MaxPreps National Basketball Player of the Year
Greg Oden earned MaxPreps National Player of the Year honors in 2006, the first year the award was presented
Awarded forHigh school basketball's top male and female player.
Presented byMaxPreps
First awarded2006
Currently held byChet Holmgren (Boys), Raven Johnson (Girls)

At the end of each season since 2006, MaxPreps has recognized the top high school basketball players in the United States with MaxPreps National Player of the Year honors going to the top male and female performers. In addition to the overall players of the year, the website recognizes top players from each class by naming a MaxPreps National Junior of the Year, Sophomore of the Year, and Freshman of the Year. The awards are typically announced in early April.

Many of the players recognized have gone on to standout college and NBA careers, including LaMelo Ball, Lonzo Ball, Paolo Banchero, Kevin Love, Michael Porter Jr., Austin Rivers, Ben Simmons, Jayson Tatum and Zion Williamson.

WNBA stars Skylar Diggins, Sabrina Ionescu, Maya Moore, Chiney Ogwumike, Nneka Ogwumike, Breanna Stewart and A'ja Wilson are among the female selections.

Player 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 6–6 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 Seattle, WA 6–9 SF Missouri
2018 R.J. 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
2021 Chet Holmgren Minnehaha Academy Minneapolis, MN 7–0 PF/C Gonzaga
2022 Dariq Whitehead Montverde Academy Newark, NJ 6–7 SF Duke

Source: [1]

Girls

Year Player High School Hometown Height Position College
2006 Jacki Gemelos[2] St. Mary's Stockton, CA 6–0 SG USC
2007 Maya Moore Collins Hill Suwanee, GA 6–0 SF UConn
2008 Nneka Ogwumike Cy-Fair Cypress, TX 6–2 PF Stanford
2009 Skyler Diggins South Bend Washington South Bend, IN 5–9 PG Notre Dame
2010 Chiney Ogwumike Cy-Fair Cypress, TX 6–3 PF Stanford
2011 Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis Mater Dei Santa Ana, CA 5–11 SF UConn
2012 Breanna Stewart Cicero-North Syracuse Cicero, NY 6–4 PF UConn
2013 Diamond DeShields Norcross Norcross, GA 6–1 SG North Carolina/Tennessee
2014 A'ja Wilson Heathwood Hall Episcopal Columbia, SC 6–4 PF South Carolina
2015 Ali Patberg Columbus North Columbus, IN 5–10 G Notre Dame/Indiana
2016 Sabrina Ionescu Miramonte Orinda, CA 5–11 PG Oregon
2017 Megan Walker Monacan Richmond, VA 6–1 F UConn
2018 Christyn Williams Central Arkansas Christian North Little Rock, AR 5–11 PG UConn
2019 Azzi Fudd St. John's Washington, DC 5–11 G UConn
2020 Paige Bueckers Hopkins Minnetonka, MN 5–11 PG UConn
2021 Raven Johnson Westlake Atlanta, GA 5–10 PG South Carolina
2022 Juju Watkins
2023 Juju Watkins (2)

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
2021 Derik Queen St. Frances Academy Baltimore, MD 6–8 PF Undecided

Source: [3]

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 R.J. 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 Memphis
2021 D.J. Wagner Camden Camden, NJ 6–3 SG

Source: [4]

Girls

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (August 2019)

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 II 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 Duke
2021 Jalen Duren Montverde Academy Montverde, FL 6–9 PF Memphis

Source: [5]

Girls

This section needs expansion. You can help by adding to it. (August 2019)

References

  1. ^ Divens, Jordan (April 11, 2019). "MaxPreps 2018-19 High School Boys Basketball All-American Team". MaxPreps. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  2. ^ Stephens, Mitch (April 13, 2022). "High school girls basketball: Juju Watkins named 2021–22 MaxPreps National Player of the Year". MaxPreps. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
  3. ^ Divens, Jordan (April 19, 2019). "2018-19 MaxPreps Boys Basketball Freshman All-American Team". MaxPreps. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  4. ^ Divens, Jordan (April 18, 2019). "2018-19 MaxPreps Boys Basketball Sophomore All-American Team". MaxPreps. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  5. ^ Divens, Jordan (April 17, 2019). "2018-19 MaxPreps Boys Basketball Junior All-American Team". MaxPreps. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
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