Alabama Miss Basketball Explained

Each year the Alabama Miss Basketball award is given to the person chosen as the best high school girls basketball player in the U.S. state of Alabama. The award winner is selected by members of the Alabama Sports Writers Association.[1]

Award winners

YearPlayerHigh SchoolCollegeWNBA draft
2024Ace Austin[2] Spring GardenAlabama
2023Reniya KellyHooverNorth Carolina
2022Samiya SteeleHazel GreenAlabama State/Jacksonville State
2021Karoline StriplinGeneva CountyTennessee
2020Sarah Ashlee BarkerSpain ParkGeorgia/Alabama
2019Annie HughesPisgahAuburn
2018Zipporah BroughtonLeeRutgers
2017Bianca JacksonBrewbaker TechSouth Carolina
2016Jasmine WalkerJeff DavisFlorida State
2015Shaquera WadeHuntsvilleAlabama
2014Shakayla ThomasSylacaugaFlorida State
2013Marqu'es WebbHooverVanderbilt
2012Jasmine JonesBob JonesTennessee
2011Hayden Hamby West MorganPurdue
2010Kaneisha HornRamsayAlabama
2009Jala HarrisBob JonesUAB
2008Courtney JonesMidfieldLSU
2007Katherine GrahamRamsayLSU
2006Shanavia DowdellCaleraLA Tech2010 WNBA draft

2nd Rnd, 18th overall by the Washington Mystics

2005Whitney BoddieFlorenceAuburn2009 WNBA draft

2nd Rnd, 20th overall by the Sacramento Monarchs

2004Starr OrrDanvilleMTSU
2003Sidney SpencerHooverTennessee2007 WNBA draft

2nd Rnd, 25th overall by the Los Angeles Sparks

2002Kate MastinBoazAlabama
2001Donyel WheelerHuffmanAlabama
2000Natasha ThomasLawrence CountyUAB
1999Tasheika MorrisButlerFlorida State
1998Gwen JacksonEufaulaTennessee2003 WNBA draft

1st Rnd, 6th overall by the Indiana Fever

1997April NanceButler
1996Nicole CarruthSulligentAlabama
1995Heather MayesFyffeWestern Kentucky
1994Pam DuncanCarrollton High SchoolAlabama
1993Leah MonteithCherokee CountyAlabama
1992Yolanda WatkinsDecatur High SchoolAlabama
1991Tonya TiceHamiltonAuburn
1990Karen KillenMars Hill BibleKentucky/Lipscomb
1989Leslie ClaybrookSaint JamesAlabama
1988Jeaniece SlaterHartselle High SchoolNorth Alabama

See also

Alabama Mr. Basketball

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alabama Sports Writers Association . 2010-01-26 . https://web.archive.org/web/20100111183158/http://www.alabamasportswriters.com/awards.htm . 2010-01-11 . dead .
  2. Web site: Buckhorn’s Caleb Holt, Spring Garden’s Ace Austin Grab ASWA 2024 Mr. and Miss Basketball Honors. AHSAA.com. David. Holtsford. April 16, 2024. May 21, 2024.