2023-2024 Season Snapshot
Lakota East Thunderhawks
Thunderhawks coach Dan Wallace is entering his sixth season at the helm.
Lakota East is coming off its best season in school history after finishing 22-4 and falling to Kings in last year’s Division I regional semifinals.
Returning starters include senior Emma Fohl (eight points, three assists per game), senior Celina Blount and junior Brooke Asher (eight points, two assists per game).
Blount was named the 2022 Greater Miami Conference Defensive Player of the Year.
The Thunderhawks return three experienced starters along with Katyln Pham and Addyson Johnson, who played significant minutes a year ago.
The bench is extremely deep with up-and-coming talent that will make some noise this season — especially on the defensive end.
“This should be the best defensive team we have had at Lakota East in a long time — anchored by shot blocking specialist and College of Charleston commit Celina Blount,” Wallace said.
“After a tremendous season in 2022-2023, this group feels like they can continue to compete with the top teams in the area and the state,” Wallace added. “Having a deep roster and a team that moves the ball and defends as a group, they truly enjoy playing together and competing with everyone they face.”
Fohl and Asher bring experience to the point guard position, and the athleticism off the bench is tremendous, according to Wallace.
“We have put together a tough schedule including not only the always-tough GMC matchups but hosting Springboro and Mount Notre Dame along with games against Badin, Alter and Pickering Central all in the first six games,” Wallace said. “We will be tested early and find out quickly what this team is made of.”
2023-2024 Roster
3 Emma Fohl 5’6″ 12 PG 2024
5 Katlyn Pham 5’7″ 11 G 2025
10 Addyson Johnson 5’9″ 11 G 2025
11 Bailey Bacher 5’9″ 9 G 2027
12 Sidney Zawila 5’6″ 12 G 2024
13 Payton Buker 5’3″ 9 G 2027
14 Phoebe Towe 5’5″ 12 G 2024
15 Ashley Butts 5’6″ 11 G 2025
20 Bella Sturgill 6′ 10 G/F 2026
21 Brooke Asher 5’7″ 11 PG 2025
22 Celina Blount 6’2″ 12 F 2024
23 Parker Straub 5’9″ 11 G 2025
25 Faith Chau 5’8″ 11 G 2025
Head Coach Dan Wallace
Asst. Coach Tristan Philpot
Asst. Coach Kate Haralamos
Reserve Coach Joey Bobinger
JV2 Coach Derrick Wood
2023-2024 Schedule
(Schedule taken from GMC website)
Nov. 2023
Wed. 22 Springboro 07:30 PM
Sat. 25 at Badin 07:00 PM at Sycamore
Sun. 26 at Alter 03:00 PM at Sycamore
Tue. 28 Mount Notre Dame 07:30 PM
Dec. 2023
Sat. 2 at Fairfield 01:45 PM
Sun. 3 at Pick. Central 04:30 PM Westerville South
Wed. 6 at Lakota West 07:30 PM
Sat. 9 at Hamilton 01:45 PM
Wed. 13 Sycamore 07:30 PM
Sat. 16 Middletown 01:45 PM
Wed. 20 Oak Hills 07:30 PM
Sat. 30 at Winton Woods 02:00 PM
Jan. 2024
Wed. 3 Mason 07:30 PM
Sat. 13 at Middletown 01:45 PM
Wed. 17 at Oak Hills 07:30 PM
Fri. 19 at Princeton 06:00 PM
Wed. 24 Fairfield 07:30 PM
Sat. 27 Lakota West 01:45 PM
Wed. 31 at Sycamore 07:30 PM
Feb. 2024
Fri. 2 Colerain 06:00 PM
Wed. 7 Hamilton 07:30 PM
Sat. 10 at Mason 01:45 PM
