St. Louis American Girls “Fab Five” All-Stars

The members of the 2025 St. Louis American “Fab Five” Girls All-Stars represent a blend of talented youth and great experience. The dynamic duo of seniors Nevaeh Caffey and Peyton Hill of Incarnate Word Academy have been the leaders of the state’s top program and a national high school sports dynasty.

The trio of Amaya Manuel of Life for Life, Dasia Scott of Principia and Jordyn Haywood of MICDS are the young stars in the St. Louis area who have led their respective programs to the Final Four of the state tournament.

Here is a look at the First Team members of the St. Louis American Girls “Fab Five” All-Stars.

Nevaeh Caffey (Incarnate Word Academy): The 5’10” senior guard is the St. Louis American Player of the Year for the second consecutive season. The talented guard has been a dominant two-way player throughout her stellar career, which has netted four state championships. She averaged 16.9 points, 3.4 rebounds, 2.4 assists and 2.1 steals while shooting 44 percent from 3-point range in leading the Red Knights to a 29-2 record and the Class 6 state championship. She will be playing at Indiana University in the Big Ten Conference next season.

Peyton Hill (Incarnate Word Academy): The 5’10” guard is another dynamic two-way player who has impacted play at both ends of the court throughout her career. She put together a tremendous senior year in helping lead the Red Knights to a 29-2 record and the Class 6 state title. She averaged 16 points, 4.1 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.8 steals while blocking 28 shots. She also shot 36 percent from 3-point range. She has signed with Eastern Michigan.

Jordyn Haywood (MICDS): The 6’0” freshman guard entered the season with a lot of fanfare and she delivered in a big way as she led the Rams to their first Final Four berth in nearly a decade. In her stellar debut varsity season, she averaged 21.3 points, 10.3 rebounds, 3.6 assists and 2.4 steals while blocking 43 blocks. She led the Rams to a fourth-place finish in the Class 4 state tournament. She is also the St. Louis American Freshman of the Year. She has already received multiple scholarship offers from top college programs from around the country.

Amaya Manuel (Lift for Life): The 5’7” sophomore followed up her dominant freshman campaign by leading the Hawks to a repeat state championship. She was tremendous in the Class 5 state championship game when she had 21 points and 10 rebounds in the Hawks victory over St. Teresa’s Academy. She finished the year averaging 16.8 points, 5.7 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 2.6 steals while shooting 56 percent from the field and 46 percent from 3-point range.

Dasia Scott (Principia): The 6’2” sophomore forward enjoyed another big year as she led the Panthers to a berth in a state championship game for the second consecutive season. She was a force at both ends of the floor as a scorer, rebounder and shot blocker. She averaged 18 points and 11.7 rebounds while blocking two shots a game in leading Principia to a 26-6 record and a second place finish in the Class 3 state tournament. She has already received numerous offers from Division I college programs around the country.

St. Louis American Girls “Fab Five” All-Stars Teams

Second Team

Moriyah Douglass 6’4” John Burroughs (Jr)

Zha Harris 5’6” Lift for Life (Jr)

Nevaeh Lucious 6’4” Incarnate Word (Jr)

Talia Norman 6’1” Alton (Sr)

Kennedy Horton 6’1” Pattonville (Sr.)

Third Team

Jamiah Herring-Green 5’10” Hazelwood West (Soph)

Jarius Powers 6’0” Alton (Sr.)

Kiyoko Proctor 5’6” Alton (Sr)

Everlyn Shane 6’0” Ursuline Academy (Jr)

BreAunna Ward 5’10” John Burroughs (Sr.)

Fourth Team

Camirah Foster 5’6” Hazelwood Central (Jr)

Talesha Gilmore 6’1” Collinsville (Sr)

Taylor McCarty 5’10” Fort Zumwalt South (Jr)

Nyla Scales 5’6” Cardinal Ritter (Soph)

Kennedy Stowers 6’2” Lutheran-St. Charles (Jr)

All Freshman Team

Hailey Gray 5’4” Hazelwood East

Jamiah Herring-Green 5’10” Hazelwood West

Jordyn Haywood 6’0” MICDS

Trinity Jackson 5’6” Cardinal Ritter

Loganne Love 5’6” Principia 

Veronica Simmons 5’6” Francis Howell