The North Carolina Miss Basketball honor recognizes the top girls’ high school senior basketball player in the state of North Carolina. The award is presented annually by the Charlotte Observer.

Award winners YearPlayerHigh SchoolCollegeWNBA draft 1985 Jill Goldberg Broughton Vanderbilt 1986 Schonna Banner West Caldwell South Carolina 1987 Andrea Stinson North Mecklenburg NC State 1997 WNBA draft : Initial player allocation, 2nd overall by the Charlotte Sting 1988 Mitzi Yount Bandys Appalachian State 1989 Danyel Parker Clinton NC State 1990 Tonya Sampson Clinton North Carolina 1991 Christy Cagle Hayesville Georgia 1992 Wendy Palmer Person Virginia 1997 WNBA draft : Elite Draft 2nd Rnd, 9th overall by the Utah Starzz 1993 Konecka Drakeford Providence Day School Virginia 1994 Tiffani Johnson Garinger Tennessee 1995 Natasha Davis Freedom North Carolina 1996 Shea Ralph Sanford Connecticut 2001 WNBA draft : 3rd Rnd, 40th overall by the Utah Starzz 1997 Tynesha Lewis Southwest Edgecombe NC State 2001 WNBA draft : 2nd Rnd, 31st overall by the Houston Comets 1998 Tina McKiver East Duplin East Carolina; Tulane 1999 Amy Simpson Morehead NC State 2000 Chrystal Baptist Charlotte Christian North Carolina 2001 Natasha Brackett Providence Day School Auburn 2002 Kerri Gardin Freedom Virginia Tech 2006 WNBA draft : 3rd Rnd, 34th overall by the Chicago Sky 2003 Camille Little Carver North Carolina 2007 WNBA draft : 2nd Rnd, 17th overall by the San Antonio Silver Stars 2004 Chante Black East Forsyth Duke 2009 WNBA draft : 1st Rnd, 10th overall by the Connecticut Sun 2005 Rashanda McCants Asheville North Carolina 2009 WNBA draft : 2nd Rnd, 15th overall by the Minnesota Lynx 2006 Joy Cheek South Mecklenburg Duke 2010 WNBA draft : 3rd Rnd, 35th overall by the Indiana Fever 2007 Cetera DeGraffenreid Smoky Mountain North Carolina 2008 Candace Wood Victory Christian North Carolina 2009 Christal Caldwell West Charlotte Florida 2010 Shannon Smith Forestview North Carolina 2011 Cierra Burdick Butler Tennessee 2015 NBA draft : 1st Rnd, 14th overall by the Los Angeles Sparks 2012 Tiffany Mitchell Providence Day School South Carolina 2016 WNBA draft : 1st Rnd, 9th overall by the Indiana Fever 2013 Keri Fulp East Surry Wake Forest 2014 Jatarie White Providence Day School South Carolina; Texas 2015 Stephanie Watts Weddington North Carolina; USC 2021 WNBA draft : 1st Rnd, 10th overall by the Los Angeles Sparks 2016 Erin Whalen Providence Day School Vanderbilt 2017 Mikayla Boykin Clinton Duke; UNC Charlotte 2018 Izabella Nicoletti Neuse Christian Academy Florida State 2019 Nia Daniel Hickory Ridge North Carolina 2020 Chyna Cornwell Newtown-Conover Rutgers 2021 Saniya Rivers Ashley NC State 2022 Indya Nivar Apex Friendship Stanford 2023 Sarah Strong Grace Christian School UConn 2024 Sarah Strong Grace Christian School UConn

Schools with multiple winners SchoolNumber of AwardsYearsProvidence Day School5 1993, 2001, 2012, 2014, 2016Clinton3 1989, 1990, 2017Freedom2 1995, 2002

See also North Carolina Mr. Basketball

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