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Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award

American high school basketball award

Field	Value
name	Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award
awarded_for	High school basketball's top male and female player
country	United States
year	1987
holder	Darryn Peterson (boys')
Aaliyah Chavez (girls')
website	https://naismithtrophy.com/

Aaliyah Chavez (girls') 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

†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
1987		Flint Hill Prep	Hagerstown	Maryland	Georgia Tech
1988	*	Indian River High School	Chesapeake	Virginia	Georgetown
1989		Archbishop Molloy High School	Jamaica	New York	Georgia Tech
1990		Bedford North Lawrence High School	Bedford	Indiana	Indiana
1991	*	Detroit Country Day School	Beverly Hills	Michigan	Michigan
1992	*	St. Joseph Notre Dame High School	Oakland	California	California
1993		Isidore Newman School	New Orleans	Louisiana	LSU
1994		Clinton High School	Clinton	Mississippi	Michigan
1995		Oak Hill Academy	Nashville	Tennessee	Kentucky
1996	*	Lower Merion High School	Ardmore	Pennsylvania	none
1997		Detroit Country Day School	Beverly Hills	Michigan	Duke
1998		St. Patrick High School	Elizabeth	New Jersey	none
1999		Randolph-Clay High School	Cuthbert	Georgia	Florida
2000		Childersburg High School	Childersburg	Alabama	Alabama
2001		Camden High School	Camden	New Jersey	Memphis
2002		Latta High School	Latta	South Carolina	North Carolina
2003		St. Vincent - St. Mary High School	Akron	Ohio	none
2004	*	Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy	Atlanta	Georgia	none
2005		South Gwinnett High School	Snellville	Georgia	none
2006		Lawrence North High School	Indianapolis	Indiana	Ohio State
2007		Lake Oswego High School	Lake Oswego	Oregon	UCLA
2008		Oak Hill Academy	Compton	California	none
2009		South Atlanta High School	Atlanta	Georgia	Georgia Tech
2010		Northland High School	Columbus	Ohio	Ohio State
2011		Winter Park High School	Winter Park	Florida	Duke
2012		Bishop Gorman High School	Summerlin	Nevada	UCLA
2013		Huntington Prep School	Thornhill	Ontario, Canada	Kansas
2014		Curie High School	Chicago	Illinois	Kansas
2015		Montverde Academy	Melbourne	Victoria, Australia	LSU
2016		Chino Hills High School	Chino Hills	California	UCLA
2017		Nathan Hale High School	Columbia	Missouri	Missouri
2018		Montverde Academy	Mississauga	Ontario, Canada	Duke
2019		La Lumiere School	Rochester	New York	Washington
2020		Montverde Academy	Arlington	Texas	Oklahoma State
2021		Minnehaha Academy	Minneapolis	Minnesota	Gonzaga
2022		Montverde Academy	Newark	New Jersey	Duke
2023		Wheeler High School	Marietta	Georgia	USC
2024		Montverde Academy	Newport	Maine	Duke
2025		Prolific Prep	Canton	Ohio	Kansas

Girls

Year	Player	High School	Hometown	State	College choice
1987		Ventura High School	Ventura	Iowa	Iowa State
1988		Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School	Indianapolis	Indiana	Texas
1989		Southern High School	Louisville	Kentucky	Tennessee
1990	*	Morningside High School	Inglewood	California	Southern Cal
1991		Central Catholic High School	Allentown	Pennsylvania	Notre Dame/
Tennessee
1992		Decatur High School	Decatur	Alabama	Alabama
1993		Phoebus High School	Hampton	Virginia	Georgia
1994		Snider High School	Fort Wayne	Indiana	Iowa
1995		Christ the King High School	Queens	New York	Tennessee
1996		Woodward Academy	Atlanta	Georgia	Georgia
1997	*	Duncanville High School	Duncanville	Texas	Tennessee
1998		Chaminade-Julienne High School	Dayton	Ohio	UConn
1999		West Springfield High School	Springfield	Virginia	Tennessee
2000		Don Lugo High School	Chino	California	UConn
2001		Ben Davis High School	Indianapolis	Indiana	Tennessee
2002		Highlands Ranch High School	Highlands Ranch	Colorado	UConn
2003		Naperville Central High School	Naperville	Illinois	Tennessee
2004	(2)	Naperville Central High School	Naperville	Illinois	Tennessee
2005		Millennium High School	Piedmont	California	Oklahoma
2006	*	Collins Hill High School	Suwanee	Georgia	UConn
2007	(2)*	Collins Hill High School	Suwanee	Georgia	UConn
2008		Ursuline Academy	Wilmington	Delaware	Delaware
2009		Washington High School	South Bend	Indiana	Notre Dame
2010		Cy-Fair High School	Cypress	Texas	Stanford
2011		Mater Dei High School	Santa Ana	California	UConn
2012		Cicero-North Syracuse High School	Syracuse	New York	UConn
2013		Norcross High School	Norcross	Georgia	North Carolina/
Tennessee
2014		Heathwood Hall Episcopal School	Hopkins	South Carolina	South Carolina
2015		Mater Dei High School	Santa Ana	California	UConn
2016		Princeton Community High School	Princeton	Indiana	Notre Dame
2017		Monacan High School	Richmond	Virginia	UConn
2018		Central Arkansas Christian High School	Little Rock	Arkansas	UConn
2019		Archbishop Mitty High School	Santa Cruz	California	Stanford
2020		Hopkins High School	Minnetonka	Minnesota	UConn
2021		Westlake High School	Atlanta	Georgia	South Carolina
2022		Sidwell Friends School	Bethesda	Washington	UCLA
2023		Sierra Canyon School	Los Angeles	California	USC
2024		Grace Christian School	Fuquay-Varina	North Carolina	UConn
2025		Monterey High School	Lubbock	Texas

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