Cal-Hi Sports Northern California Player of the Week: Sophie Chinn

reported from: Cal-Hi Sports

Central Contra Costa County is where we land in search of the Northern California Girls Basketball Player of the Week-Sophie Chinn (Acalanes, Lafayette) And for one of the few times this season, our honoree is a freshman, but not a lot of freshmen have done what Chinn did in the biggest game of the season for the Acalanes Dons.

Chinn wasn’t the leading scorer for the Dons heading into the playoffs, but she was second at 13.2 points per game to fellow freshman Karyss Lacanlale, but Sophie was the regular season leader in rebounding, assists and steals at 9.1 rebounds, 3.3 assists and 3.9 steals ppg.


According to Acalanes head coach Margaret Gartner, who currently has 562 career coaching victories according to the Cal-Hi Sports Online Record Book, “for the playoffs Sophie has been a beast.”

Sophie in Action


Last week, in a convincing 57-37 victory over Walnut Creek Northgate in the CIF North Coast Section Division 2 championship, the sixth NCS title for Acalanes but first since 2003, Chinn certainly had the will to win after finishing with a huge double-double 31 points and 13 rebounds with four assists and three steals. That’s a lot of rebounds for a girl who stands 5-foot-6 tall but it wasn’t even her first double-double of the playoffs.


Against Fremont Washington two weeks ago, Sophie went for 18 points and 11 rebounds with five steals and three assists in a 53-24 victory. On Wednesday of last week Chinn didn’t have a double-double in the Dons’ 53-42 semifinal victory over Alameda, but she was as close as you can get after going for 22 points, nine rebounds, five steals and three assists.


The reward for Chinn and her Dons teammates for the NCS D2 title was a move up to Division I for the CIF Northern Regional playoffs and that meant a Tuesday date with top-seed and state ranked Salesian of Richmond. Regardless of that outcome, Sophie was a good choice for this week.

Link: https://www.calhisports.com/2022/03/01/norcal-socal-players-of-the-week-74/