Illinois Mr. Basketball

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

The award has been given since 1981. 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. On April 5, 2010, Jon Scheyer became the first winner to also have played on both a high school state championship and a Division 1 NCAA championship team.[1] Jereme Richmond will become the 11th winner to enroll at the University of Illinois.

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 Illinois Mr. Basketball School Points received College
2011 Ryan Boatright
Chasson Randle		 East Aurora High School, Aurora
Rock Island High School, Rock Island		 257 Connecticut
Stanford [2]
2010 Jereme Richmond Waukegan High School, Waukegan 455 Illinois [2]
2009 Brandon Paul Warren Township High School, Gurnee 337 Illinois [2]
2008 Kevin Dillard Homewood-Flossmoor High School, Flossmoor 228 Southern Illinois University (transfer to Dayton) [2]
2007 Derrick Rose Simeon Career Academy, Chicago 720 Memphis [2]
2006 Jon Scheyer Glenbrook North High School, Northbrook 1187 Duke [2]
2005 Julian Wright Homewood-Flossmoor High School, Flossmoor 645 Kansas [2]
2004 Shaun Livingston Peoria Central High School, Peoria 1056 NBA (Letter of Intent: Duke) [2]
2003 Shannon Brown Proviso East High School, Maywood 887 Michigan State [2]
2002 Dee Brown Proviso East High School, Maywood 952 Illinois [2]
2001 Eddy Curry Thornwood High School, South Holland 1443 NBA (Letter of Intent: DePaul) [2]
2000 Darius Miles East St. Louis High School, East St. Louis, Illinois 1264 NBA (Letter of Intent: St. Johns) [2]
1999 Brian Cook Lincoln Community High School, Lincoln 903 Illinois [2]
1998 Frank Williams Manual High School, Peoria 1049 Illinois [2]
1997 Sergio McClain Manual High School, Peoria 1361 Illinois [2]
1996 Ronnie Fields Farragut Academy, Chicago 1270 CBA (letter of intent: DePaul) [2]
1995 Kevin Garnett Farragut Academy, Chicago 1443 NBA (letter of intent: DePaul) [3]
1994 Jarrod Gee St. Martin de Porres High School 658 Illinois
1993 Rashard Griffith King College Prep High School, Chicago 1329 Wisconsin
1992 Chris Collins Glenbrook North High School, Northbrook 1195 Duke
1991 Howard Nathan Manual High School, Peoria 822 DePaul
1990 Jamie Brandon King College Prep High School, Chicago 826 Louisiana State
1989 Deon Thomas Simeon Vocational High School, Chicago 959 Illinois
1988 Eric Anderson St. Francis de Sales High School, Chicago 1490 Indiana
1987 Marcus Liberty King College Prep High School, Chicago 1286 Illinois
1986 Nick Anderson Simeon Vocational High School, Chicago 876 Illinois
1985 Ed Horton Lanphier High School, Springfield 1735 Iowa
1984 Brian Sloan McLeansboro High School, McLeansboro 1303 Indiana
1983 Marty Simmons Lawrenceville High School, Lawrenceville 2056 Evansville
1982 Bruce Douglas Quincy Senior High School, Quincy 1700 Illinois
1981 Walter Downing Providence Catholic High School, New Lenox 1301 Marquette

References

High School Mr. Basketball Awards by state

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See also: Miss Basketball Awards by state
  1. ^ Sakamoto, Bob (April 1, 2006) "Mr. Basketball of Illinois" Tribune. http://articles.chicagotribune.com/keyword/jon-scheyer
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p Henricksen, Joe (April 7,2009) "The Best of Mr. Basketball in Illinois" City/Suburban Hoops Report. http://blogs.suntimes.com/hoopsreport/2009/04/the_best_of_mr_basketball_in_i.html
  3. ^ Baujan, Harry (December 21, 2010) "Illinois Mr. Basketball" The Blackburn REview. http://www.blackburnreview.com/main/2010/12/21/illinois-mr-basketball.html