Kentucky Miss Basketball
Award
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The Kentucky Miss Basketball honor recognizes the top female high school basketball player in the state of Kentucky. The corresponding male honor, Kentucky Mr. Basketball, was first awarded in 1954, with Kentucky Miss Basketball being created in 1976. The award is presented annually by the Kentucky Lions Eye Foundation.[1][2]
Over the history of the award, all but one of the honorees has gone on to play basketball in college. Six were also drafted into the WNBA.[3]
Award winners
| Year | Player | High School | College | WNBA Draft |
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| 1976 | Donna Murphy | Newport | Morehead State | |
| 1977 | Geri Grigsby | McDowell | Kentucky | |
| 1978 | Irene Moore | Breathitt County | ||
| 1979 | Beth Wilkerson | Paris | Old Dominion | |
| 1980 | Lisa Collins | Laurel County | Kentucky | |
| 1981 | Lillie Mason | Olmstead High | Western Kentucky | |
| 1982 | Connie Goins | Franklin Co./Western Hills | Duke | |
| 1983 | Clemette Haskins | Warren Central | Western Kentucky | |
| 1984 | Carol Parker | Marshall County | Paducah Community College | |
| 1985 | Bridgette Combs | Whitesburg | Western Kentucky | |
| 1986 | Kris Miller | Owensboro Catholic | Kentucky | |
| 1987 | Mary Taylor | Marshall County | Western Kentucky | |
| 1988 | Kim Pehlke | Louisville Doss | Western Kentucky | |
| 1989 | Lisa Harrison | Louisville Southern | Tennessee | 1999 WNBA draft: 3rd round, 34th overall by the Phoenix Mercury |
| 1990 | Kim Mays | Knox Central | Eastern Kentucky | |
| 1991 | Ida Bowen | Sheldon Clark | Western Kentucky | |
| 1992 | Becky McKinley | Bullitt East | Kentucky | |
| 1993 | Brandi Ashby | Webster County | Hawaiʻi Western Kentucky |
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| 1994 | Laurie Townsend | Apollo | Western Kentucky | |
| 1995 | Ukari Figgs | Scott County | Purdue | 1999 WNBA draft: 3rd round, 28th overall by the Los Angeles Sparks |
| 1996 | Jaime Walz | Ft. Thomas Highlands | Western Kentucky | |
| 1997 | Rachel Byars | Union County | Western Kentucky Boston College |
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| 1998 | Beth Vice | Montgomery County | Alabama | |
| 1999 | Jody Sizemore | Leslie County | Morehead State | |
| 2000 | Jenni Benningfield | Assumption | Vanderbilt | 2004 WNBA draft: 2nd round, 22nd overall by the Charlotte Sting |
| 2001 | Katie Schweggman | Bishop Brossart | Miami (OH) | |
| 2002 | Erica Hallman | Holmes | Kansas | |
| 2003 | Megen Gearhart | West Carter | Morehead State | |
| 2004 | Crystal Kelly | Sacred Heart | Western Kentucky | 2008 WNBA draft: 3rd round, 31st overall by the Houston Comets |
| 2005 | Carly Ormerod | Sacred Heart | Kentucky | |
| 2006 | Arnika Brown | Christian County | Kentucky St. Catharine Western Kentucky |
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| 2007 | Rebecca Gray | Scott County | North Carolina Kentucky Union College | |
| 2008 | Tia Gibbs | Butler Traditional | Vanderbilt Louisville |
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| 2009 | A'dia Mathies | Louisville Iroquois | Kentucky | 2013 WNBA draft: 1st round, 10th overall by the Los Angeles Sparks |
| 2010 | Sarah Beth Barnette | Lexington Christian Academy | Kentucky Virginia |
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| 2011 | Sara Hammond | Rockcastle County | Louisville | |
| 2012 | Sydney Moss | Boone County | Florida Thomas More College |
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| 2013 | Makayla Epps | Marion County | Kentucky | 2017 WNBA draft: 3rd round, 33rd overall by the Chicago Sky |
| 2014 | Ivy Brown | LaRue County | Western Kentucky | |
| 2015 | Maci Morris | Bell County | Kentucky | |
| 2016 | Erin Boley | Elizabethtown | Notre Dame Oregon |
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| 2017 | Lindsey Duvall | Bullitt East | Louisville Northern Kentucky |
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| 2018 | Seygan Robins | Mercer County | Louisville UT Martin |
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| 2019 | Savannah Wheeler | Boyd County | Marshall | |
| 2020 | Maddie Scherr | Ryle | Oregon Kentucky |
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| 2021 | Brooklyn Miles | Franklin County | Tennessee | |
| 2022 | Amiya Jenkins | Anderson County | Kentucky | |
| 2023 | Haven Ford | Rowan County | Murray State | |
| 2024 | Trinity Rowe | Pikeville | Southern Mississippi | |
| 2025 | ZaKiyah Johnson | Sacred Heart | Louisiana State | |
| 2026 | Ashlynn James | Assumption | Indiana |
