Iowa Mr. Basketball

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

The award has been given since 1981. Winners are chosen by the Iowa Newspaper 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.

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.

Year	Iowa Mr. Basketball	School/City
2008	Matt Gatens	Iowa City High
2007	Clayton Vette	Waverly-Shell Rock
2006	Jason Bohannon	Linn-Mar, Marion
2005	Josh Van Es	MOC-Floyd Valley
2004	Carlton Reed	Waterloo East
2003	Brooks McKowen	Wapsie Valley, Fairbank
2002	Jeff Horner	Mason City
2001	Tyler McKinney	Urbandale
2000	Glen Worley	Iowa City West
1999	Kirk Hinrich and Nick Collison	Sioux City West, Iowa Falls
1998	David Newman	Des Moines Hoover
1997	Dean Oliver	Mason City
1996	Justin Wessel	Cedar Rapids Prairie
1995	Adam Spanich	Cedar Rapids Regis
1994	Raef LaFrentz	MFL Mar-Mac, Monona
1993	Jess Settles	Winfield-Mt. Union
1992	Eric Pothoven	Pella Christian
1991	Fred Hoiberg	Ames
1990	Mike Davis	Waterloo East
1989	Mike Bergman	Waverly-Shell Rock
1988	Wade Lookingbill	Fort Dodge
1987	Robert Johnson	Des Moines Lincoln
1986	Chris Gaines	Waterloo West
1985	Brian David	Kuemper Catholic, Carroll
1984	Al Lorenzen	Cedar Rapids Kennedy
1983	Todd Lumsden	Linn-Mar, Marion
1982	Randy Kraayenbrink and Ted Burbach	Paullina, Dubuque
1981	Todd Berkenpas	Maple Valley, Mapleton