Illinois High School Basketball

Gatorade has named its Illinois Girls Player of the Year winners since the 1985-86 season. It has been awarded 35 times in total to 30 individual athletes.

Two athletes (Brea Beal and Candace Parker) were three-time award winners, and Tricia Liston won the award twice.

Whitney Young has had the most award winners as a team with five.

Year	Player	High School	College
2021	Greta Kampschroeder	Naperville North	Oregon State
2020	Angela Dugalic	Maine West	Oregon
2019	Brea Beal	Rock Island	South Carolina
2018	Brea Beal	Rock Island	South Carolina
2017	Brea Beal	Rock Island	South Carolina
2016	Kiara Lewis	Whitney Young	Ohio State, Syracuse
2015	Haley Gorecki	Fremd	Duke
2014	Tyra Buss	Mount Carmel	Indiana
2013	Jackie Kemph	Rolling Meadows	Saint Louis
2012	Morgan Tuck	Bolingbrook	UConn
2011	Ariel Massengale	Bolingbrook	Tennessee
2010	Tricia Liston	Fenwick	Duke
2009	Tricia Liston	Fenwick	Duke
2008	Sarah Boothe	Warren	Stanford
2007	Brittany Johnson	Olney East Richland	Ohio State
2006	Amanda Thompson	Whitney Young	Oklahoma
2005	Lindsay Schrader	Bartlett	Notre Dame
2004	Candace Parker	Naperville Central	Tennessee
2003	Candace Parker	Naperville Central	Tennessee
2002	Candace Parker	Naperville Central	Tennessee
2001	Cappie Pondexter	Marshall	Rutgers
2000	Amina Yanni	Harlem	Illinois
1999	Olga Gvozdenovic	Loyola	Duke
1998	Dawn Vana	Maine West	Illinois
1997	Natasha Pointer	Whitney Young	Rutgers
1996	Tauja Catchings	Stevenson	Illinois
1995	Dominique Canty	Whitney Young	Alabama
1994	Tangela Smith	George Washington	Iowa
1993	Angie Sapp	Williamsville	Illinois College
1992	Michele Ratay	Buffalo Grove	Northwestern
1991	Jackie Williams	Joliet West	Auburn
1990	E.C. Hill	Whitney Young	Northern Illinois
1989	LaTonia Foster	Marshall	Iowa
1988	Nancy Kennelly	Maine West	Northwestern
1987	Micah Bingeman	Manual	Bradley
1986	Sheryl Porter	Marshall	Loyola

See the list of Illinois boys Gatorade Player of the Year winners.