Miss New York Basketball

The Miss New York Basketball honor recognizes the top high school basketball player in the state of New York. The award is presented by the Basketball Coaches Association of New York, Inc, which consists of basketball coaches at the scholastic and collegiate levels from throughout the entire state.[1]

Award winners

Year Player High School College WNBA draft
2014 Mariah Ruff Oneonta
2013 Saniya Chong Ossining
2012 Breanna Stewart Cicero-North Syracuse
2011 Bria Smith Christ the King Louisville
2010 Bria Hartley North Babylon Connecticut 2014 WNBA Draft: 1st round, 7th pick by the Seattle Storm
2009 Ieasia Walker Copiague South Carolina
2008 Shenise Johnson Rush-Henrietta Miami (FL) 2012 WNBA Draft: 1st round, 5th pick by the San Antonio Silver Stars
2007 Lorin Dixon Christ the King Connecticut
2006 Tina Charles Christ the King Connecticut 2010 WNBA Draft: 1st Rnd, 1st overall by the Connecticut Sun
2005 Carrem Gay Christ the King Duke
2004 Nicky Anosike St. Peter's Tennessee
2003 Cari Chambers The Ursuline School
2002 Jenn Viani Our Lady of Lourdes
2001 Bethany LeSueur Garden City Georgetown
2000 Carolyn Gottstein Albany
1999 Nicole Kaczmarski Sachem UCLA 2003 WNBA Draft: 3rd round, New York Liberty[2]
1998 Sue Bird Christ the King Connecticut 2002 WNBA Draft: 1st Rnd, 1st overall by the Seattle Storm
1997 Kate Smith Roy C. Ketcham
1996 Missy West Franklin Academy (Malone, NY) Duke
1995 (tie) Caryn Schoff St. Johnsville Central
1995 (tie) Chamique Holdsclaw Christ the King Tennessee 1999 WNBA Draft: 1st Rnd, 1st overall by the Washington Mystics
1994 Sandy Mitchell Waterloo
1993 Suzanne Mayo Valley Central
1992 Jennifer Scanlon Shenendehowa
1991 Katina Mack Monticello
1990 Debbie Barnes Shenendehowa
1989 Norrine Powers Nanuet
1988 Tammy Reiss Eldred
1987 Monika Kost Lindenhurst
1986 Margaret McKeon Christ the King

Schools with multiple winners

School Number of Awards Years
Christ the King 6 1986, 1995, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2007
Shenendehowa 2 1990, 1992

See also

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