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.
Award winners YearPlayerHigh SchoolCollegeWNBA draft1986Margaret McKeonChrist the KingSt. John's1987Monika KostLindenhurstDuke1988Tammi ReissEldredVirginia1997 WNBA draft: 1st round, 5th pick by the Utah Starzz1989Norrine PowersNanuetHoly Cross1990Debbie BarnesShenendehowa1991Katina MackMonticelloPenn State1992Jennifer ScanlonShenendehowaDuke1993Suzanne MayoValley CentralConnecticut1994Sandy MitchellWaterlooSeton Hall1995 (tie)Chamique HoldsclawChrist the KingTennessee1999 WNBA draft: 1st Rnd, 1st overall by the Washington Mystics1995 (tie)Caryn SchoffSt. Johnsville Central1996Missy WestFranklin Academy (Malone, NY)Duke1997Kate SmithRoy C. KetchamWilliam & Mary1998Sue BirdChrist the KingConnecticut2002 WNBA draft: 1st Rnd, 1st overall by the Seattle Storm1999Nicole KaczmarskiSachemUCLA2003 WNBA draft: 3rd round, New York Liberty2000Carolyn GottsteinAlbanyBoston College2001Bethany LeSueurGarden CityGeorgetown2002Jenn VianiOur Lady of LourdesVillanova2003Cori ChambersThe Ursuline SchoolGeorgia2004Nicky AnosikeSt. Peter'sTennessee2008 WNBA draft: 2nd round, 16th pick by the Minnesota Lynx2005Carrem GayChrist the KingDuke2006Tina CharlesChrist the KingConnecticut2010 WNBA draft: 1st Rnd, 1st overall by the Connecticut Sun2007Lorin DixonChrist the KingConnecticut2008Shenise JohnsonRush-HenriettaMiami2012 WNBA draft: 1st round, 5th pick by the San Antonio Silver Stars2009Ieasia WalkerCopiagueSouth Carolina2010Bria HartleyNorth BabylonConnecticut2014 WNBA draft: 1st round, 7th pick by the Seattle Storm2011Bria SmithChrist the KingLouisville2012Breanna StewartCicero-North SyracuseConnecticut2016 WNBA draft: 1st round, 1st pick by the Seattle Storm2013Saniya ChongOssiningConnecticut2017 WNBA draft: 3rd Round, 26th pick by the Dallas Wings2014Mariah RuffOneontaSt. Bonaventure2015Lauren "Boogie" BrozoskiLong Island LutheranMichigan2016Dominique ToussaintChrist the KingVirginia2017 (tie)Andra Espinoza-HunterOssiningMississippi St.2017 (tie)Danielle PattersonThe Mary Louis AcademyNotre Dame2018Jordan NixonThe Mary Louis AcademyTexas A&M2019Aubrey GriffinOssiningConnecticut2025 WNBA draft; 3rd round, 37th pick by the Minnesota Lynx2020Kateri PooleSouth Shore High SchoolOhio State2021Sonia CitronThe Ursuline SchoolNotre Dame2025 WNBA draft; 1st round, 3rd pick by the Washington Mystics2022Paris ClarkLong Island LutheranArizona2023Gretchen DolanWilliamsville SouthIllinois2024Kate KovalLong Island LutheranNotre Dame
Schools with multiple winners SchoolNumber of AwardsYearsChrist the King8 1986, 1995, 1998, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2011, 2016Long Island Lutheran32015, 2022, 2024Ossining32013, 2017, 2019 Shenendehowa2 1990, 1992 The Mary Louis Academy2 2017, 2018The Ursuline School22003, 2021
See also Mr. New York Basketball
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