NASHVILLE – Cascade’s senior superstar Kaegan Young was officially named as one of the three finalists for the TSSAA Class 2A Miss Basketball Award on Thursday.

The UT-Southern commit is averaging just over 18 points per game, 5.5 rebounds per game, 2.8 assists per game, and 2.7 steals per game this season. She has also led Cascade to a 20-6 overall record –  the program’s third 20-win season since 2001 – as well as the No. 1 seed in next week’s District 9-AA Tournament.  

The other two finalists for Class 2A are Maliyah Glasper at Gatlinburg-Pittman, and Wylie Kee from Huntingdon.

The Class 2A Miss Basketball Award will be presented to the top girls and boys from all six classifications in TSSAA at the Tucker Theater at MTSU on Tuesday, March 10 at 5:30 p.m., and the event will be open to the public.

High school head basketball coaches as well as members of the media nominated the finalists, and the winners will be selected by a statewide committee of sportswriters based on performance during the 2025-26 regular season as well as taking academics and character into consideration.

The full list of Mr. and Miss Basketball finalists are included below:

Division II-A Miss Basketball Finalists
Haylen Ayers, University School of Jackson
Kayte Madison Bjornstad, Providence Christian Academy
Jules Ferrell, Middle Tennessee Christian School

Division II-AA Miss Basketball Finalists
Meeyah Green, Webb School of Knoxville
Ava Jarrett, Lipscomb Academy
Ava Jones, Hutchison School

Class 1A Miss Basketball Finalists
Laila Downs-Darden, McEwen High School
Rayanna Fisher, Greenfield High School
Zoey Nicholas, Pickett County High School

Class 2A Miss Basketball Finalists
Maliyah Glasper, Gatlinburg-Pittman High School
Wylie Kee, Huntingdon High School
Kaegan Young, Cascade High School

Class 3A Miss Basketball Finalists
Andrea Flores, Daniel Boone High School
Chelby Jordan, Dyersburg High School
Sydney Wilhite, Cumberland County High School

Class 4A Miss Basketball Finalists
Cecilie Brandimore, Franklin High School
Kimora Fields, Bradley Central High School
Natalya Hodge, Bearden High School

Division II-A Mr. Basketball Finalists
Lawson Lee, Battle Ground Academy
Segond Sompa, Grace Christian Academy
Christopher Washington, Jr., Providence Christian Academy

Division II-AA Mr. Basketball Finalists
Cade Murphy, Knoxville Catholic High School
Trey Pearson, Pope Saint John Paul II Preparatory School
Fred Smith, Jr., Briarcrest Christian School

Class 1A Mr. Basketball Finalists
Camden Cole, Eagleville High School
Will McCrary, Jackson County High School
Darion Taylor, Humboldt High School

Class 2A Mr. Basketball Finalists
Jayden Barton, Gatlinburg-Pittman High School
Derrick Roberson, Chattanooga Preparatory School
Jackson Simmons, Unicoi County High School

Class 3A Mr. Basketball Finalists
Ty Cobb, Upperman High School
Nick Steen, Fulton High School
Markylon Terry, Fatte-Ware Comprehensive High School

Class 4A Mr. Basketball Finalists
Justin Frison, Houston High School
DJ Okoth, Bartlett High School
Cutter Sisk, Beech Senior High School