Mr. Kansas Basketball

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The Mr. Kansas Basketball honor recognizes the best high school basketball player in the state of Kansas as voted on by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association. [1] The players listed below also will have which college they attended, as well as if they were drafted into the NBA draft. [2] Five different schools have had multiple winners, McPherson has the most. Hayden in Topeka, Leavenworth, Topeka West, and Wichita South have also had multiple winners. Kansas has had the most Mr. Kansas basketball commits with seven. Only six winners of the award have been drafted into the NBA.

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Award winners

YearPlayerHigh SchoolCollegeNBA draft
1983Tom Meier Hayden Washburn
1984 Danny Manning Lawrence Kansas 1988 NBA draft: 1st round, 1st overall by the Los Angeles Clippers
1985Danny KingcannonTopeka Highland Park
1986 Steve Henson McPherson Kansas State 1990 NBA draft: 2nd round, 44th overall by the Milwaukee Bucks
1987J. T. Marshall Manhattan Texas State
1988 Gaylon Nickerson Wichita North Wichita State* 1994 NBA draft: 2nd round, 34th overall by the Atlanta Hawks
1989Val Barnes Wichita South Iowa
1990Tony Arrington Topeka Washburn
1991Brian HensonMcPherson Kansas State
1992Ryan HerrsMcPherson Wichita State
1993B. J. Williams Wichita South Kansas
1994 C. B. McGrath Topeka West Kansas
1995Kris Weems Schlagle Stanford
1996Josh ReidBrewster Kansas State
1997Brett McFall Olathe South Wyoming
1998John CriderHorton Washburn
1999Quentin BuchananJunction City Kansas State
2000 Matt Freije Shawnee Mission West Vanderbilt 2004 NBA draft: 2nd round, 54th overall by the Miami Heat
2001 Wayne Simien Leavenworth Kansas 2005 NBA draft: 1st round, 29th overall by the Miami Heat
2002 Taj Gray Wichita East Oklahoma
2003Aubrey BrunerMcPhersonBarton County CC
Central Arkansas
2004Jordan FithianMcPherson Binghamton
2005Jay TunnellTopeka West Indiana State
2006Ryan WedelMinneapolis Drake
2007 Tyrel Reed Burlington Kansas
2008Jordan Cyphers Wichita Southeast Tennessee State
2009Jeff Reid Hayden Washburn
2010Nino Williams Leavenworth Kansas State
2011Christian Ulsaker McPherson Washburn
2012 Perry Ellis Wichita Heights Kansas
2013No award
2014
2015 Dean Wade St. John Kansas State
2016Drew Pyle McPherson Washburn
2017Matt PileGoddard Eisenhower Omaha
2018Ben PyleMcPherson Western Illinois
2019 Christian Braun Blue Valley Northwest Kansas 2022 NBA draft: 1st round, 21st overall by the Denver Nuggets
2020Xavier Bell Andover Central Drexel
2021Sterling Chapman Campus Tulsa
2022Elijah BrooksTopeka West North Dakota
2023Grant Stubblefield [3] Blue Valley Northwest Omaha [4]
2024TJ Williams [5] Wichita Heights Wichita State

*Committed to Wichita State out of high school, but transferred out after his freshmen year eventually playing for multiple colleges

Multiple winners by school

By high school

SchoolNumber of AwardsYears
McPherson 81986, 1991, 1992, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2016, 2018
Topeka West31994, 2005, 2022
Blue Valley Northwest 22019, 2023
Hayden 21983, 2009
Leavenworth 22001, 2010
Wichita Heights 22012, 2024
Wichita South 21989, 1993

By College

SchoolNumber of AwardsYears
Kansas71984, 1993, 1994, 2001, 2007, 2012, 2019
Kansas State61986, 1991, 1996, 1999, 2010, 2015
Washburn61983, 1990, 1998, 2009, 2011, 2016
Wichita State31988, 1992, 2024
Omaha 22017, 2023

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