Michigan Miss Basketball

The Michigan Miss Basketball award is given annually since 1981 to the person chosen as the best female high school basketball player in the U.S. state of Michigan by the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan in conjunction with the Free Press.[1] Points are awarded on a 5-3-1 basis. Only BCAM members are permitted to vote.[2]

Award winners

Year Player High School College WNBA draft
1981 Julie Polakowski Leland Michigan State
1982 Sue Tucker Okemos Michigan State
1983 Michele Kruty Manistee Dayton
1984 Emily Wagner Livonia Ladywood Stanford
1985 Franthea Price River Rouge Iowa
1986 Daedra Charles Detroit de Porres Tennessee
1987 Dena Head Plymouth Salem Tennessee 1997 Elite Draft: 1st Rnd, 1st overall by the Utah Starzz
1988 Jennifer Shasky Birmingham Marian George Washington
1989 Peggy Evans Detroit Country Day Tennessee / Ohio State
1990 Markita Aldridge Detroit King NC-Charlotte
1991 Lisa Negri Flint Powers Ohio State
1992 Erinn Reed Saginaw Iowa / Kansas
1993 Sally Sedlar Manistee Toledo / Central Michigan
1994 Kim Knuth St. Joseph Toledo
1995 Maxann Reese Bishop Borgess Michigan State
1996 Deanna Nolan Flint Northern Georgia 2001 WNBA Draft: 1st Rnd, 6th overall by the Detroit Shock
1997 Aiysha Smith Bishop Borgess St. John's / LSU
1998 Kristen Koetsier Grandville Western Michigan
1999 Vicki Krapohl Mount Pleasant Duke
2000 Tabitha Pool Ann Arbor Huron Michigan
2001 Liz Shimek Maple City Glen Lake Michigan State 2006 WNBA Draft: 2nd Rnd, 18th overall by the Phoenix Mercury
2002 Danielle Kamm Saginaw Nouvel Marquette
2003 Krista Clement St. Ignace La Salle Michigan
2004 Tiffanie Shives Lansing Christian Michigan State / Gonzaga
2005 Allyssa DeHaan Grandville Michigan State
2006 Brenna Bankston Frankfort Western Michigan
2007 No award given *
2008 Kellie Watson Ionia Notre Dame
2009 Jennie Ryan Saginaw Nouvel Michigan
2010 Klarissa Bell East Lansing Michigan State
2011 Jasmine Hines Central Lake Michigan State
2012 Madison Ristovski Grosse Pointe Liggett Michigan
2013 Tori Jankoska Freeland Michigan State

* Through 2006, girls basketball was a fall sport. Beginning in 2007, the sport was moved to the winter with seasons beginning in one calendar year and ending in the following year. Thus, no award was given in 2007 although the honor has been awarded annually since 1981.

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