Each year since 2006, MaxPreps has recognized outstanding performers in high school girls basketball. America's source for high school sports continues the tradition to close out the 2022-23 season by naming the top player in each state. Selections are based on team success and individual excellence in addition to local and state accolades.
Madison Booker of
Germantown (Madison) is the 2022-23 MaxPreps Mississippi High School Girls Basketball Player of the Year. The 6-foot-1 wing led the Mavericks to a 29-2 record and the Class 6A state title – the school's first.
For the season, Booker averaged 19.6 points, 7.7 rebounds and 2.7 assists per game, scoring in double figures in every contest.
Against Tupelo in the title game, Booker scored 26 points to lead Germantown to a 64-43 victory.
Selected to participate in the McDonald's All American Game, Booker will continue her career next year at Texas.
Debreasha Powe of
Meridian was the 2021-22 MaxPreps Mississippi Player of the Year. Powe led the Wildcats to a 27-3 record and the school's first state title, averaging 19.1 points and 8.0 rebounds along the way.
Each state's MaxPreps Player of the Year will be considered for inclusion in the MaxPreps All-America Team, which will be released in April. Past selections include 2022 WNBA Most Valuable Player A'ja Wilson (2014) as well as 2022 All-WNBA picks Skylar Diggins-Smith (2009), Sabrina Ionescu (2016), Jonquel Jones (2012), Nneka Ogwumike (2008), Kelsey Plum (2013), Breanna Stewart (2012) and Alyssa Thomas (2010).
