Oxford's Jaylen Alexander, Hoover's Khloe Ford win ASWA Mr., Miss Basketball Awards
MONTGOMERY, Ala. - Hoover landed its fourth Miss Basketball winner, while Oxford received its first Mr. Basketball award Tuesday.
Hoover's Khloe Ford and Oxford's Jaylen Alexander carried off the state's premiere high school basketball awards from the Alabama Sports Writers Association.
The awards are sponsored by ALFA Insurance and were awarded at a banquet sponsored by the Alabama High School Athletic Directors and Coaches Association.
Ford averaged 17.6 points and 8.7 rebounds for the Class 7A champion Bucs. The 6-foot-3 center has signed with Missouri.
Alexander led the Yellow Jackets to the Class 6A championship, averaging 19 points and 4.1 assists. The guard, who scored 2,425 career points, plans to sign with Kansas State this week.
Hoover's four all-time Miss Basketball winners are a record. No other school has more than two. By comparison, there are two schools with three Mr. Basketballs, though both Butler and Jeff Davis are no longer open.
Oxford is the 36th school to have a Mr. Basketball winner. There have been 32 schools win a Miss Basketball.
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Khloe Ford, Hoover
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Jaylen Alexander, Oxford
* Khloe Ford is the 17th Hoover player to be named Super All-State, including 14 girls. Butler ranks second with 12 (seven boys, five girls).
* Albertville's Lani Smallwood and Mars Hill's Belle Hill are the only repeat Super All-State players from last season. Hill has made it the last three years.
* Moody's Serenity Rutledge, Plainview's Sawyer Kate Hulgan, Oxford's Jaylen Alexander and Williamson's Corien Coleman are their schools' first Super All-State players. In all, 160 schools have had a Super Five player.
* Hoover has had 10 Super All-State boys or girls players over its current eight-year streak.
* With Khloe Ford, Kristen Johnson and Brendon Davis, Hoover, Hazel Green and Wenonah have each totaled 10 player of the year awards.
That ties Midfield (five boys, five girls) and Tuscaloosa Academy (six boys, four girls) for the most. Wenonah's 10 are evenly split between the genders. Hoover has had eight girls and Hazel Green seven girls.
* Khloe Ford is the eighth Hoover girl to be a player of the year. The Bucs are tied with Deshler for second in ASWA All-State history, one behind Lauderdale County. With Kristen Johnson, Hazel Green is third with seven.
* Mars Hill's Belle Hill is the second four-time player of the year award winner. Madison Academy's Joshua Langford won five times (2012-16).
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This story was originally published April 14, 2026 at 4:22 PM.