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Each year the Alabama Miss Basketball award is given to the person chosen as the best high school

High school

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girls basketball

Basketball

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player in the U.S. state

U.S. state

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of Alabama

Alabama

Alabama is a state located in the southeastern region of the United States. It is bordered by Tennessee to the north, Georgia to the east, Florida and the Gulf of Mexico to the south, and Mississippi to the west. Alabama ranks 30th in total land area and ranks second in the size of its inland...

. The award winner is selected by members of the Alabama Sports Writers Association.

Award winners

Year	Player	High School	College	WNBA draft
2010	Kaneisha Horn	Ramsay Ramsay High School (Birmingham, Alabama) Ramsay Alternative High School is a magnet high school serving about 600 students in the Birmingham City Schools system. It is situated near 12th Avenue South and 20th Street. The school building's site, on a ridge just north of the crest of Red Mountain, near the Five Points South area...	Alabama Alabama Crimson Tide women's basketball The Alabama Crimson Tide women's basketball program represents the University of Alabama in the sport of women's basketball. The team competes in the Southeastern Conference and National Collegiate Athletic Association. They are coached by Wendell Hudson, the first African-American student-athlete...
2009	Jala Harris	Bob Jones Bob Jones High School Bob Jones High School is a public high school in Madison, Alabama, United States. The school is a part of Madison City Schools. Despite its name, it is not affiliated with Bob Jones University of Greenville, South Carolina; rather, it is named after Robert E...	UAB UAB Blazers The UAB Blazers are the forest green and old gold-swathed athletic teams at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. The school is one of the twelve member institutions of Conference USA and participates in Division I of the NCAA...
2008	Courtney Jones	Midfield	LSU LSU Lady Tigers basketball The LSU Lady Tigers basketball team represents Louisiana State University in NCAA Division I women's college basketball. The team is currently coached by former UCLA head coach Nikki Caldwell, who accepted the job on April 2, 2011. Past coaches include Barbara Swanner, Jinks Coleman,...
2007	Katherine Graham	Ramsay	LSU
2006	Shanavia Dowdell	Calera Calera High School Calera High School is a high school located in Calera, Alabama. The principal of the school is Richard Bishop. There are also two vice principals: Mr. Saurs, and Mr. Dixon. As of 2008, 879 students attend the school in grades 7-12....	LA Tech Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball The Louisiana Tech Lady Techsters basketball team represents Louisiana Tech University in Ruston, Louisiana. The team currently competes in the NCAA Division I as a member of the Western Athletic Conference. The current head coach of the Lady Techsters is Teresa Weatherspoon...	2010 WNBA Draft 2010 WNBA Draft The 2010 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 8, 2010. The first round was shown on ESPN2 , while the second and third rounds were shown on NBA TV and ESPNU.A lottery was... : 2nd Rnd, 18th overall by the Washington Mystics Washington Mystics The Washington Mystics is a professional basketball team based in Washington, D.C., playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded prior to the 1998 season. The team is owned by Monumental Sports & Entertainment , who also owns the Mystics'...
2005	Whitney Boddie Whitney Boddie Whitney Boddie is a professional basketball player most recently playing for the Sacramento Monarchs.Graduated in 2005 from Florence High School of Florence, Alabama, Boddie was named 2005 Alabama Miss Basketball....	Florence	Auburn Auburn Tigers Auburn Tigers is the name given to Auburn University athletic teams. The University is a member of the Southeastern Conference and competes in NCAA Division I, fielding 19 varsity teams in 13 sports:* Men's sports Baseball Basketball...	2009 WNBA Draft 2009 WNBA Draft The 2009 WNBA Draft is the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league. The draft was held on April 9, 2009. The first round was shown on ESPN2 at 3:00pm ET, while the second and third rounds were shown on ESPNU and NBA TV at... : 2nd Rnd, 20th overall by the Sacramento Monarchs Sacramento Monarchs The Sacramento Monarchs were a basketball team based in Sacramento, California. They played in the Women's National Basketball Association from 1997 until folding on November 20, 2009...
2004	Starr Orr	Danville	MTSU Middle Tennessee Blue Raiders The Blue Raiders are the men's and women's athletic teams at Middle Tennessee State University. MTSU athletic teams participate in NCAA Division I in the Sun Belt Conference...
2003	Sidney Spencer Sidney Spencer Sidney Spencer is an American professional basketball player for the Phoenix Mercury of the WNBA.Sidney attended the University of Tennessee, and in April 2007 led the team to the national championship. That same month, she was selected in the 2nd round of the WNBA draft by the Los Angeles Sparks...	Hoover Hoover High School (Alabama) Hoover High School is a public high school in Hoover, Alabama, USA, serving grades 9-12. It was built as a replacement for W. A. Berry High School. It is currently one of the two International Baccalaureate schools in the Greater Birmingham Area...	Tennessee	2007 WNBA Draft 2007 WNBA Draft The 2007 WNBA Draft was the league's annual process for determining which teams receive the rights to negotiate with players entering the league.... : 2nd Rnd, 25th overall by the Los Angeles Sparks Los Angeles Sparks The Los Angeles Sparks is a professional basketball team based in Los Angeles, California, playing in the Western Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the league's inaugural 1997 season began...
2002	Kate Mastin
2001	Donyel Wheeler
2000	Natasha Thomas
1999	Tasheika Morris
1998	Gwen Jackson Gwen Jackson Gwen Jackson is a former WNBA player who played for the Phoenix Mercury. She also played for the San Antonio Silver Stars. She was the sixth overall pick in the 2003 WNBA Draft. She attended the University of Tennessee.-High school:...	Eufaula	Tennessee	2003 WNBA Draft 2003 WNBA Draft The 2003 WNBA Draft, both the dispersal draft and the regular WNBA draft, took place on April 24. The dispersal draft involved players from the rosters of the Portland Fire and Miami Sol teams which had both folded after the 2002 season.... : 1st Rnd, 6th overall by the Indiana Fever Indiana Fever The Indiana Fever is a professional basketball team based in Indianapolis, Indiana, playing in the Eastern Conference in the Women's National Basketball Association . The team was founded before the 2000 season began...
1997	April Nance
1996	Nicole Carruth
1995	Heather Mayes
1994	Pam Duncan
1993	Leah Monteith	[Cherokee County High School]	[Alabama]
1992	Yolanda Watkins
1991	Tonya Tice
1990	Karen Killen
1989	Leslie Claybrook
1988	Jeaniece Slater

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