Pennsylvania Sports Writers voted on. The honor stems from a historic tournament run where Toomey led the Dunmore Bucks to a championship.
According to NEPASportsNation, the championship win ended a 24-year drought by District 2 girls’ basketball teams at the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association Championships. Toomey received the award alongside her mother, Carrie Toomey, who earned Coach of the Year in Class 3A.
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The most notable thing about Toomeys’ tournament run is that she was expected to be out her entire senior season to rehab from reconstructive knee surgery. Instead, Toomey added to her high school legacy while giving UNC fans a glimpse of what was coming.
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