| Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award | |
| Awarded For: | High school basketball's top male and female player |
| Country: | United States |
| Year: | 1987 |
| Holder: | Cooper Flagg (boys') Sarah Strong (girls') |
| Website: | http://www.naismithtrophy.com/ |
The Naismith Prep Player of the Year award, named for Canadian basketball inventor James Naismith, is given annually by the Atlanta Tipoff Club to high school basketball's top male and female player. The inaugural awards were given to Dennis Scott and Lynne Lorenzen in 1987.
| Denotes players inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame† | |
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has won the award |
†To be considered for induction by a screening committee, a player must be fully retired from play for at least three years.
| Year | Player | High School | Hometown | State/province | College choice | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Georgia Tech | |||||
| 1988 | bgcolor=#ff9 | Georgetown | ||||
| 1989 | Georgia Tech | |||||
| 1990 | Indiana | |||||
| 1991 | bgcolor=#ff9 | Michigan | ||||
| 1992 | bgcolor=#ff9 | California | ||||
| 1993 | LSU | |||||
| 1994 | Michigan | |||||
| 1995 | Kentucky | |||||
| 1996 | bgcolor=#ff9 | none | ||||
| 1997 | Duke | |||||
| 1998 | none | |||||
| 1999 | Florida | |||||
| 2000 | Alabama | |||||
| 2001 | Memphis | |||||
| 2002 | North Carolina | |||||
| 2003 | none | |||||
| 2004 | none | |||||
| 2005 | none | |||||
| 2006 | Ohio State | |||||
| 2007 | UCLA | |||||
| 2008 | none | |||||
| 2009 | Georgia Tech | |||||
| 2010 | Ohio State | |||||
| 2011 | Duke | |||||
| 2012 | UCLA | |||||
| 2013 | Kansas | |||||
| 2014 | Kansas | |||||
| 2015 | LSU | |||||
| 2016 | UCLA | |||||
| 2017 | Missouri | |||||
| 2018 | Duke | |||||
| 2019 | Washington | |||||
| 2020 | Oklahoma State | |||||
| 2021 | Gonzaga | |||||
| 2022 | Duke | |||||
| 2023 | USC | |||||
| 2024 | Duke |
| Year | Player | High School | Hometown | State | College choice | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | Iowa State | |||||
| 1988 | Texas | |||||
| 1989 | Tennessee | |||||
| 1990 | bgcolor=#ff9 | Southern Cal | ||||
| 1991 | Notre Dame/ Tennessee | |||||
| 1992 | Alabama | |||||
| 1993 | Georgia | |||||
| 1994 | Iowa | |||||
| 1995 | Tennessee | |||||
| 1996 | Georgia | |||||
| 1997 | bgcolor=#ff9 | Tennessee | ||||
| 1998 | UConn | |||||
| 1999 | Tennessee | |||||
| 2000 | UConn | |||||
| 2001 | Tennessee | |||||
| 2002 | UConn | |||||
| 2003 | Tennessee | |||||
| 2004 | (2) | Tennessee | ||||
| 2005 | Oklahoma | |||||
| 2006 | UConn | |||||
| 2007 | (2) | UConn | ||||
| 2008 | Delaware | |||||
| 2009 | Notre Dame | |||||
| 2010 | Stanford | |||||
| 2011 | UConn | |||||
| 2012 | UConn | |||||
| 2013 | North Carolina/ Tennessee | |||||
| 2014 | South Carolina | |||||
| 2015 | UConn | |||||
| 2016 | Notre Dame | |||||
| 2017 | UConn | |||||
| 2018 | UConn | |||||
| 2019 | Stanford | |||||
| 2020 | UConn | |||||
| 2021 | South Carolina | |||||
| 2022 | UCLA | |||||
| 2023 | USC | |||||
| 2024 |