Mr._Basketball_USA

Mr. Basketball USA

Mr. Basketball USA

Award

Mr. Basketball USA, formerly known as the ESPN RISE National Player of the Year and EA SPORTS National Player of the Year, is an award presented to the United States boys' high school basketball national player of the year by Ballislife.com. Before 1996, retroactive recognition was determined for honorees going back to 1955's selectee Wilt Chamberlain, determined by National High School Hall of Fame member Doug Huff, who has been a McDonald's All-American Game selection committee member since the game's inception, CalHiSports.com Editor Mark Tennis and Ballislife.com National Editor Ronnie Flores.[1] From 1996–2002 the selections were made by Student Sports and from 2003–2009 by EA Sports.[1] From 2010–2012 the award was determined by ESPN HS until the award was taken over and executed by Flores in 2013 after his tenure with ESPN ended.

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According to information posted online by Ballislife, "Selections are based on high school accomplishment, not future college/pro potential, and are reflective of those that lead their teams to state championships. Ballislife does not knowingly select fifth-year players, and those ineligible due to age or academics, Mr. Basketball USA or to its various All-American teams."[1] Furthermore, selection uses "on-the-floor performance" without regard to academics, volunteer work or most other off-the-court criteria.[2]

Current selections are made through a season-long polling process of a 10-member expert panel with a final year-end ballot to determine the winner. The panel includes five McDonald's All-American selection committee members. The panel is polled weekly for a list of the top seven national player of the year candidates regardless of graduating class. The votes are then translated into a 10-point scoring system, with 10 points for a first-place vote, nine points for second-place vote, and down to four points for a seventh-place vote.[2]

Winners

Black & white photo of a dark-haired Caucasian man seated in front of an audience of children.
Bald headed black man speaking into a microphone. Headshot only with a polo shirt and sweater.
Black man dribbling a basketball with a gold and maroon basketball jersey that says Cavaliers in maroon cursive lettering across the chest. He is wearing a headband with an NBA logo.
(left to right): Jerry Lucas, Kareem-Abdul Jabbar and LeBron James are recognized as the only two-time winners of Mr. Basketball USA.
G – Guard
CG – Combo guard
PG – Point guard
SG – Shooting guard
F – Forward
PF – Power forward
SF – Small forward
C – Center
— in Runner(s)-up column indicates years in which the voting procedures and the resulting votes yielded a consensus winner with no runner(s)-up named.
— in College column indicates that player either returned to high school or went directly to professional basketball in the subsequent year.
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Notes

  1. [1]
    Flores, Ronnie (April 16, 2012). "Mr. Basketball USA winners: ESPNHS national player of the year honorees date back to 1955". ESPN HS. Archived from the original on February 23, 2015.
  2. [2]
    Flores, Ronnie (January 5, 2012) [November 17, 2011]. "Preseason Mr. Basketball USA Tracker: Shabazz Muhammad is target". ESPN HS. Retrieved January 15, 2012.
  3. [3]
    Flores, Ronnie (August 27, 2021). "All-Time Mr. Basketball USA Honorees". GrassrootsHoops.net. Retrieved May 30, 2022.
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