Schuylkill Valley Junior Hannah West Selected as First Player of the Week

Schuylkill Valley junior 5-9 wing Hannah West has started the 2025-26 season on a heater.

West scored 25 points in a season-opening win over Pine Grove Dec. 3, 18 points in a loss to Pequea Valley Dec. 5, and 14 points in a win over Tulpehocken Dec. 6, earning her the first BerksGirlsBasketball.com Player of the Week selection of the season.

Hannah West puts up a 3 against Brandywine Heights last season. (PhilMarPhoto)

Each week, beginning with play from Nov. 28-Dec. 7, BGB will select a Player of the Week with input from Berks Girls League coaches.

This season, the selected player will be featured on billboards in central Berks County and in the area of that player's school district, courtesy of Lamar Advertising. Keep an eye out for the billboards featuring West throughout the week.

A mock-up of how the POW billboards will appear throughout the season. (Photo courtesy of Lamar Advertising)

West, who is in her second season with the Panthers after transferring from Gov. Mifflin, is averaging 19.0 points per game, the third-most in the league behind Mifflin's Bella Super and Kutztown's Riley Derstine.

West has worked on her game throughout the offseason in AAU and continues to improve.

She averaged 2.7 ppg as a freshman with 15 3s at Mifflin. In her first year in Leesport, she played in all 21 games and averaged 9.9 ppg with 33 3s and was an all-division honorable mention pick.

“Hannah is off to a great start this season, after a very active offseason,” Schuylkill Valley head coach Jason Bagenstose said. “She has improved her all-around game and we are excited to watch her grow into a leader on our team. She loves playing basketball.”

West's 57 total points in the first week trail only Super's 61.

The sharpshooting West drilled five 3s against Pine Grove, four against Pequea Valley, and two against Tulpehocken. Her 11 3s lead the Berks Girls League.

West also had 10 rebounds against Tulpehocken.

She converted her free throws at a 76.9-percent rate during the first week of play.

Schuylkill Valley's Hannah West. (PhilMarPhoto)

This is West's first selection for Player of the Week and third time a Schuylkill Valley player has been selected as POW. Juliana Stichter won the award in the 2022-23 and 2023-24 seasons.

Player of the Week was initially awarded by Mike Drago Sports, where Berks girls basketball coverage was previously provided from 2022-24.

Players considered for Player of the Week honors are nominated by their coach or by members of the BerksGirlsBasketball.com coverage team.

Also considered for BGB Player of Week:

• Brandywine Heights' Sophia Benner

• Hamburg's Ashayleoni Camper

• Berks Catholic's Abby Cannon

• Kutztown's Riley Derstine

• Wilson's Kailani Hardy

• Exeter's Addison Harper

• Twin Valley's Hailey Kilgore

• Reading High's JilliAnn Laws

• Conrad Weiser's Geniva Paul

• Gov. Mifflin's Bella Super

Selected BGB Player of the Week in 2025-26:

• Dec. 8: Hannah West, Schuylkill Valley

Selected BGB Player of the Week in 2024-25:

• Dec. 9: Yamilex Rodriguez, Reading High

• Dec. 16: Hailey Kilgore, Twin Valley

• Dec. 23: Izzy Buehler, Oley Valley

• Dec. 30: Meredith Fylypowycz, Exeter

• Jan. 6: Amaya Stewart, Wyomissing

• Jan. 13: Kailani Hardy, Wilson

• Jan. 20: Bella Super, Gov. Mifflin

• Jan. 27: Lianna Martir, Muhlenberg

• Feb. 3: Madison Langdon, Berks Catholic

• Feb. 10: Addison Benner, Brandywine Heights

• Feb. 17: Xiani Beatty, Reading High

• Feb. 24: Amaya Stewart, Wyomissing

• March 2: Alexis Hardy, Wyomissing

Selected Player of the Week in 2023-24 on MikeDragoSports.com:

• Dec. 11: Amaya Stewart, Wyomissing

• Dec. 18: Laila Jones, Wilson

• Dec. 25: Juliana Stichter, Schuylkill Valley

• Jan. 1: Grace Reedy, Exeter

• Jan. 8: Morgan Snyder, Oley Valley

• Jan. 15: Violet Houck, Wilson

• Jan. 22: Taylor Koenig, Gov. Mifflin

• Jan. 29: Yamilex Rodriguez, Reading High

• Feb. 5: Madison Langdon, Berks Catholic

• Feb. 12: Madison Langdon, Berks Catholic

• Feb. 19: Amaya Stewart, Wyomissing

• Feb. 26: Annie McCaffrey, Wyomissing

• March 4: Audrey Hurleman, Wyomissing

  
  

Selected Player of the Week in 2022-23 on MikeDragoSports.com:

• Dec. 12: Alexis Hardy, Wyomissing

• Dec. 19: Morgan Snyder, Oley Valley

• Dec. 26: Caraline Herb, Berks Catholic

• Jan. 2: Ashanti Chapman, Reading High

• Jan. 9: Amelia Gassert, Hamburg

• Jan. 16: Juliana Stichter, Schuylkill Valley

• Jan. 23: Laila Jones, Wilson

• Jan. 30: Alexis Hess, Fleetwood

• Feb. 6: Grace Reedy, Exeter

• Feb. 13: Amaya Stewart, Wyomissing

• Feb. 20: Amaya Stewart, Wyomissing

• Feb. 27: Madison Langdon, Berks Catholic

• March 6: Audrey Hurleman, Wyomissing