CHERRY TWP — As a player, Aslyn Pry is difficult to define.

She's been listed on rosters as a center, forward and point guard. She's just as comfortable raining down 3-pointers as she is powering through the paint. She gets rebounds. She gets assists. She gets steals.

If something needs to be done on the basketball court, the 5-foot-8 senior on the Moniteau girls basketball team can probably do it.

And probably already has.

Pry turned in a remarkable 2020-21 campaign, averaging 19.9 points, 14.2 rebounds, 3.1 assists, 2.3 steals and 2.3 blocks per game and helped the Warriors reach the District 9 championship game.

It's no wonder then that Pry was named the Butler Eagle 2020-21 Girls Basketball Player of the Year by a unanimous vote.

“She's a fierce competitor,” said Moniteau girls basketball coach Dee Arblaster. “Everything is a competition with her, no matter what it is. She just strives to be the best. And she strives to make everybody around her better.”

Pry said she longed to have her name said in the same breath with some of the best players in Butler County. She put in long hours, even during a pandemic, working on her game this offseason at the outdoor court at her home.

All that work paid off.

“It means a lot (to be named player of the year),” Pry said. “I feel like there are so many other extremely talented players in Butler County. And it means a lot to be chosen because those players helped me become better and motivated me to be the player I am today.”

That player was an unstoppable force.

Oh, and opponents certainly did try to stop her.

As the season went on, Pry garnered more and more attention. Teams threw everything they could at her to try to contain her.

Most failed.

“It definitely made it more challenging,” Pry said of all the attention heaped onto her by opposing defenses. “I still played my game and tried my hardest to stick to what I did best. And my teammates helped a lot. When I kicked it out, they hit their shots.”

Pry still made her presence felt.

She had a 30-rebound game against Clarion-Limestone, breaking the single-game school record. She became the eighth player in Moniteau girls basketball history to surpass 1,000 career points and finished with 1,046 in her career. She also is the all-time leader in rebounds with 871.

Her game has evolved since she became a starter during her freshman season.

“I've coached her all four years and as a freshman she was relied on to be a defender,” Arblaster said. “Then, she was looked at to be a scorer and every year she has developed in a different role. Whatever she was asked to do, she did it.”

This year she added unquestioned leader to that set of responsibilities.

With a very young team around her, Pry turned into a quasi-coach on the floor.

As with everything else she has been asked to do, she excelled at that as well.

“Her teammates all respect her,” Arblaster said.

Pry felt it was imperative for her to take on that leadership role.

“One of the big things I told them all year was you don't want to live with regrets,” Pry said. “You don't want to regret anything in these games. You have to give everything you have to give.”

Pry said she doesn't have any regrets at the end of her high school career.

She's eager to embark on the next chapter of her life at Butler County Community College, where she will play both basketball and volleyball.

“I finally made my decision and that relieves a lot of stress,” Pry said. “I'm looking forward to it. It's a good fit financially and I really like the coaches there.”