The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Madison Booker selected to Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year watch list
10.30.2024 | Women's Basketball
Booker was selected the 2024 Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Texas women's basketball sophomore Madison Booker was named to the 20 player watch list for the 2025 Cheryl Miller Award, the Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association (WBCA) announced on Wednesday. Booker was the recipient of the Cheryl Miller Award in the 2023-24 season.
The Cheryl Miller Award, in its eighth year, honors the top small forwards in women's Division I women's college basketball. It is named after the three-time Naismith Player of the Year and Class of 1995 Hall of Famer.
Booker, who was voted Preseason Player of the Year in the SEC by the coaches, is coming off a freshman season in which she earned WBCA First Team All-America honors and was selected the Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year.
Booker helped Texas win 33 games in the 2023-24 season, their most in a season since the 1985-86 season. Booker became the first freshman in the history of Big 12 women's basketball to be named the Big 12 Player of the Year. Booker was also selected by the conference head coaches as the Big 12 Freshman of the Year and a unanimous selection to the All-Big 12 First Team.
In the Big 12 Championship, Booker led Texas to the conference title and was named the tournament Most Outstanding Player. In the Big 12 tournament Booker averaged 21.3 points, four rebounds and five assists per game. She shot 50 percent from the field and had three turnovers in the entire tournament, including zero turnovers in the championship game.
In Big 12 play, Booker averaged 20.2 points, 5.4 rebounds and 5.2 assists while shooting 48 percent from the field and 91.6 percent from the free-throw line. Booker set a UT freshman assist record with 185 assists and finished fourth on the UT freshman scoring list with 611 points. Booker scored in double figures in 32 games and had 14 games scoring 20 or more points. Against ranked opponents, Booker averaged 21.6 points, 6.0 rebounds and 5.6 assists per game.
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Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year Award Watch List |
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NAME |
SCHOOL |
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Texas |
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Cotie McMahon |
Ohio State |
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Darianna Littlepage-Buggs |
Baylor |
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Alyssa Ustby |
North Carolina |
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Yarden Garzon |
Indiana |
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Aicha Coulibaly |
Texas A&M |
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Angela Dugalic |
UCLA |
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Aubrey Griffin |
UConn |
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Grace VanSlooten |
Michigan State |
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Gianna Kneepkens |
Utah |
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Madison Scott |
Ole Miss |
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Lior Garzon |
Colorado |
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Sacha Washington |
Vanderbilt |
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Temira Poindexter |
Kansas State |
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Sarah Ashlee Barker |
Alabama |
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Saylor Poffenbarger |
Maryland |
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Sahara Williams |
Oklahoma |
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Sarah Strong |
UConn |
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Jordan Obi |
Kentucky |
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Maryam Dauda |
South Carolina |
Fans are encouraged to participate in Fan Voting, presented by Dell Technologies, in each of the three rounds starting Friday, November 1. In late January, the watch list of 20 players for the 2024 Cheryl Miller Award will be narrowed to 10, and then in late February to just five. In March, the five finalists will be presented Cheryl Miller and the Hall of Fame's selection committee.
Previous winners of the Cheryl Miller Award are Madison Booker, Texas (2024), Ashley Joens, Iowa State (2021-23), Satou Sabally, Oregon (2020), Bridget Carleton, Iowa State (2019), and Gabby Williams, Connecticut (2018).
For more information on the 2025 Cheryl Miller Award and the latest updates, visit hoophallawards.com and follow @hoophallu, #MillerAward on X and Instagram.
About the WBCA:
Founded in 1981, the Women's Basketball Coaches Association is the professional association for coaches of women's and girls' basketball at all levels of competition. The WBCA offers educational resources that coaches need to help make themselves better leaders, teachers, and mentors to their players; provides opportunities for coaches to connect with peers in the profession; serves as the unifying voice of a diverse community of coaches to those organizations that control the game; and celebrates those coaches, players, and other individuals who excel each year and contribute to the advancement of the sport. For more information, visit us online: WBCA.org, follow @wbca1981 or call 1-770-279-8027.
About the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame
Located in Springfield, Massachusetts, the city where basketball was born, the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame is an independent non-profit 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to promoting, preserving, and celebrating the game of basketball at every level – men and women, amateur and professional players, coaches, and contributors, both domestically and internationally. The Hall of Fame museum is home to more than 450 inductees and over 40,000 square feet of basketball history. Nearly 200,000 people visit the Hall of Fame museum each year to learn about the game, experience the interactive exhibits and test their skills on the Jerry Colangelo "Court of Dreams." Best known for its annual marquee Enshrinement Ceremony honoring the game's elite, the Hall of Fame also operates over 70 high school and collegiate competitions annually throughout the country and abroad. For more information on the Naismith Basketball Hall of Fame organization, its museum, and events, visit hoophall.com, follow @hoophallu, or call 1-877-4HOOPLA.
Basketball Hall of Fame Media Contact
Patrick O'Connell, Position Sports // mediarelations@positionsports.com
