# Mississippi Miss Basketball

Each year the Mississippi Miss Basketball award is given to the best high school girls basketball player in the state of Mississippi by The Clarion-Ledger.

## Award winners

| Year | Player | High School | College | WNBA draft |
| 2016 | Myah Taylor | Olive Branch HS, Olive Branch | Mississippi State | |
| 2015 | Myah Taylor | Olive Branch HS, Olive Branch | Mississippi State | |
| 2014 | Victoria Vivians (2) | Scott Central HS, Forest | Mississippi State | |
| 2013 | Victoria Vivians | Scott Central HS, Forest | Mississippi State | |
| 2012 | Jerontay Clemons | Coldwater HS, Coldwater | Southern Miss | |
| 2011 | Krista Donald | Lake HS, Lake | Georgia | |
| 2010 | Valencia McFarland (2) | Raymond HS, Raymond | Ole Miss | |
| 2009 | Valencia McFarland | Raymond HS, Raymond | Ole Miss | |
| 2008 | April Sykes | East Oktibbeha County HS, Columbus | Rutgers | 2012 WNBA draft: 3rd Round, 28th overall by the Los Angeles Sparks |
| 2007 | Bug Cooper | Gentry HS, Indianola | Delta State | |
| 2006 | Tiawana Pringle | Southeast Lauderdale HS, Meridian | Louisiana Tech | |
| 2005 | Kendra Reed | Bay HS, Bay St. Louis | Southern Miss | |
| 2004 | Dee Forrest | Louisville HS, Louisville | Ole Miss | |
| 2003 | Navonda Moore | Murrah HS, Jackson | Alabama | |
| 2002 | LaToya George | Clinton HS, Clinton | Jackson State | |
| 2001 | Monique Horner | Southeast Lauderdale HS, Meridian | Meridian CC | |
| 2000 | Ebony Felder | Murrah HS, Jackson | Georgia | |
| 1999 | LaToya Thomas (2) | Greenville HS, Greenville | Mississippi State | 2003 WNBA draft: 1st Round, 1st overall by the Cleveland Rockers |
| 1998 | LaToya Thomas | Greenville HS, Greenville | Mississippi State | 2003 WNBA draft: 1st Round, 1st overall by the Cleveland Rockers |
| 1997 | April Brown | Harrison Central HS, Gulfport | LSU | |
| 1996 | Tiffany Travis | Harrison Central HS, Gulfport | Florida | 2000 WNBA draft: 2nd Round, 11th overall by the Charlotte Sting |
| 1995 | Tarsha Bethley | Simmons HS, Hollandale | Ole Miss | |
| 1994 | Rosalyn Spann | Noxubee County HS, Macon | Jackson State | |
| 1993 | Nedra Hosey | Bay Springs HS, Bay Springs | Southern Miss | |
| 1992 | Yolanda Moore | Port Gibson HS, Port Gibson | Ole Miss | |
| 1991 | Niesa Johnson | Clinton HS, Clinton | Alabama | |
| 1990 | Cornelia Gayden | Bogue Chitto HS, Bogue Chitto | LSU | |
| 1989 | Stacy Truitt | Port Gibson HS, Port Gibson | Kansas | |
| 1988 | Alexis Hall | Harrison Central HS, Gulfport | Southern Miss | |
| 1987 | Jackie Martin | Warren Central HS, Vicksburg | Ole Miss | |
| 1986 | Annette Jackson | Brookhaven HS, Brookhaven | LSU | |
| 1985 | Cynthia Autry | Houston HS, Houston | Ole Miss | |
| 1984 | Chana Perry | Brookhaven HS, Brookhaven | Northeast Louisiana San Diego State | |
| 1983 | Alisa Scott | Warren Central HS, Vicksburg | Ole Miss | |
| 1982 | Jennifer Gillom | Lafayette HS, Oxford | Ole Miss | |
| 1981 | Eugenia Conner | Harrison Central HS, Gulfport | Ole Miss | |
| 1980 | Janice Lawrence (2) | George County HS, Lucedale | Louisiana Tech | |
| 1979 | Janice Lawrence | George County HS, Lucedale | Louisiana Tech | |

### Most winners by high school and college

| Number | High School |
| 4 | Harrison Central High School, Gulfport |
| Number | College |
| 10 | Ole Miss |
| 4 | Mississippi State |
| 4 | Southern Miss |
| 3 | Louisiana Tech |
| 3 | LSU |