The University of Texas at Austin Athletics
Women’s Basketball’s Booker selected to Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year Mid-Season Top 10
02.04.2026 | Women's Basketball
Booker is a two-time winner of the Cheryl Miller Award.
SPRINGFIELD, Mass. — Texas women's basketball junior Madison Booker was named to the Mid-Season Top 10 for the 2026 Cheryl Miller Small Forward of the Year 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, the 2025 SEC Player of the Year, is averaging career-highs in points (19.1), rebounds (6.9) and steals (2.5) this season and is shooting 51.5 percent from the field for the season. Booker has nine games of 20 or more points this season and 37 for her career. Booker, in her junior season has already climbed to 14th on the Texas career scoring list with 1,670 points and is 38 points from cracking the top-10.
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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2026 Cheryl Miller Award Candidates |
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Madison Booker |
Texas |
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Maine |
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Maryland |
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Michigan |
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Michigan State |
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Missouri |
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Notre Dame |
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Ole Miss |
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Mikaylah Williams |
LSU |
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UCLA |
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Fans are encouraged to participate in Fan Voting in both of the remaining rounds starting on Friday, February 6, on hoophallawards.com. The Fan Vote will count as one committee vote during the finalist selection process.
In mid-March, the Mid-Season Top 10 list will be narrowed to just five, and in late March, the five finalists will be presented to Erving, Miller, and the Hall of Fame's selection committees, where winners will be selected. The Selection Committees for the Cheryl Miller Award is composed of top men's and women's college basketball personnel, including media members, head coaches, sports information directors, and Hall of Famers.
