Madison Booker

American basketball player

Madison Booker

No. 35 – Texas Longhorns

Position

Forward

League

Big 12 Conference

Personal information

Born

(2005-04-29) April 29, 2005 (age 18)

Nationality

American

Listed height

6 ft 1 in (1.85 m)

Career information

High school

Germantown
(Gluckstadt, Mississippi)

College

Texas (2023–present)

Career highlights and awards

Cheryl Miller Award (2024)
WBCA Coaches' All-American (2024)
Third-team All-American – USBWA (2024)
Big 12 co-Player of the Year (2024)
First-team All-Big 12 (2024)
Big 12 Freshman of the Year (2024)
McDonald's All-American (2023)
Mississippi Miss Basketball (2023)

Medals

Women's basketball

Representing the United States
FIBA Under-19 World Cup
	2023 Spain	Team
FIBA Under-17 World Cup
	2022 Hungary	Team
FIBA Under-16 Americas Championship
	2021 Mexico	Team

Madison Booker (born April 29, 2005) is an American college basketball player for the Texas Longhorns of the Big 12 Conference.

High school career

Booker played basketball for Germantown High School in Gluckstadt, Mississippi. As a senior, she led her team to its first state championship at the Class 6A state tournament.^[1] Booker was selected to play in the McDonald's All-American Girls Game and was named Mississippi Miss Basketball for Class 6A and Mississippi Gatorade Player of the Year.^[2] Rated a five-star recruit by ESPN, she committed to playing college basketball for Texas over offers from Duke and Tennessee.^[3]

College career

Booker entered her freshman season at Texas as the team's starting small forward. She moved to point guard and a leading role following a season-ending injury to Rori Harmon.^[4]^[5]

National team career

Booker helped the United States win a gold medal at the 2021 FIBA Under-16 Women's Americas Championship in Mexico, where she averaged 6.2 points and 6.7 rebounds per game.^[3] At the 2022 FIBA Under-17 Women's World Cup in Hungary, she averaged 5.6 points, four rebounds and 2.3 assists per game en route to a gold medal.^[6] Booker won her third gold medal at the 2023 FIBA Under-19 Women's World Cup in Spain, averaging 7.2 points and five rebounds per game.^[7]

Career statistics

Legend
GP	Games played	GS	Games started	MPG	Minutes per game	RPG	Rebounds per game
APG	Assists per game	SPG	Steals per game	BPG	Blocks per game	PPG	Points per game
TO	Turnovers per game	FG%	Field-goal percentage	3P%	3-point field-goal percentage	FT%	Free-throw percentage
Bold	Career best	°	League leader

College


Year	Team	GP	GS	MPG	FG%	3P%	FT%	RPG	APG	SPG	BPG	TO	PPG
2023–24	Texas	37	37	30.8	45.7	30.6	87.6	5.0	5.0	1.5	0.4	2.9	16.5
Career	37	37	30.8	45.7	30.6	87.6	5.0	5.0	1.5	0.4	2.9	16.5

References

^ Newsome, Langston (March 4, 2023). "Texas signee Madison Booker leads Germantown basketball to first state title in school history". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
^ Newsome, Langston (March 8, 2023). "Texas signee Madison Booker named Mississippi Gatorade girls basketball Player of the Year". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
^ ^a ^b Newsome, Langston (September 28, 2022). "Germantown 5-star wing Madison Booker commits to Texas basketball". The Clarion-Ledger. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
^ Negley, Cassandra (February 1, 2024). "How freshman Madison Booker kept No. 12 Texas on course after Rori Harmon's injury". Yahoo! Sports. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
^ Vertuno, Jim (January 5, 2024). "Texas freshman Madison Booker leading the No. 10 Longhorns after Rori Harmon's injury". Associated Press. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
^ Wilson, Robert (July 18, 2022). "Germantown High's Madison Booker Helps Team USA Win Gold Medal At FIBA Women's U17 World Cup In Hungary". Mississippi Scoreboard. Retrieved March 3, 2024.
^ "Women's Basketball's Madison Booker wins gold at U19 World Cup". University of Texas Athletics. July 23, 2023. Retrieved March 3, 2024.