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7 May 2026  8 min read

Jnr. NBL Final Fours 2026: All-Star Fives announced for U18s, U16s, U14s

Each of the six competitions saw winners crowned and finals MVPs named, and all 24 games from across the two days were covered by streams and live stats, allowing for recognition of the best performances.

Moving into a fifth year, we've once again pulled together All-Star fives for each age group, with the MVP of each final being automatically selected into the line ups.

There are also 'honourable mentions' throughout, highlighting top performances that didn't make the cut.

All stats below are averages across both games played. Where a stat is not listed, it averages 1.0 per game or less. The abbreviations are as follows:

PPG = Points Per Game
RPG = Rebounds Per Game
APG = Assists Per Game
SPG = Steals Per Game
BPG = Blocks Per Game
EPG = Efficiency Per Game

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U14 Girls

Holly Smith-White - Milton Keynes Breakers (MVP)
25.5PPG, 10.5RPG, 3.5APG, 9.0SPG, 33EPG

Elsa Critchley - Manchester Mystics
22.5PPG, 17.5RPG, 1.5APG, 6.5BPG, 34.0EPG

Lily Okanlawon - Sheffield Hatters
6.0PPG, 15.0RPG, 1.5APG, 1.5SPG, 14.5EPG

Grace Roberts - Sheffield Hatters
21.0PPG, 4.5RPG, 3.0APG, 6.5SPG, 1.0BPG, 13.0EPG

Lucy Nwabisi - Solent Kestrels
14.5PPG, 3.0RPG, 3.0APG, 7.5SPG, 14.0EPG

MVP Smith-White slots straight into the side and led all players this weekend across any age group with 9.0SPG.

Manchester's Elsa Critchley steps up from last season's U14 honourable mentions and was another putting up serious numbers. Her 17.5RPG were another weekend-high, and her 22.5PPG and 6.5BPG combined to form the second-highest EPG at the NBPC.

Hatters' duo Lily Okanlawon and Grace Roberts both impressed across their two games, with Okanlawon pulling down a stunning 15.0RPG, and Roberts dropping an impressive 21.0PPG to go with 6.5SPG.

Solent's Lucy Nwabisi rounds out the five after she nabbed 15 steals across the Kestrels' two outings, narrowly behind Smith-White, whilst also adding 14.5PPG.

Honourable mentions

Zoe Odeyinde - Manchester Mystics
7.0PPG, 6.5RPG, 3.5APG, 2.5SPG, 2.5BPG, 12.5EPG

Emilia Livan - Milton Keynes Breakers
8.5RPG, 2.5SPG, 3.0BPG, 11.5EPG

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U14 Boys

Lucas Edwards - London Stars (MVP)
23.5PPG, 5.5RPG, 8.0APG, 2.0SPG, 28.5EPG

Kajus Visockas - London Stars
36.0PPG, 8.0RPG, 5.0APG, 4.5SPG, 43.0EPG

Finn Aumonier - Reading Rockets
14.0PPG, 14.0RPG, 5.0APG, 1.5SPG, 2.5BPG, 23.5EPG

Caleb Alozie - Reading Rockets
22.5PPG, 12.0RPG, 4.0APG, 3.0SPG, 19.5EPG

Kash Nesi-Lawani - Milton Keynes Breakers
17.5PPG, 2.0RPG, 7.5APG, 6.0SPG, 16.0EPG

MVP Lucas Edwards narrowly edged team mate Kajus Visockas as both London Stars' standouts enjoyed a fine weekend.

Edwards had the best of the Stars' final win against Reading, but Visockas put up a stunning semi-final performance as he dropped 40 points and a 52 efficiency performance to spoil Richmond's Saturday.

Visockas would close the weekend with the scoring title as no player could eclipse his 36.0PPG, and his 43.0EPG was also a weekend-high. Not to be beaten, Edwards grabbed a weekend-high of his own with 8.0APG to go with his 23.5PPG.

The Rockets may have lost Sunday's final but Finn Aumonier and Caleb Alozie both make the cut here for their performance levels. 

Aumonier averaged a 14/14 double-double across his two games, whilst Alozie had a 29-point, 15-rebound semi-final to bulk out his averages.

The fifth spot goes to MK's Kash Nesi-Lawani, as he led the age group with 6.0SPG to go with a healthy 7.5APG and 17.5PPG.

Honourable mentions

Fife Akinlabi - London Stars
12.0PPG, 6.5RPG, 2.0APG, 15.0EPG

Nehemiah Kingful - Milton Keynes Breakers
13.0PPG, 10.0RPG, 1.5SPG, 2.5BPG, 17.5EPG

Danny Oliver - Richmond Knights
18.0PPG, 4.0RPG, 4.0APG, 3.5SPG, 12.0EPG

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U16 Girls

Julia Bartnicka - Kingston Lions (MVP)
19.0PPG, 9.5RPG, 5.5APG, 3.5SPG, 25.5EPG

Ella-Rose Price - Kingston Lions
13.0PPG, 14.5RPG, 2.0SPG, 2.0BPG, 18.0EPG

Chantelle Okoli - Milton Keynes Breakers
13.5PPG, 8.0RPG, 2.0APG, 7.0SPG, 8.0EPG

Tas Cassinda - Manchester Mystics
11.0PPG, 7.0RPG, 4.0APG, 6.0SPG, 16.5EPG

Nia Bryan-Smith - CoLA Southwark Pride
17.5PPG, 15.5RPG, 22.0EPG

A pair of players from this group both featured in last season's U14 Girls' All-Star five, with Julia Bartnicka using her move from Richmond to Kingston to help her make the leap to MVP.

MK's Chantelle Okoli is the other, who's overall efficiency took a hit due to some low shooting percentages but her numbers elsewhere were amongst the best for the age group.

Bartnicka is joined by Lions' team mate Ella-Rose Price, who averaged a 13.0PPG, 14.5RPG double-double across the weekend, with CoLA's Nia-Bryan-Smith providing the second-highest rebounding total of any player with 15.5RPG to go with her 17.5PPG.

Manchester's Tas Cassinda was a menace on defence with 6.0SPG, second for the U16G category behind Okoli's 7.0SPG, adding 11.0PPG and 7.0RPG to increase her value.

Manchester's Elsa Critchley deserves an honourable mention for her eye-catching semi-final performance, but after failing to appear in a second U16 game, she was ineligible for selection to the five.

Equally, Milton Keynes' Abi Eugene-Ajayi, a U14 selection from 2024/25, enjoyed a solid Saturday outing before injury forced her out early from Sunday's final and limited her eventual output.

Honourable mentions

Chine Ibegbulam - Milton Keynes Breakers
3.0PPG, 12.5RPG, 2.0APG, 10.5EPG

Abi Eugene-Ajayi - Milton Keynes Breakers
6.5PPG, 7.5RPG, 1.5BPG, 13.5EPG

Victoria Bodunrin - CoLA Southwark Pride
11.5PPG, 7.0RPG, 13.5EPG

Elsa Critchley - Manchester Mystics
26.0PPG, 17.0RPG, 2.0APG, 41.0EPG (SEMI-FINAL ONLY)

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U16 Boys

Omer Zardok Shemer - London Elite (MVP)
8.0PPG, 6.0RPG, 7.0APG, 4.0SPG, 17.0EPG

Alex Nicolas - London Elite
17.5PPG, 15.0RPG, 2.0BPG, 22.5EPG

Ege Cakmakkaya - Manchester Magic
17.0PPG, 8.5RPG, 5.0APG, 1.5SPG, 25.5EPG

David Ihonmeke Akhidime - Manchester Magic
20.0PPG, 9.5RPG, 4.5APG, 3.5SPG, 24.0EPG

Josiah Bosire-Blair - London Cavaliers
25.5PPG, 12.0RPG, 5.5APG, 3.5SPG, 29.0EPG

Elite and Magic played out one of the games of the weekend in the U16 final, and both provide a pair of picks to this year's five.

MVP Omer Zardok Shemer helped get his team over the line with a 10-point, eight-rebound, 10-assist near triple-double in the final, and he's joined by Alex Nicholas after averaging a 17.5PPG, 15.0RPG double-double to go with a pair of blocks.

Manchester's selections are Ege Cakmakkaya and David Ihonmeke Akhidime. 

Cakmakkaya continues his rise through the junior ranks, adding to his MVP award at January's National Cup Final with another stellar outing, and Akhidime impressed with a well-rounded stat line at both ends of the court.

London Cavaliers' first tip to the JFFs wasn't a bad one, finishing in third place, and a big reason for it was the play of Josiah Bosire-Blair. The talented wing finished the weekend's fourth-overall efficiency and third for points, highlighting his clear potential for the future.

Honourable mentions

Iggy Zakrzewski-Obem - London Elite
11.0PPG, 8.0RPG, 2.0APG, 16.0EPG

Mo Novolani - London Cavaliers
19.0PPG, 8.5RPG, 1.5APG, 18.5EPG

Keaton Dain - Sussex Storm
17.0PPG, 7.5RPG, 3.0APG, 19.5EPG

Austin Jakens - Sussex Storm
22.0PPG, 5.0RPG, 5.5APG, 3.0SPG, 18.5EPG

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U18 Women

Tiarna Chambers-Desmond - Nottingham Wildcats (MVP)
25.5PPG, 8.0RPG, 2.0APG, 1.5SPG, 2.0BPG, 20.5EPG

Chloe Vella - CoLA Southwark Pride
13.0PPG, 14.5RPG, 20.5EPG

Angel Whyte - Endeavour Ipswich Basketball
22.0PPG, 15.0RPG, 7.0APG, 2.0BPG, 26.0EPG

Maisie Keyes - Endeavour Ipswich Basketball
19.0PPG, 7.5RPG, 7.0APG, 3.5SPG, 18.5EPG

Holly Ensoll - Endeavour Ipswich Basketball
13.0PPG, 12.5RPG, 2.0APG, 2.0SPG, 2.5BPG, 21.0EPG

MVP Chambers-Desmond earns her spot after leading the Wildcats to glory with well-rounded stats across the weekend.

Ipswich duo Maisie Keyes and Holly Ensoll both return to this line-up from a year ago after impressive performances, and they're joined by guard Angel Whyte, who wasn't far off averaging a triple-double in Manchester.

CoLA forward Chloe Vella rounds things out, providing a high-point to her return from a serious Achilles injury with a 13.0PPG, 14.5RPG double-double for this year's runners-up.

Honourable mentions

Mateya Georgieva - Nottingham Wildcats
10.0PPG, 3.5RPG, 2.5APG, 4.0SPG, 10.5EPG

Eva-Grace Yebila - CoLA Southwark Pride
12.0PPG, 10.0RPG, 1.5APG, 18.0EPG

Gloria Mensio - Wolverhampton SLAM
7.5PPG, 6.5RPG, 1.5APG, 2.0SPG, 8.0EPG

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U18 Men

Daniel Banjoko - CoLA Southwark Pride
15.0PPG. 6.0RPG, 2.0APG, 3.0SPG, 16.0EPG

Toby Gass - CoLA Southwark Pride
8.0PPG, 12.5RPG, 2.5APG, 4.0SPG, 1.5BPG, 19.5EPG

Amani Kasseyet - London Elite
12.0PPG, 6.5RPG, 3.5APG, 7.0SPG, 18.0OPG

Jamual McAllister - Sussex Storm
24.5PPG, 4.0RPG, 3.5APG, 6.5SPG, 25.0EPG

Javen Osei-Owusu - Solent Kestrels
16.5PPG, 11.5RPG, 2.0APG, 2.0SPG, 20.0EPG

After taking this year's U18 crown, CoLA send MVP Daniel Banjoko and Toby Gass to the All-Star five as the cherry on top of their treble-winning season.

Both Pride standouts scored the ball efficiently, rebounded well and provided turnovers on defence, a great combination for the eventual champs.

Last season's MVP Jamual McAllister is back for more, grabbing further recognition as an All-Star pick in his fifth JFFs appearance.

Solent's lone selection is Javen Osei-Owusu, enjoying a 16.5PPG, 11.5RPG double-double as the only player to average that feat in this year's U18M category.

Honourable mentions

Rashayne Padmore - Sussex Storm
13.5PPG, 6.0RPG, 3.0APG, 4.0SPG, 15.0EPG

Richy Radu - Solent Kestrels
14.5PPG, 5.5RPG, 8.0APG, 3.0SPG, 14.0EPG