Mr. Georgia Basketball

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Each year the Mr. Georgia Basketball award is given to the person chosen as the best high school boys basketball player in the U.S. state of Georgia. The award winner is selected by members of the Atlanta Tip Off Club. [1]

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Award winners

YearPlayerHigh SchoolCollegeNBA/ABA draft
2023 Isaiah Collier [2] Wheeler USC
2022Bruce Thornton [3] Milton Ohio State
2021 Jabari Smith Jr. Sandy Creek High School Auburn 2022 NBA draft: 1st Round, 3rd overall by the Houston Rockets
2020 Walker Kessler Woodward Academy North Carolina, Auburn 2022 NBA draft: 1st Round, 22nd overall by the Memphis Grizzlies
2019 Sharife Cooper McEachern Auburn 2021 NBA draft: 2nd Round, 48th overall by the Atlanta Hawks
2018 Ashton Hagans Newton Kentucky
2017 Chuma Okeke Westlake Auburn 2019 NBA draft: 1st Round, 16th overall by the Orlando Magic
2016 Alterique Gilbert Miller Grove High School Connecticut, Wichita State
2015 Jaylen Brown Wheeler California 2016 NBA draft: 1st Round, 3rd overall by the Boston Celtics
2014 JaKeenan Gant Effingham County Missouri, Louisiana
2013Brannen Greene Tift County Kansas
2012 Tony Parker Miller Grove High School UCLA
2011 Shannon Scott Milton High School Ohio State
2010 Marcus Thornton Westlake Georgia
2009 Derrick Favors South Atlanta Georgia Tech 2010 NBA draft: 1st Round, 3rd overall by the New Jersey Nets
2008 Al-Farouq Aminu Norcross Wake Forest 2010 NBA Draft: 1st Round, 8th overall by the Los Angeles Clippers
2007 Gani Lawal NorcrossGeorgia Tech2010 NBA Draft: 2nd Round, 46th overall by the Phoenix Suns
2006 Javaris Crittenton Southwest Atlanta Christian Georgia Tech 2007 NBA draft: 1st Round, 19th overall by the Los Angeles Lakers
2005 Louis Williams South Gwinnett none 2005 NBA draft: 2nd Round, 45th overall by the Philadelphia 76ers
2004 Dwight Howard Southwest Atlanta Christian none 2004 NBA draft: 1st Round, 1st overall by the Orlando Magic
2003Vincent Banks South Atlanta Miami, Cincinnati, Georgia Perimeter College, Garden City Community College
2002 Wayne Arnold Berkmar Georgia, Tennessee State
2001 Kwame Brown Glynn Academy none 2001 NBA draft: 1st Round, 1st overall by the Washington Wizards
2000 A. J. Moye Westlake Indiana
1999 Donnell Harvey Randolph-Clay Florida 2000 NBA draft: 1st Round, 22nd overall by the New York Knicks
1998 Tony Akins BerkmarGeorgia Tech
1997 Dion Glover Cedar GroveGeorgia Tech 1999 NBA draft: 1st Round, 20th overall by the Atlanta Hawks
1996 Pablo Machado Tift CountyGeorgia Tech, Loyola
1995 Shareef Abdur-Rahim WheelerCalifornia 1996 NBA draft: 1st Round, 3rd overall by the Vancouver Grizzlies
1994Shareef Abdur-RahimWheelerCalifornia1996 NBA Draft: 1st Round, 3rd overall by the Vancouver Grizzlies
1993 Matt Harpring Marist Georgia Tech 1998 NBA draft: 1st Round, 15th overall by the Orlando Magic
1992 Jeff Sheppard McIntosh Kentucky
1991 Dontonio Wingfield Westover Cincinnati 1994 NBA draft: 2nd Round, 37th overall by the Seattle SuperSonics
1990 James Forrest Southside Georgia Tech
1989James ForrestSouthsideGeorgia Tech
1988 Darrin Hancock GriffinGarden City Community College, Kansas1994 NBA Draft: 2nd Round, 11th overall by the Charlotte Hornets
1987 Ivano Newbill Southwest MaconGeorgia Tech
1986Darrin HancockGriffinGarden City Community College, Kansas1994 NBA Draft: 2nd Round, 11th overall by the Charlotte Hornets
1985 Eric Manuel Southwest MaconKentucky
1984Steve GrayerSouthwest Macon Wichita State
1983 Chris Morris Douglass Auburn 1988 NBA draft: 1st Round, 4th overall by the New Jersey Nets
1983 Kenny Walker Crawford County Kentucky 1986 NBA draft: 1st Round, 5th overall by the New York Knicks

See also

Miss Georgia Basketball

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References

  1. "Georgia Winners - High School Players". Archived from the original on 2010-02-11. Retrieved 2010-02-04.
  2. Bednarowski, John (March 20, 2023). "Collier named Mr. Basketball;14 players earn All-Metro honors from ATC". Marietta Daily Journal . Retrieved April 11, 2023.
  3. Atlanta Tipoff Club [@ATLTipoffClub] (March 26, 2022). "Add Mr. Georgia Basketball to his resume ✅ Congratulations to @OhioStateHoops signee, @Bruce2T_ for having an outstanding season and taking home the ATOC Mr. Georgia Basketball award 🏀" (Tweet). Retrieved May 31, 2022 via Twitter.