Illinois Miss Basketball Explained
The Illinois Miss Basketball honor recognizes the top high school basketball player in the state of Illinois.
Award winners
| Year | Player | High School | College | Professional basketball |
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| 2024 | Kloe Froebe | Lincoln | Colorado State | |
| 2023 | Lenée Beaumont | Benet Academy | Indiana | |
| 2022 | Sophie Swanson | Barrington | Purdue | |
| 2021 | N/A |
| 2020 | Angela Dugalic | Maine West | Oregon/UCLA | |
| 2019 | Brea Beal (3) | Rock Island | South Carolina | 2023 WNBA draft 2nd round, 24th overall pick, Minnesota Lynx |
| 2018 | Brea Beal (2) |
| 2017 | Brea Beal |
| 2016 | Kathleen Doyle | Benet Academy | Iowa | 2020 WNBA draft 2nd round, 14th overall pick, Indiana Fever |
| 2015 | Haley Gorecki | Fremd | Duke | 2020 WNBA draft 3rd round, 31st overall pick, Seattle Storm |
| 2014 | Tyra Buss (2) | Mt. Carmel | Indiana | |
| 2013 | Tyra Buss |
| 2012 | Morgan Tuck (2) | Bolingbrook | Connecticut | 2016 WNBA draft 1st round, 3rd overall pick, Connecticut Sun |
| 2011 | Ariel Massengale | Tennessee | 2015 WNBA draft 3rd round, 29th overall pick, Atlanta Dream |
| 2010 | Tricia Liston | Fenwick | Duke | 2014 WNBA draft 1st round, 12th overall pick, Minnesota Lynx |
| 2009 | Morgan Tuck | Bolingbrook | Connecticut | 2016 WNBA draft 1st round, 3rd overall pick, Connecticut Sun |
| 2008 | Sarah Boothe | Warren | Stanford | |
| 2007 | Brittany Johnson | Olney East Richland | Ohio State | |
| 2006 | Theresa Lisch | Althoff | St. Louis | |
| 2005 | Lindsay Schrader | Bartlett | Notre Dame | |
| 2004 | Candace Parker (3) | Naperville Central | Tennessee | 2008 WNBA draft 1st round, 1st overall pick, Los Angeles Sparks |
| 2003 | Candace Parker (2) |
| 2002 | Candace Parker |
| 2001 | Cappie Pondexter (2) | Marshall | Rutgers | 2006 WNBA draft 1st round, 2nd overall pick, Phoenix Mercury |
| 2000 | Cappie Pondexter |
| 1999 | Molly McDowell | Nokomis | Southern Illinois | |
| 1998 | Allison Curtin | Taylorville | Illinois/Tulsa | 2003 WNBA draft 1st round, 12th overall pick, Houston Comets |
| 1997 | Courtney Smith | Carlyle | Southern Illinois | |
| 1996 | Tauja Catchings | Stevenson | Illinois | |
| 1995 | Tamika Catchings | Tennessee | 2001 WNBA draft 1st round, 3rd overall pick, Indiana Fever |
| 1994 | Michelle Hasheider | Okawville | Colorado | |
| 1993 | Kim Williams | Marshall | DePaul/Arkansas-Fort Smith | |
| 1992 | Tammy Van Oppen | Limestone | South Florida | |
| 1991 | Megan Lucid | Mother McAuley | DePaul | |
| 1990 | Courtney Porter | Hume Shiloh | Illinois State | |
| 1989 | LaTonia Foster | Marshall | Iowa | |
| 1988 | Nancy Kennelly | Maine West | Northwestern | |
| 1987 | Cindy Kaufman | Seneca | Illinois State | |
| 1986 | Doris Carie | Teutopolis | Illinois | |
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See also
