Parkway North girls’ basketball standout Alecia Sutton has been recognized as one of the top players in the St. Louis metro area for quite some time.
The Summer of 2014 has indeed been a breakthrough season for the talented 5’9” junior point guard on the national level as she has established herself as one of the nation’s top point guards in the Class of 2016.
Playing for the Missouri Phenom, Sutton led her team two championships in national tournaments will earning Most Valuable Player honors along the way. The Phenom won both the Super 64 Tournament in Frisco, TX and the Adidas National Tournament in Atlanta in the month of July. Sutton was the MVP in both events. Sutton was also participated in the USA Basketball 17U Trials in Colorado Springs.
As Sutton’s game at reputation grows nationally, the offers have come in from colleges from all over the country. At the end of the July evaluation period, Sutton holds nearly 25 collegiate offers. The schools on the list include Baylor, Louisville, Maryland, Kentucky, LSU, Missouri, Saint Louis U., Florida State, Purdue, California, Iowa State and many, many more.
Sutton enjoyed a stellar sophomore season at Parkway North as she led the Vikings to a 2107 record and a berth in the Class 5 state quarterfinals. She averaged 18.3 points, 3.6 rebounds, 4.8 assists and 3.0 steals per game. She also shot 53 percent from the field and 81 percent from the free throw line. She was selected to the St. Louis American “Fab Five” Girls All-Star First Team in 2014.
