Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award | |
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Awarded for | High school basketball's top male and female player |
Country | United States |
First awarded | 1987 |
Currently held by | Cooper Flagg (boys') Sarah Strong (girls') |
Website | http://www.naismithtrophy.com/ |
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
- ^ 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
See also
- List of U.S. high school basketball national player of the year awards
- Gatorade Player of the Year awards
- Mr. Basketball USA