After missing all but the last four games of her freshman season and all of her sophomore season due to two ACL injuries, and then coming back at around 75 percent for her junior season and still being named a finalist for the 2019 Ms. Basketball State Player of the Year, the 5-foot-10 Oregon-bound Paopao, who is listed as a guard, but can play any position on the court if need be, has finally achieved the glory most analysts predicted from the outset of her career and has been named this season’s Ms. Basketball winner. Paopao, who also goes onto the all-time player of the year lists for the Open/D1 and senior categories for 2020, led La Jolla Country Day to a 32-1 record and a CIF Southern Regional Open Division championship. Along the way, she averaged 22.7 points, 8.0 rebounds, 4.3 assists and 3.3 steals per game, and made 88 three-pointers.