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ALL-TIME LIST STATE GIRLS ATHLETES OF THE YEAR

July 19, 2008 6:33 PM

(Selected by Cal-Hi Sports)

2007-08 - Jordan Hasay, San Luis Obispo Mission Prep (track) Jr.
2006-07 - Alix Klineman, Manhattan Beach Mira Costa (volleyball)
2005-06 - Jayne Appel, Concord Carondelet (water polo, basketball)
2004-05 - Jessica Hardy, Long Beach Wilson (swimming)
2003-04 - Candice Wiggins, La Jolla Country Day (volleyball, basketball)
2002-03 - Alyson Felix, North Hills L.A. Baptist (track)
2001-02 - Julia Pitts, Torrance North (volleyball, basketball, track)
2000-01 - Lashinda Demus, Long Beach Wilson (track)
1999-00 - Monique Henderson, San Diego Morse (track) Jr.
1998-99 - Rometra Craig, San Jose Mitty (basketball, tae kwon do, track) Jr.
1997-98 - Amanda Freed, Garden Grove Pacifica (volleyball, soccer, baseball)
1996-97 - Tayyiba Haneef, Laguna Hills  (volleyball, basketball, track)
1995-96 - Kerri Walsh, San Jose Mitty  (volleyball, basketball)
1994-95 - Marcy Crouch, Huntington Beach Marina (soccer, softball)
1993-94 - Suzy Powell, Modesto Downey (basketball, track)
1992-93 - Marion Jones, Thousand Oaks (basketball, track)
1991-92 - Marion Jones, Thousand Oaks  (basketball, track) Jr.
1990-91 - Marion Jones, Oxnard Rio Mesa (basketball, track) Soph.
1989-90 - Lisa Leslie, Inglewood Morningside (basketball, track)
1988-89 - Janet Evans, Placentia El Dorado (swimming)
1987-88 - Janet Evans, Placentia El Dorado (swimming) Jr.
1986-87 - Michele Granger, Placentia Valencia (softball)
1985-86 - Terri Mann, San Diego Point Loma (basketball, track)
1984-85 - Elaina Oden, Irvine (volleyball, track)
1983-84 - Wendy Brown, Woodside  (basketball, track)
1982-83 - Wendy Wyland, Mission Viejo (diving)
1981-82 - Denean Howard, Granada Hills Kennedy (track)
1980-81 - Cheryl Miller, Riverside Polytechnic  (basketball)
1979-80 - Sherri Howard, Granada Hills Kennedy (track)
1978-79 - Cynthia Woodhead, Riverside Polytechnic (swimming)
1977-78 - Tracy Austin, Rolling Hills (tennis)
1976-77 - Linda Fratianne, Van Nuys Valley Professional (figure skating)
1975-76 - Jill Sterkel, Hacienda Heights Wilson (swimming)
1974-75 - Barbara Reinalda, Cerritos Valley Christian (basketball, softball)
1973-74 - Mary Decker, Orange (track)
1972-73 - Keena Rothhammer, Santa Clara (swimming)
1971-72 - Mable Fergerson, Pomona Ganesha (track)
1970-71 - Laura Baugh, Long Beach Wilson (golf)
1969-70 - Cathy Rigby, Los Alamitos (gymnastics)
1968-69 - Debbie Meyer, Sacramento Rio Americano (swimming)
1967-68 - Debbie Meyer, Sacramento Rio Americano (swimming)
1966-67 - Debbie Meyer, Sacramento Rio Americano (swimming)
1965-66 - Charlotte Cooke, Compton (track)
1964-65 - Peggy Fleming, Pasadena (figure skating)
1963-64 - Sharon Stouder, Glendora (swimming)
1962-63 - Donna de Varona, Santa Clara (swimming)
1961-62 - Carolyn House, Los Angeles Marshall (swimming)
1960-61 - Billie Jean Moffitt, Long Beach Poly (tennis)
1959-60 - Chris von Saltza, Los Gatos (swimming)
1958-59 - Karen Hantze, San Diego Mission Bay (tennis)
1957-58 - Sylvia Ruuska, Berkeley (swimming)
1956-57 - Barbara Ann Roles, Arcadia (figure skating)
1955-56 - Mimi Arnold, Redwood City Sequoia (tennis)
1954-55 - Mimi Arnold, Redwood City Sequoia (tennis)
1953-54 - Carol Tait, Atherton Menlo-Atherton (swimming)
1952-53 - Barbara Stark, Lafayette Acalanes (swimming)
1951-52 - Paula Jean Myers, Covina (diving)
1950-51 - Maureen Connolly, San Diego Cathedral (tennis)
1949-50 - Maureen Connolly, San Diego Cathedral (tennis)
1948-49 - Marlene Bauer, L.A. unknown (golf)
1947-48 - Zoe Ann Olsen, Oakland (diving)
1946-47 - Zoe Ann Olsen, Oakland (diving)
1945-46 - Zoe Ann Olsen, Oakland (diving)
1944-45 - Nancy Chaffee, Ventura (tennis)
1943-44 - Jean Doyle, San Diego Point Loma (tennis)
1942-43 - Ann Curtis, S.F. Washington (swimming)
1941-42 - Ann Curtis, S.F. Washington (swimming)
1940-41 - Ann Curtis, S.F. Washington (swimming)
1939-40 - Margorie Gestring, Los Angeles (diving)
1938-39 - Esther Williams, L.A. Washington (swimming)
1937-38 - Margorie Gestring, Los Angeles (diving)
1936-37 - Margorie Gestring, Los Angeles (diving)
1935-36 - Peggy Graham, Beverly Hills (golf)
1934-35 - Margaret Osborne, S.F. Commerce (tennis)
1933-34 - Florence Chadwick, San Diego Hoover (rough water swimming)
1932-33 - Dorothy Poynton, L.A. Fairfax (diving)
1931-32 - Evelyn Furtsch, Tustin (track)
1930-31 - Alice Marble, S.F. Polytechnic (tennis)
1929-30 - Georgia Coleman, L.A. Polytechnic (diving)
1928-29 - Gloria Russell, Berkeley (track)
1927-28 - Georgia Coleman, L.A. Polytechnic (diving)
1926-27 - Georgia Coleman, L.A. Polytechnic (diving)
1925-26 - Helen Jacobs, Berkeley Miss Anna Head's School (tennis)
1924-25 - Eleanor Garatti, San Rafael (swimming)
1923-24 - Helen Jacobs, Berkeley (tennis)
1922-23 - Helen Wills, Berkeley Miss Anna Head's School (tennis)
1921-22 - Helen Wills, Berkeley unknown (tennis)
1920-21 - Helen Wills, Berkeley unknown (tennis)
1919-20 - Helen Wills, Berkeley unknown (tennis)

Note: All selections prior to 1978-79 done retroactively through research by our founder, the late Nelson Tennis.

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