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.
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.
Award winners
YearPlayerHigh SchoolCollegeWNBA Draft1976Donna MurphyNewportMorehead State1977Geri GrigsbyMcDowellKentucky1978Irene MooreBreathitt County1979Beth WilkersonParisOld Dominion1980Lisa CollinsLaurel CountyKentucky1981Lillie MasonOlmstead HighWestern Kentucky1982Connie GoinsFranklin Co./Western Hills Duke1983Clemette HaskinsWarren CentralWestern Kentucky1984Carol ParkerMarshall CountyPaducah Community College1985Bridgette CombsWhitesburgWestern Kentucky1986Kris MillerOwensboro CatholicKentucky1987Mary TaylorMarshall CountyWestern Kentucky1988Kim PehlkeLouisville DossWestern Kentucky1989Lisa HarrisonLouisville SouthernTennessee1999 WNBA draft: 3rd round, 34th overall by the Phoenix Mercury1990Kim MaysKnox CentralEastern Kentucky1991Ida BowenSheldon ClarkWestern Kentucky1992Becky McKinleyBullitt EastKentucky1993Brandi AshbyWebster CountyHawaiiWestern Kentucky1994Laurie TownsendApolloWestern Kentucky1995Ukari FiggsScott CountyPurdue1999 WNBA draft: 3rd round, 28th overall by the Los Angeles Sparks1996Jaime WalzFt. Thomas HighlandsWestern Kentucky1997Rachel ByarsUnion CountyWestern KentuckyBoston College1998Beth ViceMontgomery CountyAlabama1999Jody SizemoreLeslie CountyMorehead State2000Jenni BenningfieldAssumptionVanderbilt2004 WNBA draft: 2nd round, 22nd overall by the Charlotte Sting2001Katie SchweggmanBishop BrossartMiami (OH)2002Erica HallmanHolmesKansas2003Megen GearhartWest CarterMorehead State2004Crystal KellySacred HeartWestern Kentucky2008 WNBA draft: 3rd round, 31st overall by the Houston Comets2005Carly OrmerodSacred HeartKentucky2006Arnika BrownChristian CountyKentuckySt. CatharineWestern Kentucky2007Rebecca GrayScott CountyNorth CarolinaKentuckyUnion College2008Tia GibbsButler TraditionalVanderbiltLouisville2009A'dia MathiesLouisville IroquoisKentucky2013 WNBA draft: 1st round, 10th overall by the Los Angeles Sparks2010Sarah Beth BarnetteLexington Christian AcademyKentuckyVirginia2011Sara HammondRockcastle CountyLouisville2012Sydney MossBoone CountyFloridaThomas More College2013Makayla EppsMarion CountyKentucky2017 WNBA draft: 3rd round, 33rd overall by the Chicago Sky2014Ivy Brown LaRue CountyWestern Kentucky2015Maci MorrisBell CountyKentucky2016Erin BoleyElizabethtownNotre DameOregon2017Lindsey DuvallBullitt EastLouisvilleNorthern Kentucky2018Seygan RobinsMercer CountyLouisvilleUT Martin2019Savannah WheelerBoyd CountyMarshall2020Maddie ScherrRyleOregonKentucky2021Brooklyn MilesFranklin County Tennessee2022Amiya JenkinsAnderson County Kentucky2023Haven FordRowan County Murray State2024Trinity RowePikeville Southern Mississippi2025ZaKiyah JohnsonSacred HeartLouisiana State2026Ashlynn JamesAssumptionIndiana
See also Kentucky Mr. Basketball
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