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Indiana Mr. Basketball

Basketball honor for high school player in the US state of Indiana

The Indiana Mr. Basketball honor recognizes the top high school basketball player in the state of Indiana. The award is presented annually by The Indianapolis Star. The first Indiana Mr. Basketball was George Crowe of Franklin High School in 1939. The Indiana Mr. Basketball award is the oldest such award in the nation, predating the second oldest by over a decade; California would be the next state with such an award in 1950. Only seniors are eligible to win the award.

Award winners

Year	Player	High School	College	NBA/ABA draft
1939	title=George Crowe	url=http://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/george-crowe/?back=HallofFame	access-date=October 5, 2015	work=hoopshall.com}}	Franklin	Indiana Central
1940	title=Ed Schienbein	url=http://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/ed-schienbein/?back=HallofFame	access-date=October 5, 2015	work=hoopshall.com}}	Southport	Indiana
1941	title=John Bass	url=http://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/john-bass/?back=HallofFame	access-date=October 5, 2015	work=hoopshall.com}}	Greenwood	none
1942	title=Kenneth Brown	url=http://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/kenneth-brown/?back=HallofFame	access-date=October 5, 2015	work=hoopshall.com}}	Muncie Burris	Georgetown
1943,
1944	No Games
(World War II)
1945	title=Tom Schwartz	url=http://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/tom-schwartz/?back=HallofFame	access-date=October 5, 2015	work=hoopshall.com}}	Kokomo	Indiana
1946	Johnny Wilson	Anderson	Anderson
1947	Bill Garrett	Shelbyville	Indiana	1951 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 16th overall, by the Boston Celtics
1948	title=Bob Masters	url=http://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/bob-masters/?back=HallofFame	access-date=October 5, 2015	work=hoopshall.com}}	Lafayette Jefferson	Indiana
1949	title=Dee Monroe	url=http://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/dee-monroe/?back=HallofFame	access-date=October 5, 2015	work=hoopshall.com}}	Madison	Kentucky
1950	title=Ronald Klein	url=http://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/ronald-klein/?back=HallofFame	access-date=October 5, 2015	work=hoopshall.com}}	Marion
1951	Tom Harrold	Muncie Central	Colorado
1952	title=Joe Sexson	url=http://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/joe-sexson/?back=HallofFame	access-date=October 5, 2015	work=hoopshall.com}}	Indianapolis Tech	Purdue	1956 NBA draft: 6th Rnd, 48th overall by the New York Knicks
1953	title=Hallie Bryant	url=http://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/hallie-bryant/?back=HallofFame	access-date=October 5, 2015	work=hoopshall.com}}	Indianapolis Crispus Attucks	Indiana
1954	title=Bobby Plump	url=http://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/bobby-plump/?back=HallofFame	access-date=October 5, 2015	work=hoopshall.com}}	Milan	Butler
1955	title=Wilson Eison	url=http://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/wilson-eison/?back=HallofFame	access-date=October 5, 2015	work=hoopshall.com}}	Gary Roosevelt	Purdue	1959 NBA draft: 4th Rnd, 28th overall by the Minneapolis Laker
1956	title=Oscar Robertson	url=http://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/oscar-robertson/?back=HallofFame	access-date=October 5, 2015	work=hoopshall.com}}	Indianapolis Crispus Attucks	Cincinnati	1960 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 1st overall by the Cincinnati Royals
1957	title=John Coalmon	url=http://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/oscar-robertson/?back=HallofFame	access-date=October 5, 2015	work=hoopshall.com}}	South Bend Central	Fordham
1958	title=Mike McCoy	url=http://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/mike-mccoy/?back=HallofFame	access-date=October 5, 2015	work=hoopshall.com}}	Ft. Wayne South Side	Miami (FL)
1959	title=Jimmy Rayl	url=http://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/jimmy-rayl/?back=HallofFame	access-date=October 5, 2015	work=hoopshall.com}}	Kokomo	Indiana	1963 NBA draft: 3rd Rnd, 22nd overall by the Cincinnati Royals
1960	title=Ron Bonham	url=http://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/ron-bonham/?back=HallofFame	access-date=October 5, 2015	work=hoopshall.com}}	Muncie Central	Cincinnati	1964 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 18th overall by the Boston Celtics
1961 (tie)	title=Tom Van Arsdale	url=http://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/tom-van-arsdale/?back=HallofFame	access-date=October 5, 2015	work=hoopshall.com}}	Indianapolis Manual	Indiana	1965 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 11th overall by the Detroit Pistons
1961 (tie)	title=Dick Van Arsdale	url=http://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/dick-van-arsdale/?back=HallofFame	access-date=October 5, 2015	work=hoopshall.com}}	Indianapolis Manual	Indiana	1965 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 10th overall by the New York Knicks
1962	title=Larry Humes	url=http://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/larry-humes/?back=HallofFame	access-date=October 5, 2015	work=hoopshall.com}}	Madison	Evansville
1963	title=Richard Jones	url=http://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/rick-jones/?back=HallofFame	access-date=October 5, 2015	work=hoopshall.com}}	Muncie Central	Miami (FL)
1964	Dennis Brady	Lafayette Jefferson	Purdue
1965	title=Billy Keller	url=http://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/billy-keller/?back=HallofFame	access-date=October 5, 2015	work=hoopshall.com}}	Indianapolis Washington	Purdue	1969 NBA draft: 7th Rnd, 2nd by the Milwaukee Bucks
1966	title=Rick Mount	url=http://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/rick-mount/?back=HallofFame	access-date=October 5, 2015	work=hoopshall.com}}	Lebanon	Purdue	1970 ABA Draft: 1st Rnd by the Indiana Pacers

1967	title=Willie Long	url=http://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/willie-long/?back=HallofFame	access-date=October 5, 2015	work=hoopshall.com}}	Ft. Wayne South Side	New Mexico	1971 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 35th overall by the Cleveland Cavaliers
1968	Billy Shepherd	Carmel	Butler
1969	title=George McGinnis	url=http://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/george-mcginnis/?back=HallofFame	access-date=October 5, 2015	work=hoopshall.com}}	Indianapolis Washington	Indiana	1971 ABA Draft: Indiana Pacers

1970	title=Dave Shepherd	url=http://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/dave-shepherd/?back=HallofFame	access-date=October 5, 2015	work=hoopshall.com}}	Carmel	Indiana
Mississippi
1971	Mike Flynn	Jeffersonville	Kentucky	1975 NBA draft: 7th Rnd, 113th overall by the Philadelphia 76ers
1972	title=Phil Cox	url=http://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/phil-cox/?back=HallofFame	access-date=October 5, 2015	work=hoopshall.com}}	Connersville	Butler
Gardner–Webb
1973	title=Kent Benson	url=http://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/kent-benson/?back=HallofFame	access-date=October 5, 2015	work=hoopshall.com}}	New Castle	Indiana	1977 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 1st overall by the Milwaukee Bucks
1974 (tie)	title=Steve Collier	url=http://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/steve-collier/?back=HallofFame	access-date=October 5, 2015	work=hoopshall.com}}	Southwestern	Cincinnati
1974 (tie)	date=September 10, 2015	newspaper=The Herald Bulletin	title=Anderson High star Taylor, 1974 co-Mr. Basketball, dies of cancer	author=Bremer, George	url=http://www.heraldbulletin.com/news/local_news/anderson-high-star-taylor-co-mr-basketball-dies-of-cancer/article_2b2c09d2-57d9-11e5-bb97-0bcb7a2fa863.html	access-date=October 5, 2015}}	Anderson	Vincennes University North Texas State
1975	title=Kyle Macy	url=http://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/kyle-macy/?back=HallofFame	access-date=October 5, 2015	work=hoopshall.com}}	Peru	Purdue
Kentucky	1979 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 22nd overall by the Phoenix Suns
1976	title=David Colescott	url=http://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/david-colescott/?back=HallofFame	access-date=October 5, 2015	work=hoopshall.com}}	Marion	North Carolina
1977	title=Ray Tolbert	url=http://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/ray-tolbert/?back=HallofFame	access-date=October 5, 2015	work=hoopshall.com}}	Madison Heights	Indiana	1981 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 18th overall by the New Jersey Nets
1978	title=David Magley	url=http://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/david-magley/?back=HallofFame	access-date=October 5, 2015	work=hoopshall.com}}	South Bend LaSalle	Kansas	1982 NBA draft: 2nd round, 28th pick, Cleveland Cavaliers
1979	title=Steve Bouchie	url=http://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/steve-bouchie/?back=HallofFame	access-date=October 5, 2015	work=hoopshall.com}}	Washington	Indiana	1983 NBA draft: 4th round, 78th pick, Detroit Pistons
1980	title=James Master	url=http://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/james-master/?back=HallofFame	access-date=October 5, 2015	work=hoopshall.com}}	Ft. Wayne Harding	Kentucky	1984 NBA draft: 6th Rnd, 127th overall by the Atlanta Hawks
1981	title=Dan Palombizio	url=http://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/dan-palombizio/?back=HallofFame	access-date=October 5, 2015	work=hoopshall.com}}	Michigan City Rogers	Purdue
Ball State
1982	date=July 23, 2012	newspaper=Northwest Indiana Times	title=Where are they now? Roger Harden	author=Nieto, Mike	url=http://www.nwitimes.com/sports/basketball/college/where-are-they-now-roger-harden/article_fea60701-3aea-5537-81aa-927aeced2438.html	access-date=October 5, 2015}}	Valparaiso	Kentucky
1983	title=Steve Alford	url=http://www.hoopshall.com/hall-of-fame/steve-alford/?back=HallofFame	access-date=October 5, 2015	work=hoopshall.com}}	New Castle	Indiana	1987 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 26th overall by the Dallas Mavericks
1984 (tie)	date=February 1, 2011	newspaper=The Herald Bulletin	title=Life after basketball	author=Bremer, George	url=http://www.heraldbulletin.com/sports/local_sports/life-after-basketball/article_bd3f4e8e-b0e1-5832-a625-0f47f7242069.html	access-date=October 5, 2015}}	Anderson	Purdue
1984 (tie)	date=January 4, 1987	newspaper=The Chicago Tribune	title=Fallen star rising again	author=Stanton, Mike	url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/1987/01/04/fallen-star-rising-again/	access-date=October 5, 2015}}	Michigan City Rogers	Indiana
Providence
1985	date=January 14, 1988	newspaper=Los Angeles Times	title=Grose's Net Gain: The Mr. Basketball that Hoosiers didn't want is something special to Wildcats	author=Norwood, Robin	url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-01-14-sp-36172-story.html	access-date=October 5, 2015}}	Warsaw	Northwestern
1986	Mark Jewell	Lafayette Jefferson	Evansville
1987 (tie)	Jay Edwards	Marion	Indiana	1989 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 33rd overall by the Los Angeles Clippers
1987 (tie)	date=March 23, 2015	publisher=1070 The Fan	title=One on One with Lyndon Jones	author=Monteith, Mark	url=http://www.1070thefan.com/blogs/one-one/one-one-lyndon-jones	access-date=October 7, 2015}}	Marion	Indiana
1988	date=November 21, 2013	newspaper=Journal & Courier	title=Former IU player Jay Edwards wants a different shot at NBA	author=Baird, Nathan	url=http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/purdue/2013/11/21/former-purdue-basketball-star-woody-austin-had-good-reason-to-cheer-against-boilers-wednesday/3661577/	access-date=October 7, 2015}}	Richmond	Purdue
1989	date=November 13, 2014	newspaper=The Indianapolis Star	title=Where are they now? Remembering the Hoosiers of '89	author=Ostermann, Zach	url=http://www.indystar.com/story/sports/college/indiana/2014/11/10/where-are-they-now-indiana-hoosiers-class-of-1989/18613363/	access-date=October 7, 2015}}	Floyd Central	Indiana
1990	date=May 18, 2014	newspaper=The Indianapolis Star	title=Indiana basketball legend Damon Bailey joins Butler women's staff	author=Keefer, Zak	url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/ncaaw/2014/05/14/damon-bailey-butler-womens-basketball/9078967/	access-date=October 7, 2015}}	Bedford North Lawrence	Indiana	1994 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 44th overall by the Indiana Pacers
1991	Glenn Robinson	Gary Roosevelt	Purdue	1994 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 1st overall by the Milwaukee Bucks
1992	Charles Macon	Michigan City Elston	Ohio State
Central Michigan
1993	date=February 12, 2014	publisher=WRTV6	title=Maurice 'Kojak' Fuller uses life experiences to reach out to kids	author=Monet, Ebone	url=http://www.theindychannel.com/news/local-news/maurice-kojak-fuller-uses-life-experience-to-reach-out-to-kids	access-date=October 5, 2015	archive-date=October 6, 2015	archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151006022745/http://www.theindychannel.com/news/local-news/maurice-kojak-fuller-uses-life-experience-to-reach-out-to-kids	url-status=dead}}	Anderson	Vincennes University
Southern
1994	Bryce Drew	Valparaiso	Valparaiso	1998 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 16th overall by the Houston Rockets
1995	Damon Frierson	Ben Davis	Miami (OH)
1996	Kevin Ault	Warsaw	Missouri State
1997	Luke Recker	DeKalb		Indiana
Iowa
1998	Tom Coverdale	Noblesville	Indiana
1999	Jason Gardner	Indianapolis North Central	Arizona
2000	Jared Jeffries	Bloomington North	Indiana	2002 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 11th overall by the Washington Wizards
2001	Chris Thomas	Indianapolis Pike	Notre Dame
2002	Sean May	Bloomington North	North Carolina	2005 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 13th overall by the Charlotte Bobcats
2003	Justin Cage	Indianapolis Pike	Xavier
2004	A.J. Ratliff	Indianapolis North Central	Indiana
2005	Luke Zeller	Washington	Notre Dame
2006	Greg Oden	Lawrence North	Ohio State	2007 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 1st overall by the Portland Trail Blazers
2007	Eric Gordon	Indianapolis North Central	Indiana	2008 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 7th overall by the Los Angeles Clippers
2008	Tyler Zeller	Washington	North Carolina	2012 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 17th overall by the Dallas Mavericks
2009	Jordan Hulls	Bloomington South	Indiana
2010	Deshaun Thomas	Bishop Luers	Ohio State	2013 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 58th overall by the San Antonio Spurs
2011	Cody Zeller	Washington	Indiana	2013 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 4th overall by the Charlotte Bobcats
2012	Gary Harris	Hamilton Southeastern	Michigan State	2014 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 19th by the Chicago Bulls
2013	Zak Irvin	Hamilton Southeastern	Michigan
2014	Trey Lyles	Indianapolis Tech	Kentucky	2015 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 12th by the Utah Jazz
2015	Caleb Swanigan	Homestead	Purdue	2017 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 26th by the Portland Trail Blazers
2016	Kyle Guy	Lawrence Central	Virginia	2019 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 55th by the New York Knicks
2017	Kris Wilkes	Indianapolis North Central	UCLA
2018	Romeo Langford	New Albany	Indiana	2019 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 14th by the Boston Celtics
2019	Trayce Jackson-Davis	Center Grove	Indiana	2023 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 57th by the Washington Wizards
2020	Anthony Leal	Bloomington South	Indiana
2021	Caleb Furst	Blackhawk Christian School	Purdue
2022	Braden Smith	Westfield	Purdue
2023	Markus Burton	Penn	Notre Dame
2024	Flory Bidunga	Kokomo	Kansas
2025	Braylon Mullins	Greenfield-Central	UConn

Schools with multiple winners

School	Number of Awards	Years
Anderson	4	1946, 1974, 1984, 1993
Marion	4	1950, 1976, 1987, 1987
Indianapolis North Central	4	1999, 2004, 2007, 2017
Washington	4	1979, 2005, 2008, 2011
Kokomo	3	1945, 1959, 2024
Lafayette Jefferson	3	1948, 1964, 1986
Muncie Central	3	1951, 1960, 1963
Bloomington North	2	2000, 2002
Bloomington South	2	2009, 2020
Carmel	2	1968, 1970
Indianapolis Crispus Attucks	2	1953, 1956
Ft. Wayne South Side	2	1958, 1967
Gary Roosevelt	2	1955, 1991
Hamilton Southeastern	2	2012, 2013
Indianapolis Manual	2	1961, 1961
Indianapolis Pike	2	2001, 2003
Indianapolis Tech	2	1952, 2014
Indianapolis Washington	2	1965, 1969
Madison	2	1949, 1962
Michigan City Rogers	2	1981, 1984
New Castle	2	1973, 1983
Valparaiso	2	1982, 1994
Warsaw	2	1985, 1996

– Indicates a tie in which both recipients attended the same school

Colleges with multiple winners

College	Number of Awards	Years
Indiana	29	1940, 1945, 1947, 1948, 1953, 1959,
1961, 1961, 1969, 1970, 1973, 1977,
1979, 1983, 1984, 1987, 1987, 1989,
1990, 1997, 1998, 2000, 2004, 2007,
2009, 2011, 2018, 2019, 2020
Purdue	13	1952, 1955, 1964, 1965, 1966, 1975,
1981, 1984, 1988, 1991, 2015, 2021,
2022
Kentucky	6	1949, 1971, 1975, 1980, 1982, 2014
Ohio State	3	1992, 2006, 2010
North Carolina	3	1976, 2002, 2008
Cincinnati	3	1956, 1960, 1974
Butler	3	1954, 1968, 1972
Notre Dame	3	2001, 2005, 2023
Evansville	2	1962, 1986
Kansas	2	1978, 2024
Miami (FL)	2	1958, 1963
Vincennes University	2	1974, 1993

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