Each year, the Utah Mr. Basketball Award is given to the person chosen as the best high school boys basketball player in the U.S. state of Utah, in the United States. Class 5A was introduced in 1994. Class 6A was introduced in 2018.
The award has been given since 1987 by the Deseret News . Winners are chosen by the Utah Associated Press Sportscasters and Sportswriters Association (UAPSSA).
Year | Utah Mr. Basketball | High school | Class | College | NBA |
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2024 | Cooper Lewis [1] | Lehi | 6A | TBA | |
2023 | Quentin Meza [2] | Cyprus | 6A | Wofford | |
2022 | Collin Chandler [3] | Farmington | 6A | BYU | |
2021 | Ethan Potter [4] | Layton | 6A | Utah Valley | |
2020 | Dallin Hall [5] | Fremont | 6A | BYU | |
2019 | Rylan Jones [6] | Olympus | 5A | Utah/Utah State | |
2018 | Rylan Jones [7] | Olympus | 5A | Utah/Utah State | |
2017 | Jaxon Brenchley | Ridgeline | 3A | Utah | |
2016 | Frank Jackson | Lone Peak | 5A | Duke | 2017 2nd Round |
2015 | Jesse Wade | Davis | 5A | Gonzaga/BYU | |
2014 | T. J. Haws | Lone Peak | 5A | BYU | |
2013 | Nick Emery | Lone Peak | 5A | BYU | |
2012 | Jordan Loveridge | West Jordan | 5A | Utah | |
2011 | Tyrell Corbin | West | 5A | UC Davis/SLCC/CSU Bakersfield | |
2010 | Kyle Collinsworth | Provo | 4A | BYU | |
2009 | Tyler Haws | Lone Peak | 5A | BYU | |
2008 | Tyler Haws | Lone Peak | 5A | BYU | |
2007 | Morgan Grim | Riverton | 5A | Utah/Utah State | |
2006 | Daniel Deane | Judge Memorial | 3A | Utah/Oregon St. | |
2005 | Jackson Emery | Lone Peak | 5A | BYU | |
2004 | Tai Wesley | Provo | 4A | Utah State | |
2003 | Josh Olson | Alta | 5A | Utah | |
2002 | Brody Van Brocklin | Davis | 5A | Weber State | |
2001 | Jared Jensen | Fremont | 5A | BYU | |
2000 | Garner Meads | Brighton | 5A | BYU | |
1999 | Tim Henry | Mountain View | 5A | SLCC | |
1998 | Tony Brown | Mountain Crest | 4A | Utah State | |
1997 | Britton Johnsen | Murray | 4A | Utah | Various NBA teams |
1996 | Jeff Johnsen | Murray | 4A | Utah | |
1995 | Jeff Johnsen | Murray | 4A | Utah | |
1994 | Alex Jensen | Viewmont | 5A | Utah | |
1993 | Ben Melmeth | Judge Memorial | 3A | Utah | |
1992 | JaRon Boone | Skyline | 4A | Nebraska | |
1991 | Justin Weidauer | Cottonwood | 3A | BYU | |
1990 | Kenneth Roberts | Bingham | 4A | BYU | |
1989 | Shawn Bradley | Emery High School | 2A | BYU | 1993 1st Round |
1988 | Matt Bowman | Timpview | 3A | Utah Valley | |
1987 | Kurt Miller | Ben Lomond | 3A | New Mexico |
School | Number of awards | Years |
---|---|---|
Lone Peak | 6 | 2005, 2008, 2009, 2013, 2014, 2016 |
Murray | 3 | 1995, 1996, 1997 |
Judge Memorial | 2 | 1993, 2006 |
Provo | 2 | 2004, 2010 |
Davis | 2 | 2002, 2015 |
Olympus | 2 | 2018, 2019 |
Fremont | 2 | 2001, 2020 |
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