MaxPreps National Basketball Player of the Year awards

MaxPreps National Basketball Player of the Year
Greg Oden, the first recipient of the award
Awarded for	High school basketball's top male and female player
Country	United States
Presented by	MaxPreps
First awarded	2006
Currently held by	Cade Cunningham (boys') Paige Bueckers (girls')

Each year, American high school sports website MaxPreps, which is associated with CBS Sports, awards outstanding male and female high school basketball players. The player it deems the best high school basketball player in the United States is recognized as MaxPreps National Player of the Year. The website names the best player from the freshman, sophomore, and junior classes as the MaxPreps National Freshman of the Year, MaxPreps National Sophomore of the Year, and MaxPreps National Junior of the Year, respectively. MaxPreps also presents several All-American teams, including for freshmen, sophomores, and juniors.

Player of the Year[]

^	Also named MaxPreps Athlete of the Year

Boys[]

Year	Player	High school	Hometown	Height	Position	College
2006	Greg Oden	Lawrence North	Indianapolis, IN	7' 0"	C	Ohio State
2007	Kevin Love	Lake Oswego	Lake Oswego, OR	6' 10"	C	UCLA
2008	Brandon Jennings	Oak Hill Academy	Compton, CA	6' 2"	PG	—
2009	Derrick Favors	South Atlanta	Atlanta, GA	6' 9"	PF	Georgia Tech
2010	Harrison Barnes	Ames	Ames, IA	6' 7"	SF	North Carolina
2011	Austin Rivers	Winter Park	Winter Park, FL	6' 4"	SG	Duke
2012	Kyle Anderson	St. Anthony	Jersey City, NJ	6' 7"	SF	UCLA
2013	Jabari Parker	Simeon Career Academy	Chicago, IL	6' 8"	SF	Duke
2014	Stanley Johnson	Mater Dei	Santa Ana, CA	6' 7"	SF	Arizona
2015	Ben Simmons	Montverde Academy	Melbourne, Australia	6' 8"	PF	LSU
2016	Lonzo Ball^	Chino Hills	Chino Hills, CA	6' 6"	PG	UCLA
2017	Michael Porter Jr.	Nathan Hale	Columbia, MO	6' 9"	SF	Missouri
2018	RJ Barrett	Montverde Academy	Mississauga, ON, Canada	6' 7"	SF	Duke
2019	Sharife Cooper	McEachern	Powder Springs, GA	6' 0"	PG	Auburn
2020	Cade Cunningham	Montverde Academy	Arlington, TX	6' 7"	PG	Oklahoma State

Source: ^[1]

Girls[]

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Freshman of the Year[]

*	Also named MaxPreps Player of the Year

Boys[]

Year	Player	High school	Hometown	Height	Position	College
2010	Aquille Carr	Patterson	Baltimore, MD	5' 6"	PG	—
2011	Trey Lyles	Arsenal Technical	Indianapolis, IN	6' 10"	PF	Kentucky
2012	Malik Newman	Callaway	Jackson, MS	6' 4"	SG	Mississippi State
2013	Harry Giles	Wesleyan Christian Academy	High Point, NC	6' 8"	PF	Duke
2014	Cody Riley	Sierra Canyon	Chatsworth, CA	6' 9"	PF	UCLA
2015	Marvin Bagley III	Corona del Sol	Tempe, AZ	6' 10"	PF	Duke
2016	LaMelo Ball	Chino Hills	Chino Hills, CA	6' 5"	PG	—
	Onyeka Okongwu	Chino Hills	Chino Hills, CA	6' 9"	C	USC
2017	Kyree Walker	Moreau Catholic	Hayward, CA	6' 5"	SF	—
2018	Zion Harmon	Adair County	Columbia, KY	5' 10"	PG	Western Kentucky
2019	Emoni Bates	Lincoln	Ypsilanti, MI	6' 8"	SF	Memphis
2020	Mikey Williams	San Ysidro	San Diego, CA	6' 2"	PG	Undecided

Source: ^[2]

Girls[]

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Sophomore of the Year[]

*	Also named MaxPreps Player of the Year

Boys[]

Year	Player	High school	Hometown	Height	Position	College
2010	DaJuan Coleman	Jamesville-DeWitt	DeWitt, NY	6' 9"	C	Syracuse
2011	Aquille Carr	Patterson	Baltimore, MD	5' 6"	PG	—
2012	Andrew Wiggins	Huntington Prep	Thornhill, ON, Canada	6' 7"	SF	Kansas
2013	Malik Newman	Callaway	Jackson, MS	6' 4"	SG	Mississippi State
2014	Josh Jackson	Consortium	Detroit, MI	6' 8"	SF	Kansas
	Jayson Tatum	Chaminade	Creve Coeur, MO	6' 8"	SF	Duke
2015	M. J. Walker	Jonesboro	Jonesboro, GA	6' 5"	SG	Florida State
2016	Romeo Langford	New Albany	New Albany, IN	6' 5"	SG	Indiana
2017	RJ Barrett	Montverde Academy	Mississauga, ON, Canada	6' 7"	SF	Duke
2018	Jalen Green	San Joaquin Memorial	Fresno, CA	6' 6"	SG	—
2019	Jonathan Kuminga	Our Savior New American	Centereach, NY	6' 8"	SF	Undecided
2020	Emoni Bates	Lincoln	Ypsilanti, MI	6' 9"	SF	Undecided

Source: ^[3]

Girls[]

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Junior of the Year[]

*	Also named MaxPreps Player of the Year

Boys[]

Year	Player	High school	Hometown	Height	Position	College
2010	Austin Rivers	Winter Park	Winter Park, FL	6' 4"	SG	Duke
2011	Tony Parker	Miller Grove	Lithonia, GA	6' 9"	C	UCLA
2012	Jabari Parker	Simeon Career Academy	Chicago, IL	6' 8"	SF	Duke
2013	Stanley Johnson	Mater Dei	Santa Ana, CA	6' 7"	SF	Arizona
2014	Ben Simmons	Montverde Academy	Melbourne, Australia	6' 8"	PF	LSU
2015	Jayson Tatum	Chaminade	Creve Coeur, MO	6' 8"	SF	Duke
2016	Kevin Knox	Tampa Catholic	Tampa, FL	6' 8"	SF	Kentucky
2017	Zion Williamson	Spartanburg Day	Spartanburg, SC	6' 8"	SF	Duke
2018	Vernon Carey Jr.	University	Fort Lauderdale, FL	6' 10"	C	Duke
2019	Sharife Cooper*	McEachern	Powder Springs, GA	6'0"	PG	Auburn
2020	Paolo Banchero	O'Dea	Seattle, WA	6' 9"	PF	Undecided

Source: ^[4]

Girls[]

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