MaxPreps National Basketball Player of the Year awards

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MaxPreps National Basketball Player of the Year
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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 by MaxPreps
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.

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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

YearPlayerHigh schoolHometownHeightPositionCollege
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, WA6–9 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 AcademyMinneapolis, MN7–0PF/CGonzaga
2022 Dariq Whitehead Montverde Academy Newark, NJ 6–7 SF Duke

Source: [1]

Girls

YearPlayerHigh SchoolHometownHeightPositionCollege
2006 Jacki Gemelos [2] St. Mary'sStockton, CA6–0SGUSC
2007 Maya Moore Collins HillSuwanee, GA6–0SFUConn
2008 Nneka Ogwumike Cy-FairCypress, TX6–2PFStanford
2009 Skyler Diggins South Bend WashingtonSouth Bend, IN5–9PGNotre Dame
2010 Chiney Ogwumike Cy-FairCypress, TX6–3PFStanford
2011 Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis Mater DeiSanta Ana, CA5–11SFUConn
2012 Breanna Stewart Cicero-North SyracuseCicero, NY6–4PFUConn
2013 Diamond DeShields NorcrossNorcross, GA6–1SGNorth Carolina/Tennessee
2014 A'ja Wilson Heathwood Hall EpiscopalColumbia, SC6–4PFSouth Carolina
2015 Ali Patberg Columbus NorthColumbus, IN5–10GNotre Dame/Indiana
2016 Sabrina Ionescu MiramonteOrinda, CA5–11PGOregon
2017 Megan Walker MonacanRichmond, VA6–1FUConn
2018 Christyn Williams Central Arkansas ChristianNorth Little Rock, AR5–11PGUConn
2019 Azzi Fudd St. John'sWashington, DC5–11GUConn
2020 Paige Bueckers HopkinsMinnetonka, MN5–11PGUConn
2021 Raven Johnson WestlakeAtlanta, GA5–10PGSouth Carolina
2022 JuJu Watkins
2023 JuJu Watkins (2)

Freshman of the Year

*Also named MaxPreps Player of the Year

Boys

YearPlayerHigh schoolHometownHeightPositionCollege
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
2021Derik QueenSt. Frances AcademyBaltimore, MD6–8PFUndecided

Source: [3]

Girls

Sophomore of the Year

*Also named MaxPreps Player of the Year

Boys

YearPlayerHigh schoolHometownHeightPositionCollege
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
2017R.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
2021D.J. WagnerCamdenCamden, NJ6–3SG

Source: [4]

Girls

Junior of the Year

*Also named MaxPreps Player of the Year

Boys

YearPlayerHigh schoolHometownHeightPositionCollege
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
2021Jalen DurenMontverde AcademyMontverde, FL6–9PFMemphis

Source: [5]

Girls

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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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