2024 MS. & MR. Illinois Basketball
The IBCA, in partnership with the Chicago Tribune, would like to congratulate this year’s Ms. Basketball, Kloe Froebe of Lincoln (IL) High School. We also congratulate this year’s Mr. Basketball, Morez Johnson of (Harvey) Thornton High School.
These two players will be honored at the IBCA Coach of the Year Luncheon on May 4th at CEFCU Arena on the campus of Illinois State University.
We also want to thank the head coaches who voted on this honor. This year’s voting participation doubled the number of votes cast in previous years. The IBCA and its member coaches are proud to be a partner in the Mr./Ms. Basketball honors for the 43rd consecutive year.
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