Each year the Hal Schram Mr. Basketball award is given to the person chosen as the best high school senior boys basketball player in the U.S. state of Michigan. The award is named in honor of the late Hal Schram, a sports writer at the Detroit Free Press who covered high school sports for 40 years before retiring in 1983.
The award has been given since 1981 by the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan (BCAM). 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.
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. Only "actively coaching" BCAM members can vote. Beginning for the 2007 award, votes may only be cast for a predetermined group of five finalists, whereas in the past, the pool was unlimited.
Mr. Basketball winners Year Winner High school University NBA Draft 2026 KJ TorbertEast Lansing High SchoolBowling Green 2025 Trey McKenney St. Mary's Preparatory Michigan 2024 Phat Phat Brooks Grand Rapids Catholic Central High School Michigan / Central Michigan 2023 Tyler Jamison Port Huron Northern High School Fairleigh Dickinson / Lake Superior State 2022 Chansey Willis Jr. Detroit King High School SVSU / Henry Ford / Western Michigan / Minnesota / Kent State 2021 Pierre Brooks II Detroit Douglass Academy Michigan State / Butler 2020 Scooby Johnson Benton Harbor High School Butler 2019 Romeo Weems New Haven High School DePaul 2018 Foster Loyer Clarkston High School Michigan State / Davidson 2017 Isaiah Livers Kalamazoo Central High SchoolMichigan2021 NBA draft: 2nd round, 42nd overall by the Charlotte Hornets, subsequently traded to the Detroit Pistons via the New York Knicks 2016 Cassius Winston University of Detroit Jesuit High School Michigan State 2020 NBA draft: 2nd round, 53rd overall by the Oklahoma City Thunder, subsequently traded to the Washington Wizards 2015 Deyonta Davis Muskegon High School Michigan State 2016 NBA draft: 2nd round, 31st overall by the Boston Celtics 2014 Deshaun Thrower Muskegon High School Stony Brook / Ferris State 2013 Monté Morris Flint Beecher High School Iowa State 2017 NBA draft: 2nd round, 51st overall by the Denver Nuggets 2012 Matt Costello Bay City Western High School Michigan State 2011 Dwaun Anderson Suttons Bay High School Wagner 2010 Keith Appling Detroit Pershing High School Michigan State 2009 Derrick Nix Detroit Pershing High School Michigan State 2008 Brad Redford Frankenmuth High School Xavier 2007 Manny Harris Detroit Redford Michigan 2006 David Kool Grand Rapids South Christian High School Western Michigan 2005 Wilson Chandler Benton Harbor High School DePaul 2007 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 23rd overall by the New York Knicks 2004 Drew Neitzel Wyoming Park High School Michigan State 2003 Dion Harris Detroit Redford Michigan 2002 Paul Davis Rochester High School Michigan State 2006 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 34th overall by the Los Angeles Clippers 2001 Kelvin Torbert Flint Northwestern High School Michigan State 2000 Marcus Taylor Lansing Waverly High School Michigan State 2002 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 52nd overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves 1999 Jason Richardson Arthur Hill High School Michigan State 2001 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 5th overall by the Golden State Warriors 1998 Dane Fife Clarkston High School Indiana 1997 Shane Battier Detroit Country Day School Duke 2001 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 6th overall by the Memphis Grizzlies 1996 Winfred Walton Detroit Pershing High School Fresno State 1995 Robert Traylor Detroit Murray-Wright High School Michigan 1998 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 6th overall by the Dallas Mavericks 1994 Willie Mitchell Detroit Pershing High School Michigan, UAB 1993 Jon Garavaglia Southgate Aquinas High School Michigan State 1992 Kenyon Murray Battle Creek Central High School Iowa 1991 Chris Webber Detroit Country Day School Michigan 1993 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 1st overall by the Orlando Magic 1990 Anthony Miller Benton Harbor High School Michigan State 1994 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 39th overall by the Golden State Warriors 1989 Michael Talley Detroit Cooley High School Michigan 1988 Matt Steigenga Grand Rapids South Christian High School Michigan State 1992 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 52nd overall by the Chicago Bulls 1987 Mark Macon Saginaw Buena Vista High School Temple 1991 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 8th overall by the Denver Nuggets 1986 Terry Mills Romulus High School Michigan 1990 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 16th overall by the Milwaukee Bucks 1985 Glen Rice Flint Northwestern High School Michigan 1989 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 4th overall by the Miami Heat 1984 Demetreus Gore Detroit Chadsey High School Pittsburgh 1983 Antoine Joubert Detroit Southwestern High School Michigan 1987 NBA draft: 6th Rnd, 134th overall by the Detroit Pistons 1982 Robert Henderson Lansing Eastern High School Michigan 1986 NBA draft: 7th Rnd, 143rd overall by the Chicago Bulls 1981 Sam Vincent Lansing Eastern High School Michigan State 1985 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 20th overall by the Boston Celtics
Retro Mr. Basketball winners In 2010, the BCAM began a 10-year project to honor 'high school senior' boys basketball players from the period prior to the inception of the Mr. Basketball award. The initial awards were announced for players for the years ending in xxx0 - 1920, 1930, 1940, 1950, 1960, 1970 and 1980. In 2011, awards for next six corresponding 'seniors' for years ending in xxx1 - 1921, 1931, 1941, 1951, 1961, and 1971 - were named. This pattern continued through the year 2019 when the final award winners were selected for the seasons ending in xxx9.
Year Winner High school University 1980 Tim McCormick Clarkston Michigan 1979 Jay Smith Mio AuSable High School Bowling Green, Saginaw Valley State 1978 Trent Tucker Flint Northwestern Minnesota 1977 Earvin "Magic" Johnson Lansing Everett Michigan State 1976 Stuart House Detroit Denby Washington State 1975 Bruce Flowers Berkley Notre Dame 1974 Tony Smith Saginaw Nevada-Las Vegas 1973 Tom LaGarde Detroit Catholic Central North Carolina 1972 Larry Fogle Detroit Cooley Canisius 1971 Michael "Campy" Russell Pontiac Central Michigan 1970 Rick Drewitz Garden City West Kentucky 1969 Ernie Johnson Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills Michigan 1968 Ralph Simpson Detroit Pershing Michigan State 1967 Spencer Haywood Detroit Pershing University of Detroit 1966 Rudy Tomjanovich Hamtramck Michigan 1965 L. C. Bowen Benton Harbor Bradley 1964 Willie Betts River Rouge Bradley 1963 Craig Dill Saginaw Arthur Hill Michigan 1962 Ernie Thompson Saginaw Bradley 1961 Reggie Harding Detroit Eastern None 1960 Peter Gent Bangor Michigan State 1959 David Gaines Detroit Northeastern LeMoyne–Owen College 1958 Chet Walker Benton Harbor High School Bradley 1957 Ed Burton Muskegon Heights Michigan State 1956 Mel Peterson Stephenson Wheaton 1955 M. C. Burton Jr. Muskegon Heights Michigan 1954 Pete Tillotson Ludington Michigan 1953 Ron Kramer East Detroit Michigan 1952 Frank Tanana Detroit St. Andrew Cal State-Fullerton (baseball) 1951 Webster Kirksey Saginaw Eastern Michigan 1950 Charlie Primas Detroit MillerWayne State 1949 Ken Burrell Hamtramck Lawrence Tech 1948 Art McColgan Saginaw SS Peter & Paul Villanova 1947 Sammy Gee Detroit Miller 1946 Jack Forestieri Benton Harbor Notre Dame 1945 Bob Swanson Lansing Sexton 1944 Dick Rifenburg Saginaw Arthur Hill Michigan 1943 Don Boven Kalamazoo Central Western Michigan 1942 Larry Savage Saginaw Northwestern 1941 Don Osterman Detroit St. Theresa Villanova 1940 Ralph Gibert Flint Northern Michigan 1939 Gene Broene Grand Rapids Christian Calvin College 1938 John Maartens Kalamazoo Central 1937 Bob Osterman Detroit St. Theresa Notre Dame 1936 Charles Pink Detroit Northwestern Michigan 1935 John Zwier Holland Christian 1934 Earl Brown Jr. Benton Harbor Notre Dame 1933 Lincoln Dodson Truss Flint Northern 1932 Lowell Matteson Portage 1931 Edward Huttenga Grand Haven Western Michigan 1930 John Tooker Kalamazoo St. Augustine Michigan 1929 Lou Jagnow Jackson Carnegie Mellon University 1928 Francis 'Dink' Doolittle Detroit Northwestern 1927 Bill McCall Muskegon Dartmouth 1926 Roger Grove Sturgis Michigan State 1925 Joe Truskowski Detroit Northeastern Michigan 1924 Bennie Oosterbaan Muskegon Michigan 1923 Henry Schrumpf Niles Western Michigan 1922 Royal Cherry Grand Rapids Union Michigan 1921 George Haggarty Ypsilanti Michigan 1920 Harry Kipke Lansing Central Michigan
Most winners by high school (1920-Present) Number High school 7 Benton Harbor High School 6 Detroit Pershing High School 4 Muskegon High School 4 Saginaw High School 3 Clarkston High School 3 Flint Northwestern High School 3 Kalamazoo High School 3 Saginaw Arthur Hill High School
See also Michigan Miss Basketball
References
External links Michigan High School Basketball Record Book Michigan signee Derrick Walton misses Mr. Basketball award by narrow margin