Following balloting by a statewide panel of high school girls’ basketball coaches and prep media members, Hawthorne’s Cornelius Ingram finished fourth in the voting for the 2024 Florida Dairy Farmers Girls’ Basketball Coach of the Year.
Ingram was previously named the 1A Coach of the Year after leading the Lady Hornets (22-3) to their second straight state title with a 43-30 win against Graceville in the FHSAA Class 1A state championship game.
It was the third girls’ basketball state title for Ingram in the past five years and his fifth final four in the past six years.
In seven years, he has compiled a 137-35 record.
Ingram narrowly missed a top-three finish as 4A COY Al Honor of state champion Lake Highland Prep (Orlando) edged him 56-54 in total points to finish third. Ingram and Honor each received three first-place votes, second most among the seven coaches.
Anthony Jones of Dr. Phillips High School was named the overall winner after leading his team to its third straight Class 7A state title.
He finished with eight first-place votes and 109 total points, ahead of 2A COY Dwayne Donnell (63) of Evangelical Christian.
Class 3A COY Ochiel Swaby of Miami Country Day (40), Class 6A COY Oliver Berens of St. Thomas Aquinas (28) and Class 5A COY Greg Farias of American Heritage (27) rounded out the voting.
Jones is the first coach to win top coaching honors in back-to-back years since Marcia Pinder won it four straight years from 2010-13.
The top overall girls player in Florida is also from Dr. Phillips.
University of Georgia signee Trinity Turner was named the 2024 Florida Dairy Farmers Miss Basketball after averaging 18.8 points, 8.1 rebounds, 5.6 assists, and 3.3 steals per game for the 27-4 Panthers.
Turner, who was earlier named the Class 7A player-of-the-year for the third straight year, and was the runner-up in the Miss Basketball voting in 2023, received 10 of the 18 first-place votes and 133 points to finish ahead of Class 5A POY Anovia Sheals of Mainland, who had four first-place votes (85), and Class 6A POY Khadee Hession of St. Thomas Aquinas with two first-place votes (68 points).
Class 3A POY Kayla Nelms of Miami Country Day finished fourth (42), followed by Class 4A POY Tatiana Matthews of Dunnellon (36), Class 2A POY Adena Webster of Schoolhouse Prep (10) and Class 1A POY De’Mya Adams of Hawthorne (5).
This past year, Adams averaged 16.3 points, 1.7 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 4.6 steals per game for the Lady Hornets.
She scored 18 points in the state semifinals Hawthorne overcame a 12-point second half deficit to knock off No. 1 Wildwood, 44-41, and advance to the state championship game.
The junior guard scored 17 points in the title game as Hawthorne rallied from an 11-point first half deficit to repeat and join a special group.
2024 FINAL VOTING RESULTS – Miss Basketball
Player, Total Points,1st-place Votes
Trinity Turner, 133, 10
Anovia Sheals, 85, 4
Khadee Hession, 68, 2
Kayla Nelms, 42, 2
Tatiana Matthews, 36, 0
Adena Webster, 10, 0
De’Mya Adams, 5, 0
Past Miss Basketball Winners:
1993 – Sabrina Crump, Clearwater Countryside
1994 – Tracy Reid, Miami Central
1995 – LaTonya Washington, Paxton
1996 – LaTonya Washington, Paxton
1997 – LaToya Jordan, Pompano Beach Ely
1998 – Michelle Snow, Pensacola
1999 – Shinikki Whiting, Clearwater
2000 – Binky Martello, Jay
2001 – Natasha Morehead, Panama City Bay
2002 – Dorian Williams, Jacksonville Ribault
2003 – Erlana Larkins, The Benjamin School
2004 – Erlana Larkins, The Benjamin School
2005 – LaQwesha Gamble, Winter Haven
2006 – Steffi Sorensen, Jacksonville Bartram Trail
2007 – Krystal Thomas, Orlando First Academy
2008 – Tiffany Hayes, Winter Haven
2009 – Ashley Jones, Winter Park Lake Howell
2010 – Krystal Saunders, South Broward
2011 – Danielle McCray, Trinity Christian Academy
2012 – Alexis Prince, Orlando Edgewater
2013 – Jessica Thomas, Gainesville Buchholz
2014 – Vionise Pierre-Louis, Grandview Preparatory
2015 – Beatrice Mompremier, Miami Senior
2016 – Nadia Fingall, Choctawhatchee
2017—Rennia Davis, Jacksonville Ribault
2018 – Destanni Henderson, Ft. Myers
2019 – Camille Hobby, Nease
2020 – Mikyla Tolivert, Palm Bay
2021 – O’Mariah Gordon, Braden River
2022 – Ta’Niya Latson, Plantation American Heritage
2023 – Taliah Scott, St. John’s Country Day
2024 FINAL VOTING RESULTS – COACH OF THE YEAR
Player, Total Points,1st-place Votes
Anthony Jones, 109, 8
Dwayne Donnell, 63, 2
Al Honor, 56, 3
Cornelius Ingram, 54, 3
Ochiel Swaby, 40, 2
Oliver Berens, 28, 0
Greg Farias, 27, 0
Past Girls’ Basketball Coach Winners:
1993 – Ronnie Bond, Pensacola Washington
1994 – Al Austin, Jacksonville Ribault
1995 – Reginald Davis, Tallahassee Godby
1996 – Harry Elifson, St. Petersburg Boca Ciega
1997 – Al Austin, Jacksonville Ribault
1998 – Dave Horner, Ocala Forest
1999 – Al Austin, Jacksonville Ribault
2000 – Ronnie Bond, Pensacola Washington
2001 – Ronnie Bond, Pensacola Washington
2002 – Al Austin, Jacksonville Ribault
2003 – Abby Ward, South Broward
2004 – Ronnalee Terry, The Benjamin School
2005 – Carl Brown, Lake Mary
2006 – Greg Hostetler, Titusville Astronaut
2007 – LeDawn Gibson, Winter Haven
2008 – Mike Hamburger, Naples Barron Collier
2009 – Carla Harris-Curry, Miami Norland
2010 – Marcia Pinder, Fort Lauderdale Dillard
2011 – Marcia Pinder, Fort Lauderdale Dillard
2012 – Marcia Pinder, Fort Lauderdale Dillard
2013 – Marcia Pinder, Fort Lauderdale Dillard
2014 – John Harder, Bradenton Southeast
2015 – Marcia Pinder, Fort Lauderdale Dillard
2016 – Sheila Seymore-Pennick, Jacksonville Ribault
2017 – Ochiel Swaby, Miami Country Day
2018 – Johnnie Lawson, Winter Haven
2019 – Ochiel Swaby, Miami Country Day
2020 – Henry McNabb, Pompano Beach Blanche Ely
2021 – Carrie Mahon, Tampa Plant
2022 – Al Honor, Lake Highland Prep
2023 – Anthony Jones, Dr. Phillips