Madison Booker

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Madison Booker
Madison Booker.jpg
Booker with Texas in 2025
No. 35Texas Longhorns
Position Small forward
Conference Southeastern Conference
Personal information
Born (2005-04-29) April 29, 2005 (age 20)
Listed height6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)
Career information
High school Germantown
(Gluckstadt, Mississippi)
College Texas (2023–present)
Career highlights
Medals
Women's basketball
Representing the Flag of the United States.svg  United States
FIBA AmeriCup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2025 Chile
FIBA Under-19 World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Spain Team
FIBA Under-17 World Cup
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Hungary Team
FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Mexico Team

Madison Booker (born April 29, 2005) is an American college basketball player for the Texas Longhorns of the Southeastern Conference (SEC).

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High school career

Booker played basketball for Germantown High School in Gluckstadt, Mississippi. As a senior, she led her team to its first state championship at the Class 6A state tournament. [1] Booker was selected to play in the McDonald's All-American Girls Game and was named Mississippi Miss Basketball for Class 6A and Mississippi Gatorade Player of the Year. [2] Rated a five-star recruit by ESPN, she committed to playing college basketball for Texas over offers from Duke and Tennessee. [3]

College career

Booker entered her freshman season at Texas as the team's starting small forward. She moved to point guard and a leading role following a season-ending injury to Rori Harmon. [4] [5] In this role, she set the program freshman assist record with 185 assists. [6] Booker averaged 20.2 points, 5.4 rebounds, and 5.2 assists. [7] She was named MOP of the Big 12 Tournament, scoring 26 points, 6 rebounds, and 5 assists against Iowa State. [8] Booker won Big 12 Freshman of the Year. She was the first freshman to win the Cheryl Miller Award and Big 12 Player of the Year, sharing the latter with Skylar Vann. In the postseason, she received second and third-team All-American honors from AP and USBWA.

As a sophomore, Booker averaged 16.3 points and 6.6 rebounds. [9] She reached 1000 points in 61 games, the second fastest in program history to do so. [10] In the postseason, she led the Longhorns to their first Final Four since 2003, ultimately losing to South Carolina. [11] [12] Booker won the Cheryl Miller Award for the second time in a row, and was named SEC Player of the Year. [13] [14] She was named a first-team All-American by AP, and was as a finalist for the Wade Trophy and Wooden Award. [15]

National team career

Booker helped the United States win a gold medal at the 2021 FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship in Mexico, where she averaged 6.2 points and 6.7 rebounds per game. [3] At the 2022 FIBA Under-17 Women's World Cup in Hungary, she averaged 5.6 points, four rebounds and 2.3 assists per game en route to a gold medal. [16] Booker won her third gold medal at the 2023 FIBA Under-19 Women's World Cup in Spain, averaging 7.2 points and five rebounds per game. [17]

Career statistics

Legend
  GPGames played  GS Games started MPG Minutes per game RPG  Rebounds per game
 APG  Assists per game SPG  Steals per game BPG  Blocks per game PPG Points per game
 TO  Turnovers per game FG%  Field-goal percentage 3P%  3-point field-goal percentage FT%  Free-throw percentage
 Bold Career best°League leader

College

YearTeamGPGSMPGFG%3P%FT%RPGAPGSPGBPGTOPPG
2023–24 Texas 373730.845.730.687.65.05.01.50.42.916.5
2024–25 Texas 383831.346.440.382.86.62.71.60.52.116.3
Career757531.146.135.585.45.83.81.50.42.516.4

Personal life

Booker is a fan of NBA player Kevin Durant, and wears the number 35 after him. [18] Her father, Carlos Booker, played college basketball for Southern Miss. [19]

Business interests

On July 21, 2025, Booker was signed by Unrivaled, a 3x3 basketball league, to NIL deals as part of "The Future is Unrivaled Class of 2025". [20]

References

  1. Newsome, Langston (March 4, 2023). "Texas signee Madison Booker leads Germantown basketball to first state title in school history". The Clarion-Ledger . Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  2. Newsome, Langston (March 8, 2023). "Texas signee Madison Booker named Mississippi Gatorade girls basketball Player of the Year". The Clarion-Ledger . Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  3. 1 2 Newsome, Langston (September 28, 2022). "Germantown 5-star wing Madison Booker commits to Texas basketball". The Clarion-Ledger . Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  4. Negley, Cassandra (February 1, 2024). "How freshman Madison Booker kept No. 12 Texas on course after Rori Harmon's injury". Yahoo! Sports . Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  5. Vertuno, Jim (January 5, 2024). "Texas freshman Madison Booker leading the No. 10 Longhorns after Rori Harmon's injury". Associated Press . Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  6. "Texas' Booker named Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year". Southeastern Conference. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
  7. "OU's Vann, Texas' Booker share Big 12 POY award". ESPN.com. March 6, 2024. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
  8. Heidrick, Missy (March 13, 2024). "How Texas concluded its Big 12 tenure with a title". The IX Basketball. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
  9. "Texas women's basketball picked to win SEC crown by coaches as star forward Madison Booker earns more honors". 247Sports. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
  10. Ambrose, Anna. "Texas takes down Vanderbilt, Madison Booker records 1000th career point". The Daily Texan. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
  11. "Texas finally aces Elite 8 test as familiar foe looms". ESPN.com. April 1, 2025. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
  12. Singh • •, Sanjesh (April 4, 2025). "South Carolina's repeat bid alive after routing Texas 74-57 in Final Four". NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
  13. Davis, Danny (March 5, 2025). "Texas basketball: While 'leading from the front,' Madison Booker earns SEC's top honor". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
  14. "Women's Basketball's Booker named Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year". University of Texas Athletics. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
  15. Gatlin, Jamie. "Madison Booker earns special preseason honor". Longhorns Wire. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
  16. Wilson, Robert (July 18, 2022). "Germantown High's Madison Booker Helps Team USA Win Gold Medal At FIBA Women's U17 World Cup In Hungary". Mississippi Scoreboard. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  17. "Women's Basketball's Madison Booker wins gold at U19 World Cup". University of Texas Athletics. July 23, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
  18. Davis, Danny (October 10, 2024). "Texas Longhorns speak: Basketball players share the stories behind their jersey numbers". Austin American-Statesman. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
  19. "Madison Booker is not your typical 15-year-old basketball player". 247Sports. Retrieved January 7, 2026.
  20. "The Future is Unrivaled - Class of 2025 | Unrivaled". www.unrivaled.basketball. Retrieved January 7, 2026.