Alabama Women’s Basketball Incoming Freshman Karly Weathers Named 2022 Miss Tennessee Basketball, Tennessee Gatorade Player of the Year
3/15/2022 8:18:00 AM | Women's Basketball
The dynamic combo guard will join the Crimson Tide in the fall of 2022
TUSCALOOSA, Ala. – The University of Alabama women's basketball program's incoming freshman Karly Weathers was named the 2022 Class 2A Miss Tennessee Basketball Monday evening. The announcement came just five days after being named the 2022 Gatorade Tennessee Girls' Basketball Player of the Year.
The Crimson Tide inked the dynamic combo guard during the early signing period last November. Weathers of Loretto, Tenn., will join the Tide in the fall of 2022.
Karly Weathers
5-11 | Guard | Loretto, Tenn. | Loretto High School
Weathers, a 5-11 guard from Loretto, Tenn., has been a varsity starter throughout her high school career at Loretto High School, under the leadership of Ashley Rutledge, where she was also named the 2021 Class A Miss Tennessee Basketball last season. She also plays on the Alabama Southern Starz – NIKE EYBL circuit under the guidance of Doug Bush.
Ranked No. 83 overall in the class of 2022, according to the Junior All-Star Report, Weathers was a three-time Tennessee Class A First Team selection in 2019, 2020 and 2021.
In 2021-22, she averaged 23.5 points per game, 6.0 rebounds per game, 4.0 assists per game, 4.0 steals per game and 2.0 blocks per game, helping her high school to a 28-2 record, while she also eclipsed 2,000 points during her final year at Loretto.
Last season, the then-junior averaged 22.4 points per game, en route to helping her team win the 2021 Class A State Championship. As a sophomore, Weathers averaged 18.8 points a game, and as a freshman, she averaged 21.3 points per game.
Beyond the basketball court, Weathers was also a middle hitter on her high school volleyball team. She also earned three nods on the Tennessee Class A First Team in 2019, 2020 and 2021 for her performance on the volleyball court, while also helping her team to the 2020 Tennessee Sports Writers Association Class A Sate Runner Up.
