Ohio Mr. Basketball

This is a list of players who have won the title of Ohio Mr. Basketball.

There are actually two awards, one awarded by the Associated Press, and one awarded by the Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association.

Award winners

Associated Press Mr. Basketball

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Year	Player	High School	College	NBA/Professional Team
2011	Trey Burke	Columbus Northland	Michigan
2010, 2009	Jared Sullinger	Columbus Northland	Ohio State
2008	William Buford	Toledo Libbey	Ohio State
2007	Jon Diebler	Upper Sandusky	Ohio State
2006, 2005	O. J. Mayo	North College Hill	Southern Cal	Memphis Grizzlies
2004	Jamar Butler	Lima Shawnee	Ohio State
2003, 2002, 2001	LeBron James	St. Vincent – St. Mary	none	Miami Heat
2000 (tie)	Tony Stockman, Chester Mason	Medina, Cleveland South	Clemson/Ohio State, Miami	Cleveland Cavaliers in 2007, currently plays for HKK Široki (Bosnia)
1999	Emmanuel Smith	Euclid	Akron
1998	William "Sonny" Johnson	Garfield Heights	Cleveland State/Ohio
1997	Kenny Gregory	Columbus Independence	Kansas
1996	Jason Collier	Springfield Catholic	Indiana/Georgia Tech	Died in 2005 while playing for the Atlanta Hawks.
1995	Damon Stringer	Cleveland Heights	Cleveland State/Ohio State
1994	Aaron Hutchins	Lima Central Catholic	Marquette
1993	Geno Ford	Cambridge	Ohio
1992, 1991	Greg Simpson	Lima Senior	Ohio State
1990	Bob Patton Jr.	Youngstown Liberty	Stanford
1989, 1988	Jimmy Jackson	Toledo Macomber	Ohio State	Played 14 seasons in the NBA for 12 different teams.

OHSBCA Mr. Basketball

The Ohio High School Basketball Coaches Association selects Mr. Basketball in Boys Basketball each year. The procedures for the selection of Mr. Basketball is (1) that the Player must be nominated by a District Director or Officer, (2) Nominees can be a senior or underclassman, (3) Each player's stats will be discussed among the District Directors and Officers and (4) District Director will vote to determine the winner.^[2]

Year	Player	High School	College	NBA/Professional Team
2010, 2009	Jared Sullinger	Columbus Northland	Ohio State
2008	William Buford	Toledo Libbey	Ohio State
2007	Jon Diebler	Upper Sandusky	Ohio State
2006	Raymar Morgan	Canton McKinley	Michigan State
2005	Jamelle Cornley	Columbus Brookhaven	Penn State
2004	Jamar Butler	Lima Shawnee	Ohio State	Pepsi Caserta (Italy, 2008); Mutlu Aku Selcuk Universitesi Konya (Turkey, 2009); Olympia Larissa B.C. (Greece, 2009–10)
2003, 2002, 2001	LeBron James	St. Vincent – St. Mary	none	Cleveland Cavaliers (2003–2010), Miami Heat (2010–)
2000	Romain Sato	Dayton Christian	Xavier	Aurora Jesi (Italy, 2nd division, 2005–06); FC Barcelona (Spain, 2006); Montepaschi Siena (Italy, 1st division, 2006–10); Panathinaikos (Greece, 2010–)
1999	Brooks Hall	Troy	Dayton
1998	Keith McLeod	Canton McKinley	Bowling Green
1997	Andre Hutson	Trotwood-Madison	Michigan State
1996	Jason Collier	Springfield Catholic	Indiana/Georgia Tech	Died in 2005 while playing for the Atlanta Hawks.
1995	Shaun Stonerook	Westerville North	Ohio State/Ohio	Montepaschi Siena (Italy)
1994	Byron Gladden	Lorain Admiral King	Virginia Commonwealth
1993	Damon Flint	Cincinnati Woodward	University of Cincinnati
1992, 1991	Greg Simpson	Lima Senior	Ohio State
1990	Tyrice Walker	Hamilton	Xavier
1989	Jimmy Jackson	Toledo Macomber	Ohio State	Played 14 seasons in the NBA for 12 different teams.

References

1. ^ http://www.dispatch.com/live/content/preps/stories/2008/03/13/mr_basketball_chart_13.ART_ART_03-13-08_C4_539KKUN.html
2. ^ http://www.ohiobkcoaches.com/Awards/Mr_Basketball.html