Fresh off of a state title, Abby Meyers is setting the stage for her next move in basketball.
Junior guard Abby Meyers scores 21 point to lead the Whitman Vikings 69-55 win over Western for the Maryland 4A State Championship. (Video by Jordan Smith for Synthesis/Koubaroulis LLC./The Washington Post)
March 19, 2016 — Not many athletes have the time or fortitude to play multiple sports in high school, but don’t tell Abby Meyers. For athletes preparing themselves for the next level in college, many believe their focus needs to be narrowed in on which single sport they want to continue playing.
Meyers though, is not just any ordinary high school athlete.
Ever since she could remember Meyers has played basketball and numerous other sports. When she was young she played ‘kidball’ which offers kids multiple outlets to play ranging from football to baseball. Meyers took advantage of all of them.
It was not until middle school when basketball started to become a primary sport for her. That, however, did not stop her from competing in other sports. In her three years at Walt Whitman High School, she has played for both the soccer and basketball teams in the fall and in the winter, excelling at both of them.
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Being an extremely competitive athlete, Meyers has an incredible will to win and in turn that has translated to success to her teams.
Fast forward to this past weekend in the Maryland 4A state championship, and the junior 5’9″ guard led the Vikings with a game high 21 points, to their first state title in over 20 years. This coming a year after a state semi-final loss to Eleanor Roosevelt.
“I just do anything I can to help the team,” Meyers said. “There are so many other players that helped our team get to this point… I knew going [into the state title game] that I can’t get in foul trouble because my team needs my offense.”
All season long Meyers has been a focal point of the Viking offense. Her lowest scoring total on the year was 12 points in a 45-42 loss to Georgetown Visitation, one of the only blemishes on their 24-3 record. She eclipsed the 30-point mark twice this season, most recently coming in a 58-49 win over Bethesda Chevy-Chase where she scored over half of the team’s points with 34.
“This season [Meyers] has become a smarter player, her coaches and teammates have helped her accomplish that,” her father Steve Meyers said. “She has always had individual skills but now she is a better team player and an all-around player.”
Even with a season in high school remaining, Meyers has her horizon set on playing basketball in college. Since she was a freshman the college recruiting process began and over time, has developed into an impressive offer list. That list has been narrowed down to four schools: Princeton University, Stanford University, the University of Michigan, and Northwestern University.
With these offers, Meyers is not only thriving on the basketball court but clearly excelling in the classroom. Meyers has April-May as a time frame set for when she prepares to announce her decision. This will leave her senior season open to fight for another state title and perfect her game to get ready for college.
“All the feedback from the coaches has been [Meyers] adding strength so she can finish through contact in the post, going up against bigger players,” Whitman Head Coach Peter Kehah said.
While Meyers will have the chance to work on that aspect of her game, and will work on it for the better part of the upcoming year, she has other priorities to worry about.
Her club tennis team’s season starts back up this summer.