Kentucky Miss Basketball

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The Kentucky "Miss Basketball" honor recognizes the top female high school basketball player in the state of Kentucky. Due to Kentucky's status as a culturally rich basketball state, Miss Basketball winners are highly coveted student athletes by colleges throughout the United States. Originally, there was only a “Kentucky Mr. Basketball” from 1954 to 1975, until 1976 when they created an award for women as well. The reward is presented by The Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation [1] and is given to senior players that have shown exceptional basketball skills.[ citation needed ] In the past 45 years, all but one of these players has gone on to play basketball in college. Six of them were drafted into the WNBA.

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Award winners

Year [2] PlayerHigh SchoolCollegeWNBA Draft
1976Donna MurphyNewport Morehead State
1977Geri GrigsbyMcDowell Kentucky
1978Irene MooreBreathitt County
1979Beth WilkersonParis Old Dominion
1980Lisa CollinsLaurel CountyKentucky
1981Lillie MasonOlmstead High Western Kentucky
1982Connie GoinsFranklin Co./Western Hills Duke
1983Clemette Haskins Warren Central Western Kentucky
1984Carol ParkerMarshall CountyPaducah Community College
1985Bridgette CombsWhitesburgWestern Kentucky
1986Kris MillerOwensboro CatholicKentucky
1987Mary TaylorMarshall CountyWestern Kentucky
1988Kim Pehlke Louisville Doss Western Kentucky
1989 Lisa Harrison Louisville Southern Tennessee 1999 WNBA draft: 3rd Rnd, 34th overall by the Phoenix Mercury
1990Kim MaysKnox Central Eastern Kentucky
1991Ida BowenSheldon ClarkWestern Kentucky
1992Becky McKinley Bullitt East Kentucky
1993Brandi AshbyWebster County Hawaiʻi/Western Kentucky
1994Laurie TownsendApolloWestern Kentucky
1995 Ukari Figgs Scott County Purdue 1999 WNBA draft: 3rd Rnd, 28th overall by the Los Angeles Sparks
1996 Jaime Walz Ft. Thomas HighlandsWestern Kentucky
1997Rachel ByarsUnion CountyWestern Kentucky/ Boston College
1998Beth ViceMontgomery County Alabama
1999Jody SizemoreLeslie CountyMorehead State
2000Jenni BenningfieldAssumption Vanderbilt 2004 WNBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 22nd overall by the Charlotte Sting
2001Katie SchweggmanBishop Brossart Miami (OH)
2002Erica HallmanHolmes Kansas
2003Megen GearhartWest CarterMorehead State
2004 Crystal Kelly Sacred HeartWestern Kentucky 2008 WNBA draft: 3rd Rnd, 31st overall by the Houston Comets
2005Carly OrmerodSacred HeartKentucky
2006Arnika BrownChristian CountyKentucky/St. Catharine/Western Kentucky
2007Rebecca GrayScott County North Carolina/Kentucky/Union College
2008Tia Gibbs Butler Traditional Vanderbilt/Louisville
2009 A'dia Mathies Louisville Iroquois Kentucky 2013 WNBA draft: 1st Rnd, 10th overall by the Los Angeles Sparks
2010Sarah Beth Barnette Lexington Christian Academy Kentucky/Virginia
2011Sara Hammond Rockcastle County Louisville
2012Sydney Moss Boone County Florida/Thomas More College
2013Makayla Epps Marion County Kentucky 2017 WNBA draft: 3rd Rnd, 33rd overall by the Chicago Sky
2014Ivy Brown LaRue County Western Kentucky
2015Maci Morris Bell County Kentucky
2016Erin BoleyElizabethtown Notre Dame/Oregon
2017Lindsey DuvallBullitt EastLouisville/Northern Kentucky
2018Seygan RobinsMercer CountyLouisville/UT Martin
2019Savannah Wheeler Boyd County Marshall
2020Maddie Scherr Ryle High School Oregon/Kentucky
2021Brooklyn MilesFranklin CountyTennessee
2022Amiya JenkinsAnderson CountyKentucky
2023Haven FordRowan County Murray State
2024Trinity RowePikeville Southern Mississippi
2025ZaKiyah JohnsonSacred Heart Louisiana State

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References

  1. ↑ "Mr and Miss Kentucky Basketball Awards Ceremony". mrandmisskybasketball.com. Retrieved June 11, 2024.
  2. ↑ Kim, David J. "Let's look back at the last 20 Kentucky Miss Basketball award winners". The Courier-Journal. Retrieved June 11, 2024.


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