Washington Mr. Basketball

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The Washington Mr. Basketball honor recognizes the top high school basketball player in the state of Washington. The award is presented annually by the Washington Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association. [1] [2]

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Award winners

YearPlayerHigh SchoolCollegeNBA Draft
1994 Michael Dickerson Federal Way Arizona 1998 NBA draft: 1st rd, 14th overall by the Houston Rockets
1995Donald Watts Lake Washington Washington
1996Quincy Wilder Decatur Highline/USC/Evergreen State
1997Michael Johnson Ballard Washington
1998Grant Leep Mount Vernon Washington
1999 Curtis Borchardt Eastlake Stanford 2002 NBA draft: 1st rd, 18th overall by the Orlando Magic
2000 Luke Ridnour Blaine Oregon 2003 NBA draft: 1st rd, 14th overall by the Seattle SuperSonics
2001Eroll Knight Chief Sealth Washington/Gonzaga
2002Justin Holt Tacoma Lincoln Tacoma/Indian Hills
2003 Aaron Brooks Franklin Oregon 2007 NBA draft: 1st rd, 26th overall by the Houston Rockets
2004David Pendergraft Brewster Gonzaga
2005 Jon Brockman Snohomish Washington 2009 NBA draft: 2nd rd, 38th overall by the Portland Trail Blazers
2006 Spencer Hawes Seattle Prep Washington 2007 NBA draft: 1st rd, 10th overall by the Sacramento Kings
2007Venoy Overton Franklin Washington
2008Shawn Stockton Ferris Montana
2009 Peyton Siva Franklin Louisville 2013 NBA draft: 2nd rd, 56th overall by the Detroit Pistons
2010 Joe Harris Chelan Virginia 2014 NBA draft: 2nd rd, 33rd overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers
2011 Gary Bell Jr. Kentridge Gonzaga
2012 Jordan Chatman Union BYU, [3] Boston College
2013 [4] Zach LaVine Bothell UCLA 2014 NBA draft: 1st rd, 13th overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves [5]
2014Jason Todd Jackson Portland
2015 Dejounte Murray Rainier Beach Washington 2016 NBA draft: 1st rd, 29th overall by the San Antonio Spurs
2016 JaQuori McLaughlin Peninsula Oregon State/UC Santa Barbara
2017 Michael Porter Jr. Nathan Hale Missouri 2018 NBA draft: 1st rd, 14th overall by the Denver Nuggets
2018 Kevin Porter Jr. Rainier Beach USC 2019 NBA draft: 1st rd, 30th overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers
2019 Anton Watson Gonzaga Preparatory School Gonzaga 2024 NBA draft: 2nd rd, 54th overall by the Boston Celtics
2020 [6] Tanner Toolson Union BYU
2021--No award given [7]
2022 [8] Tyler Bilodeau Kamiakin Oregon State
2023 [9] Brooklyn Hicks Timberline UNLV
2024 [10] Jacob Cofie Eastside Catholic Virginia

Winners by school

SchoolNumber of AwardsYears
Franklin 32003, 2007, 2009
Rainier Beach 22015, 2018
Union 22012, 2020
21 other schools1

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