For just the second time in high school girls basketball history, a player from Michigan leads the nation in scoring average.
Mia McGregor of
Mio-Au Sable (Mio) tops the MaxPreps leaderboard at 43.4 points per game.
MaxPreps has compiled a list of the leading scorers – average and total
points – for every season dating back to 1975 when schools began switching
over from 6-on-6 to 5-on-5. Sources include state association websites,
Cal-Hi Sports Record Book & Almanac, Bob Springs' Texas Basketball
Records, LuckyShow.org and the MaxPreps leaderboards.
McGregor is the only player in the nation with an average over 40 points per game this season and leads the No. 2 scorer on the list by over four points a game. The junior point guard broke her own state record of 41.2 points per game, established last year as a sophomore, and has the three highest scoring averages in state history. She was No. 2 nationally last year behind Iyanna Wade of
Clairton (Pa.), who averaged 41.5 points per game.
A year after Monterey teammate Aaliyah Chavez led the nation in total points, senior Ambrosia Cole is bidding to do the same. (PHOTO: Aydin Buyuktas)
With 2,659 career points, McGregor is just
376 points away from breaking the state scoring record.
A
Monterey (Lubbock, Texas) player leads the nation in total points for the third straight year, at least for the time being.
Ambrosia Cole tossed in 1,091 points this year. Her former teammate, Aaliyah Chavez, scored 1,451 points in 2025 and 1,324 points in 2024.
A pair of California players could surpass Cole this weekend, however.
Kaleena Smith of
Ontario Christian (Ontario) has 1,079 points and she will face
Archbishop Mitty (San Jose) in the Open Division championship Saturday in Sacramento.
Lauren Harris of
Faith Christian (Yuba City), meanwhile, has 1,062 points and will play Saturday morning against
Palisades (Pacific Palisades) in the Division IV state final. Faith Christian has 42 students in grades 9-12 while Palisades has 2,991. Harris' sister led the nation in scoring average in 2022 at 46.3 points per game.
In the first round of the playoffs against
Miramonte (Orinda), Harris passed former Ontario Christian standout Chloe Briggs for third place on the state's all-time scoring list with 3,552 points. Smith, meanwhile, needs just 27 points to hit the 3,000-point milestone.
Yearly scoring leaders since 1975
1975
43.0 points per game — Peggy Gay,
Buckhorn (Ky.)1,079 total points — Geri Grigsby, McDowell (Ky.)
1976
45.8 — Geri Grigsby, McDowell
1,421 — Geri Grigsby
1977
49.6 — Geri Grigsby, McDowell
1,885 — Geri Grigsby
1979
37.5 — Anne Donovan, Paramus Catholic
1,049 — Anne Donovan
1988
46.3 — Tammy Reiss,
Eldred (N.Y.)1,024 — Tracy Lis, Killingly
1989
59.6 — Christy Cooper, Circleville (W.Va.)
1,607 — Christy Cooper
1996
41.3 — Judy Clark, Singer
1,530 — Judy Clark
1999
42.2 — Kayla Lambert,
Brockton (Mass.)1,112 — Gwen Jackson, Eufaula
2000
38.0 — Taneshia Thomas,
Handley (Roanoke, Ala.)1,128 — Katie Antony,
Anacoco (La.)2001
38.5 — Stephanie Hass,
Harbor Light Christian (Harbor Springs, Mich.)1,449 — Monique Horner,
Southeast Lauderdale (Meridian, Miss.)2002
34.9 — Charde Houston,
San Diego (Calif.)1,108 — Lindsay Roy,
Delta Academy (Marks, Miss.)
2005
53.8 — Adrian McGowen, Goodrich
1,774 — Adrian McGowen
2010
38.0 — Hannah Wilkerson,
Miller (Mo.)1,215 — Hannah Wilkerson
2014
46.2 — Victoria Vivians, Scott Central
1,617 — Victoria Vivians
2016
50.3 — Whitney Creech, Jenkins
1,660 — Whitney Creech
2019
35.4 — Shemera Williams, Milwaukee Academy of Science
1,059 — Leah Cauble,
Oran (Mo.)
2025
41.5 — Iyanna Wade, Clairton
1,451 — Aaliyah Chavez, Monterey
