Minnesota Miss Basketball Explained

Each year the Minnesota Miss Basketball award is given to the person chosen as the best high school girls basketball player in the U.S. state of Minnesota. The honor has been awarded annually since 1978 by the Minnesota Girls Basketball Coaches Association.

The award has generally been given to one recipient each year. However, in 1984, no award was given, and in the years 1985–1989, awards were given to two winners, from Class A and Class AA.[1]

Award winners

YearPlayerHigh SchoolCollegeWNBA draft
1978Laura GardnerBloomington JeffersonMinnesota
1979Jean TierneySt. Paul CentralCreighton University
1980Janet KarvonenNew York MillsOld Dominion, transferred to
Louisiana Tech
1981Kelly SkalickyAlbany
1982Annie AdamczakMoose Lake
1983Angela KuehnMN State Academy for the Deaf
1984None
1985 Class AKristi KremerWheaton
1985 Class AADenise HolmDuluth East
1986 Class ALaurie DeckerRochester Lourdes
1986 Class AAAmy DavidsonSt. Louis Park
1987 Class ALaurie DeckerRochester Lourdes
1987 Class AAMya WhitmoreHill-Murray
1988 Class AMary Jo MillerTracy-Milroy
1988 Class AACarolyn FriskStillwater
1989 Class AYoli MurphyCHOF
1989 Class AAJessica FiebelkornOsseoNotre Dame (Volleyball)
1990Carol Ann ShudlickApple ValleyMinnesota
1991Shannon LoebleinSt. Paul HardingMinnesota
1992Stacy FieldsMounds ViewNotre Dame
1993Kasey MorlockStewartvilleNorth Dakota State
1994Kjersten MillerBloomington Jefferson
1995Linda ShudlickApple ValleyUCLA (Volleyball), transferred to
Minnesota (Volleyball)
1996Sue FieroGoodhueMinnesota-Duluth
1997 (tie)Coco MillerRochester MayoGeorgia2001 WNBA draft

1st Rnd, 9th overall by the Washington Mystics

1997 (tie)Kelly MillerRochester MayoGeorgia2001 WNBA draft

1st Rnd, 2nd overall by the Charlotte Sting

1998Tamara MooreMinneapolis NorthWisconsin2002 WNBA draft

1st Rnd, 15th overall by the Miami Sol

1999Mauri HortonMinneapolis NorthRutgers
2000Susan KingHoly AngelsStanford
2001April CalhounRobbinsdale ArmstrongIowa, transferred to
Minnesota
2002Shannon BoldenMarshallMinnesota
2003Liz PodominickLakevilleMinnesota
2004Leslie KnightHopkinsMinnesota
2005Katie OhmElgin-MillvilleMinnesota
2006Jenna SmithBloomington KennedyIllinois2010 WNBA draft

2nd Rnd, 14th overall by the Washington Mystics

2007Angel RobinsonSt. Paul CentralMarquette2011 WNBA draft

2nd Rnd, 22nd overall by the New York Liberty

2008Courtney BoylanChaskaMichigan
2009Tayler HillMinneapolis SouthOhio State2013 WNBA draft

1st Rnd, 4th overall by the Washington Mystics

2010Cassie RochelLakeville NorthWisconsin
2011Rachel BanhamLakeville NorthMinnesota2016 WNBA draft

1st Rnd, 4th overall by the Connecticut Sun

2012Marissa JanningWatertown-Mayer High SchoolCreighton
2013Rebekah DahlmanBraham High SchoolVanderbilt
2014Carlie WagnerNRHEG High SchoolMinnesota2018 WNBA draft

3rd Rnd, 35th overall by the Minnesota Lynx

2015Madison GuebertEastview High SchoolSouth Dakota State
2016Nia HollieHopkins High SchoolMichigan State
2017Gabi HaackElk River High School Bradley
2018Megan WalstadEastview High SchoolUW-Milwaukee
2019Kacie BorowiczRoseauNorth Dakota
2020Paige BueckersHopkinsConnecticut
2021Adalia McKenziePark CenterIllinois
2022Amaya BattleHopkinsMinnesota
2023Tessa JohnsonSt. Michael-AlbertvilleSouth Carolina
2024Olivia OlsonBenilde-St. Margaret'sMichigan

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Minnesota Miss Basketball Winners . 2010-09-02 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100923200740/http://mshsca.org/girlsbasketball/msbb.htm . 2010-09-23 .