The Bay State certainly has a history of hooping. That includes the South Shore, which has seen a number of elite high school girls basketball players come out of the area.
In honor of the United States’ 250th birthday, we’re taking a deep dive into the local girls basketball scene to showcase the best high school players to ever come out of the area. Upon extensive research, we picked out the South Shore’s top 10 high school girls basketball players ever.
Each player has a multitude of accolades, but who should be put at the top? Cast a vote for who should be named the best all-time South Shore high school girls basketball player. Voting is unlimited.
Print readers can vote at patriotledger.com.
Our try at the 10 best candidates is below, listed in alphabetical order.
The poll
The candidates
Lauren Battista, Oliver Ames
One of the best players to play under high school girls basketball coaching legend Laney Clement-Holbrook, Battista led OA to a Division 2 state championship in 2010. She earned Gatorade Player of the Year honors for Massachusetts that year with 22 points, 8 rebounds, 4 assists, and 3 steals per game. Battista then won a national championship as a senior at Bentley University, where she graduated with a program record 2,116 points. Battista is now the head coach of Princeton women’s basketball.
Kim Cummings, Brockton
Cummings finished out her career at Brockton High by being selected as the Massachusetts Gatorade Player of the Year in 1992. The year prior, Cummings led the Boxers to a state championship. Another player from the South Shore who played collegiately at Bentley, Cummings became the program’s second all-time leading scorer at the time. She finished her career in 1996 with 1,701 points and 777 rebounds. After college, Cummings played overseas professionally in Norway.
Asiah Dingle, Archbishop Williams
Dingle possesses a lengthy list of accolades from her time at Archies. Dingle led the Bishops to three Massachusetts high school girls basketball state titles in 2015, 2017, and 2018 and was a McDonald’s All-American Game nominee. Dingle was also a two-time All-USA Massachusetts Girls Basketball Team selection by USA Today, and a three-time Catholic Central League MVP. Averaging 19 points, 5 rebounds, 5 assists, and 5 steals per game as a senior, she was named to the Boston Herald Dream Team and finished her career with 1,564 points. Dingle went on to play collegiately at Kent State and Stony Brook.
Val Driscoll, Archbishop Williams
The 6-foot-4 paint protector from Stoughton led the Bishops to consecutive Division 3 state championships in 2007-08. There, she was a four-time Catholic Conference All-Star and lead the league in scoring twice. Driscoll averaged 19.4 points per game as a senior and became the first player in school history to record 1,000 career rebounds. As a junior, she reached 1,000 career points. Driscoll continued her basketball career in the Big Ten, playing for the University of Michigan.
Caroline Ducharme, Milton/Noble & Greenough School
Another Massachusetts Gatorade Player of the Year originating from the South Shore, Ducharme became a star at Noble & Greenough in Dedham by way of Milton. As a senior, she averaged a gaudy 31 points and 15 rebounds to go along with 5 assists, 4 steals, and 4 blocks per game, earning her McDonald’s All-American status. Ducharme played collegiately for the UConn Huskies. She battled injuries for much of her career but was with the team for the national title run in 2025 and 2026 Final Four appearance.
Keri Flynn, Rockland
In 2000, Flynn led the Bulldogs to a Massachusetts high school girls basketball state championship. Finishing her career with a massive total of 2,405 points, Flynn remained the fifth all-time leading scorer in state history for a decade after. In 2014, Flynn became the first athlete at Rockland to have their number retired. She also set the single-game scoring record as a junior, going for 47 points vs. East Bridgewater.
Orlagh Gormley, North Quincy/ Dexter Southfield
Gormely was a standout at two different programs during her high school career. Aa a senior at Dexter Southfield, Gormley earned Gatorade Player of the Year honors, averaging 22.1 points and 9.2 rebounds per game during the team’s run to the NEPSAC semifinals. Prior to Dexter Southfield, Gormely was a star for her hometown of North Quincy. She earned Patriot League MVP as a sophomore and scored a city-record 56 points against Masconomet in the MIAA state tournament. Gormley now plays at Providence College.
Nicole Jorgensen, Quincy
Jorgensen is one of the best rebounders and shot blockers to come out of the South Shore. As a senior, Jorgensen set the program’s single-season points (507) and rebounds (384) record, helping Quincy win the Patriot League Championship. She averaged 22 points, 16.7 rebounds, and 4.0 blocks per game that year. The two-time Patriot League MVP scored 1,274 career points and grabbed a program record 1,159 rebounds in her career. Jorgensen became the first player in the city’s history to record 28 rebounds in a single game. She also holds the city record for most blocks in a season, career, and single game. Jorgensen went on to play at the University of Rhode Island and earned Atlantic 10 All-Conference First Team honors.
Grace Oliver, Norwell/Noble & Greenough
Oliver split her high school career between her hometown of Norwell and Noble & Greenough School. As a junior at Nobles, she earned Gatorade Player of the Year honors. Previously, she was named MVP of the South Shore League Sullivan Division. She scored 1,000 points in two seasons with the Clippers. As a senior at Nobles, Oliver averaged 13 points, 11 rebounds, and 4 blocks during the team’s run to the NEPSAC semifinals. Oliver was the 60th ranked recruit nationally in her class. She went on to start her collegiate career at Colorado, transferred to Wake Forest, and is now back home, playing for Boston College.
Ashley Russell, Braintree
Russell led Braintree to one of the most dominant runs in girls high school basketball on the South Shore. Russell was a Gatorade Player of the Year twice at Braintree. In four seasons, she led the Wamps to a 95-7 record. That included a perfect 25-0 season to finish her career as a back-to-back MIAA state champion. In 2015, Russell continued her basketball career at Penn, where she earned All-Ivy League second team honors as a senior.
This article originally appeared on The Enterprise: Vote for the greatest South Shore girls basketball player of all time