# Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award

The Naismith Prep Player of the Year award, named for Canadian basketball inventor James Naismith, is given annually by the Atlanta Tipoff Club to high school basketball's top male and female player. The inaugural awards were given to Dennis Scott and Lynne Lorenzen in 1987.

## Key

| * | Denotes players inducted to the Basketball Hall of Fame$^†$ |
| Player (X) | Denotes the number of times the player has won the award |
$^†$To be considered for induction by a screening committee, a player must be fully retired from play for at least three years.

## Winners
### Boys

| Year | Player | High School | Hometown | State/province | College choice |
| 1987 | Dennis Scott | Flint Hill Prep | Hagerstown | Maryland | Georgia Tech |
| 1988 | Alonzo Mourning$^*$ | Indian River High School | Chesapeake | Virginia | Georgetown |
| 1989 | Kenny Anderson | Archbishop Molloy High School | Jamaica | New York | Georgia Tech |
| 1990 | Damon Bailey | Bedford North Lawrence High School | Bedford | Indiana | Indiana |
| 1991 | Chris Webber$^*$ | Detroit Country Day School | Beverly Hills | Michigan | Michigan |
| 1992 | Jason Kidd$^*$ | St. Joseph Notre Dame High School | Oakland | California | California |
| 1993 | Randy Livingston | Isidore Newman School | New Orleans | Louisiana | LSU |
| 1994 | Jerod Ward | Clinton High School | Clinton | Mississippi | Michigan |
| 1995 | Ron Mercer | Oak Hill Academy | Nashville | Tennessee | Kentucky |
| 1996 | Kobe Bryant$^*$ | Lower Merion High School | Ardmore | Pennsylvania | none |
| 1997 | Shane Battier | Detroit Country Day School | Beverly Hills | Michigan | Duke |
| 1998 | Al Harrington | St. Patrick High School | Elizabeth | New Jersey | none |
| 1999 | Donnell Harvey | Randolph-Clay High School | Cuthbert | Georgia | Florida |
| 2000 | Gerald Wallace | Childersburg High School | Childersburg | Alabama | Alabama |
| 2001 | Dajuan Wagner | Camden High School | Camden | New Jersey | Memphis |
| 2002 | Raymond Felton | Latta High School | Latta | South Carolina | North Carolina |
| 2003 | LeBron James | St. Vincent - St. Mary High School | Akron | Ohio | none |
| 2004 | Dwight Howard | Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy | Atlanta | Georgia | none |
| 2005 | Louis Williams | South Gwinnett High School | Snellville | Georgia | none |
| 2006 | Greg Oden | Lawrence North High School | Indianapolis | Indiana | Ohio State |
| 2007 | Kevin Love | Lake Oswego High School | Lake Oswego | Oregon | UCLA |
| 2008 | Brandon Jennings | Oak Hill Academy | Compton | California | none |
| 2009 | Derrick Favors | South Atlanta High School | Atlanta | Georgia | Georgia Tech |
| 2010 | Jared Sullinger | Northland High School | Columbus | Ohio | Ohio State |
| 2011 | Austin Rivers | Winter Park High School | Winter Park | Florida | Duke |
| 2012 | Shabazz Muhammad | Bishop Gorman High School | Summerlin | Nevada | UCLA |
| 2013 | Andrew Wiggins | Huntington Prep School | Thornhill | Ontario, Canada | Kansas |
| 2014 | Cliff Alexander | Curie High School | Chicago | Illinois | Kansas |
| 2015 | Ben Simmons | Montverde Academy | Melbourne | Victoria, Australia | LSU |
| 2016 | Lonzo Ball | Chino Hills High School | Chino Hills | California | UCLA |
| 2017 | Michael Porter Jr. | Nathan Hale High School | Columbia | Missouri | Missouri |
| 2018 | RJ Barrett | Montverde Academy | Mississauga | Ontario, Canada | Duke |
| 2019 | Isaiah Stewart | La Lumiere School | Rochester | New York | Washington |
| 2020 | Cade Cunningham | Montverde Academy | Arlington | Texas | Oklahoma State |
| 2021 | Chet Holmgren | Minnehaha Academy | Minneapolis | Minnesota | Gonzaga |
| 2022 | Dariq Whitehead | Montverde Academy | Newark | New Jersey | Duke |
| 2023 | Isaiah Collier | Wheeler High School | Marietta | Georgia | USC |
| 2024 | Cooper Flagg | Montverde Academy | Newport | Maine | Duke |
* ↑ Although Porter graduated from high school in Seattle, he was born and raised in Columbia, Missouri, and attended high school in that city until his father was hired by the University of Washington as an assistant men's basketball coach prior to his senior year.

### Girls

| Year | Player | High School | Hometown | State | College choice |
| 1987 | Lynne Lorenzen | Ventura High School | Ventura | Iowa | Iowa State |
| 1988 | Vicki Hall | Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School | Indianapolis | Indiana | Texas |
| 1989 | Lisa Harrison | Southern High School | Louisville | Kentucky | Tennessee |
| 1990 | Lisa Leslie$^*$ | Morningside High School | Inglewood | California | Southern Cal |
| 1991 | Michelle M. Marciniak | Central Catholic High School | Allentown | Pennsylvania | Notre Dame/ Tennessee |
| 1992 | Yolanda Watkins | Decatur High School | Decatur | Alabama | Alabama |
| 1993 | La'Keshia Frett | Phoebus High School | Hampton | Virginia | Georgia |
| 1994 | Tiffany Gooden | Snider High School | Fort Wayne | Indiana | Iowa |
| 1995 | Chamique Holdsclaw | Christ the King High School | Queens | New York | Tennessee |
| 1996 | Kiesha Brown | Woodward Academy | Atlanta | Georgia | Georgia |
| 1997 | Tamika Catchings$^*$ | Duncanville High School | Duncanville | Texas | Tennessee |
| 1998 | Tamika Williams | Chaminade-Julienne High School | Dayton | Ohio | UConn |
| 1999 | Kara Lawson | West Springfield High School | Springfield | Virginia | Tennessee |
| 2000 | Diana Taurasi | Don Lugo High School | Chino | California | UConn |
| 2001 | Shyra Ely | Ben Davis High School | Indianapolis | Indiana | Tennessee |
| 2002 | Ann Strother | Highlands Ranch High School | Highlands Ranch | Colorado | UConn |
| 2003 | Candace Parker | Naperville Central High School | Naperville | Illinois | Tennessee |
| 2004 | Candace Parker (2) | Naperville Central High School | Naperville | Illinois | Tennessee |
| 2005 | Courtney Paris | Millennium High School | Piedmont | California | Oklahoma |
| 2006 | Maya Moore | Collins Hill High School | Suwanee | Georgia | UConn |
| 2007 | Maya Moore (2) | Collins Hill High School | Suwanee | Georgia | UConn |
| 2008 | Elena Delle Donne | Ursuline Academy | Wilmington | Delaware | Delaware |
| 2009 | Skylar Diggins | Washington High School | South Bend | Indiana | Notre Dame |
| 2010 | Chiney Ogwumike | Cy-Fair High School | Cypress | Texas | Stanford |
| 2011 | Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis | Mater Dei High School | Santa Ana | California | UConn |
| 2012 | Breanna Stewart | Cicero-North Syracuse High School | Syracuse | New York | UConn |
| 2013 | Diamond DeShields | Norcross High School | Norcross | Georgia | North Carolina/ Tennessee |
| 2014 | A'ja Wilson | Heathwood Hall Episcopal School | Hopkins | South Carolina | South Carolina |
| 2015 | Katie Lou Samuelson | Mater Dei High School | Santa Ana | California | UConn |
| 2016 | Jackie Young | Princeton Community High School | Princeton | Indiana | Notre Dame |
| 2017 | Megan Walker | Monacan High School | Richmond | Virginia | UConn |
| 2018 | Christyn Williams | Central Arkansas Christian High School | Little Rock | Arkansas | UConn |
| 2019 | Haley Jones | Archbishop Mitty High School | Santa Cruz | California | Stanford |
| 2020 | Paige Bueckers | Hopkins High School | Minnetonka | Minnesota | UConn |
| 2021 | Raven Johnson | Westlake High School | Atlanta | Georgia | South Carolina |
| 2022 | Kiki Rice | Sidwell Friends School | Bethesda | Washington | UCLA |
| 2023 | JuJu Watkins | Sierra Canyon School | Los Angeles | California | USC |
| 2024 | Sarah Strong | Grace Christian School | Fuquay-Varina | North Carolina | |
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Officially known for athletic purposes as "Connecticut" until 2013–14.