The Mr. Kansas Basketball honor recognizes the best high school basketball player in the state of Kansas as voted on by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association. The table below also includes the players' college, as well as whether they were drafted into the NBA.
Five different schools have had multiple winners; McPherson has the most. Hayden in Topeka, Leavenworth, Topeka West, and Wichita South have also had multiple winners. Kansas has had the most Mr. Kansas basketball commits, with seven. Only six winners of the award have been drafted into the NBA.
Award winners YearPlayerHigh schoolCollegeNBA draft 1983 Tom Meier Hayden Washburn 1984 Danny Manning Lawrence Kansas 1988 NBA draft: 1st round, 1st overall by the Los Angeles Clippers 1985 Danny Kingcannon Topeka Highland Park 1986 Steve Henson McPherson Kansas State 1990 NBA draft: 2nd round, 44th overall by the Milwaukee Bucks 1987 J. T. Marshall Manhattan Texas State 1988 Gaylon Nickerson Wichita North Wichita State* 1994 NBA draft: 2nd round, 34th overall by the Atlanta Hawks 1989 Val Barnes Wichita South Iowa 1990 Tony Arrington Topeka Washburn 1991 Brian Henson McPherson Kansas State 1992 Ryan Herrs McPherson Wichita State 1993 B. J. Williams Wichita South Kansas 1994 C. B. McGrath Topeka West Kansas 1995 Kris Weems Schlagle Stanford 1996 Josh Reid Brewster Kansas State 1997 Brett McFall Olathe South Wyoming 1998 John Crider Horton Washburn 1999 Quentin Buchanan Junction City Kansas State 2000 Matt Freije Shawnee Mission West Vanderbilt 2004 NBA draft: 2nd round, 54th overall by the Miami Heat 2001 Wayne Simien Leavenworth Kansas 2005 NBA draft: 1st round, 29th overall by the Miami Heat 2002 Taj Gray Wichita East Oklahoma 2003 Aubrey Bruner McPherson Barton County Central Arkansas 2004 Jordan Fithian McPherson Binghamton 2005 Jay Tunnell Topeka West Indiana State 2006 Ryan Wedel Minneapolis Drake 2007 Tyrel Reed Burlington Kansas 2008 Jordan Cyphers Wichita Southeast Tennessee State 2009 Jeff Reid Hayden Washburn 2010 Nino Williams Leavenworth Kansas State 2011 Christian Ulsaker McPherson Washburn 2012 Perry Ellis Wichita Heights Kansas 2013 No award 2014 2015 Dean Wade St. John Kansas State 2016 Drew Pyle McPherson Washburn 2017 Matt Pile Goddard Eisenhower Omaha 2018 Ben Pyle McPherson Western Illinois 2019 Christian Braun Blue Valley Northwest Kansas 2022 NBA draft: 1st round, 21st overall by the Denver Nuggets 2020 Xavier Bell Andover Central Drexel 2021 Sterling Chapman Campus Tulsa 2022 Elijah Brooks Topeka West North Dakota 2023 Grant Stubblefield Blue Valley Northwest Omaha 2024 TJ Williams Wichita Heights Wichita State 2025 Gabe PyleMcPherson Hutchinson CC 2026 Kelan GruverBonner Springs
Multiple winners by school
By high school SchoolNumber of awardsYearsMcPherson9 1986, 1991, 1992, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2016, 2018, 2025Topeka West3 1994, 2005, 2022Blue Valley Northwest22019, 2023Hayden2 1983, 2009Leavenworth2 2001, 2010Wichita Heights2 2012, 2024Wichita South2 1989, 1993
By college SchoolNumber of awardsYearsKansas71984, 1993, 1994, 2001, 2007, 2012, 2019Kansas State61986, 1991, 1996, 1999, 2010, 2015Washburn61983, 1990, 1998, 2009, 2011, 2016Wichita State31988, 1992, 2024Omaha22017, 2023
See also Miss Kansas Basketball
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