Best in the state: Gordon is Florida Dairy Farmers Miss Basketball
Florida State University-bound guard first area player to capture the award
Dennis Maffezzoli
O’Mariah Gordon is the coaches and media choice for top girls basketball player in the state.
The Braden River High senior has been named the 2021 Florida Dairy Farmers Miss Basketball following a final round of voting by a statewide panel of high school coaches and media representatives.
The 5-foot-6 senior guard, who has signed to play college basketball at Florida State University, averaged 23 points, 4.8 assists, 4.6 rebounds and 2.5 steals per game this past season.
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The two-time Class 6A Player of the Year, Gordon received seven of the 24 first-place votes and 147 points to finish ahead of Class 4A POY Jasmyne Roberts of Bishop Kenny, who also had seven first-place votes (131), and Class 7A POY Kendal Cheesman of Tampa Plant with six first-place votes (129).
Last year, Gordon finished fourth in the voting.
She is the first area player to receive the award that has been given since 1993.
Plant’s Carrie Mahon was named girls basketball Coach of the Year by the Florida Dairy Farmers voting.
Dennis Maffezzoli is the deputy sports editor for the Sarasota Herald-Tribune and chief reporter for Sarasota Herald-Tribune and HTpreps covering Sarasota, Manatee and Charlotte counties. Support local journalism by subscribing.