The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Women’s Basketball’s Booker selected to Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year watch list
10.29.2025 | Women's Basketball
Booker is a two-time winner of the Cheryl Miller Award.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Texas women's basketball sophomore Madison Booker was named to the 20 player watch list for the 2026 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 2024 and 2025.
The Cheryl Miller Award, in its ninth 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 had a stellar sophomore season at Texas as she earned First Team All-America honors from the Associated Press and the Women's Basketball Coaches Association. She was the SEC Player of the Year and for the second time earned the Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year Award.
Booker was a finalist for the Wade Trophy and Wooden Award in 2025, recognitions for the national player of the year. Booker averaged 16.3 points per game and 6.6 rebounds per game while shooting 46.4 percent from the field, 40.3 percent from 3-point range and 82.3 percent from the free-throw line.
Over the summer Booker earned her fourth gold medal with USA Basketball as Team USA won the 2025 FIBA Women's Americup in Santiago, Chile.
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Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year Award Watch List |
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NAME |
SCHOOL |
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Bella Fontleroy |
Baylor |
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Jadyn Donovan |
Duke |
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Jordan Obi |
Kentucky |
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Skylar Jones |
Louisville |
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Mikayla Williams |
LSU |
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Adrianna Smith |
Maine |
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Yarden Garzon |
Maryland |
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Olivia Olson |
Michigan |
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Grace VanSlooten |
Michigan State |
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Grace Slaughter |
Missouri |
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Nyla Harris |
North Carolina |
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Sahara Williams |
Oklahoma |
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Stailee Heard |
Oklahoma State |
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Cotie McMahon |
Ole Miss |
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Tierra Simon |
Richmond |
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Maryam Dauda |
South Carolina |
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Zee Spearman |
Tennessee |
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Texas |
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Gabriela Jaquez |
UCLA |
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Caroline Ducharme |
UConn |
Fans are encouraged to participate in Fan Voting, presented by Dell Technologies, in each of the three rounds starting Friday, October 31. 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, 25), 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.
