Florida Mr. Basketball

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

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The winner of the Mr. Basketball Award, sponsored by Florida Dairy Farmers, Inc. and the Florida Athletic Coaches Association, is determined in voting by a statewide panel of high school basketball coaches and prep media representatives. [1] [2] [3] [4]

Award winners

YearPlayerHigh SchoolCollegeNBA Draft
2024 Cameron Boozer (2) [5] Christopher Columbus High School, Miami
2023 Cameron Boozer [6] Christopher Columbus High School, Miami
2022 Brice Sensabaugh [7] Lake Highland Preparatory School, Orlando Ohio State 2023 NBA draft: Round 1, 28th overall by the Utah Jazz
2021Dallan Coleman West Nassau High School, Callahan Georgia Tech
2020Isaiah Adams Paxon School for Advanced Studies, Jacksonville Central Florida / Buffalo
2019 Vernon Carey Jr. (2) NSU University School, Fort Lauderdale Duke 2020 NBA draft: Round 2, 32nd overall by the Charlotte Hornets
2018 Vernon Carey Jr. NSU University School, Fort Lauderdale Duke 2020 NBA draft: Round 2, 32nd overall by the Charlotte Hornets
2017 Kevin Knox II Tampa Catholic High School, Tampa Kentucky 2018 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 9th overall by the New York Knicks
2016 Tony Bradley Bartow High School, Bartow North Carolina 2017 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 28th overall by the Los Angeles Lakers
2015 Antonio Blakeney Oak Ridge High School, Orlando LSU
2014 Joel Berry II (3) Lake Highland Preparatory School, Apopka North Carolina
2013 Joel Berry II (2) Lake Highland Preparatory School, Apopka North Carolina
2012 Joel Berry II Lake Highland Preparatory School, Apopka North Carolina
2011 Austin Rivers Winter Park High School, Winter Park Duke 2012 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 10th overall by the New Orleans Hornets
2010 Brandon Knight (2) Pine Crest School, Fort Lauderdale Kentucky 2011 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 8th overall by the Detroit Pistons
2009 Brandon Knight Pine Crest School, Fort Lauderdale Kentucky2011 NBA Draft: 1st Rnd, 8th overall by the Detroit Pistons
2008Ray Shipman Monsignor Edward Pace High School, Miami Gardens Florida/Central Florida(football)
2007 Nick Calathes (2) Lake Howell High School, Winter Park Florida 2009 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 45th overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves
2006 Nick Calathes Lake Howell High School, Winter ParkFlorida2009 NBA Draft: 2nd Rnd, 45th overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves
2005Keith Brumbaugh DeLand High School, DeLand Hillsborough CC (FL)
2004 Darius Washington Edgewater High School, Orlando Memphis
2003 Chris Richard Kathleen High School, Lakeland Florida 2007 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 41st overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves
2002 Amar'e Stoudemire Cypress Creek High School, Orlando None 2002 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 9th overall by the Phoenix Suns
2001 Adrian McPherson Southeast High School, Bradenton Florida State (football) 2005 NFL Draft: 5th Rnd, 152nd overall by the New Orleans Saints
2000 Orien Greene Gainesville High School, Gainesville Florida/UL Lafayette 2005 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 53rd overall by the Boston Celtics
1999 Casey Sanders Tampa Preparatory School, Tampa Duke
1998Teddy Dupay Mariner High School, Cape Coral Florida
1997Jason Pryor Fort Walton Beach High School, Fort Walton Beach Ohio State
1996Luke Barnes South Miami High School, Miami Miami
1995 Vince Carter Mainland High School, Daytona Beach North Carolina 1998 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 5th overall by the Golden State Warriors
1994LeRon WilliamsSoutheast High School, BradentonFlorida
1993 James Collins Andrew Jackson High School, Jacksonville Florida State 1997 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 37th overall by the Philadelphia 76ers
1992 Steve Edwards (2) Miami Senior High School, Miami Miami
1991 Steve Edwards Miami Senior High School, Miami Miami
1990 Clifford Rozier Southeast High School, BradentonNorth Carolina/Louisville 1994 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 16th overall by the Golden State Warriors
1989 Doug Edwards Miami Senior High School, Miami Florida State 1993 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 13th overall by the Atlanta Hawks
1988Johnny WalkerShanks High School, Quincy Florida
1987 Chris Corchiani (2) Hialeah-Miami Lakes High School, Hialeah North Carolina State 1991 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 36th overall by the Orlando Magic
1986 Chris Corchiani Hialeah-Miami Lakes High School, HialeahNorth Carolina State1991 NBA Draft: 2nd Rnd, 36th overall by the Orlando Magic
1985 Toney Mack Brandon High School, Brandon Georgia 1989 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 54th overall by the Philadelphia 76ers
1984 Vernon Maxwell Buchholz High School, GainesvilleFlorida 1988 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 47th overall by the Denver Nuggets
1983Frank Ford Osceola High School, Kissimmee Auburn

Most winners by college

NumberProgram
9 Florida
6 North Carolina
4 Kentucky
3 Florida State
3 Miami
3 Duke
2 North Carolina State
2 Ohio State

Most winners by high school

NumberHigh School Program
4Lake Highland Preparatory School
3Miami Senior High School
3Southeast High School
2Christopher Columbus High School
2Hialeah-Miami Lakes High School
2Lake Howell High School
2NSU University School
2Pine Crest School

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