Prince Edward County High School junior point guard Da’Mya Harris was named varsity girls basketball 2017-18 James River District Player of the Year and was one of seven girls from the Heart of Virginia to receive all-district recognition.

In addition to her top player honor, Harris made the all-district first team and she was joined by seven other players, including Buckingham County High School junior Jayda Chambers, Lady Eagles senior Ka’Deshia Wright and Cumberland County High School sophomore Nikki Hurt.

During the regular season, Harris averaged 20.5 points, five rebounds, 2.8 assists and 4.9 steals per game.

“She earned it,” Lady Eagles Head Coach Carlton Redd said of Harris’ Player of the Year honor. “She was one of the reasons we got where we’ve gotten so far. … She put in the time to do it, she put in the work to do it.”

Prince Edward won the district regular season championship and carried a 20-4 record into Monday evening’s Region 2A tournament game.

Redd noted that for Prince Edward, this is the first time since becoming a Class 2 school that the Lady Eagles have won the district and won 20 games.

Wright averaged 6.4 points, 3.2 rebounds, 3.4 assists and 3.6 steals. Redd said she is a captain, a four-year starter, a defensive standout and a team leader.

For the Lady Knights, Chambers led the way, averaging 14.7 points per game along with leading the team in a variety of other statistical categories.

Buckingham Head Coach Kelly Chambers said Chambers’ recognition “really wasn’t too much of a surprise just because her play all season long and just being our leader on our team as far as points, rebounds, steals, assists.”

For the Lady Dukes, Hurt averaged 13 points, four rebounds, three assists and three steals per game.

Making the all-district second team were Lady Knights sophomore LaDeTra Swann, Lady Eagles junior Madison Lehman and Lady Dukes sophomore Sade’ Gregory.

Of Hurt and Gregory, Cumberland Head Coach Omar Liggins said they are “first-year varsity players who are still learning how the speed is a whole lot different from (junior varsity) … but once they get caught up, we will be a very good and tough team to beat.”