Illinois Miss Basketball

The Illinois Miss Basketball honor recognizes the top high school basketball player in the state of Illinois.[1][2][3]

Award winners

Year Player High School College Professional basketball
2025 Destiny Jackson[4] Whitney Young Illinois
2024 Kloe Froebe Lincoln Colorado State
2023 Lenée Beaumont Benet Academy Indiana
2022 Sophie Swanson Barrington Purdue
2021 N/A
2020 Angela Dugalić Maine West Oregon/UCLA
2019 Brea Beal (3) Rock Island South Carolina 2023 WNBA draft 2nd round, 24th overall pick, Minnesota Lynx
2018 Brea Beal (2)
2017 Brea Beal
2016 Kathleen Doyle Benet Academy Iowa 2020 WNBA draft 2nd round, 14th overall pick, Indiana Fever
2015 Haley Gorecki Fremd Duke 2020 WNBA draft 3rd round, 31st overall pick, Seattle Storm
2014 Tyra Buss (2) Mt. Carmel Indiana
2013 Tyra Buss
2012 Morgan Tuck (2) Bolingbrook Connecticut 2016 WNBA draft 1st round, 3rd overall pick, Connecticut Sun
2011 Ariel Massengale Tennessee 2015 WNBA draft 3rd round, 29th overall pick, Atlanta Dream
2010 Tricia Liston Fenwick Duke 2014 WNBA draft 1st round, 12th overall pick, Minnesota Lynx
2009 Morgan Tuck Bolingbrook Connecticut 2016 WNBA draft 1st round, 3rd overall pick, Connecticut Sun
2008 Sarah Boothe Warren Stanford
2007 Brittany Johnson Olney East Richland Ohio State
2006 Theresa Lisch Althoff St. Louis
2005 Lindsay Schrader Bartlett Notre Dame
2004 Candace Parker (3) Naperville Central Tennessee 2008 WNBA draft 1st round, 1st overall pick, Los Angeles Sparks
2003 Candace Parker (2)
2002 Candace Parker
2001 Cappie Pondexter (2) Marshall Rutgers 2006 WNBA draft 1st round, 2nd overall pick, Phoenix Mercury
2000 Cappie Pondexter
1999 Molly McDowell Nokomis Southern Illinois
1998 Allison Curtin Taylorville Illinois/Tulsa 2003 WNBA draft 1st round, 12th overall pick, Houston Comets
1997 Courtney Smith Carlyle Southern Illinois
1996 Tauja Catchings Stevenson Illinois
1995 Tamika Catchings Tennessee 2001 WNBA draft 1st round, 3rd overall pick, Indiana Fever
1994 Michelle Hasheider Okawville Colorado
1993 Kim Williams Marshall DePaul/Arkansas-Fort Smith 1997 WNBA draft 4th round, 28th overall pick, Utah Starzz[5]
1992 Tammy Van Oppen Limestone South Florida
1991 Megan Lucid Mother McAuley DePaul
1990 Courtney Porter Hume Shiloh Illinois State
1989 LaTonia Foster Marshall Iowa
1988 Nancy Kennelly Maine West Northwestern
1987 Cindy Kaufman Seneca Illinois State
1986 Doris Carie Teutopolis Illinois

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Ms. Basketball of Illinois winners". Chicago Tribune. March 28, 2013. Archived from the original on May 26, 2026. Retrieved February 10, 2019.
  2. ↑ Millar, Steve (April 12, 2024). "2024 Mr. and Ms. Basketball of Illinois: Thornton's Morez Johnson and Lincoln's Kloe Froebe". Chicago Tribune. Archived from the original on August 19, 2013. Retrieved April 12, 2024.
  3. ↑ "2026 Mr. and Ms. Basketball of Illinois: Warren's Jaxson Davis and Naperville Central's Trinity Jones". Chicago Tribune. April 10, 2026. Archived from the original on April 10, 2026. Retrieved April 14, 2026.
  4. ↑ "Meet the 2025 Mr. and Ms. Basketball of Illinois: Warren's Jaxson Davis and Young's Destiny Jackson". Chicago Tribune. April 4, 2025. Retrieved April 26, 2025.
  5. ↑ "Kim Williams Player File". WNBA. Archived from the original on April 30, 2001. Retrieved May 31, 2017.


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