Minnesota Miss Basketball

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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.

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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 Gardner Bloomington Jefferson Minnesota
1979Jean Tierney St. Paul Central Creighton University
1980 Janet Karvonen New York Mills Old Dominion, transferred to
Louisiana Tech
1981 Kelly Skalicky Albany
1982 Annie Adamczak Moose Lake
1983 Angela Kuehn MN State Academy for the Deaf
1984None
1985 Class A Kristi Kremer Wheaton
1985 Class AA Denise Holm Duluth East
1986 Class A Laurie Decker Rochester Lourdes
1986 Class AA Amy Davidson St. Louis Park
1987 Class A Laurie Decker Rochester Lourdes
1987 Class AA Mya Whitmore Hill-Murray
1988 Class A Mary Jo Miller Tracy-Milroy
1988 Class AA Carolyn Frisk Stillwater
1989 Class A Yoli Murphy CHOF
1989 Class AA Jessica Fiebelkorn Osseo Notre Dame (Volleyball)
1990 Carol Ann Shudlick Apple Valley Minnesota
1991 Shannon Loeblein St. Paul Harding Minnesota
1992 Stacy Fields Mounds View Notre Dame
1993 Kasey Morlock Stewartville North Dakota State
1994 Kjersten Miller Bloomington Jefferson
1995 Linda Shudlick Apple Valley UCLA (Volleyball), transferred to
Minnesota (Volleyball)
1996 Sue Fiero Goodhue Minnesota-Duluth
1997 (tie) Coco Miller Rochester Mayo Georgia 2001 WNBA draft: 1st Rnd, 9th overall by the Washington Mystics
1997 (tie) Kelly Miller Rochester Mayo Georgia 2001 WNBA draft: 1st Rnd, 2nd overall by the Charlotte Sting
1998 Tamara Moore Minneapolis North Wisconsin 2002 WNBA draft: 1st Rnd, 15th overall by the Miami Sol
1999 Mauri Horton Minneapolis North Rutgers
2000 Susan King Holy Angels Stanford
2001 April Calhoun Robbinsdale Armstrong Iowa, transferred to
Minnesota
2002 Shannon Bolden Marshall Minnesota
2003 Liz Podominick Lakeville Minnesota
2004 Leslie Knight Hopkins Minnesota
2005 Katie Ohm Elgin-Millville Minnesota
2006 Jenna Smith Bloomington Kennedy Illinois 2010 WNBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 14th overall by the Washington Mystics
2007 Angel Robinson St. Paul Central Marquette 2011 WNBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 22nd overall by the New York Liberty
2008 Courtney Boylan Chaska Michigan
2009 Tayler Hill Minneapolis South Ohio State 2013 WNBA draft: 1st Rnd, 4th overall by the Washington Mystics
2010 Cassie Rochel Lakeville North Wisconsin
2011 Rachel Banham Lakeville North Minnesota 2016 WNBA draft: 1st Rnd, 4th overall by the Connecticut Sun
2012 Marissa Janning Watertown-Mayer High School Creighton
2013Rebekah DahlmanBraham High School Vanderbilt
2014 Carlie Wagner NRHEG High School Minnesota 2018 WNBA draft: 3rd Rnd, 35th overall by the Minnesota Lynx
2015Madison GuebertEastview High School South Dakota State
2016Nia HollieHopkins High School Michigan State
2017Gabi HaackElk River High School Bradley
2018Megan WalstadEastview High School UW-Milwaukee
2019Kacie Borowicz Roseau North Dakota
2020 Paige Bueckers Hopkins Connecticut
2021Adalia McKenzie Park Center Illinois
2022Amaya Battle Hopkins Minnesota
2023 Tessa Johnson St. Michael-Albertville South Carolina
2024 Olivia Olson Benilde-St. Margaret's Michigan

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  1. "Minnesota Miss Basketball Winners". Archived from the original on 2010-09-23. Retrieved 2010-09-02.