Miss Georgia Basketball

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Each year the Miss Georgia Basketball award is given to the person chosen as the best high school girls basketball player in the U.S. state of Georgia. The award winner is selected by members of the Atlanta Tip Off Club. [1]

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Award winners

YearPlayerHigh SchoolCollegeWNBA draft
2018Olivia Nelson-Ododa Winder-Barrow Connecticut
2017Mikayla Coombs Wesleyan School Connecticut, Georgia
2016Jenna Staiti West Forsyth Maryland, Georgia
2015 Asia Durr St. Pius Louisville
2014Asia Durr St. Pius Louisville
2013Diamond DeSheilds Norcross High School North Carolina, Tennessee
2012Pachiyaanna Roberts McEachern Syracuse, Georgia [2]
2011Brianna Banks Fayette County Connecticut
2010Kayla Lewis Southwest Dekalb Florida
2009Anne Marie Armstrong Wesleyan School Georgia [3] 2013 WNBA Draft: 3rd Rnd, 31st overall by the Atlanta Dream
2008Anne Marie Armstrong Wesleyan School Georgia [4] 2013 WNBA Draft: 3rd Rnd, 31st overall by the Atlanta Dream
2007 Maya Moore Collins Hill Connecticut 2011 WNBA Draft: 1st Rnd, 1st overall by the Minnesota Lynx
2006 Maya Moore Collins Hill Connecticut 2011 WNBA Draft: 1st Rnd, 1st overall by the Minnesota Lynx
2005Angel Robinson Marietta Georgia [5] 2010 WNBA Draft: 2nd Rnd, 20th overall by the Los Angeles Sparks
2004 Tasha Humphrey Gainesville Georgia [6] 2008 WNBA Draft: 1st Rnd, 11th overall by the Detroit Shock
2003 Tasha Humphrey Gainesville Georgia [7] 2008 WNBA Draft: 1st Rnd, 11th overall by the Detroit Shock
2002 Sherill Baker Greater Atlanta Christian Georgia [8] 2006 WNBA Draft: 1st Rnd, 12th overall by the New York Liberty
2001Nikita Bell Spencer North Carolina 2005 WNBA Draft: 2nd Rnd, 20th overall by the Detroit Shock
2000 Christi Thomas Buford Georgia [9] 2004 WNBA Draft: 1st Rnd, 12th overall by the Los Angeles Sparks
1999Mary Beth Lycett Morrow [10] Georgia
1998Sherika Wright T.W. Josey Ole Miss
1997Jill Razor Athens Academy Rollins College
1996 Kiesha Brown Woodward Academy Georgia [11]
1995 Kiesha Brown Woodward Academy Georgia [12]
1994Mahogany Hudson Gainesville Florida
1993Tracy Sadler Hart County North Carolina
1992Eddranette Arnold Cedar Shoals Florida A&M
1991Stephanie Lawrence Morrow North Carolina
1990Latrecia Drake Morrow Clayton State
1989Vicky Jones Seminole Georgia [13]
1988 Audra Smith Baldwin Virginia
1987Tammye Jenkins Terrell County Georgia [14]
1986Miriam Walker Central (Talbotten) Claflin University
1985Traci Waites Rockdale County Georgia [15] Cal State Long Beach

See also

Mr. Georgia Basketball

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