Alabama Miss Basketball
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Each year the Alabama Miss Basketball award is given to the person chosen as the best high school
girls basketball
player in the U.S. state
of Alabama
. The award winner is selected by members of the Alabama Sports Writers Association.
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
girls basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
player in the U.S. state
U.S. state
A U.S. state is any one of the 50 federated states of the United States of America that share sovereignty with the federal government. Because of this shared sovereignty, an American is a citizen both of the federal entity and of his or her state of domicile. Four states use the official title of...
of Alabama
Alabama
Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...
. The award winner is selected by members of the Alabama Sports Writers Association.
Award winners
Year | Player | High School | College | WNBA draft |
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2010 | Kaneisha Horn | Ramsay Ramsay High School (Birmingham, Alabama) Ramsay Alternative High School is a magnet high school serving about 600 students in the Birmingham City Schools system. It is situated near 12th Avenue South and 20th Street. The school building's site, on a ridge just north of the crest of Red Mountain, near the Five Points South area... |
Alabama Alabama Crimson Tide women's basketball The Alabama Crimson Tide women's basketball program represents the University of Alabama in the sport of women's basketball. The team competes in the Southeastern Conference and National Collegiate Athletic Association. They are coached by Wendell Hudson, the first African-American student-athlete... |
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2009 | Jala Harris | Bob Jones Bob Jones High School Bob Jones High School is a public high school in Madison, Alabama, United States. The school is a part of Madison City Schools. Despite its name, it is not affiliated with Bob Jones University of Greenville, South Carolina; rather, it is named after Robert E... |
UAB UAB Blazers The UAB Blazers are the forest green and old gold-swathed athletic teams at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The school is one of the twelve member institutions of Conference USA and participates in Division I of the NCAA... |
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2008 | Courtney Jones | Midfield | LSU LSU Lady Tigers basketball The LSU Lady Tigers basketball team represents Louisiana State University in NCAA Division I women's college basketball. The team is currently coached by former UCLA head coach Nikki Caldwell, who accepted the job on April 2, 2011. Past coaches include Barbara Swanner, Jinks Coleman,... |
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2007 | Katherine Graham | Ramsay | LSU | |
2006 | Shanavia Dowdell | Calera Calera High School Calera High School is a high school located in Calera, Alabama. The principal of the school is Richard Bishop. There are also two vice principals: Mr. Saurs, and Mr. Dixon. As of 2008, 879 students attend the school in grades 7-12.... |
LA Tech Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball The Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball team represents Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana. The team currently competes in the NCAA Division I as a member of the Western Athletic Conference. The current head coach of the Lady Techsters is Teresa Weatherspoon... |
2010 WNBA Draft 2010 WNBA Draft The 2010 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 8, 2010. The first round was shown on ESPN2 , while the second and third rounds were shown on NBA TV and ESPNU.A lottery was... : 2nd Rnd, 18th overall by the Washington Mystics Washington Mystics The Washington Mystics is a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1998 season. The team is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment , who also owns the Mystics'... |
2005 | Whitney Boddie Whitney Boddie Whitney Boddie is a professional basketball player most recently playing for the Sacramento Monarchs.Graduated in 2005 from Florence High School of Florence, Alabama, Boddie was named 2005 Alabama Miss Basketball.... |
Florence | Auburn Auburn Tigers Auburn Tigers is the name given to Auburn University athletic teams. The University is a member of the Southeastern Conference and competes in NCAA Division I, fielding 19 varsity teams in 13 sports:* Men's sports** Baseball** Basketball... |
2009 WNBA Draft 2009 WNBA Draft The 2009 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 9, 2009. The first round was shown on ESPN2 at 3:00pm ET, while the second and third rounds were shown on ESPNU and NBA TV at... : 2nd Rnd, 20th overall by the Sacramento Monarchs Sacramento Monarchs The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009... |
2004 | Starr Orr | Danville | MTSU Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders The Blue Raiders are the men's and women's athletic teams at Middle Tennessee State University. MTSU athletic teams participate in NCAA Division I in the Sun Belt Conference... |
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2003 | Sidney Spencer Sidney Spencer Sidney Spencer is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA.Sidney attended the University of Tennessee, and in April 2007 led the team to the national championship. That same month, she was selected in the 2nd round of the WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks... |
Hoover Hoover High School (Alabama) Hoover High School is a public high school in Hoover, Alabama, USA, serving grades 9-12. It was built as a replacement for W. A. Berry High School. It is currently one of the two International Baccalaureate schools in the Greater Birmingham Area... |
Tennessee | 2007 WNBA Draft 2007 WNBA Draft The 2007 WNBA Draft was the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league.... : 2nd Rnd, 25th overall by the Los Angeles Sparks Los Angeles Sparks The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began... |
2002 | Kate Mastin | |||
2001 | Donyel Wheeler | |||
2000 | Natasha Thomas | |||
1999 | Tasheika Morris | |||
1998 | Gwen Jackson Gwen Jackson Gwen Jackson is a former WNBA player who played for the Phoenix Mercury. She also played for the San Antonio Silver Stars. She was the sixth overall pick in the 2003 WNBA Draft. She attended the University of Tennessee.-High school:... |
Eufaula | Tennessee | 2003 WNBA Draft 2003 WNBA Draft The 2003 WNBA Draft, both the dispersal draft and the regular WNBA draft, took place on April 24. The dispersal draft involved players from the rosters of the Portland Fire and Miami Sol teams which had both folded after the 2002 season.... : 1st Rnd, 6th overall by the Indiana Fever Indiana Fever The Indiana Fever is a professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began... |
1997 | April Nance | |||
1996 | Nicole Carruth | |||
1995 | Heather Mayes | |||
1994 | Pam Duncan | |||
1993 | Leah Monteith | [Cherokee County High School] | [Alabama] | |
1992 | Yolanda Watkins | |||
1991 | Tonya Tice | |||
1990 | Karen Killen | |||
1989 | Leslie Claybrook | |||
1988 | Jeaniece Slater | |||