# Mississippi Mr. Basketball

Each year the Mississippi Mr. Basketball award is given to the best high school boys basketball player in the state of Mississippi by The Clarion-Ledger.

## Award winners

| Year | Player | High School | College | NBA draft |
| 2015 | Malik Newman (3) | Callaway HS, Jackson | Mississippi State/Kansas | |
| 2014 | Malik Newman (2) | Callaway HS, Jackson | Mississippi State/Kansas | |
| 2013 | Malik Newman | Callaway HS, Jackson | Mississippi State/Kansas | |
| 2012 | Devonta Pollard | Kemper County HS, De Kalb | Alabama, EMCC, Houston | |
| 2011 | Rodney Hood | Meridian HS, Meridian | Mississippi State, Duke | 2014 NBA draft: 1st Round, 23rd overall by the Utah Jazz |
| 2010 | Rashad Perkins | Starkville HS, Starkville | Chipola, MGCCC, Henderson State | |
| 2009 | Andre Stringer | Forest Hill HS, Jackson | LSU | |
| 2008 | Rashanti Harris | New Hope HS, Columbus | -- | |
| 2007 | R.L. Horton | Lanier HS, Jackson | Southern Miss | |
| 2006 | Ravern Johnson | Coahoma County HS, Clarksdale | Mississippi State | |
| 2005 | Monta Ellis | Lanier HS, Jackson | None | 2005 NBA draft: 2nd Round, 40th overall by the Golden State Warriors |
| 2004 | Al Jefferson | Prentiss HS, Prentiss | None | 2004 NBA draft: 1st Round, 15th overall by the Boston Celtics |
| 2003 | Charlie White | Provine HS, Jackson | Jackson State | |
| 2002 | Jackie Butler | McComb HS, McComb | None | |
| 2001 | Mo Williams | Murrah HS, Jackson | Alabama | 2003 NBA draft: 2nd Round, 47th overall by the Utah Jazz |
| 2000 | Timmy Bowers | Harrison Central HS, Gulfport | Mississippi State | |
| 1999 | Jonathan Bender | Picayune Memorial HS, Picayune | None | 1999 NBA draft: 1st Round, 5th overall by the Toronto Raptors |
| 1998 | David Sanders | Provine HS, Jackson | Ole Miss | |
| 1997 | Tang Hamilton | Lanier HS, Jackson | Mississippi State | |
| 1996 | Quentin Smith | Vicksburg HS, Vicksburg | Mississippi State, Southern Miss | |
| 1995 | Michael DeGruy | Harrison Central HS, Gulfport | Tallahassee CC, Henderson State | |
| 1994 | Jerry Nichols | Lanier HS, Jackson | Georgetown | |
| 1993 | Jesse Pate | Murrah HS, Jackson | Chipola Junior College, Arkansas | |
| 1992 | Othella Harrington (2) | Murrah HS, Jackson | Georgetown | 1996 NBA draft: 2nd Round, 30th overall by the Houston Rockets |
| 1991 | Othella Harrington | Murrah HS, Jackson | Georgetown | 1996 NBA draft: 2nd Round, 30th overall by the Houston Rockets |
| 1990 | Bernard Haslett | Vaiden HS, Vaiden | Southern Miss | |
| 1989 | James Robinson | Murrah HS, Jackson | Alabama | 1993 NBA draft: 1st Round, 21st overall by the Portland Trail Blazers |
| 1988 | Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf (2) | Gulfport HS, Gulfport | LSU | 1990 NBA draft: 1st Round, 3rd overall by the Denver Nuggets |
| 1987 | Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf | Gulfport HS, Gulfport | LSU | 1990 NBA draft: 1st Round, 3rd overall by the Denver Nuggets |
| 1986 | Steve Galloway | Murrah HS, Jackson | New Orleans | |
| 1985 | Kenny Payne | Northeast Jones, Laurel | Louisville | 1989 NBA draft: 1st Round, 19th overall by the Philadelphia 76ers |
| 1984 | Joe Coleman | Forest Hill HS, Jackson | Ole Miss | |
| 1983 | Todd McCaskill | Forest Hill HS, Jackson | Mississippi State | |
| 1982 | Todd McCaskill | Mendenhall HS, Mendenhall | |
| 1981 | James Williams | Magee HS, Magee | | |
| 1980 | Charles Jones | East Kemper High School, Scooba | Louisville | 1984 NBA draft: 2nd Round, 36th overall by the Phoenix Suns |
| 1979 | Walter Mason | Horn Lake HS, Horn Lake | NWCC | |

### Most winners by high school and college

| Number | High School |
| 7 | Murrah High School, Jackson |
| 4 | Lanier High School, Jackson |
| 3 | Callaway High School, Jackson |
| 3 | Forest Hill High School, Jackson |
| 2 | Gulfport High School, Gulfport |
| 2 | Harrison Central High School, Gulfport |
| 2 | Provine High School, Jackson |
| Number | College |
| 9 | Mississippi State |
| 3 | Alabama |
| 3 | LSU |
| 3 | Southern Miss |
| 2 | Georgetown |
| 2 | Henderson State |
| 2 | Louisville |
| 2 | Ole Miss |