Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award#Winners

{{Infobox award

| name = Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award

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| awarded_for = High school basketball's top male and female player

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| country = United States

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| year = 1987

| holder = Darryn Peterson (boys')
Aaliyah Chavez (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

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|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=

class="wikitable sortable" width="100%" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%" ! Year ! Player ! High School ! Hometown ! State/province ! College
1987	{{sortname\|Dennis\|Scott\|dab=basketball}}	Flint Hill Prep	Hagerstown	Maryland	Georgia Tech
1988	bgcolor=#ff9 \| {{sortname\|Alonzo\|Mourning}}^*	Indian River High School	Chesapeake	Virginia	Georgetown
1989	{{sortname\|Kenny\|Anderson\|dab=basketball}}	Archbishop Molloy High School	Jamaica	New York	Georgia Tech
1990	{{sortname\|Damon\|Bailey}}	Bedford North Lawrence High School	Bedford	Indiana	Indiana
1991	bgcolor=#ff9 \| {{sortname\|Chris\|Webber}}^*	Detroit Country Day School	Beverly Hills	Michigan	Michigan
1992	bgcolor=#ff9 \| {{sortname\|Jason\|Kidd}}^*	St. Joseph Notre Dame High School	Oakland	California	California
1993	{{sortname\|Randy\|Livingston}}	Isidore Newman School	New Orleans	Louisiana	LSU
1994	{{sortname\|Jerod\|Ward}}	Clinton High School	Clinton	Mississippi	Michigan
1995	{{sortname\|Ron\|Mercer}}	Oak Hill Academy	Nashville	Tennessee	Kentucky
1996	bgcolor=#ff9 \| {{sortname\|Kobe\|Bryant}}^*	Lower Merion High School	Ardmore	Pennsylvania	none
1997	{{sortname\|Shane\|Battier}}	Detroit Country Day School	Beverly Hills	Michigan	Duke
1998	{{sortname\|Al\|Harrington}}	St. Patrick High School	Elizabeth	New Jersey	none
1999	{{sortname\|Donnell\|Harvey}}	Randolph-Clay High School	Cuthbert	Georgia	Florida
2000	{{sortname\|Gerald\|Wallace}}	Childersburg High School	Childersburg	Alabama	Alabama
2001	{{sortname\|Dajuan\|Wagner}}	Camden High School	Camden	New Jersey	Memphis
2002	{{sortname\|Raymond\|Felton}}	Latta High School	Latta	South Carolina	North Carolina
2003	{{sortname\|LeBron\|James}}	St. Vincent - St. Mary High School	Akron	Ohio	none
2004	bgcolor=#ff9 \| {{sortname\|Dwight\|Howard}}^*	Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy	Atlanta	Georgia	none
2005	{{sortname\|Louis\|Williams\|Lou Williams}}	South Gwinnett High School	Snellville	Georgia	none
2006	{{sortname\|Greg\|Oden}}	Lawrence North High School	Indianapolis	Indiana	Ohio State
2007	{{sortname\|Kevin\|Love}}	Lake Oswego High School	Lake Oswego	Oregon	UCLA
2008	{{sortname\|Brandon\|Jennings}}	Oak Hill Academy	Compton	California	none
2009	{{sortname\|Derrick\|Favors}}	South Atlanta High School	Atlanta	Georgia	Georgia Tech
2010	{{sortname\|Jared\|Sullinger}}	Northland High School	Columbus	Ohio	Ohio State
2011	{{sortname\|Austin\|Rivers}}	Winter Park High School	Winter Park	Florida	Duke
2012	{{sortname\|Shabazz\|Muhammad}}	Bishop Gorman High School	Summerlin	Nevada	UCLA
2013	{{sortname\|Andrew\|Wiggins}}	Huntington Prep School	Thornhill	Ontario, Canada	Kansas
2014	{{sortname\|Cliff\|Alexander}}	Curie High School	Chicago	Illinois	Kansas
2015	{{sortname\|Ben\|Simmons}}	Montverde Academy	Melbourne	Victoria, Australia	LSU
2016	{{sortname\|Lonzo\|Ball}}	Chino Hills High School	Chino Hills	California	UCLA
2017	{{sortname\|Michael\|Porter Jr.}}	Nathan Hale High School{{efn\|group=b\|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.}}	Columbia	Missouri	Missouri
2018	{{sortname\|RJ\|Barrett}}	Montverde Academy	Mississauga	Ontario, Canada	Duke
2019	{{sortname\|Isaiah\|Stewart}}	La Lumiere School	Rochester	New York	Washington
2020	{{sortname\|Cade\|Cunningham}}	Montverde Academy	Arlington	Texas	Oklahoma State
2021	{{sortname\|Chet\|Holmgren}}	Minnehaha Academy	Minneapolis	Minnesota	Gonzaga
2022	{{sortname\|Dariq\|Whitehead}}	Montverde Academy	Newark	New Jersey	Duke
2023	{{sortname\|Isaiah\|Collier}}	Wheeler High School	Marietta	Georgia	USC
2024	{{sortname\|Cooper\|Flagg}}	Montverde Academy	Newport	Maine	Duke
2025	{{sortname\|Darryn\|Peterson}}	Prolific Prep	Canton	Ohio	Kansas

=Girls=

class="wikitable sortable" width="100%" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%" ! Year ! Player ! High School ! Hometown ! State ! College choice
1987	{{sortname\|Lynne\|Lorenzen}}	Ventura High School	Ventura	Iowa	Iowa State
1988	{{sortname\|Vicki\|Hall}}	Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School	Indianapolis	Indiana	Texas
1989	{{sortname\|Lisa\|Harrison}}	Southern High School	Louisville	Kentucky	Tennessee
1990	bgcolor=#ff9 \| {{sortname\|Lisa\|Leslie}}^*	Morningside High School	Inglewood	California	Southern Cal
1991	{{sortname\|Michelle M.\|Marciniak}}	Central Catholic High School	Allentown	Pennsylvania	Notre Dame/ Tennessee
1992	{{sortname\|Yolanda\|Watkins}}	Decatur High School	Decatur	Alabama	Alabama
1993	{{sortname\|La'Keshia\|Frett}}	Phoebus High School	Hampton	Virginia	Georgia
1994	{{sortname\|Tiffany\|Gooden}}	Snider High School	Fort Wayne	Indiana	Iowa
1995	{{sortname\|Chamique\|Holdsclaw}}	Christ the King High School	Queens	New York	Tennessee
1996	{{sortname\|Kiesha\|Brown}}	Woodward Academy	Atlanta	Georgia	Georgia
1997	bgcolor=#ff9 \| {{sortname\|Tamika\|Catchings}}^*	Duncanville High School	Duncanville	Texas	Tennessee
1998	{{sortname\|Tamika\|Williams}}	Chaminade-Julienne High School	Dayton	Ohio	UConn{{efn\|group=g\|name=UConn\|Officially known for athletic purposes as "Connecticut" until 2013–14.}}
1999	{{sortname\|Kara\|Lawson}}	West Springfield High School	Springfield	Virginia	Tennessee
2000	{{sortname\|Diana\|Taurasi}}	Don Lugo High School	Chino	California	UConn{{efn\|group=g\|name=UConn}}
2001	{{sortname\|Shyra\|Ely}}	Ben Davis High School	Indianapolis	Indiana	Tennessee
2002	{{sortname\|Ann\|Strother}}	Highlands Ranch High School	Highlands Ranch	Colorado	UConn{{efn\|group=g\|name=UConn}}
2003	{{sortname\|Candace\|Parker}}	Naperville Central High School	Naperville	Illinois	Tennessee
2004	{{sortname\|Candace\|Parker}} (2)	Naperville Central High School	Naperville	Illinois	Tennessee
2005	{{sortname\|Courtney\|Paris}}	Millennium High School	Piedmont	California	Oklahoma
2006	bgcolor=#ff9 \| {{sortname\|Maya\|Moore}}^*	Collins Hill High School	Suwanee	Georgia	UConn{{efn\|group=g\|name=UConn}}
2007	bgcolor=#ff9 \| {{sortname\|Maya\|Moore}} (2)^*	Collins Hill High School	Suwanee	Georgia	UConn{{efn\|group=g\|name=UConn}}
2008	{{sortname\|Elena\|Delle Donne}}	Ursuline Academy	Wilmington	Delaware	Delaware
2009	{{sortname\|Skylar\|Diggins\|Skylar Diggins-Smith}}	Washington High School	South Bend	Indiana	Notre Dame
2010	{{sortname\|Chiney\|Ogwumike}}	Cy-Fair High School	Cypress	Texas	Stanford
2011	{{sortname\|Kaleena\|Mosqueda-Lewis}}	Mater Dei High School	Santa Ana	California	UConn{{efn\|group=g\|name=UConn}}
2012	{{sortname\|Breanna\|Stewart}}	Cicero-North Syracuse High School	Syracuse	New York	UConn{{efn\|group=g\|name=UConn}}
2013	{{sortname\|Diamond\|DeShields}}	Norcross High School	Norcross	Georgia	North Carolina/ Tennessee
2014	{{sortname\|A'ja\|Wilson}}	Heathwood Hall Episcopal School	Hopkins	South Carolina	South Carolina
2015	{{sortname\|Katie Lou\|Samuelson}}	Mater Dei High School	Santa Ana	California	UConn
2016	{{sortname\|Jackie\|Young}}	Princeton Community High School	Princeton	Indiana	Notre Dame
2017	{{sortname\|Megan\|Walker}}	Monacan High School	Richmond	Virginia	UConn
2018	{{sortname\|Christyn\|Williams}}	Central Arkansas Christian High School	Little Rock	Arkansas	UConn
2019	{{sortname\|Haley\|Jones}}	Archbishop Mitty High School	Santa Cruz	California	Stanford
2020	{{sortname\|Paige\|Bueckers}}	Hopkins High School	Minnetonka	Minnesota	UConn
2021	{{sortname\|Raven\|Johnson}}	Westlake High School	Atlanta	Georgia	South Carolina
2022	{{sortname\|Kiki\|Rice}}	Sidwell Friends School	Bethesda	Washington	UCLA
2023	{{sortname\|JuJu\|Watkins}}	Sierra Canyon School	Los Angeles	California	USC
2024	{{sortname\|Sarah\|Strong}}	Grace Christian School	Fuquay-Varina	North Carolina	UConn
2025	{{sortname\|Aaliyah\|Chavez}}	Monterey High School	Lubbock	Texas

External links

{{official website|http://www.naismithawards.com/}}

Category:American basketball trophies and awards

Category:High school basketball in the United States

Category:Awards established in 1987

Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award#Winners

Key

Winners

=Boys=

=Girls=

See also

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