Illinois Mr. Basketball

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.

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 second winner to also have played on both a high school state championship and a Division 1 NCAA championship team, with Brian Sloan being the first. In 2012 Jabari Parker became the first non-senior to win the award, and in 2013 he became the first to win the award twice. In 2017 Mark Smith became the 12th 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.

Award recipients

Year Illinois Mr. Basketball School Points received College NBA Draft Ref
2024 Morez Johnson Thornton Township High School, Harvey 130 Illinois [1]
2023 Brock Harding Moline High School, Moline 272 Iowa [2]
2022 Braden Huff Glenbard West High School, Glen Ellyn 473 Gonzaga [3]
2021 n/a
2020 Adam Miller Morgan Park High School, Chicago 142 Illinois, LSU, Arizona State [4]
2019 E. J. Liddell Belleville West, Belleville 506 Ohio State 2022 NBA draft: 2nd round, 41st overall by the New Orleans Pelicans [5]
2018 432 [6]
2017 Mark Smith Edwardsville High School, Edwardsville 251 Illinois, Missouri, Kansas State [7][8]
2016 Charlie Moore Morgan Park High School, Chicago 221 Cal, Kansas, DePaul, Miami [9][10]
2015 Jalen Brunson Adlai E. Stevenson High School, Lincolnshire 552 Villanova 2018 NBA draft: 2nd round, 33rd overall by the Dallas Mavericks  
2014 Jahlil Okafor Whitney M. Young Magnet High School, Chicago 492 Duke 2015 NBA draft: 1st round, 3rd overall by the Philadelphia 76ers [11]
2013 Jabari Parker Simeon Career Academy, Chicago 315 Duke 2014 NBA draft: 1st round, 2nd overall by the Milwaukee Bucks [12][13]
2012 400 [14]
2011 Ryan Boatright East Aurora High School, Aurora 257 UConn [15]
Chasson Randle Rock Island High School, Rock Island Stanford
2010 Jereme Richmond Waukegan High School, Waukegan 455 Illinois  
2009 Brandon Paul Warren Township High School, Gurnee 337 Illinois [16]
2008 Kevin Dillard Homewood-Flossmoor High School, Flossmoor 228 Southern Illinois, Dayton [17]
2007 Derrick Rose Simeon Career Academy, Chicago 720 Memphis 2008 NBA draft: 1st round, 1st overall by the Chicago Bulls [16]
2006 Jon Scheyer Glenbrook North High School, Northbrook 1,187 Duke [16][18]
2005 Julian Wright Homewood-Flossmoor High School, Flossmoor 645 Kansas 2007 NBA draft: 1st round, 14th overall by the New Orleans Hornets [16]
2004 Shaun Livingston Peoria Central High School, Peoria 1,056 none 2004 NBA draft: 1st round, 4th overall by the Los Angeles Clippers [16]
2003 Shannon Brown Proviso East High School, Maywood 887 Michigan State 2006 NBA draft: 1st round, 25th overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers [16]
2002 Dee Brown Proviso East High School, Maywood 952 Illinois 2006 NBA draft: 2nd round, 46th overall by the Utah Jazz [16]
2001 Eddy Curry Thornwood High School, South Holland 1,443 none 2001 NBA draft: 1st round, 4th overall by the Chicago Bulls [16]
2000 Darius Miles East St. Louis High School, East St. Louis 217 none 2000 NBA draft: 1st round, 3rd overall by the Los Angeles Clippers [19]
1999 Brian Cook Lincoln High School, Lincoln 903 Illinois 2003 NBA draft: 1st round, 24th overall by the Los Angeles Lakers  
1998 Frank Williams Manual High School, Peoria 1,049 Illinois 2002 NBA draft: 1st round, 25th overall by the Denver Nuggets [16]
1997 Sergio McClain Manual High School, Peoria 1,361 Illinois [16]
1996 Ronnie Fields Farragut Academy, Chicago 1,270 none [16]
1995 Kevin Garnett Farragut Academy, Chicago 1,443 none 1995 NBA draft: 1st round, 5th overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves [20]
1994 Jarrod Gee St. Martin de Porres High School, Chicago 658 Illinois  
1993 Rashard Griffith King College Prep High School, Chicago 1,329 Wisconsin 1995 NBA draft: 2nd round, 38th overall by the Milwaukee Bucks  
1992 Chris Collins Glenbrook North High School 1,195 Duke  
1991 Howard Nathan Manual High School, Peoria 822 DePaul, Louisiana-Monroe  
1990 Jamie Brandon King College Prep High School, Chicago 826 LSU
1989 Deon Thomas Simeon Vocational High School, Chicago 959 Illinois 1994 NBA draft: 2nd round, 28th overall by the Dallas Mavericks  
1988 Eric Anderson St. Francis de Sales High School, Chicago 1,490 Indiana  
1987 Marcus Liberty King College Prep High School, Chicago 1,286 Illinois 1990 NBA draft: 2nd round, 42nd overall by the Denver Nuggets  
1986 Nick Anderson Simeon Vocational High School, Chicago 876 Illinois 1989 NBA draft: 1st round, 11th overall by the Orlando Magic  
1985 Ed Horton Lanphier High School, Springfield 1,735 Iowa 1989 NBA draft: 2nd round, 39th overall by the Washington Bullets  
1984 Brian Sloan McLeansboro High School, McLeansboro 1,303 Indiana  
1983 Marty Simmons Lawrenceville High School, Lawrenceville 2,056 Indiana, Evansville [21]
1982 Bruce Douglas Quincy Senior High School, Quincy 1,700 Illinois 1986 NBA draft: 3rd round, 57th overall by the Sacramento Kings  
1981 Walter Downing Providence Catholic High School, New Lenox 1,301 DePaul, Marquette 1986 NBA draft: 6th round, 138th overall by the Boston Celtics [22]

Awards by high school

School City Number of awards Years
Simeon Career Academy Chicago 5 1986, 1989, 2007, 2012, 2013
King College Prep High School Chicago 3 1987, 1990, 1993
Manual High School Peoria 3 1991, 1997, 1998
Farragut Academy Chicago 2 1995, 1996
Glenbrook North High School Northbrook 2 1992, 2006
Homewood-Flossmoor High School Flossmoor 2 2005, 2008
Proviso East High School Maywood 2 2002, 2003
Belleville West Belleville 2 2018, 2019
Morgan Park High School Chicago 2 2016, 2020
Adlai E. Stevenson High School Lincolnshire 1 2015
East Aurora High School Aurora 1 2011*
East St. Louis High School East St. Louis 1 2000
Edwardsville High School Edwardsville 1 2017
Glenbard West High School Glen Ellyn 1 2022
Lanphier High School Springfield 1 1985
Lawrenceville High School Lawrenceville 1 1983
Lincoln High School Lincoln 1 1999
McLeansboro High School McLeansboro 1 1984
Moline High School Moline 1 2023
Peoria Central High School Peoria 1 2004
Providence Catholic High School New Lenox 1 1981
Quincy Senior High School Quincy 1 1982
Rock Island High School Rock Island 1 2011*
St. Francis de Sales High School Chicago 1 1988
St. Martin de Porres High School Chicago 1 1994
Thornton Township High School Morez Johnson 1 2024
Thornwood High School South Holland 1 2001
Warren Township High School Gurnee 1 2009
Waukegan High School Waukegan 1 2010
Whitney M. Young Magnet High School Chicago 1 2014

* - Indicates a tie in which the award was shared

See also

References

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