Mr. Basketball USA
Mr. Basketball USA | |
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Awarded for | High school basketball's top male player |
Country | United States |
Presented by | Ballislife (EA Sports 2003–2009; Student Sports 1996–2002) |
First awarded | 1996 (retroactive to 1955) |
Currently held by | Chet Holmgren |
Mr. Basketball USA, formerly known as the ESPN RISE National Player of the Year and EA SPORTS National Player of the Year, is an award presented to the United States boys' high school basketball national player of the year by Ballislife.com. Before 1996, retroactive recognition was determined for honorees going back to 1955's selectee Wilt Chamberlain, determined by National High School Hall of Fame member Doug Huff, who has been a McDonald's All-American Game selection committee member since the game's inception, CalHiSports.com Editor Mark Tennis and Ballislife.com National Editor Ronnie Flores.[1] From 1996–2002 the selections were made by Student Sports and from 2003–2009 by EA Sports.[1] From 2010–2012 the award was determined by ESPN HS until the award was taken over and executed by Flores in 2013 after his tenure with ESPN ended.
According to information posted online by Ballislife, "Selections are based on high school accomplishment, not future college/pro potential, and are reflective of those that lead their teams to state championships. Ballislife does not knowingly select fifth-year players, and those ineligible due to age or academics, Mr. Basketball USA or to its various All-American teams."[1] Furthermore, selection uses "on-the-floor performance" without regard to academics, volunteer work or most other off-the-court criteria.[2]
Current selections are made through a season-long polling process of a 10-member expert panel with a final year-end ballot to determine the winner. The panel includes five McDonald's All-American selection committee members. The panel is polled weekly for a list of the top seven national player of the year candidates regardless of graduating class. The votes are then translated into a 10-point scoring system, with 10 points for a first-place vote, nine points for second-place vote, and down to four points for a seventh-place vote.[2]
Winners[]
- G – Guard
- CG – Combo guard
- PG – Point guard
- SG – Shooting guard
- F – Forward
- PF – Power forward
- SF – Small forward
- C – Center
- — in Runner(s)-up column indicates years in which the voting procedures and the resulting votes yielded a consensus winner with no runner(s)-up named.
- — in College column indicates that player either returned to high school or went directly to professional basketball in the subsequent year.
Year | Player | High school | City | Height | Position | College | Runner(s)-up |
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1955 | Wilt Chamberlain | Overbrook | Philadelphia, PA | 7' 1" | C | Kansas | Oscar Robertson |
1956 | Oscar Robertson | Crispus Attucks | Indianapolis, IN | 6' 5" | G | Cincinnati | Kelly Coleman, Jerry West |
1957 | Jerry Lucas | Middletown | Middletown, OH | 6' 8" | F | — | Tony Jackson |
1958 | Jerry Lucas | Middletown | Middletown, OH | 6' 8" | F | Ohio State | Bill McGill, Wayne Hightower |
1959 | Bill Raftery | Kearny, NJ | 6' 5" | F | LaSalle | Arthur Heyman | |
1960 | Connie Hawkins | Boys | Brooklyn, NY | 6' 9" | C | Iowa | — |
1961 | Bill Bradley | Crystal City | Crystal City, MO | 6' 5" | F | Princeton | Reggie Harding, Billy Cunningham |
1962 | Cazzie Russell | Carver | Chicago, IL | 6' 5" | F | Michigan | John Austin, Larry Conley |
1963 | Edgar Lacy | Jefferson | Los Angeles, CA | 6' 6" | F | UCLA | Lew Alcindor |
1964 | Lew Alcindor | Power Memorial | New York, NY | 7' 1" | C | — | Wes Unseld |
1965 | Lew Alcindor | Power Memorial | New York, NY | 7' 1" | C | UCLA | — |
1966 | Calvin Murphy | Norwalk | Norwalk, CT | 5' 9" | G | Niagara | — |
1967 | Spencer Haywood | Pershing | Detroit, MI | 6' 9" | F | Detroit | Ken Durrett, Jim McDaniels |
1968 | Paul Westphal | Aviation | Redondo Beach, CA | 6' 4" | G | USC | Ralph Simpson |
1969 | George McGinnis | Washington | Indianapolis, IN | 6' 8" | F | Indiana | Kevin Joyce |
1970 | Tom McMillen | Mansfield, PA | 6' 11" | C | Maryland | Bill Walton, Dwight Jones | |
1971 | Maurice Lucas | Schenley | Pittsburgh, PA | 6' 9" | F | Marquette | Raymond Lewis, Roscoe Pondexter |
1972 | Quinn Buckner | Thornridge | Dolton, IL | 6' 3" | G | Indiana | Alvin Adams, Phil Sellers |
1973 | Adrian Dantley | DeMatha | Hyattsville, MD | 6' 6" | F | Notre Dame | Kent Benson, Tom LaGarde |
1974 | Moses Malone | Petersburg | Petersburg, VA | 6' 11" | C | — | Skip Wise |
1975 | Bill Cartwright | Elk Grove | Elk Grove, CA | 7' 1" | C | San Francisco | David Greenwood, Darryl Dawkins |
1976 | Darrell Griffith | Male | Louisville, KY | 6' 4" | G | Louisville | Albert King |
1977 | Albert King | Fort Hamilton | Brooklyn, NY | 6' 6" | F | Maryland | Magic Johnson, Gene Banks |
1978 | Mark Aguirre | Westinghouse | Chicago, IL | 6' 6" | F | DePaul | Dwight Anderson |
1979 | Clark Kellogg | St. Joseph | Cleveland, OH | 6' 7" | F | Ohio State | Isiah Thomas, Ralph Sampson |
1980 | Doc Rivers | Proviso East | Maywood, IL | 6' 4" | G | Marquette | Patrick Ewing, Earl Jones |
1981 | Patrick Ewing | Rindge & Latin | Cambridge, MA | 7' 1" | C | Georgetown | — |
1982 | Wayman Tisdale | Washington | Tulsa, OK | 6' 9" | F | Oklahoma | Billy Thompson |
1983 | Reggie Williams | Dunbar | Baltimore, MD | 6' 7" | SF | Georgetown | Dwayne Washington |
1984 | John Williams | Crenshaw | Los Angeles, CA | 6' 9" | SF | LSU | Danny Manning, Delray Brooks |
1985 | Danny Ferry | DeMatha | Hyattsville, MD | 6' 10" | F | Duke | Jeff Lebo |
1986 | J. R. Reid | Kempsville | Virginia Beach, VA | 6' 10" | C | North Carolina | Rex Chapman, Terry Mills |
1987 | Larry Johnson | Skyline | Dallas, TX | 6' 7" | F | UNLV | Marcus Liberty |
1988 | Alonzo Mourning | Indian River | Chesapeake, VA | 6' 10" | C | Georgetown | Shawn Kemp, Billy Owens |
1989 | Kenny Anderson | Archbishop Molloy | Briarwood, NY | 6' 1" | PG | Georgia Tech | — |
1990 | Damon Bailey | North Lawrence | Bedford, IN | 6' 3" | G | Indiana | Ed O'Bannon |
1991 | Chris Webber | Country Day | Beverly Hills, MI | 6' 10" | C | Michigan | Glenn Robinson |
1992 | Jason Kidd | St. Joseph | Alameda, CA | 6' 4" | PG | California | Rodrick Rhodes |
1993 | Rasheed Wallace | Simon Gratz | Philadelphia, PA | 6' 11" | F | North Carolina | Jerry Stackhouse, Randy Livingston |
1994 | Felipe López | Rice | New York, NY | 6' 5" | SG | St. John's | — |
1995 | Kevin Garnett | Mauldin / Farragut | Mauldin, SC / Chicago, IL | 6' 10" | C | — | Ron Mercer, Stephon Marbury |
1996 | Mike Bibby | Shadow Mountain | Phoenix, AZ | 6' 1" | PG | Arizona | Kobe Bryant, Tim Thomas |
1997 | Tracy McGrady | Auburndale / Mount Zion | Auburndale, FL / Durham, NC | 6' 7" | SF | — | Lamar Odom |
1998 | Rashard Lewis | Elsik | Houston, TX | 6' 10" | F | — | Ronald Curry, JaRon Rush |
1999 | Jonathan Bender | Picayune | Picayune, MS | 6' 11" | F | — | Donnell Harvey |
2000 | Darius Miles | East St. Louis | East St. Louis, IL | 6' 9" | F | — | Zach Randolph, Gerald Wallace |
2001 | Dajuan Wagner | Camden | Camden, NJ | 6' 2" | CG | Memphis | Tyson Chandler, Eddy Curry |
2002 | LeBron James | St. Vincent – St. Mary | Akron, OH | 6' 8" | G | — | Carmelo Anthony |
2003 | LeBron James | St. Vincent – St. Mary | Akron, OH | 6' 8" | G | — | — |
2004 | Sebastian Telfair | Lincoln | Brooklyn, NY | 6' 1" | PG | — | Dwight Howard |
2005 | Monta Ellis | Lanier | Jackson, MS | 6' 3" | SG | — | Greg Oden |
2006 | Greg Oden | Lawrence North | Indianapolis, IN | 7' 1" | C | Ohio State | Kevin Durant |
2007 | O. J. Mayo | Huntington | Huntington, WV | 6' 5" | G | USC | Kevin Love, Derrick Rose |
2008 | Brandon Jennings | Dominguez / Oak Hill Academy | Compton, CA / Mouth of Wilson, VA | 6' 1" | PG | — | Samardo Samuels |
2009 | Derrick Favors | South Atlanta | Atlanta, GA | 6' 9" | PF | Georgia Tech | DeMarcus Cousins, Avery Bradley, Jr. |
2010 | Harrison Barnes | Ames | Ames, IA | 6' 7" | SF | North Carolina | Jared Sullinger |
2011 | Mike Gilchrist | St. Patrick | Elizabeth, NJ | 6' 7" | SF | Kentucky | Austin Rivers, Bradley Beal |
2012 | Shabazz Muhammad | Bishop Gorman | Las Vegas, NV | 6' 6" | SF | UCLA | Jabari Parker |
2013 | Andrew Wiggins | Vaughn/Huntington | Vaughan, ON/Huntington, WV | 6' 8" | SF | Kansas | Jabari Parker |
2014 | Cliff Alexander | Curie | Chicago, IL | 6' 9" | PF | Kansas | Stanley Johnson |
2015 | Ben Simmons | Montverde | Montverde, FL | 6' 10" | PF | LSU | Jaylen Brown |
2016 | Lonzo Ball | Chino Hills | Chino Hills, CA | 6' 6" | PG | UCLA | Josh Jackson |
2017 | Michael Porter Jr. | Nathan Hale | Seattle, WA | 6' 10" | SF | Missouri | Deandre Ayton |
2018 | RJ Barrett | Montverde | Montverde, FL | 6' 7" | SG | Duke | Zion Williamson |
2019 | Isaiah Stewart | La Lumiere | La Porte, IN | 6' 9" | PF | Washington | Cole Anthony |
2020 | Cade Cunningham | Montverde | Montverde, FL | 6' 7" | PG | Oklahoma State | Evan Mobley, Jalen Green |
2021 | Chet Holmgren | Minnehaha | Minneapolis, MN | 7' 0" | C | Gonzaga | Jabari Smith Jr. |
Source:[1]
See also[]
- List of U.S. high school basketball national player of the year awards
- Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award
- Gatorade Player of the Year awards
Notes[]
- ^ a b c d Flores, Ronnie (April 16, 2012). "Mr. Basketball USA winners: ESPNHS national player of the year honorees date back to 1955". ESPN HS. Archived from the original on February 23, 2015.
- ^ a b Flores, Ronnie (January 5, 2012) [November 17, 2011]. "Preseason Mr. Basketball USA Tracker: Shabazz Muhammad is target". ESPN HS. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
External links[]
- Winner list at ESPN
- Awards established in 1955
- American basketball trophies and awards
- High school basketball in the United States
- 1955 establishments in the United States