Mr. Basketball USA

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 annually to the best-performing United States boys' high school basketball player as determined by Hoopscooponline.com (formerly named Grassrootshoops.net). Over the years, the award has been the property of several different organizations. From 1996 to 2002, the award was presented by Student Sports and from 2003 to 2009, it was presented by EA Sports. Alt URL From 2010 to 2012, the award was presented by ESPN HS and in their final year, 2012, the award was given retroactively to a player from 1955 to 1995. The official first recipient of the award was Mike Bibby in 1996 and the first retroactive winner was Wilt Chamberlain recognized for 1955. The award was also presented by Ballislife.com for a time.

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.

+ Mr. Basketball USA Winners Year Player High school City Height Position College Runner(s)-up 1996Shadow Mountain Phoenix, AZ PGArizona 1997Auburndale / Mount Zion Auburndale, FL / Durham, NC SF— 1998Elsik Houston, TX F— 1999Picayune Picayune, MS F— 2000East St. Louis East St. Louis, IL F— 2001Camden Camden, NJ CGMemphis 2002St. Vincent – St. Mary Akron, OH G— 2003 (2)St. Vincent – St. Mary Akron, OH G— 2004Lincoln Brooklyn, NY PG— 2005Lanier Jackson, MS SG— 2006Lawrence North Indianapolis, IN COhio State 2007Huntington Huntington, WV GUSC 2008Dominguez / Oak Hill Academy Compton, CA / Mouth of Wilson, VA PG— 2009South Atlanta Atlanta, GA PFGeorgia TechDeMarcus Cousins, 2010Ames Ames, IA SFNorth Carolina 2011St. Patrick Elizabeth, NJ SFKentucky 2012Bishop Gorman Las Vegas, NV SFUCLA 2013Vaughn / Huntington Vaughan, ON / Huntington, WV SFKansas 2014Curie Chicago, IL PFKansas 2015Box Hill Senior / Montverde Melbourne / Montverde, FL PFLSU 2016Chino Hills Chino Hills, CA PGUCLA 2017Father Tolton / Nathan Hale Columbia, MO / Seattle, WA SFMissouri 2018St. Marcellinus / Montverde Mississauga, ON / Montverde, FL SGDuke 2019McQuaid Jesuit / La Lumiere Brighton, NY / La Porte, IN PFWashington 2020Bowie / Montverde Arlington, TX / Montverde, FL PGOklahoma State 2021Minnehaha Minneapolis, MN CGonzaga 2022Montverde Montverde, FL SFDuke, Dereck Lively 2023Christopher Columbus High School Westchester, FL PFDuke 2024Nokomis Regional / Montverde Newport, ME / Montverde, FL SFDuke 2025 (2)Christopher Columbus High School Westchester, FL PFDuke 2026Paul VI Catholic Chantilly, Virginia SGArkansas

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Retroactive 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.

+ Retroactive Mr. Basketball USA Winners Year Player High school City Height Position College Runner(s)-up 1955Overbrook Philadelphia, PA CKansas 1956Crispus Attucks Indianapolis, IN GCincinnati 1957Middletown Middletown, OH F— 1958 (2)Middletown Middletown, OH FOhio State 1959St. Cecilia Kearny, NJ FLaSalle 1960Boys Brooklyn, NY CIowa 1961Crystal City Crystal City, MO FPrinceton 1962Carver Chicago, IL FMichigan 1963Edgar LacyJefferson Los Angeles, CA FUCLA 1964Power Memorial New York, NY C— 1965 (2)Power Memorial New York, NY CUCLA 1966Norwalk Norwalk, CT GNiagara 1967Pershing Detroit, MI FDetroit 1968Aviation Redondo Beach, CA GUSC 1969Washington Indianapolis, IN FIndiana 1970Mansfield Mansfield, PA CMaryland 1971Schenley Pittsburgh, PA FMarquette 1972Thornridge Dolton, IL GIndiana 1973DeMatha Hyattsville, MD FNotre Dame 1974Petersburg Petersburg, VA C— 1975Elk Grove Elk Grove, CA CSan Francisco 1976Male Louisville, KY GLouisville 1977Fort Hamilton Brooklyn, NY FMaryland1978Westinghouse Chicago, IL FDePaul 1979St. Joseph Cleveland, OH FOhio State 1980Proviso East Maywood, IL GMarquette 1981Rindge & Latin Cambridge, MA CGeorgetown 1982Washington Tulsa, OK FOklahoma 1983Dunbar Baltimore, MD SFGeorgetown 1984Crenshaw Los Angeles, CA SFLSU 1985DeMatha Hyattsville, MD FDuke 1986Kempsville Virginia Beach, VA CNorth Carolina 1987Skyline Dallas, TX FUNLV 1988Indian River Chesapeake, VA CGeorgetown 1989Archbishop Molloy Briarwood, NY PGGeorgia Tech 1990Bedford North Lawrence High School Bedford, IN GIndiana 1991Country Day Beverly Hills, MI CMichigan 1992St. Joseph Alameda, CA PGCalifornia 1993Simon Gratz Philadelphia, PA FNorth Carolina 1994Rice New York, NY SGSt. John's 1995Mauldin / Farragut Mauldin, SC / Chicago, IL C—

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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

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External links Winner list at ESPN