MEET ALANA MYLES:
A senior at Bastrop High School, Tootie leads Louisiana in blocked shots and ranks second in rebounding, bringing grit, leadership, and purpose to girls basketball.
Before she was a senior leader at Bastrop High School, before the jerseys and game nights, Tootie was just a little girl trying to keep up in a house full of boys. Seven brothers. One sister. No room to be soft.
Growing up in Bastrop, Louisiana, she didn’t learn competition from trainers or camps — she learned it in the yard, in the dirt, in the everyday battles of being the only girl in a loud, active household. Football games with her brothers didn’t come with special treatment. Riding horses and being around rodeo culture didn’t allow for hesitation. You fell, you got back up. You got pushed, you pushed back.That environment didn’t just make her tough; it made her resilient. And that resilience shows every time she steps on the basketball court.
Tootie plays with a physical presence, but what really stands out is the heart behind it. She doesn’t chase the spotlight; she chases effort plays. The rebounds in traffic. The hustle saves. The defensive possessions where she refuses to give an inch. Her game is built on doing whatever the team needs, even when it doesn’t come with recognition. She’s comfortable in the uncomfortable. That’s home to her. But this season, something else has grown; her voice.
As a senior, Tootie has started stepping into leadership in a new way. Not just through energy, but through composure. Not just through toughness, but through understanding. She’s learning when to push, when to settle, and how to be someone her teammates can look to when the game gets tight and emotions run high. That growth didn’t come from basketball alone. It came from responsibility learned early.
From being the little sister who had to stand tall. From a life that taught her how to endure before she ever learned how to run a play. It’s about heart. It’s about grit. It’s about a young woman shaped by her environment, carrying her family’s toughness with her every time she laces up. At Bastrop High, they see a senior competitor. But if you look closer, you see something deeper; a player who brings her whole story to the court, and leaves everything she has on it. #GirlsBasketball #BasketballComeback #OvertimeBasketball #HighSchoolGirlsBasketball
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