By RICK PETERSON
TopSports.news
Shawnee Heights senior Adysen Burghart has been named a first-team All-United Kansas Conference selection by UKC coaches, one of three T-Birds to receive all-league recognition.
Shawnee Heights senior Adysen Burghart was a first-team All-United Kansas Conference selection. [File photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Heights senior Taylor Hawkins was a second-team All-UKC pick while senior Tatum Brown received honorable mention.
Leavenworth seniors Aleshia Jones and De Soto senior Katelynn Ostronic were selected as the conference co-players of the year while Lansing's KC Simmons was named the UKC coach of the year.
Ostronic and Jones were joined on the all-league first team by Burghart, Lansing juniors Kamryn Farris and Mackenzie Manthe and and Basehor-Linwood senior Adell Gore.
![Shawnee Heights senior Taylor Hawkins was a second-team All-United Kansas Conference selection. [File photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]](/images/2024/08/TaylorHawkins2.jpg)
Shawnee Heights senior Taylor Hawkins was a second-team All-United Kansas Conference selection. [File photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Shawnee Heights senior Tatum Brown received All-UKC honorable mention. [File photo by Rex Wolf/TSN]
Hawkins was joined on the second team by Lansing juniors Caitlin Bishop and Mckenzie Moburg, Basehor-Linwood seniors Addison Penegar and Isabel Sibert and De Soto senior Kadey Waite.
Shawnee Heights finished the 2020-21 season with a 5-13 record.
ALL-UNITED KANSAS CONFERENCE BASKETBALL
First team
Adysen Burghart, sr., Shawnee Heights; Kamryn Farris, jr., Lansing; Adell Gore, sr., Basehor-Linwood; Aleshia Jones, sr., Leavenworth; Mackenzie Manthe, jr., Lansing; Katelynn Ostronic, sr., De Soto.
Second team
Caitlin Bishop, jr., Lansing; Taylor Hawkins, sr., Shawnee Heights; Mckenzie Moburg, jr., Lansing; Addison Penegar, sr., Basehor-Linwood; Isabel Sibert, sr., Basehor-Linwood; Kadey Waite, sr., De Soto.
Honorable mention
Basehor-Linwood: Sarah Lawless, jr. De Soto: Hayleigh Henderson, sr. Leavenworth: Kaylee Mclain, jr.; Sedona Posch, sr.; Jariah Wright, jr. Shawnee Heights: Tatum Brown, sr.
Co-players of the year -- Aleshia Jones, Leavenworth, and Katelynn Ostronic, De Soto.
Coach of the year -- KC Simmons, Lansing.
