Grace Rogers is the Chill Nicole Patrick Country Financial Player of the Year for Taylorville girls basketball for 2025/26. The junior accepted the honor during the team’s end-of-season banquet Tuesday night. Rogers finished the season averaging just shy of ten points per game; she finished as the second-highest scorer on the team, only barely missing out on top spot. She led the team in rebounds and steals and also earned a first-team all-conference spot.
Rogers says honors like this are what push her to work hard and make a difference for her team on the court.
The team finished 10-22 and fourth of the six teams in the Apollo Conference. They reached the regional final in the IHSA 3A playoffs, where they lost away to MacArthur after an impressive revenge win against Lanphier in the semifinal. 96.5 The Chill carried live commentary of every Tornado girls basketball game this season.
Hart Media Group’s Reid Kamhi presented the Chill Nicole Patrick Country Financial Player of the Year award – along with the Player of the Game certificates for each game – at Tuesday’s banquet.
