(Top West Virginia high school girls basketball player)Known as the R.A. Thom Award until 2012, the Ostrowski Award is named for former Parkersburg Catholic basketball star Mary Ostrowski, a 1982 Kodak All-American who was the first No. 1-rated recruit to play for Tennessee coach Pat Summitt. The recipient is selected by the WVSWA and the award is given to the state’s top girls basketball player.
2024 – Alexis Bordas, jr., Wheeling Park; Ashlynn Van Tassell, Cameron
2023 – Alexis Bordas, so., Wheeling Park
2022 – Marley Washenitz, Fairmont Senior (Pitt)
2021 – Marley Washenitz, jr., Fairmont Senior; Baylee Goins, Nitro
2020 – Kalissa Lacy, jr., George Washington
2019 – Shay-Lee Kirby, Parkersburg (Austin Peay)
2018 – Gabby Lupardus, Wyoming East; Hanna McClung, Buckhannon-Upshur
2017 – Jordyn Dawson, Huntington (Xavier)
2016 – Jordyn Dawson, jr., Huntington
2015 – Taryn McCutcheon, jr., Parkersburg South (Eastern Michigan)
2014 – Mychal Johnson, St. Joseph (Notre Dame)
2013 – Miki Glenn, Bridgeport (California, Pa.)
2012 – Makenzie White, Scott (West Virginia, Fairmont State)
2011 – Mariah Byard, North Marion (Ohio)
2010 – Mariah Byard, jr., North Marion
2009 – Whitney Bays, Huntington (Maryland/Purdue)
2008 – Jolysa Brown, Summers County (Concord)
2007 – Mackenzie Maier, Charleston Catholic (High Point)
2006 – Keri Pryor, Morgantown (Robert Morris)
2005 – Renee Montgomery, South Charleston (Connecticut)
2004 – Alexis Hornbuckle, South Charleston (Tennessee)
2003 – Alexis Hornbuckle, jr., South Charleston
2002 – Alexis Hornbuckle, so., Capital; Jessica Sell, North Marion (North Carolina)
2001 – Missy Spangler, Ritchie County (Robert Morris)
2000 – Ashley Battle, Linsly (Connecticut)
1999 – KeTara Lee, Wheeling Park
1998 – Jody Williams, Nicholas County (James Madison)
1997 – Laura Meadows, Huntington East (Kentucky/Purdue)
Fall season
1995 – Sarah Wilkerson, Mercer Christian (Liberty); Sharon Wilkerson, Mercer Christian (Liberty)
1994 – Christin Annie, Liberty-Harrison (George Washington/WVU)
1993 – Julie Wheeler, Morgantown (Providence)
1992 – Julie Wheeler, jr., Morgantown, and Tasha King, Martinsburg (Rhode Island)
1991 – Heather Hopkins, Parkersburg (James Madison)
1990 – Stephanie Carter, Morgantown (West Virginia)
1989 – Erin Kiernan, St. Francis (University of Charleston)
1988 – Christy Cooper, Circleville (West Virginia)
1987 – Susan Robinson, Doddridge County (Penn State)
1986 – Thelma Farley, Athens (Concord)
1985 – Valetta “Wee Wee” Johnson, Stonewall Jackson (Norfolk State)
1984 – Judy Eaton, Parkersburg Catholic (West Virginia)
1983 – Monique Tarantini, St. Francis (Kentucky)
1982 – Amy Gamble, John Marshall (Tennessee)
1981 – Dee Dee Butler, Princeton (Concord, Bluefield State), and Kim Crawford, Parkersburg South (Georgia Tech)
1980 – Dee Davis, Wheeling Park (Tennessee Tech/WVU)
1979 – Mary Ostrowski, Parkersburg Catholic (Tennessee)
1978 – Mary Ostrowski, jr., Parkersburg Catholic
1977 – Mary Ostrowski, so., Parkersburg Catholic