Washington Mr. Basketball

The Washington Mr. Basketball honor recognizes the top high school basketball player in the state of Washington. The award is presented annually by the Washington Interscholastic Basketball Coaches Association.^[1][2]

Award winners

Year	Player	High School	College	NBA Draft
1994	Michael Dickerson	Federal Way	Arizona	1998 NBA draft: 1st rd, 14th overall by the Houston Rockets
1995	Donald Watts	Lake Washington	Washington
1996	Quincy Wilder	Decatur	Highline/USC/Evergreen State
1997	Michael Johnson	Ballard	Washington
1998	Grant Leep	Mount Vernon	Washington
1999	Curtis Borchardt	Eastlake	Stanford	2002 NBA draft: 1st rd, 18th overall by the Orlando Magic
2000	Luke Ridnour	Blaine	Oregon	2003 NBA draft: 1st rd, 14th overall by the Seattle SuperSonics
2001	Eroll Knight	Chief Sealth	Washington/Gonzaga
2002	Justin Holt	Tacoma Lincoln	Tacoma/Indian Hills
2003	Aaron Brooks	Franklin	Oregon	2007 NBA draft: 1st rd, 26th overall by the Houston Rockets
2004	David Pendergraft	Brewster	Gonzaga
2005	Jon Brockman	Snohomish	Washington	2009 NBA draft: 2nd rd, 38th overall by the Portland Trail Blazers
2006	Spencer Hawes	Seattle Prep	Washington	2007 NBA draft: 1st rd, 10th overall by the Sacramento Kings
2007	Venoy Overton	Franklin	Washington
2008	Shawn Stockton	Ferris	Montana
2009	Peyton Siva	Franklin	Louisville	2013 NBA draft: 2nd rd, 56th overall by the Detroit Pistons
2010	Joe Harris	Chelan	Virginia	2014 NBA draft: 2nd rd, 33rd overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers
2011	Gary Bell Jr.	Kentridge	Gonzaga
2012	Jordan Chatman	Union	BYU,[3] Boston College
2013[4]	Zach LaVine	Bothell	UCLA	2014 NBA draft: 1st rd, 13th overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves[5]
2014	Jason Todd	Jackson	Portland
2015	Dejounte Murray	Rainier Beach	Washington	2016 NBA draft: 1st rd, 29th overall by the San Antonio Spurs
2016	JaQuori McLaughlin	Peninsula	Oregon State/UC Santa Barbara
2017	Michael Porter Jr.	Nathan Hale	Missouri	2018 NBA draft: 1st rd, 14th overall by the Denver Nuggets
2018	Kevin Porter Jr.	Rainier Beach	USC	2019 NBA draft: 1st rd, 30th overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers
2019	Anton Watson	Gonzaga Preparatory School	Gonzaga	2024 NBA draft: 2nd rd, 54th overall by the Boston Celtics
2020[6]	Tanner Toolson	Union	BYU
2021	--	No award given[7]
2022[8]	Tyler Bilodeau	Kamiakin	Oregon State
2023[9]	Brooklyn Hicks	Timberline	UNLV
2024[10]	Jacob Cofie	Eastside Catholic	Virginia

Winners by school

School	Number of Awards	Years
Franklin	3	2003, 2007, 2009
Rainier Beach	2	2015, 2018
Union	2	2012, 2020
21 other schools	1

References

1. "Harris named Mr. Basketball". 16 March 2010.
2. "2010 Photos". www.wenatcheeworld.com.
3. "The Columbian".
4. "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2013-12-09. Retrieved 2013-12-06.
5. "College Sports". seattletimes.com.
6. "Union's Tanner Toolson named Mr. Basketball by state coaches association". 26 September 2023.
7. sgwibca. "Wibca Announcement". WIBCA. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
8. "Prep notebook: Dylan Darling named boys 4A state player of the year; Jayden Stevens selected for all-tourney first team | The Spokesman-Review". www.spokesman.com. Retrieved 2022-05-10.
9. Palmer, Hailey (March 7, 2023). "Timberline's Brooklyn Hicks named Washington's Mr. Basketball for 2022-23 by state coaches association". Sports Illustrated High School News, Analysis and More. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
10. Milles, Todd (March 19, 2024). "Virginia signee Jacob Cofie named 'Mr. Basketball' by Washington coaches association (WIBCA)". highschool.si.com. Retrieved April 1, 2024.