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1 Award winners  




2 Multiple winners by school  


2.1  By high school  




2.2  By College  






3 See also  




4 References  













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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. HaydeninTopeka, 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[edit]

Year Player High School College NBA draft
1983 Tom Meier Hayden Washburn
1984 Danny Manning Lawrence Kansas 1988 NBA draft: 1st round, 1st overall by the Los Angeles Clippers
1985 Danny Kingcannon Topeka Highland Park
1986 Steve Henson McPherson Kansas State 1990 NBA draft: 2nd round, 44th overall by the Milwaukee Bucks
1987 J. T. Marshall Manhattan Texas State
1988 Gaylon Nickerson Wichita North Wichita State* 1994 NBA draft: 2nd round, 34th overall by the Atlanta Hawks
1989 Val Barnes Wichita South Iowa
1990 Tony Arrington Topeka Washburn
1991 Brian Henson McPherson Kansas State
1992 Ryan Herrs McPherson Wichita State
1993 B. J. Williams Wichita South Kansas
1994 C. B. McGrath Topeka West Kansas
1995 Kris Weems Schlagle Stanford
1996 Josh Reid Brewster Kansas State
1997 Brett McFall Olathe South Wyoming
1998 John Crider Horton Washburn
1999 Quentin Buchanan Junction City Kansas State
2000 Matt Freije Shawnee Mission West Vanderbilt 2004 NBA draft: 2nd round, 54th overall by the Miami Heat
2001 Wayne Simien Leavenworth Kansas 2005 NBA draft: 1st round, 29th overall by the Miami Heat
2002 Taj Gray Wichita East Oklahoma
2003 Aubrey Bruner McPherson Barton County CC
Central Arkansas
2004 Jordan Fithian McPherson Binghamton
2005 Jay Tunnell Topeka West Indiana State
2006 Ryan Wedel Minneapolis Drake
2007 Tyrel Reed Burlington Kansas
2008 Jordan Cyphers Wichita Southeast Tennessee State
2009 Jeff Reid Hayden Washburn
2010 Nino Williams Leavenworth Kansas State
2011 Christian Ulsaker McPherson Washburn
2012 Perry Ellis Wichita Heights Kansas
2013 No award
2014
2015 Dean Wade St. John Kansas State
2016 Drew Pyle McPherson Washburn
2017 Matt Pile Goddard Eisenhower Omaha
2018 Ben Pyle McPherson Western Illinois
2019 Christian Braun Blue Valley Northwest Kansas 2022 NBA draft: 1st round, 21st overall by the Denver Nuggets
2020 Xavier Bell Andover Central Drexel
2021 Sterling Chapman Campus Tulsa
2022 Elijah Brooks Topeka West North Dakota
2023 Grant Stubblefield[3] Blue Valley Northwest Omaha[4]
2024 TJ Williams[5] Wichita Heights Wichita State

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

Multiple winners by school[edit]

By high school[edit]

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 Heights 2 2012, 2024
Wichita South 2 1989, 1993

By College[edit]

School Number of Awards Years
Kansas 7 1984, 1993, 1994, 2001, 2007, 2012, 2019
Kansas State 6 1986, 1991, 1996, 1999, 2010, 2015
Washburn 6 1983, 1990, 1998, 2009, 2011, 2016
Wichita State 3 1988, 1992, 2024
Omaha 2 2017, 2023

See also[edit]

References[edit]

  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)
  • ^ "Topeka Capital".
  • ^ "Mr. Kansas basketball 2023" (PDF). Kansas Basketball Coaches Association.
  • ^ Bossi, Eric (September 28, 2022). "Kansas City point guard commits to Omaha". 247 Sports. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
  • ^ Eldridge, Taylor (May 14, 2024). "Heights star TJ Williams, a Wichita State recruit, named 2024 Mr. Kansas Basketball". The Wichita Eagle. Retrieved May 21, 2024.

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