MaxPreps National Basketball Player of the Year awards

At the end of each season since 2006, MaxPreps has recognized the top high school basketball players in the United States with MaxPreps National Player of the Year honors going to the top male and female performers. In addition to the overall players of the year, the website recognizes top players from each class by naming a MaxPreps National Junior of the Year, Sophomore of the Year, and Freshman of the Year. The awards are typically announced in early April.

MaxPreps National Basketball Player of the Year
Greg Oden earned MaxPreps National Player of the Year honors in 2006, the first year the award was presented
Awarded forHigh school basketball's top male and female player.
Presented byMaxPreps
First awarded2006
Currently held byChet Holmgren (Boys), Raven Johnson (Girls)

Many of the players recognized have gone on to standout college and NBA careers, including LaMelo Ball, Lonzo Ball, Paolo Banchero, Kevin Love, Michael Porter Jr., Austin Rivers, Ben Simmons, Jayson Tatum and Zion Williamson.

WNBA stars Skylar Diggins, Sabrina Ionescu, Maya Moore, Chiney Ogwumike, Nneka Ogwumike, Breanna Stewart and A'ja Wilson are among the female selections.

Player of the Year




Boys
Year Player High school Hometown Height Position College
2006 Greg Oden Lawrence NorthIndianapolis, IN7–0COhio State
2007 Kevin Love Lake OswegoLake Oswego, OR6–10CUCLA
2008 Brandon Jennings Oak Hill AcademyCompton, CA6–2PG—
2009 Derrick Favors South AtlantaAtlanta, GA6–9PFGeorgia Tech
2010 Harrison Barnes AmesAmes, IA6–7SFNorth Carolina
2011 Austin Rivers Winter ParkWinter Park, FL6–4SGDuke
2012 Kyle Anderson St. AnthonyJersey City, NJ6–7SFUCLA
2013 Jabari Parker Simeon Career AcademyChicago, IL6–8SFDuke
2014 Stanley Johnson Mater DeiSanta Ana, CA6–6SFArizona
2015 Ben Simmons Montverde AcademyMelbourne, Australia6–8PFLSU
2016 Lonzo Ball Chino HillsChino Hills, CA6–6PGUCLA
2017 Michael Porter Jr. Nathan HaleSeattle, WA6–9SFMissouri
2018 R.J. Barrett Montverde AcademyMississauga, ON, Canada6–7SFDuke
2019 Sharife Cooper McEachernPowder Springs, GA6–0PGAuburn
2020 Cade Cunningham Montverde AcademyArlington, TX6–7PGOklahoma State
2021 Chet Holmgren Minnehaha AcademyMinneapolis, MN7–0PF/CGonzaga
2022 Dariq Whitehead Montverde AcademyNewark, NJ6–7SFDuke

Source: [1]

Girls
Year Player High School Hometown Height Position College
2006 Jacki Gemelos[2] St. Mary's Stockton, CA 6–0 SG USC
2007 Maya Moore Collins Hill Suwanee, GA 6–0 SF UConn
2008 Nneka Ogwumike Cy-Fair Cypress, TX 6–2 PF Stanford
2009 Skyler Diggins South Bend Washington South Bend, IN 5–9 PG Notre Dame
2010 Chiney Ogwumike Cy-Fair Cypress, TX 6–3 PF Stanford
2011 Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis Mater Dei Santa Ana, CA 5–11 SF UConn
2012 Breanna Stewart Cicero-North Syracuse Cicero, NY 6–4 PF UConn
2013 Diamond DeShields Norcross Norcross, GA 6–1 SG North Carolina/Tennessee
2014 A'ja Wilson Heathwood Hall Episcopal Columbia, SC 6–4 PF South Carolina
2015 Ali Patberg Columbus North Columbus, IN 5–10 G Notre Dame/Indiana
2016 Sabrina Ionescu Miramonte Orinda, CA 5–11 PG Oregon
2017 Megan Walker Monacan Richmond, VA 6–1 F UConn
2018 Christyn Williams Central Arkansas Christian North Little Rock, AR 5–11 PG UConn
2019 Azzi Fudd St. John's Washington, DC 5–11 G UConn
2020 Paige Bueckers Hopkins Minnetonka, MN 5–11 PG UConn
2021 Raven Johnson Westlake Atlanta, GA 5–10 PG South Carolina
2022 Juju Watkins
2023 Juju Watkins (2)

Freshman of the Year
* Also named MaxPreps Player of the Year

Boys
Year Player High school Hometown Height Position College
2010 Aquille Carr PattersonBaltimore, MD5–6PG—
2011 Trey Lyles Arsenal TechnicalIndianapolis, IN6–10PFKentucky
2012 Malik Newman CallawayJackson, MS6–4SGMississippi State
2013 Harry Giles Wesleyan Christian AcademyHigh Point, NC6–8PFDuke
2014 Cody Riley Sierra CanyonChatsworth, CA6–9PFUCLA
2015 Marvin Bagley III Corona del SolTempe, AZ6–10PFDuke
2016 LaMelo Ball Chino HillsChino Hills, CA6–5PG—
Onyeka Okongwu Chino HillsChino Hills, CA6–9CUSC
2017 Kyree Walker Moreau CatholicHayward, CA6–5SF—
2018 Zion Harmon Adair CountyColumbia, KY5–10PGWestern Kentucky
2019

Emoni Bates

 LincolnYpsilanti, MI6–8SFMemphis
2020 Mikey Williams San YsidroSan Diego, CA6–2PGUndecided
2021 Derik Queen St. Frances Academy Baltimore, MD 6–8 PF Undecided

Source: [3]

Girls

Sophomore of the Year
* Also named MaxPreps Player of the Year

Boys
Year Player High school Hometown Height Position College
2010 DaJuan Coleman Jamesville-DeWittDeWitt, NY6–9CSyracuse
2011 Aquille Carr PattersonBaltimore, MD5–6PG—
2012 Andrew Wiggins Huntington PrepThornhill, ON, Canada6–7SFKansas
2013 Malik Newman CallawayJackson, MS6–4SGMississippi State
2014 Josh Jackson ConsortiumDetroit, MI6–8SFKansas
Jayson Tatum ChaminadeCreve Coeur, MO6–8SFDuke
2015 M. J. Walker JonesboroJonesboro, GA6–5SGFlorida State
2016 Romeo Langford New AlbanyNew Albany, IN6–5SGIndiana
2017 R.J. Barrett Montverde AcademyMississauga, ON, Canada6–7SFDuke
2018 Jalen Green San Joaquin MemorialFresno, CA6–6SG—
2019 Jonathan Kuminga Our Savior New AmericanCentereach, NY6–8SFUndecided
2020

Emoni Bates

 LincolnYpsilanti, MI6–9SFMemphis
2021 D.J. Wagner Camden Camden, NJ 6–3 SG

Source: [4]

Junior of the Year
* Also named MaxPreps Player of the Year

Boys
Year Player High school Hometown Height Position College
2010 Austin Rivers Winter ParkWinter Park, FL6–4SGDuke
2011 Tony Parker Miller GroveLithonia, GA6–9CUCLA
2012 Jabari Parker Simeon Career AcademyChicago, IL6–8SFDuke
2013 Stanley Johnson Mater DeiSanta Ana, CA6–7SFArizona
2014 Ben Simmons Montverde AcademyMelbourne, Australia6–8PFLSU
2015 Jayson Tatum ChaminadeCreve Coeur, MO6–8SFDuke
2016 Kevin Knox II Tampa CatholicTampa, FL6–8SFKentucky
2017 Zion Williamson Spartanburg DaySpartanburg, SC6–8SFDuke
2018 Vernon Carey Jr. UniversityFort Lauderdale, FL6–10CDuke
2019 Sharife Cooper* McEachernPowder Springs, GA6–0PGAuburn
2020 Paolo Banchero O'DeaSeattle, WA6–9PFDuke
2021 Jalen Duren Montverde Academy Montverde, FL 6–9 PF Memphis

Source: [5]

References
  1. Divens, Jordan (April 11, 2019). "MaxPreps 2018-19 High School Boys Basketball All-American Team". MaxPreps. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  2. Stephens, Mitch (April 13, 2022). "High school girls basketball: Juju Watkins named 2021–22 MaxPreps National Player of the Year". MaxPreps. Retrieved September 10, 2022.
  3. Divens, Jordan (April 19, 2019). "2018-19 MaxPreps Boys Basketball Freshman All-American Team". MaxPreps. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  4. Divens, Jordan (April 18, 2019). "2018-19 MaxPreps Boys Basketball Sophomore All-American Team". MaxPreps. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
  5. Divens, Jordan (April 17, 2019). "2018-19 MaxPreps Boys Basketball Junior All-American Team". MaxPreps. Retrieved August 24, 2019.
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