Wisconsin Mr. Basketball Explained
Each year the Wisconsin Mr. Basketball award is given to the person chosen as the best high school boys basketball player in the U.S. state of Wisconsin, in the United States.
The award has been given since 1982. Winners are chosen by the Wisconsin Basketball Coaches Association at the time of their annual All-State selections. Most of the award winners have gone on to play at the highest levels of college basketball, and some have gone on to play in the National Basketball Association.[1]
Voting is done by a panel of retired members that select the winner after receiving nomination information and reviewing film on each candidate.
Only those in the Senior class are eligible to win in Wisconsin.
Annual award winners
| Year | Winner | High school | University | NBA Draft | Ref |
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| 2024 | Kon Knueppel II | Wisconsin Lutheran High School | Duke | | [2] |
| 2023 (tie) | John Kinziger | De Pere High School | Illinois State | | [3] |
| 2023 (tie) | Milan Momcilovic | Pewaukee High School | Iowa State | |
| 2022 | Seth Trimble | Menomonee Falls High School | North Carolina | | [4] |
| 2021 | Brandin Podziemski | St. John's Northwestern Military Academy | Illinois, Santa Clara | 2023 NBA draft 1st Rnd, 19th overall by the Golden State Warriors
| [5] |
| 2020 | Johnny Davis | La Crosse Central | Wisconsin | 2022 NBA draft 1st Rnd, 10th overall by the Washington Wizards
| [6] |
| 2019 | Marcus Domask | Waupun | Southern Illinois, Illinois | | |
| 2018 | Jordan McCabe | Kaukauna | West Virginia | | [7] |
| 2017 | Kobe King | La Crosse Central | Wisconsin, Nebraska, Valparaiso | | |
| 2016 (tie) | Sam Hauser | Stevens Point | Marquette, Virginia | | |
| 2016 (tie) | Trevor Anderson | Stevens Point | UW-Green Bay, Wisconsin, Valparaiso | | |
| 2015 (tie) | Henry Ellenson | Rice Lake | Marquette | 2016 NBA draft 1st Rnd, 18th overall by the Detroit Pistons
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| 2015 (tie) | Diamond Stone | Whitefish Bay Dominican | Maryland | 2016 NBA draft 2nd Rnd, 40th overall by the New Orleans Pelicans
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| 2014 | Kevon Looney | Milwaukee Hamilton | UCLA | 2015 NBA draft 1st Rnd, 30th overall by the Golden State Warriors
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| 2013 | Luke Fischer | Germantown | Indiana, Marquette | | |
| 2012 | Sam Dekker | Sheboygan Lutheran | Wisconsin | 2015 NBA draft 1st Rnd, 18th overall by the Houston Rockets
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| 2011 | Nimrod Hilliard IV | Madison East | South Dakota, Lamar, North Carolina Central | | |
| 2010 | T. J. Bray | Catholic Memorial | Princeton | | |
| 2009 | Jeronne Maymon | Madison Memorial | Marquette, Tennessee | | |
| 2008 | DeMarcus Phillips | Milwaukee Washington | Iowa State | | |
| 2007 (tie) | Keaton Nankivil | Madison Memorial | Wisconsin | | |
| 2007 (tie) | Scott Christopherson | La Crosse Aquinas | Marquette, Iowa State | | |
| 2006 | Andy Polka | Oshkosh West | Loyola | | |
| 2005 | Wesley Matthews | Madison Memorial | Marquette | | |
| 2004 | Harris Nelson | Madison Memorial | North Dakota State | | |
| 2003 | Brian Butch | Appleton West | Wisconsin | | |
| 2002 | Greg Brown | Milwaukee Vincent | Missouri State | | |
| 2001 | Devin Harris | Wauwatosa East | Wisconsin | 2004 NBA draft 1st Rnd, 5th overall by the Washington Wizards
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| 2000 | Mike Wilkinson | Wisconsin Heights | Wisconsin | | |
| 1999 | Marshall Williams | Milwaukee Vincent | North Carolina State | | |
| 1998 | Jose Winston | Milwaukee Vincent | Colorado, UW-Milwaukee | | |
| 1997 | Mike Wilks | Milwaukee Rufus King | Rice | | |
| 1996 | Brad Clark | Markesan | UW-Oshkosh | | |
| 1995 | Sam Okey | Cassville | Wisconsin, Iowa | | |
| 1994 | Jim Secretarski | Hartland Arrowhead | Siena | | |
| 1993 | Anthony Pieper | Wausaukee | Marquette | | |
| 1992 | Greg Timmerman | Cuba City | Wisconsin, North Dakota | | |
| 1991 | Calvin Rayford | Milwaukee Washington | Kansas | | |
| 1990 | Damon Key | Milwaukee Marquette | Marquette | | |
| 1989 | Chris Jones | Milwaukee Hamilton | Kansas | | |
| 1988 | Tony Bennett | Green Bay Preble | UW-Green Bay | 1992 NBA draft 2nd Rnd, 35th overall by the Charlotte Hornets
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| 1987 | Mike Johnson | Phillips | Creighton, UW-Eau Claire | | |
| 1986 | Kurt Portmann | Sheboygan North | Wisconsin | | |
| 1985 | Dave Mueller | Racine St. Catherine's | Michigan State | | |
| 1984 | Robert Barnes | Racine Horlick | Wisconsin, UW-Whitewater | | |
| 1983 | Joe Wolf | Kohler | North Carolina | 1987 NBA draft 1st Rnd, 13th overall by the Los Angeles Clippers
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| 1982 | Rick Olson | Madison La Follette | Wisconsin | | | |
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: 403 Forbidden | Just a Game Fieldhouse.
- News: Mar 13, 2024. Wisconsin Lutheran's Kon Knueppel named Mr. Basketball by WBCA. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
- Web site: Kinziger, Momcilovic share WBCA Mr. Basketball award. wissports.net. Miller, Mark. March 17, 2023. May 31, 2023.
- News: Mar 19, 2022. Menomonee Falls' Trimble selected as 2022 Mr. Basketball by WBCA. Wissports.
- News: April 13, 2021. Wisconsin Mr. Basketball Brandin Podziemski announces his college commitment. Milwaukee Journal Sentinel.
- News: Mar 17, 2020. Johnny Davis named Wisconsin Mr. Basketball. Badger 247.
- News: Mar 20, 2018. Jordan McCabe named Wisconsin's Mr. Basketball for 2018. USA Today - High School Sports. 22 March 2018.
