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 |