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MaxPreps National Basketball Player of the Year Awarded for High school basketball's top male and female player. Presented by MaxPreps First awarded 2006 Currently held by Dylan Harper (Boys)Jaloni Cambridge (Girls)
At the end of each season since 2006, MaxPreps has recognized the top high school basketball players in the United States with MaxPreps National Player of the Year honors going to the top male and female performers. In addition to the overall players of the year, the website recognizes top players from each class by naming a MaxPreps National Junior of the Year , Sophomore of the Year , and Freshman of the Year . The awards are typically announced in early April.
Many of the players recognized have gone on to standout college and NBA careers, including LaMelo Ball, Lonzo Ball, Paolo Banchero, Kevin Love, Michael Porter Jr., Austin Rivers, Ben Simmons, Jayson Tatum and Zion Williamson.
WNBA stars Skylar Diggins, Sabrina Ionescu, Maya Moore, Chiney Ogwumike, Nneka Ogwumike, Breanna Stewart and A'ja Wilson are among the female selections.
Player of the year
Boys
Year
Player
High school
Hometown
Height
Position
College
2006
Greg Oden
Lawrence North Indianapolis, IN 7–0
C Ohio State
2007
Kevin Love
Lake Oswego Lake Oswego, OR 6–10
C UCLA
2008
Brandon Jennings
Oak Hill Academy Compton, CA 6–2
PG —
2009
Derrick Favors
South Atlanta Atlanta, GA 6–9
PF Georgia Tech
2010
Harrison Barnes
Ames Ames, IA 6–7
SF North Carolina
2011
Austin Rivers
Winter Park Winter Park, FL 6–4
SG Duke
2012
Kyle Anderson
St. Anthony Jersey City, NJ 6–7
SF UCLA
2013
Jabari Parker
Simeon Career Academy Chicago, IL 6–8
SF Duke
2014
Stanley Johnson
Mater Dei Santa Ana, CA 6–6
SF Arizona
2015
Ben Simmons
Montverde Academy Melbourne, Australia 6–8
PF LSU
2016
Lonzo Ball Chino Hills Chino Hills, CA 6–6
PG UCLA
2017
Michael Porter Jr.
Nathan Hale Seattle, WA 6–9
SF Missouri
2018
R.J. Barrett
Montverde Academy Mississauga, ON, Canada 6–7
SF Duke
2019
Sharife Cooper
McEachern Powder Springs, GA 6–0
PG Auburn
2020
Cade Cunningham
Montverde Academy Arlington, TX 6–7
PG Oklahoma State
2021
Chet Holmgren
Minnehaha Academy Minneapolis, MN 7–0
PF /C Gonzaga
2022
Dariq Whitehead
Montverde Academy Newark, NJ 6–7
SF Duke
2023
Cameron Boozer
Christopher Columbus Miami, FL 6-9
PF
2024
Dylan Harper
Don Bosco Prep Franklin Lakes, NJ 6-6
PG Rutgers
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Girls
Year
Player
High school
Hometown
Height
Position
College
2006
Jacki Gemelos
St. Mary's Stockton, CA 6–0
SG USC
2007
Maya Moore
Collins Hill Suwanee, GA 6–0
SF UConn
2008
Nneka Ogwumike
Cy-Fair Cypress, TX 6–2
PF Stanford
2009
Skylar Diggins
Washington South Bend, IN 5–9
PG Notre Dame
2010
Chiney Ogwumike
Cy-Fair Cypress, TX 6–3
PF Stanford
2011
Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis
Mater Dei Santa Ana, CA 5–11
SF UConn
2012
Breanna Stewart
Cicero-North Syracuse Cicero, NY 6–7
SF UConn
2013
Diamond DeShields
Norcross Norcross, GA 6–1
SG UNC / Tennessee
2014
A'ja Wilson
Heathwood Hall Episcopal Columbia, SC 6–4
PF South Carolina
2015
Ali Patberg
Columbus North Columbus, IN 5–10
PG /SG Notre Dame /Indiana
2016
Sabrina Ionescu
Miramonte Orinda, CA 5–11
PG Oregon
2017
Megan Walker
Monacan Richmond, VA 6–1
SF UConn
2018
Christyn Williams
Central Arkansas Christian North Little Rock, AR 5–11
PG UConn
2019
Azzi Fudd
St. John's Washington, DC 5–11
SG UConn
2020
Paige Bueckers
Hopkins Minnetonka, MN 5–11
PG UConn
2021
Raven Johnson
Westlake Atlanta, GA 5–10
PG South Carolina
2022
JuJu Watkins
Sierra Canyon Los Angeles, CA 6–2
PG /SG USC
2023
JuJu Watkins (2)
Sierra Canyon Los Angeles, CA 6–2
PG /SG USC
2024
Jaloni Cambridge
Montverde Nashville, TN 5–6
PG Ohio State
Freshman of the Year
*
Also named MaxPreps Player of the Year
Boys
Year
Player
High school
Hometown
Height
Position
College
2010
Aquille Carr
Patterson Baltimore, MD 5–6
PG —
2011
Trey Lyles
Arsenal Technical Indianapolis, IN 6–10
PF Kentucky
2012
Malik Newman
Callaway Jackson, MS 6–4
SG Mississippi State
2013
Harry Giles
Wesleyan Christian Academy High Point, NC 6–8
PF Duke
2014
Cody Riley
Sierra Canyon Chatsworth, CA 6–9
PF UCLA
2015
Marvin Bagley III
Corona del Sol Tempe, AZ 6–10
PF Duke
2016
LaMelo Ball
Chino Hills Chino Hills, CA 6–5
PG —
Onyeka Okongwu
Chino Hills Chino Hills, CA 6–9
C USC
2017
Kyree Walker
Moreau Catholic Hayward, CA 6–5
SF —
2018
Zion Harmon
Adair County Columbia, KY 5–10
PG Western Kentucky
2019
Emoni Bates
Lincoln Ypsilanti, MI 6–8
SF Memphis
2020
Mikey Williams
San Ysidro San Diego, CA 6–2
PG UCF
2021
Derik Queen
St. Frances Academy Baltimore, MD 6–8
PF Maryland
2022
Cameron Boozer *
Christopher Columbus Miami, FL 6–8
PF Undecided
2023
Jason Crowe Jr.
Inglewood Inglewood, CA 6–3
PG Undecided
2024
Gene Roebuck
La Mirada La Mirada, CA 6–5
SF Undecided
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Girls
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Sophomore of the Year
*
Also named MaxPreps Player of the Year
Boys
Year
Player
High school
Hometown
Height
Position
College
2010
DaJuan Coleman
Jamesville-DeWitt DeWitt, NY 6–9
C Syracuse
2011
Aquille Carr
Patterson Baltimore, MD 5–6
PG —
2012
Andrew Wiggins
Huntington Prep Thornhill, ON, Canada 6–7
SF Kansas
2013
Malik Newman
Callaway Jackson, MS 6–4
SG Mississippi State
2014
Josh Jackson
Consortium
Detroit, MI 6–8
SF Kansas
Jayson Tatum
Chaminade Creve Coeur, MO 6–8
SF Duke
2015
M. J. Walker
Jonesboro Jonesboro, GA 6–5
SG Florida State
2016
Romeo Langford
New Albany New Albany, IN 6–5
SG Indiana
2017
R.J. Barrett
Montverde Academy Mississauga, ON, Canada 6–7
SF Duke
2018
Jalen Green
San Joaquin Memorial Fresno, CA 6–6
SG —
2019
Jonathan Kuminga
Our Savior New American
Centereach, NY 6–8
SF Undecided
2020
Emoni Bates
Lincoln Ypsilanti, MI 6–9
SF Memphis
2021
D.J. Wagner
Camden
Camden, NJ
6–3
SG
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Girls
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Junior of the Year
*
Also named MaxPreps Player of the Year
Boys
Year
Player
High school
Hometown
Height
Position
College
2010
Austin Rivers
Winter Park Winter Park, FL 6–4
SG Duke
2011
Tony Parker
Miller Grove Lithonia, GA 6–9
C UCLA
2012
Jabari Parker
Simeon Career Academy Chicago, IL 6–8
SF Duke
2013
Stanley Johnson
Mater Dei Santa Ana, CA 6–7
SF Arizona
2014
Ben Simmons
Montverde Academy Melbourne, Australia 6–8
PF LSU
2015
Jayson Tatum
Chaminade Creve Coeur, MO 6–8
SF Duke
2016
Kevin Knox II
Tampa Catholic Tampa, FL 6–8
SF Kentucky
2017
Zion Williamson
Spartanburg Day Spartanburg, SC 6–8
SF Duke
2018
Vernon Carey Jr.
University Fort Lauderdale, FL 6–10
C Duke
2019
Sharife Cooper *
McEachern Powder Springs, GA 6–0
PG Auburn
2020
Paolo Banchero
O'Dea Seattle, WA 6–9
PF Duke
2021
Jalen Duren
Montverde Academy
Montverde, FL
6–9
PF
Memphis
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Girls
This section needs expansion . You can help by adding to it . (August 2019)
References
Divens, Jordan (April 11, 2019). "MaxPreps 2018-19 High School Boys Basketball All-American Team" . MaxPreps . Retrieved August 24, 2019.
Divens, Jordan (April 19, 2019). "2018-19 MaxPreps Boys Basketball Freshman All-American Team" . MaxPreps . Retrieved August 24, 2019.
Divens, Jordan (April 18, 2019). "2018-19 MaxPreps Boys Basketball Sophomore All-American Team" . MaxPreps . Retrieved August 24, 2019.
Divens, Jordan (April 17, 2019). "2018-19 MaxPreps Boys Basketball Junior All-American Team" . MaxPreps . Retrieved August 24, 2019.
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Greg Oden earned MaxPreps National Player of the Year honors in 2006, the first year the award was presented