Purcell Marian High School
Basketball
Class of 2025

Purcell Marian graduating senior Dee Alexander is one of the most decorated student-athletes in Ohio high school sports' history. The basketball star scored 2,348 career points and led her team to four straight Ohio state championships, a feat accomplished only by four teams in Ohio high school history. She scored more career points and pulled down more career rebounds than any other player in school history.

Among her many awards are being named a McDonald's high school All-American, a three-time Ms. Ohio Basketball winner and a two-time LaRosa's female Athlete of the Year, thus becoming the only student-athlete to win back-to-back LaRosa's MVP of the Year Awards in the history of the program. In addition, for four straight years, she has been named MVC Player of the Year, Cincinnati Div. II/II Player of the Year by the Enquirer and Ohio Div. II/III Player of the Year. She was been named SWO District 16 Player of the Year four straight years. She also was Gatorade Ohio Basketball Player of the Year two years in a row. Even better, Greater Cincinnati will continue to see Dee Alexander's exceptional skills and talent on the court as she has committed to play her college basketball at the University of Cincinnati.

Success began early for Dee Alexander; her freshman year she set a school record for single-game scoring when she put up 49 points (to go along with 15 rebounds) in a win vs. McNicholas. When she was named Ms. Ohio Basketball as a sophomore, she was only the second sophomore in Ohio history to earn that honor. Her junior season, Dee scored a school-record 682 points and led Purcell Marian (29-1) to a third consecutive Ohio state title.

Recognized as one of the best high school players in the United States, Dee was invited to participate in the 2024 USA Basketball Women's U17 National Team trials in Colorado Springs. During the summer of 2023, Dee was a member of the USA Basketball U16 National Women's team that won a gold medal at the FIBA Americas Championships in Merida, Mexico.

CONGRATULATIONS, DEE!
MVP of the Week - April 22, 2025

Moeller High School
Football-Baseball
Class of 2026

Just a junior, Moeller's Matt Ponatoski has established himself as one of the top two-sport prospects in the country, getting numerous scholarship offers in both football as a quarterback and baseball as a shortstop. He is the first player in Ohio history to win the Gatorade Player of the Year honor in both football and baseball. He was also the Cincinnati Enquirer's High School Sports Awards' Cincinnati Co-Athlete of the Year.

This past season in football, Matt threw for 4,107 yards and 56 touchdowns, both school records, to lead the Crusaders to a state runner-up finish. For his career, he has thrown for 7,544 yards and 86 touchdowns. He holds school records for passing completions, attempts, yards and TDs. His 56 TD passes this past season surpassed the number of single-season TD passes thrown by Joe Burrow during his remarkable high school seasons at Athens High School.

For his stellar play, Matt earned numerous honors, including being named Mr. Ohio Football, Gatorade Ohio Football Player of the Year, MaxPrep's Ohio Player of the Year, Ohio Offensive Player of the Year, Southwest Ohio Offensive Player of the Year and GCL South Offensive Player of the Year.

In baseball, Matt is a highly touted all-star shortstop and pitcher, who was offered a baseball scholarship to the University of Missouri when he was just 13 years old. He has since de-committed to weigh all of his options.

As a sophomore on the diamond, he hit .391 with a .500 on-base percentage, He hit three home runs, had 33 RBI and 13 steals in 31 games for the Crusaders. He was selected first-team all-city by the Enquirer.

This season, he led Moeller to the GCL-South title, finishing the season with a 25-4 record. Matt led the league in hitting (.440 average) and RBI (38). He also scored 28 runs and had 12 stolen bases. Matt has not yet selected which sport to play at the next level and will return for both sports at Moeller in the fall.

CONGRATULATIONS, MATT!