North Dakota Mr. Basketball

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Each year the North Dakota Mr. Basketball award is given to the person chosen as the best high school boys basketball senior player in the U.S. state of North Dakota.

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The award has been given since 1985. Winners are chosen by the North Dakota Associated Press Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association (NDAPSSA). As of 2024, there has been a total of 26 winners from Class A and 17 winners from Class B. [1]

Award winners

YearWinnerSchoolClassUniversity
2024Deng DengFour Winds/MinnewaukanAUniversity of North Dakota (football)
2023Darik DissetteMinotANorth Dakota State University
2022Treysen EaglestaffBismarck HighAUniversity of North Dakota
2021Jesse WhiteWhite ShieldBNorth Dakota State College of Science
2020 Grant Nelson Devils LakeANorth Dakota State University
University of Alabama
2019Mason WaltersJamestownAUniversity of Jamestown
University of Wyoming
2018Wyatt HansonStanleyBMinnesota State University Moorhead
2017Aanen Moody Dickinson AUniversity of North Dakota
Southern Utah University
University of Montana
2016Jason FeatherFour Winds/MinnewaukanBLake Region State College
2015Brad HeidlebaughRugbyBUniversity of North Dakota (football)
2014Tanner KretchmanFargo DaviesAMinnesota State University Moorhead
2013A.J. JacobsonFargo ShanleyANorth Dakota State University
2012Melvin LangstaffWarwickBLake Region State College
2011Phillip ShanilecMidway/MintoBSouth Dakota School of Mines
2010Adam RandallKidder CountyBMinot State University
2009Cameron MalzerTurtle Lake-MercerBMinot State University
2008 Austin Dufault KilldeerBUniversity of Colorado
2007 Brian Qvale WillistonAUniversity of Montana
2006Travis MertensDevils LakeAUniversity of North Dakota
2005James Hennessy Williston AMontana State University
2004Lucas Moorman Dickinson ANorth Dakota State University
2003Tyler Koenig Fargo North AUniversity of North Dakota
2002Tommy Leikas Fargo North AUniversity of North Dakota
2001Adam Dobmeier Fargo South ANorth Dakota State University
2000Tyrone Terry Valley City AUniversity of Texas at San Antonio
1999Jeff Brandt Minot AMinot State University
1998 Jeff Boschee Valley City AUniversity of Kansas
1997Travis Sturdevant Bismarck Century ANorth Dakota State University
1996Kenny Younger Minot AUniversity of Houston
1995Hunter BergGrenoraBWilliston State College
1994Dustin UndlinMohallBNorthern State University
1993Randy Torgrimson West Fargo AUnited States Naval Academy
1992Marty McDonaldMunichBUniversity of Jamestown
1991Bart Manson Minot AMinot State University
1990Rob StefonowiczDivide CountyBNorth Dakota State University
1989 (tie)Chris Gardner Fargo South AUniversity of North Dakota
Ben Jacobson Mayville-PortlandBUniversity of North Dakota
1988Scott GuldsethEdinburgBLouisiana State University
University of North Dakota
1987Bryan Flam Jamestown AConcordia College
1986Todd OlsonCavalierBMayville State University
1985 (tie)Juno Pintar Fargo North ANorth Dakota State University
Chris LamoureuxNewburgBMinot State University

Schools/Teams with multiple winners

SchoolTotalYears
Minot 41991, 1996, 1999, 2023
Fargo North 31985, 2002, 2003
Fargo South 21989, 2001
Valley City 21998, 2000
Williston 22005, 2007
Dickinson 22004, 2017
Jamestown 21987, 2019
Devils Lake22006, 2020
Four Winds/Minnewaukan22016, 2024

Universities with multiple winners

UniversityTotalYears
University of North Dakota101988, 1989,1989, 2002, 2003, 2006, 2015, 2017, 2022, 2024
North Dakota State University81985, 1990, 1997, 2001, 2004, 2013, 2020, 2023
Minot State University51985, 1991, 1999, 2009, 2010
Lake Region State College22012, 2016
Minnesota State University Moorhead22014, 2018
University of Jamestown21992, 2019
University of Montana22007, 2017

See also

North Dakota Miss Basketball

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References

  1. "North Dakota Associated Press Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association (NDAPSSA)".