CHERRY TWP — A text. And then a phone call.

News that was welcome to Moniteau senior Aslyn Pry.

And a bit unexpected.

Pry knew she had a special final season for the Warriors' girls basketball team. She averaged 19.9 points and 14.2 rebounds per game — both numbers among the leaders in the state in Class 4A — while playing anywhere from center to point guard.

The postseason honors had also rolled in following that stellar campaign:

- Butler Eagle Girls Basketball Player of the Year.

- District 9 girls player of the year.

- Keystone Shortway Athletic Conference Player of the Year.

All were special to the humble Pry.

But this recognition was a little different.

All-state.

“I was like, 'Oh!'” Pry said of her reaction when she was told by Moniteau coach Dee Arblaster and Maura Pry, her mother and assistant coach with the Warriors, that she had made the third team. “I was not expecting that.”

Pry gazed at some of the names that appeared with hers on the list voted on by Pennsylvania sports writers and felt even more pride.

“It just made it feel like all my hard work paid off and I'm just grateful to be included with those people on that list who also worked very hard,” Pry said. “I've played against some of them and they're good, talented players.”

Pry, though, is a bit unlike many of those players on that list.

While many of the all-state selections specialize in only basketball, Pry is a throwback.

Pry has also excelled in volleyball and track and field during her high school career.

Even this spring, knowing she will play volleyball and basketball at Butler County Community College next year with designs on moving on in one — or both — of those sports to a four-year school, Pry is competing for the Moniteau track team.

Arblaster said that makes Pry's spot on the all-state team even more special and impressive.

“She just does it all,” Arblaster said. “She's a well-rounded athlete. It was an honor for me to have coached her and seen her growth from a little ninth-grader to what she turned into.”

Pry takes a lot of pride in the fact that she played three sports throughout her high school career.

It was a badge of honor — and proof that she could manage her time.

“I enjoy doing all three sports and I think they all go hand in hand,” Pry said. “It makes me better at my other sports. It keeps me busy and it keeps me entertained and to not get bored with one thing. I'm glad I did all three sports all through high school. I wouldn't change that.

“There were a lot of late nights,” Pry added. “A lot of going from volleyball straight to basketball open gyms.”

In fact, it was Pry's struggle in giving up her sports that prompted her to check out BC3.

There she could at least keep playing two of them: volleyball and basketball.

“I wasn't ready to give either of them up,” Pry said.

Pry has been playing basketball all her life. At her home, her large family has a full-length outdoor basketball court.

Volleyball only came into Pry's life in the eighth grade and she helped make an impact with that program at Moniteau, too.

The Warriors made the playoffs two straight seasons with Pry leading the way.

“It just shows how much work a lot of my teammates and coaches put in because it wasn't really a winning sport at our school,” Pry said. “We put the time to make is successful at our school.”

When it comes down to it, though, Pry's first love and first sport is basketball.

“It means more to me and my family and out of all of them I've put in more time in basketball than anything else,” Pry said.

Pry was also remarkably durable throughout her high school career.

While playing three sports, she never suffered a significant injury.

“Don't jinx me now,” Pry said, laughing. “That's one of my biggest fears — injuring myself seriously like some of these athletes are doing. I was lucky. I only had just a few broken fingers and sprained ankles.”