CCS Senior of the Year
JOESETA FATUESI, C, WILCOX
Joeseta Fatuesi, a premier center from Wilcox headed to the University of Utah next season, is the Prep2Prep Central Coast Section Senior of
the Year. She scores regularly in the teens in a largely half-court offense. She is an avid rebounder and swats away attempts with
regularity. She has an outside shooting touch and fine passing ability.
Fatuesi acknowledges her skills as an all-around player but is particularly proud of ability to “pass in and out of the post.” She
would like to improve her speed. Fatuesi comes from an athletic family and was nudged towards basketball when her height became
noticeable (today she stands 6-3).
“My parents are my number one supporters,” she says. “They pushed me to do better in basketball and in school.”
Fatuesi helped her summer league team, Just Believe Sports, to a championship in the 2014 West Coast Shootout,
[link:www.calhisports.com/2013/08/01/girls-bb-final-summer-stops/]as Harold Abend noted[/link].
“It was the best decision I made AAU-wise,” Fatuesi says about joining JBS. “The team fit my style of play. I had to get the job
done but it was also fun.”
Fatuesi earned the Prep2Prep Junior of the Year and De Anza League Player of the Year awards last season when she averaged
22.4 points, 17 rebounds, and six assists per game. Wilcox doesn’t publish its stats, but Fatuesi doesn’t mind.
“I never wanted to focus on stats," she said. "I just wanted to win as much as I can.”
She was a driving force behind another terrific season by the Chargers, who won the SCVAL De Anza with an 11-1 conference mark
and were 26-3 overall. They earned the eighth seed in the CCS Open Division and made it to the second round of the Division I
CIF Playoffs, where they lost to underdog and eventual NorCal champ Pleasant Grove.
But Fatuesi has a bright future ahead of her on and off the court. Utah head coach Anthony Levrets is already a fan.
“Joeseta is a very skilled post player,” Levrets said upon her signing. “She has the ability to play on the perimeter and in the
post. Her ability to play both inside and out will fit our system very well. Obviously her ability to shoot the ball well from the
perimeter and to pass the basketball will allow her to have an immediate impact when she arrives on our campus…(Also) she is an
incredible young person.”
Also considered: Sara Dyslin, C, Lynbrook; Paige Song, G, Lynbrook; Kelli Hayes, F, Archbishop Mitty; Geanna Summers-Luaulu, G, Sacred
Heart Cathedral; Savannah Scott, G, Westmont; Nadene Hart, G, Scotts Valley.
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