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
2011	Dwaun Anderson	Suttons Bay High School	Wagner College
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	Redford High School	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 Golden State Warriors
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 xxx1 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]

Year	Winner	High school	University
1980	Tim McCormick	Clarkston	Michigan
1971	Michael "Campy" Russell	Pontiac Central	Michigan
1970	Rick Drewitz	Garden City West	Kentucky
1961	Reggie Harding	Detroit Eastern
1960	Peter Gent	Bangor	Michigan State
1951	Webster Kirksey	Saginaw	Eastern Michigan
1950	Charlie Primas	Detroit Miller	Wayne State
1941	Don Osterman	Detroit St. Theresa
1940	Ralph Gibert	Flint Northern
1931	Edward Huttenga	Grand Haven	Western Michigan
1930	John Tooker	St. Augustine	Michigan
1921	George Haggarty	Ypsilanti	Michigan
1920	Harry Kipke	Lansing Central	Michigan

Most winners by university

Number	University
11	Michigan State
10	Michigan
1	Ten other universities

Most winners by high school

Number	High school
4	Detroit Pershing High School
2	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

See also

• Michigan Miss Basketball

References

1. ^ http://www.detroitpslbasketball.com/?page_id=147
2. ^ http://www.bcam.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=category&id=925&Itemid=167
3. ^ http://www.freep.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20070216/SPORTS09/702160408/
4. ^ http://www.bcam.org/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=259:qretroq-mr-basketball&catid=13:carousel

External links

• http://www.peschstats.com/MrBasketball.htm Michigan High School Basketball Record Book