- Mr. Georgia Basketball
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Each year the Mr. Georgia Basketball award is given to the person chosen as the best high school boys basketball player in the U.S. state of Georgia. The award winner is selected by members of the Atlanta Tip Off Club.[1]
Award winners
Year Player High School College NBA/ABA draft 2011 Shannon Scott Milton High School
2010 Marcus Thornton Westlake Georgia 2009 Derrick Favors South Atlanta Georgia Tech 2010 NBA Draft: 1st Rnd, 3rd overall by the New Jersey Nets 2008 Al-Farouq Aminu Norcross Wake Forest 2010 NBA Draft: 1st Rnd, 8th overall by the Los Angeles Clippers 2007 Gani Lawal Norcross Georgia Tech 2010 NBA Draft: 2nd Rnd, 46th overall by the Phoenix Suns 2006 Javaris Crittenton Southwest Atlanta Christian Georgia Tech 2007 NBA Draft: 1st Rnd, 19th overall by the Los Angeles Lakers 2005 Louis Williams South Gwinnett none 2005 NBA Draft: 2nd Rnd, 45th overall by the Philadelphia 76ers 2004 Dwight Howard Southwest Atlanta Christian none 2004 NBA Draft: 1st Rnd, 1st overall by the Orlando Magic 2003 Vincent Banks South Atlanta Miami, Cincinnati, Georgia Perimeter College, Garden City Community College 2002 Wayne Arnold Berkmar Georgia, Tennessee State 2001 Kwame Brown Glynn Academy none 2001 NBA Draft: 1st Rnd, 1st overall by the Washington Wizards 2000 A.J. Moye Westlake Indiana 1999 Donnell Harvey Randolph-Clay Florida 2000 NBA Draft: 1st Rnd, 22nd overall by the New York Knicks 1998 Tony Akins Berkmar Georgia Tech 1997 Dion Glover Cedar Grove Georgia Tech 1999 NBA Draft: 1st Rnd, 20th overall by the Atlanta Hawks 1996 Pablo Machado Tift County Georgia Tech, Loyola 1995 Shareef Abdur-Rahim Wheeler Cal 1996 NBA Draft: 1st Rnd, 3rd overall by the Vancouver Grizzlies 1994 Shareef Abdur-Rahim Wheeler Cal 1996 NBA Draft: 1st Rnd, 3rd overall by the Vancouver Grizzlies 1993 Matt Harpring Marist Georgia Tech 1998 NBA Draft: 1st Rnd, 15th overall by the Orlando Magic 1992 Jeff Sheppard McIntosh Kentucky 1991 Dontonio Wingfield Westover Cincinnati 1994 NBA Draft: 2nd Rnd, 37th overall by the Seattle SuperSonics 1990 James Forrest Southside Georgia Tech 1989 James Forrest Southside Georgia Tech 1988 Darrin Hancock Griffin Garden City Community College, Kansas 1994 NBA Draft: 2nd Rnd, 11th overall by the Charlotte Hornets 1987 Ivano Newbill Southwest Macon Georgia Tech 1986 Darrin Hancock Griffin Garden City Community College, Kansas 1994 NBA Draft: 2nd Rnd, 11th overall by the Charlotte Hornets 1985 Eric Manuel Southwest Macon Kentucky 1984 Steve Grayer Southwest Macon Wichita State 1983 Chris Morris Douglass Auburn 1988 NBA Draft: 1st Rnd, 4th overall by the New Jersey Nets 1983 Kenny Walker Crawford County Kentucky 1986 NBA Draft: 1st Rnd, 5th overall by the New York Knicks See also
References
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See also: Miss Basketball Awards by state Categories:- Mr. and Miss Basketball awards
- Awards established in 1983
- Basketball stubs
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