CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Parkersburg South junior point guard Taryn McCutcheon is tabbed as the recipient of the Mary Ostrowski Award, selected by the West Virginia Sports Writers Association, which is given to the state’s top girls high school basketball player.
McCutcheon averaged 16.4 points, 6.9 assists and three steals for Parkersburg South on the season, finishing ahead of Morgantown’s Olivia Seggie in the voting.
PAST MARY OSTROWSKI AWARD WINNERS
2015 — Taryn McCutcheon, Parkersburg South
2014 — Mychal Johnson, St. Joseph
2013 — Miki Glenn, Bridgeport
2012 — Makenzie White, Scott
2011 — Mariah Byard, North Marion
2010 — Mariah Byard, North Marion
2009 — Whitney Bays, Huntington
2008 — Jolysa Brown, Summers County
2007 — Mackenzie Maier, Charleston Catholic
2006 — Keri Pryor, Morgantown
2005 — Renee Montgomery, South Charleston
2004 — Alexis Hornbuckle, South Charleston
2003 — Alexis Hornbuckle, South Charleston
2002 — Alexis Hornbuckle, Capital; Jessica Sell, North Marion
2001 — Missy Spangler, Ritchie County
2000 — Ashley Battle, Linsly
1999 — KeTara Lee, Wheeling Park
1998 — Jody Williams, Nicholas County
1997 — Laura Meadows, Huntington East
FALL SEASON
1996 — Sarah and Sharon Wilkerson, Mercer Christian
1995 — Christin Annie, Liberty Harrison
1994 — Julie Wheeler, Morgantown
1993 — Julie Wheeler, Morgantown; Tasha King, Martinsburg
1992 — Heather Hopkins, Parkersburg
1991 — Stephanie Carter, Morgantown
1990 — Erin Kiernan, Morgantown St. Francis
1989 — Christy Cooper, Circleville
1988 — Susan Robinson, Doddridge County
1987 — Thelma Farley, Athens
1986 — Valetta “Wee Wee’’ Johnson, Stonewall Jackson
1985 — Judy Eaton, Parkersburg Catholic
1984 — Monique Tarantini, Morgantown St. Francis
1983 — Amy Gamble, John Marshall
1982 — Dee Dee Butler, Princeton; Kim Crawford, Parkersburg South
1981 — Dee Davis, Wheeling Park
1980 — Mary Ostrowski, Parkersburg Catholic
1979 — Mary Ostrowski, Parkersburg Catholic
1978 — Mary Ostrowski, Parkersburg Catholic
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