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Gabrielle Ortiz of The Prairie School has been named Miss Basketball by the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association. The Award honors the top senior girls basketball player and has been given out since 1982. 

Ortiz had an exceptional four year career at The Prairie School, and what made her so good was her unwillingness to settle. She was always working to improve her game. As a senior, she averaged 20.5 points, 6.6 rebounds, 4.3 assists, and 3.5 steals per game for coach Melody Owsley and the Hawks. 

“It is a great honor to be recognized and know that my hard work paid off,” said Ortiz. 

She led the Hawks to the state tournament as a junior and an undefeated regular season record as a senior before falling in a sectional to finish the year with a 24-1 record. 

Ortiz was an offensive force from day one of her freshman year and will leave The Prairie School as the program's all-time leading scorer with 1,860 points. Gabrielle is also a very unselfish player and always thought team first before any personal goals. 

Gabrielle had an offer from every major conference before committing to Oklahoma to play for coach Sherri Coale. 
She was a four-time First Team All-Conference choice in the Metro Classic and took home player of the year honors the past three years. 

Gabrielle is a very athletic and skilled guard, but her work ethic really separates her from many other basketball players. 

“She's a great teammate who loves the game and that is loved by her teammates,” coach Melody Owsley. She continued, “It's amazing to see a young woman so driven and it's nice to see that she has been honored for all the hard work she put in.”

Gabrielle will be presented the honor tonight at the Resch Center in between the Division 5 and Division 4 championship games.  The WBCA’s Miss Basketball committee consisted of current and past high school girls coaches.