South Carolina Mr. Basketball

The South Carolina Mr. Basketball honor recognized the top boys’ high school senior basketball player in the state of South Carolina. The award was presented annually by the Charlotte Observer.

Award winners

Year	Player	High School	College	NBA/ABA draft
1990	Lawrence Mitchell	Conway	South Carolina
1991	Larry Davis	Denmark-Olar	North Carolina; South Carolina
1992	Marvin Orange	Irmo	Alabama
1993	Ray Allen	Dalzell Hillcrest	Connecticut	1996 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 5th overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves (traded to the Milwaukee Bucks)
1994	Kevin Garnett	Mauldin	None	1995 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 5th overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves
1995	B. J. McKie	Irmo	South Carolina
1996	Jermaine O'Neal	Eau Claire	None	1996 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 17th overall by the Portland Trail Blazers
1997	James Griffin	Greenville	College of Charleston
1998	Tony Kitchings	South Aiken	South Carolina
1999	Chuck Eidson	Pinewood Prep	South Carolina
2000	Rolando Howell	Lower Richland	South Carolina
2001	Jarod Gerald	Mullins High School	South Carolina Gamecocks Men's Basketball; South Carolina
2002	Raymond Felton	Latta	North Carolina	2005 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 5th overall by the Charlotte Bobcats
2003	Brandon Wallace	Silver Bluff	South Carolina
2004	Ra'Sean Dickey	Marlboro County	Georgia Tech
2005	Devan Downey	Chester	South Carolina; Cincinnati
2006	Mike Jones	Lower Richland	Syracuse
2007	Mike Holmes	Bishopville Lee Central	South Carolina; Coastal Carolina
2008	Murphy Holloway	Dutch Fork	Ole Miss
2009	Milton Jennings	Pinewood Prep	Clemson
2010	Josh Corry	Gaffney	Limestone College
2011	Rod Drummond	Wade Hampton	Roane State
2012	Brice Johnson	Edisto	North Carolina
2013	Justin McKie	Irmo	South Carolina
2014	L. J. Peak	Gaffney	Georgetown
2015	PJ Dozier	Spring Valley	South Carolina
2016	Seventh Woods	Hammond	North Carolina
2017	Jalek Felton	Gray Collegiate Academy	North Carolina
2018	Zion Williamson	Spartanburg Day School	Duke	2019 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 1st overall by the New Orleans Pelicans
2019	Josiah-Jordan James	Porter-Gaud School	Tennessee
2021	Bryce McGowens	Legacy Early College	Nebraska	2022 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 40th overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves

Schools with multiple winners

School	Number of Awards	Years
Irmo	3	1992, 1995, 2013
Lower Richland	2	2000, 2006
Marlboro County	2	2001, 2004
Gaffney	2	2010, 2014
Pinewood Prep	2	1999, 2009

See also

South Carolina Miss Basketball