Each year, the Iowa Mr. Basketball award is given to the male athlete chosen as the best high school boys basketball player in the U.S. state of Iowa in the United States.

Awarded since 1981, winners were chosen by the Iowa Newspaper Association at the time that annual all-state selections are made until 2017. Starting with the 2018 season, the honor was awarded by the newly formed Iowa Print Sports Writers Association, who took over all-state selections for the newspaper industry starting with the 2018 high school basketball seasons.[1] Most of the award winners have gone on to play at the highest levels of college basketball, and some have continued play in the National Basketball Association.

Voting is done on a points system. Each voter selects first, second, and third-place votes. A player receives five points for each first-place vote, three points for each second-place vote, and one point for a third-place vote. The player receiving the most points receives the award.

Award winners

Year Player High School College Notes
1981 Todd Berkenpas Maple Valley Iowa
1982 (tie) Ted Burbach Dubuque Wahlert Iowa State / Western Illinois
1982 (tie) Randy Kraayenbrink Paullina Northern Iowa
1983 Todd Lumsden Linn-Mar Northern Iowa
1984 Al Lorenzen Kennedy Iowa
1985 Brian David Kuemper Catholic Arizona
1986 Chris Gaines Waterloo West Hawaiʻi
1987 Robert Johnson Lincoln Iowa State
1988 Wade Lookingbill Fort Dodge Iowa
1989 Mike Bergman Waverly-Shell Rock Iowa State
1990 Mike Davis Waterloo East Southwest Missouri State / Southeastern CC
1991 Fred Hoiberg Ames Iowa State Played 10 years in the NBA and is former head coach of the Chicago Bulls and the Iowa State University men's basketball team. He is currently head coach of the University of Nebraska men's basketball team.
1992 Eric Pothoven Pella Christian Liberty
1993 Jess Settles Winfield-Mt. Union Iowa[2]
1994 Raef LaFrentz MFL Mar-Mac, Monona Kansas Played 11 seasons (1998–2009) in the NBA for the Denver Nuggets, Dallas Mavericks, Boston Celtics, and Portland Trail Blazers.
1995 Adam Spanich Regis USC / MCC / Oral Roberts
1996 Justin Wessel Prairie Arizona 1997 NCAA Champion
1997 Dean Oliver Mason City Iowa Played in the NBA for the Golden State Warriors from 2001 to 2003. Oliver is currently an assistant men's basketball coach at Wisconsin.
1998 David Newman Hoover Drake / Northwestern
1999 (tie) Nick Collison Iowa Falls Kansas Played in the NBA for the Oklahoma City Thunder and is now currently retired.
1999 (tie) Kirk Hinrich Sioux City West Kansas Played in the NBA for the Chicago Bulls, Atlanta Hawks, and Washington Wizards
2000 Glen Worley Iowa City West Iowa[3] Currently Assistant Coach at Academy of Art University
2001 Tyler McKinney Urbandale Creighton
2002 Jeff Horner Mason City Iowa Currently Head Coach at Truman State University
2003 Brooks McKowen Wapsie Valley Northern Iowa[4] Current Head Coach at Upper Iowa University
2004 Carlton Reed Waterloo East Northern Iowa[5]/Iowa
2005 Josh Van Es MOC-Floyd Valley Northwestern College
2006 Jason Bohannon Linn-Mar Wisconsin[6]
2007 Clayton Vette Waverly-Shell Rock Iowa State/Winona State undrafted in the NBA, has played for various European teams
2008 Matt Gatens Iowa City Iowa[7]
2009 Brennan Cougill Bishop Heelan Iowa[8]/ Green Bay[9]
2010 Harrison Barnes Ames North Carolina[10] Named the "Player of the Year" in the USA Today 2010 All-USA high school boys basketball team.[11] 2015 NBA Finals Champion. Currently plays in the NBA for the Sacramento Kings.
2011 Jarrod Uthoff Cedar Rapids Jefferson Wisconsin / Iowa[12]
2012 Marcus Paige Linn-Mar North Carolina[13]
2013 Peter Jok West Des Moines Valley Iowa[14]
2014 Wyatt Lohaus Iowa City West Northern Iowa
2015 Daniel Tillo Sioux City North Kentucky / Iowa Western Pursued baseball instead of basketball. Currently in Kansas City Royals organization.
2016 Jordan Bohannon Linn-Mar Iowa
2017 Joe Smoldt Gladbrook-Reinbeck Upper Iowa
2018 Joe Wieskamp Muscatine Iowa Drafted 41st overall by the San Antonio Spurs in the 2021 NBA draft.
2019 (tie) D. J. Carton Bettendorf Ohio State/Marquette
2019 (tie) Jake Hilmer North Linn Upper Iowa Pursuing basketball and baseball at Upper Iowa.
2020 Bowen Born Norwalk Northern Iowa
2021 Tucker DeVries Waukee Drake
2022 Tamin Lipsey[15] Ames Iowa State
2023 Pryce Sandfort Waukee Northwest Iowa

References

  1. ^ http://www.iahsaa.org/basketball/Archives/bb_mr_bb.pdf[bare URL PDF]
  2. ^ "IOWA OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE - Men's Basketball". Archived from the original on 2009-04-03. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  3. ^ "Hawkeye Sports - University of Iowa Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on 2011-03-21. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  4. ^ "Brooks McKowen". Archived from the original on June 3, 2009. Retrieved November 7, 2009.
  5. ^ "Carlton Reed". Archived from the original on June 2, 2009. Retrieved November 7, 2009.
  6. ^ "Player Bio: Jason Bohannon - UWBadgers.com - the Official Web Site of the Wisconsin Badgers". Archived from the original on 2009-11-06. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  7. ^ "Player Bio: Matt Gatens - IOWA OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE". Archived from the original on 2009-10-29. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  8. ^ "Player Bio: Brennan Cougill - IOWA OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE". Archived from the original on 2009-09-09. Retrieved 2009-11-07.
  9. ^ "Brennan Cougill Bio - the Official Site of Green Bay Athletics". Archived from the original on 2015-09-24. Retrieved 2014-12-14.
  10. ^ "North Carolina Tar Heels". Archived from the original on 2012-10-06. Retrieved 2010-08-24.
  11. ^ Halley, Jim (April 21, 2010). "2010 All-USA boys basketball: Harrison Barnes leads the way". USA Today. Retrieved 22 September 2013.
  12. ^ "Jarrod Uthoff Profile - Iowa Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on 2012-08-30. Retrieved 2012-09-27.
  13. ^ "Welcome to nginx eaa1a9e1db47ffcca16305566a6efba4!185.15.56.1". www.indystar.com. Archived from the original on 10 September 2012. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  14. ^ "Valley's Peter Jok named Iowa's Mr. Basketball | the des Moines Register | desmoinesregister.com". www.desmoinesregister.com. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 2 February 2022.
  15. ^ Johnson, Jeff (March 15, 2022). "Iowa all-state boys' basketball 2022: North Linn's Austin Hilmer a 1st-teamer for 2nd-straight year". The Gazette. Retrieved May 17, 2022.

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