Miss Show-Me Basketball

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Miss Show-Me Basketball
Awarded forThe top female high school basketball player in Missouri
CountryUnited States
Presented byMissouri Basketball Coaches Association
First awarded1985
Website Miss Show-Me Basketball Website

The Miss Show-Me Basketball honor recognizes the top female high school basketball player in the state of Missouri. The name of the award differs from other Miss Basketball awards to reflect Missouri's state nickname, the Show-Me State. The award is presented annually by the Missouri Basketball Coaches Association. In order to be considered for the award, nominees must have been nominated by their high school coach, started in 90 percent of all games, must be high school seniors, and must be of "outstanding moral character". [1] Ten girls are selected as finalists after nominations are compiled, and a special committee of assistant college coaches in Missouri choose the winner.

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The first recipient of the honor was Janet Clark in 1985, who is the all-time leader in total points scored for the Northwest Missouri State Bearcats women's basketball team with 2,121 points. [2] Two sisters, Lori and Lisa Sandbothe, received the honor in 1986 and 1987 respectively and both went on to play for the Missouri Tigers women's basketball team. [3] In 2015, the honor was shared between Napheesa Collier and Sophie Cunningham, who both played as teammates in the McDonald's All-American Game that year. [4] Five recipients of the Miss Show-Me Basketball honor have been drafted into the WNBA, the highest draft pick being Kristin Folkl with the 1st overall pick in the 1999 WNBA draft as part of the initial expansion player allocation. Other recipients of the honor have played with professional teams in Europe and Asia, such as Kari Koch and Shakara Jones in Greece, Heather Ezell in Iceland, and Yvonne Anderson in Turkey. Many recipients have also pursued coaching opportunities in high schools and colleges.

Winners

YearPlayerHigh SchoolCollegeNotesRefs
1985 Janet Clark Lafayette Northwest Missouri State All-time leader in total points scored for the Northwest Missouri State Bearcats women's basketball team with 2,121 points [2] [5]
1986 Lori Sandbothe Washington Missouri Played for the Missouri Tigers women's basketball team with her sister and fellow Miss Show-Me Basketball recipient Lisa Sandbothe [3] [5]
1987 Lisa Sandbothe Washington Missouri Played for the Missouri Tigers women's basketball team with her sister and fellow Miss Show-Me Basketball recipient Lori Sandbothe [3] [5]
1988 Rhonda Moore Hazelwood East Missouri Named on the 20-year all-star women's basketball team for the Greater St. Louis area by The St. Louis American in 2006 [3] [5] [6]
1989 Kim Mahn De Soto Oklahoma State In 2018, Mahn was the first athlete in De Soto High School history to have a number retired [5] [7]
1990 Melody Howard Marshfield Missouri State Played for the United States in the 1993 World University Games, inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 1999 [5] [8]
1991 Melissa Grider Marshfield Missouri Southern Scored 3,211 total points in her high school career (Missouri record until 2010), named on the all-time Ozarks women's basketball team by Ozark Preps Illustrated in 2015 [5] [9] [10]
1992 Andrea Siemer Jackson Missouri Named to the academic all-conference team three years in a row while playing for the Missouri Tigers women's basketball team [5] [11]
1993 Marsha Burton Marionville Missouri State and Evangel Received NAIA All-American honors in 1997, basketball coach for Pierce City High School and Hurley High School [5] [12]
1994 Kristin Folkl St. Joseph's Stanford Selected by the Minnesota Lynx in the first round (1st overall pick) of the 1999 WNBA draft as part of the initial expansion player allocation, All-American her senior year playing for the Stanford Cardinal women's basketball team, first-alternate for the United States women's volleyball team during the 1996 Summer Olympics, recipient of the Dial Award for the top female high school athlete in the country in 1994 [5] [13]
1995 Amy Rhea St. James John Brown Honored with Freshman of the Year in the Sooner Athletic Conference in 1996, all-time leader in total points scored for the St. James High School women's basketball team with 2,604 points [5] [14] [15]
1996 Niele Ivey Cor Jesu Notre Dame Selected by the Indiana Fever in the second round (17th overall pick) of the 2001 WNBA draft, played in the WNBA for the Indiana Fever, Detroit Shock, and Phoenix Mercury, assistant basketball coach for the Notre Dame Fighting Irish women's basketball team, named on the 20-year all-star women's basketball team for the Greater St. Louis area by The St. Louis American in 2006 [5] [6] [16]
1997 April McKinney Incarnate Word Saint Louis Named on the 20-year all-star women's basketball team for the Greater St. Louis area by The St. Louis American in 2006 [5] [6] [17]
1998 Lauren Jackson North Kansas City Memphis All-time leader in total points scored for the North Kansas City High School women's basketball team with 2,124 points [5] [18]
1999 Karensa Barr West Plains Missouri Member of the Big 12 All-Star European Tour, invited to the USA Basketball tryouts in 2001, inducted into the Missouri Sports Hall of Fame in 2018 [5] [19]
2000 Terianne Wolford Nixa Missouri All-time leader in total points scored for the Nixa Public High School women's basketball team with 2,267 points [5] [20]
2001 Dionnah Jackson Parkway West Oklahoma Selected by the Detroit Shock in the first round (13th overall pick) of the 2005 WNBA draft, assistant basketball coach for Mississippi State University and Southeast Missouri State University [5] [21] [22]
2002 Kari Koch Elsberry Missouri State Played professional basketball in Greece for five years, named on the MVC all-centennial team in 2007, assistant basketball coach for Auburn University [5] [23]
2003 Laura Granzow Kickapoo Denver and Canisius Nominated for the Gatorade Player of the Year award and the McDonald's All-American Game [5] [24]
2004 Katie Dierdorf Visitation Michigan Injuries plagued Dierdorf for the majority of her collegiate career with the Michigan Wolverines women's basketball team [5] [25]
2005 Heather Ezell Kickapoo Iowa State Played professional basketball for Haukar in Iceland for the 2009–2010 season, assistant basketball coach for Fairfield University [5] [26]
2006 Mackenzie Stirmlinger St. Joseph's Iowa State Nominated for the Gatorade Player of the Year award [5] [27] [28]
2007 Shakara Jones Francis Howell Central Missouri Played professional basketball in Greece for Asteras Exarchion [5] [29]
2008 Yvonne Anderson Hickman Texas Signed a training camp contract with the Chicago Sky in 2017, played in the Turkish Women's Basketball League for Galatasaray [5] [30]
2009 Morgan Johnson Platte County Iowa All-time leader for the Iowa Hawkeyes women's basketball team in career shot blocks with 293 blocks [5] [31]
2010 Anne Marie Hartung Bowling Green Texas Played for the Texas Longhorns women's basketball team for only two seasons [5] [32]
2011 Shelby Winkelmann Hermann Central Missouri Named to the 2015–2016 CoSIDA Academic All-American team for Division II [5] [33]
2012 Taylor Manuel Incarnate Word Purdue, Loyola (IL), and Ole Miss Awarded the 2014–2015 Missouri Valley Newcomer of the Year [5] [34]
2013 Sierra Michaelis Mercer Missouri [5] [35]
2014 Carrie Shephard South Pemiscot Missouri and SEMO [5] [36]
2015 Napheesa Collier Incarnate Word UConn Selected by the Minnesota Lynx in the first round (6th overall pick) of the 2019 WNBA draft [5] [37]
Sophie Cunningham Rock Bridge Missouri Selected by the Phoenix Mercury in the second round (13th overall pick) of the 2019 WNBA draft [5] [38]
2016 Taylor Baur MICDS Princeton [5] [39]
2017 Lauryn Miller Kirkwood UCLA [5] [40]
2018 Sonya Morris Incarnate Word DePaul [5] [41]
2019 Hayley Frank Strafford Missouri [5] [42]
2020 Katie Scott Carl Junction Grand Canyon, Oral Roberts, and Point Loma [5] [43]
2021 Serena Sundell Maryville Kansas State [5] [44]
2022 Ysabella Fontleroy Kickapoo Baylor [5] [45]
2023 Grace Slaughter Grain Valley Missouri [5] [46]
2024 Allie Turner John Burroughs Gonzaga [5] [47]

Schools with multiple winners

SchoolNumber of AwardsYears
Incarnate Word 41997, 2012, 2015, 2018
Kickapoo 32003, 2005, 2022
Marshfield 21990, 1991
St. Joseph's 21994, 2006
Washington 21986, 1987

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