The Mr. Kansas Basketball honor recognizes the best high school basketball player in the state of Kansas as voted on by the Kansas Basketball Coaches Association.[1] The players listed below also will have which college they attended, as well as if they were drafted into the NBA draft.[2] Five different schools have had multiple winners, McPherson has the most. Hayden in Topeka, Leavenworth, Topeka West, and Wichita South have also had multiple winners. Kansas has had the most Mr. Kansas basketball commits with seven. Only six winners of the award have been drafted into the NBA.

Award winners

Year Player High School College NBA draft
1983Tom MeierHaydenWashburn
1984Danny ManningLawrenceKansas1988 NBA draft: 1st round, 1st overall by the Los Angeles Clippers
1985Danny KingcannonTopeka Highland Park
1986Steve HensonMcPhersonKansas State1990 NBA draft: 2nd round, 44th overall by the Milwaukee Bucks
1987J. T. MarshallManhattanTexas State
1988Gaylon NickersonWichita NorthWichita State*1994 NBA draft: 2nd round, 34th overall by the Atlanta Hawks
1989Val BarnesWichita SouthIowa
1990Tony ArringtonTopekaWashburn
1991Brian HensonMcPhersonKansas State
1992Ryan HerrsMcPhersonWichita State
1993B. J. WilliamsWichita SouthKansas
1994C. B. McGrathTopeka WestKansas
1995Kris WeemsSchlagleStanford
1996Josh ReidBrewsterKansas State
1997Brett McFallOlathe SouthWyoming
1998John CriderHortonWashburn
1999Quentin BuchananJunction CityKansas State
2000Matt FreijeShawnee Mission WestVanderbilt2004 NBA draft: 2nd round, 54th overall by the Miami Heat
2001Wayne SimienLeavenworthKansas2005 NBA draft: 1st round, 29th overall by the Miami Heat
2002Taj GrayWichita EastOklahoma
2003Aubrey BrunerMcPhersonBarton County CC
Central Arkansas
2004Jordan FithianMcPhersonBinghamton
2005Jay TunnellTopeka WestIndiana State
2006Ryan WedelMinneapolisDrake
2007Tyrel ReedBurlingtonKansas
2008Jordan CyphersWichita SoutheastTennessee State
2009Jeff ReidHaydenWashburn
2010Nino WilliamsLeavenworthKansas State
2011Christian UlsakerMcPhersonWashburn
2012Perry EllisWichita HeightsKansas
2013No award
2014
2015Dean WadeSt. JohnKansas State
2016Drew PyleMcPhersonWashburn
2017Matt PileGoddard EisenhowerOmaha
2018Ben PyleMcPhersonWestern Illinois
2019Christian BraunBlue Valley NorthwestKansas2022 NBA draft: 1st round, 21st overall by the Denver Nuggets
2020Xavier BellAndover CentralDrexel
2021Sterling ChapmanCampusTulsa
2022Elijah BrooksTopeka WestNorth Dakota
2023Grant Stubblefield[3]Blue Valley NorthwestOmaha[4]

*Committed to Wichita State out of high school, but transferred out after his freshmen year eventually playing for multiple colleges

Multiple winners by school

By high school

School Number of Awards Years
McPherson 8 1986, 1991, 1992, 2003, 2004, 2011, 2016, 2018
Topeka West 3 1994, 2005, 2022
Blue Valley Northwest 2 2019, 2023
Hayden 2 1983, 2009
Leavenworth 2 2001, 2010
Wichita South 2 1989, 1993

By College

School Number of Awards Years
Kansas 7 1984, 1993, 1994, 2001, 2007, 2012, 2019
Kansas State 6 1986, 1991, 1996, 1999, 2010, 2015
Washburn 5 1983, 1990, 1998, 2011, 2016
Omaha 2 2017, 2023
Wichita State 2 1988, 1992

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-07-13. Retrieved 2010-09-21.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  2. ↑ "Topeka Capital".
  3. ↑ "Mr. Kansas basketball 2023" (PDF). Kansas Basketball Coaches Association.
  4. ↑ Bossi, Eric (September 28, 2022). "Kansas City point guard commits to Omaha". 247 Sports. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
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