Female Prep Player of the Year
The Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award was established in 1987 to honor the nation’s best male and female high school players.
A nationwide poll of prep basketball analysts, key members of the media, and college and high school coaches assist the Atlanta Tipoff Club in selecting the winner.
In 2004, Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy and the NBA Lottery’s #1 draft pick Dwight Howard was awarded the Male Prep Player of the Year. Naperville Central High School’s Candace Parker, who is only the second high school female ever to dunk a basketball, won the Female Prep Player of the Year Award.
FORMER NAISMITH FEMALE PREP PLAYERS OF THE YEAR
1987 Lynn Lorenzen
(Ventura High School, Ventura, IA)
1988 Vicki Hall
(Brebeuf Prep, Indianapolis, IN)
1989 Lisa Harrison
(Southern High School, Louisville, KY)
1990 Lisa Leslie
(Morningside High School, Inglewood, CA)
1991 Michelle Marciniak
(Central Catholic High School, Allentown, PA)
1992 Yolanda Watkins
(Decatur High School, Decatur, AL)
1993 La'Keshia Frett
(Phoebus High School, Hampton, VA)
1994 Tiffany Gooden
(Snider High School, Fort Wayne, IN)
1995 Chamique Holdsclaw
(Christ the King, Queens, NY)
1996 Kiesha Brown
(Woodward Academy, Atlanta, GA)
1997 Tamika Catchings
(Duncanville High School, Duncanville, TX)
1998 Tamika Williams
(Chaminade-Julienne High School, Dayton, OH)
1999 Kara Lawson
(West Springfield High School, Springfield, VA)
2000 Diana Taurasi
(Don Lugo High School, Chino, CA)
2001 Shyra Ely
(Ben Davis High, Indianapolis, IN)
2002 Ann Stother
(Highlands Ranch High, Highlands Ranch, CO)
2003 Candace Parker
(Naperville Central High, Naperville, IL )
2004 Candace Parker
(Naperville Central High School)
