Mr. Basketball of Michigan
Each year the Hal Schram Mr. Basketball award is given to the person chosen as the best high school boys basketball player in the U.S. state of Michigan. The award is named in honor of the late Hal Schram, a sports writer at the Detroit Free Press who covered high school sports for 40 years before retiring in 1983.[1]
The award has been given since 1981 by the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan (BCAM).[2] Most of the award winners have gone on to play at the highest levels of college basketball, and many have gone on to play in the National Basketball Association.
Voting is done on a points system. Each voter selects first, second, and third-place votes. A player receives five points for each first-place vote, three points for each second-place vote, and one point for a third-place vote. The player who receives the most points receives the award. Beginning for the 2007 award, votes may only be cast for a predetermined group of five finalists, whereas in the past, the pool was unlimited.[3]
Mr. Basketball winners
| Year | Winner | High school | University | NBA Draft |
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| 2016 | Cassius Winston | University of Detroit Jesuit | Michigan State | |
| 2015 | Deyonta Davis | Muskegon High School | Michigan State | |
| 2014 | Deshaun Thrower | Muskegon High School | Stony Brook | |
| 2013 | Monte Morris | Flint Beecher High School | Iowa State | |
| 2012 | Matt Costello | Bay City Western High School | Michigan State | |
| 2011 | Dwaun Anderson | Suttons Bay High School | Wagner | |
| 2010 | Keith Appling | Detroit Pershing High School | Michigan State | |
| 2009 | Derrick Nix | Detroit Pershing High School | Michigan State | |
| 2008 | Brad Redford | Frankenmuth High School | Xavier | |
| 2007 | Manny Harris | Redford High School | Michigan | |
| 2006 | David Kool | Grand Rapids South Christian High School | Western Michigan | |
| 2005 | Wilson Chandler | Benton Harbor High School | DePaul | 2007 NBA Draft: 1st Rnd, 23rd overall by the New York Knicks |
| 2004 | Drew Neitzel | Wyoming Park High School | Michigan State |
| 2003 | Dion Harris | Detroit Redford | Michigan | |
| 2002 | Paul Davis | Rochester High School | Michigan State | 2006 NBA Draft: 2nd Rnd, 34th overall by the Los Angeles Clippers |
| 2001 | Kelvin Torbert | Flint Northwestern High School | Michigan State | |
| 2000 | Marcus Taylor | Lansing Waverly High School | Michigan State | 2002 NBA Draft: 2nd Rnd, 52nd overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves |
| 1999 | Jason Richardson | Arthur Hill High School | Michigan State | 2001 NBA Draft: 1st Rnd, 5th overall by the Golden State Warriors |
| 1998 | Dane Fife | Clarkston High School | Indiana | |
| 1997 | Shane Battier | Detroit Country Day School | Duke | 2001 NBA Draft: 1st Rnd, 6th overall by the Memphis Grizzlies |
| 1996 | Winfred Walton | Detroit Pershing High School | Fresno State | |
| 1995 | Robert Traylor | Murray-Wright High School | Michigan | 1998 NBA Draft: 1st Rnd, 6th overall by the Dallas Mavericks |
| 1994 | Willie Mitchell | Detroit Pershing High School | Michigan, UAB | |
| 1993 | Jon Garavaglia | Southgate Aquinas High School | Michigan State | |
| 1992 | Kenyon Murray | Battle Creek Central High School | Iowa | |
| 1991 | Chris Webber | Detroit Country Day School | Michigan | 1993 NBA Draft: 1st Rnd, 1st overall by the Orlando Magic |
| 1990 | Anthony Miller | Benton Harbor High School | Michigan State | 1994 NBA Draft: 2nd Rnd, 39th overall by the Golden State Warriors |
| 1989 | Michael Talley | Detroit Cooley High School | Michigan | |
| 1988 | Matt Steigenga | Grand Rapids South Christian High School | Michigan State | 1992 NBA Draft: 2nd Rnd, 52nd overall by the Chicago Bulls |
| 1987 | Mark Macon | Saginaw Buena Vista High School | Temple | 1991 NBA Draft: 1st Rnd, 8th overall by the Denver Nuggets |
| 1986 | Terry Mills | Romulus High School | Michigan | 1990 NBA Draft: 1st Rnd, 16th overall by the Milwaukee Bucks |
| 1985 | Glen Rice | Flint Northwestern High School | Michigan | 1989 NBA Draft: 1st Rnd, 4th overall by the Miami Heat |
| 1984 | Demetreus Gore | Detroit Chadsey High School | Pittsburgh | |
| 1983 | Antoine Joubert | Detroit Southwestern High School | Michigan | 1987 NBA Draft: 6th Rnd, 134th overall by the Detroit Pistons |
| 1982 | Robert Henderson | Lansing Eastern High School | Michigan | 1986 NBA Draft: 7th Rnd, 143rd overall by the Chicago Bulls |
| 1981 | Sam Vincent | Lansing Eastern High School | Michigan State | 1985 NBA Draft: 1st Rnd, 20th overall by the Boston Celtics |
Retro Mr. Basketball winners
In 2010, the BCAM began a 10-year project to honor basketball players from the period prior to the inception of the Mr. Basketball award. Each season for the next 10 years, "Retro" Mr. Basketball award winners will be announced. The initial awards were given to players from the years 1920, 1930, 1940, 1950, 1960, 1970 and 1980. Next year, awards will be announced for the seasons xxx6 from each decade. This pattern will be continued through the year 2019 when the final award winners will be selected for the seasons xxx9 from each decade.[4]
Most winners by university
Most winners by high school
| Number | High school |
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| 4 | Detroit Pershing High School |
| 3 | Benton Harbor High School |
| 2 | Detroit Country Day |
| 2 | Flint Northwestern High School |
| 2 | Grand Rapids South Christian High School |
| 2 | Lansing Eastern High School |
| 2 | Redford High School |
| 2 | Muskegon High School |
See also
References
External links
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