Failor earns Gatorade Idaho hoops honor

CHICAGO - Post Falls High senior forward Dani Failor, who led the Trojans to the state 5A girls basketball championship, was named Gatorade Idaho Girls Basketball Player of the Year.

The 6-foot Failor averaged 12.2 points and 8.1 rebounds per game for Post Falls (24-1), and shot 52 percent from the field. Failor had double-doubles in the Trojans' final two games at state, including an 11-point, 11-rebound effort vs. Coeur d'Alene in the state title game.

Failor, a 3.86 student, is an accomplished pianist, a member of the National Honor Society and her school's student council, and has volunteered locally on behalf of Kootenai Medical Center.

"Dani Failor is not only dedicated to the sports she plays, she is also an excellent student who does as much as she can to help the community," Bryan Kelly, Lake City coach, said in a press release. "Her dedication to sports and bettering society is something that doesn't come around too often."

Failor will attend the United States Military Academy at West Point this fall, where she will play basketball.

Failor is the fourth Post Falls player to earn the Gatorade Idaho honor in girls basketball. The others are Katelyn Loper (2010), Aubree Johnson (2003) and Tabitha Bailey (1992).