Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award

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 five years.

Winners

Boys

Year	Player	High School	Hometown	State	College choice
1987	Scott, DennisDennis Scott	Flint Hill Prep	Oakton	Virginia	Georgia Tech
1988	Mourning, AlonzoAlonzo Mourning	Indian River High School	Chesapeake	Virginia	Georgetown
1989	Anderson, KennyKenny Anderson	Archbishop Molloy High School	Jamaica	New York	Georgia Tech
1990	Bailey, DamonDamon Bailey	Bedford North Lawrence High School	Bedford	Indiana	Indiana
1991	Webber, ChrisChris Webber	Detroit Country Day School	Beverly Hills	Michigan	Michigan
1992	Kidd, JasonJason Kidd	St. Joseph Notre Dame High School	Oakland	California	California
1993	Livingston, RandyRandy Livingston	Isidore Newman School	New Orleans	Louisiana	LSU
1994	Ward, JerodJerod Ward	Clinton High School	Clinton	Mississippi	Michigan
1995	Mercer, RonRon Mercer	Oak Hill Academy	Mouth of Wilson	Virginia	Kentucky
1996	Bryant, KobeKobe Bryant	Lower Merion High School	Ardmore	Pennsylvania	none
1997	Battier, ShaneShane Battier	Detroit Country Day School	Beverly Hills	Michigan	Duke
1998	Harrington, AlAl Harrington	St. Patrick High School	Elizabeth	New Jersey	none
1999	Harvey, DonnellDonnell Harvey	Randolph-Clay High School	Cuthbert	Georgia	Florida
2000	Wallace, GeraldGerald Wallace	Childersburg High School	Childersburg	Alabama	Alabama
2001	Wagner, DajuanDajuan Wagner	Camden High School	Camden	New Jersey	Memphis
2002	Felton, RaymondRaymond Felton	Latta High School	Latta	South Carolina	North Carolina
2003	James, LeBronLeBron James	St. Vincent - St. Mary High School	Akron	Ohio	none
2004	Howard, DwightDwight Howard	Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy	Atlanta	Georgia	none
2005	Williams, LouisLouis Williams	South Gwinnett High School	Snellville	Georgia	none
2006	Oden, GregGreg Oden	Lawrence North High School	Indianapolis	Indiana	Ohio State
2007	Love, KevinKevin Love	Lake Oswego High School	Lake Oswego	Oregon	UCLA
2008	Jennings, BrandonBrandon Jennings	Oak Hill Academy	Mouth of Wilson	Virginia	none
2009	Favors, DerrickDerrick Favors	South Atlanta High School	Atlanta	Georgia	Georgia Tech
2010	Sullinger, JaredJared Sullinger	Northland High School	Columbus	Ohio	Ohio State
2011	Rivers, AustinAustin Rivers	Winter Park High School	Winter Park	Florida	Duke

Girls

Year	Player	High School	Hometown	State	College choice
1987	Lorenzen, LynneLynne Lorenzen	Ventura High School	Ventura	Iowa	Iowa State
1988	Hall, VickiVicki Hall	Brebeuf Jesuit Preparatory School	Indianapolis	Indiana	Texas
1989	Harrison, LisaLisa Harrison	Southern High School	Louisville	Kentucky	Tennessee
1990	Leslie, LisaLisa Leslie	Morningside High School	Inglewood	California	Southern Cal
1991	Marciniak, MichelleMichelle Marciniak	Central Catholic High School	Allentown	Pennsylvania	Notre Dame/ Tennessee
1992	Watkins, YolandaYolanda Watkins	Decatur High School	Decatur	Alabama	Alabama
1993	Frett, La'KeshiaLa'Keshia Frett	Phoebus High School	Hampton	Virginia	Georgia
1994	Gooden, TiffanyTiffany Gooden	Snider High School	Fort Wayne	Indiana	Iowa
1995	Holdsclaw, ChamiqueChamique Holdsclaw	Christ the King High School	Queens	New York	Tennessee
1996	Brown, KieshaKiesha Brown	Woodward Academy	Atlanta	Georgia	Georgia
1997	Catchings, TamikaTamika Catchings	Duncanville High School	Duncanville	Texas	Tennessee
1998	Williams, TamikaTamika Williams	Chaminade-Julienne High School	Dayton	Ohio	Connecticut
1999	Lawson, KaraKara Lawson	West Springfield High School	Springfield	Virginia	Tennessee
2000	Taurasi, DianaDiana Taurasi	Don Lugo High School	Chino	California	Connecticut
2001	Ely, ShyraShyra Ely	Ben Davis High School	Indianapolis	Indiana	Tennessee
2002	Strother, AnnAnn Strother	Highlands Ranch High School	Highlands Ranch	Colorado	Connecticut
2003	Parker, CandaceCandace Parker	Naperville Central High School	Naperville	Illinois	Tennessee
2004	Parker, CandaceCandace Parker (2)	Naperville Central High School	Naperville	Illinois	Tennessee
2005	Paris, CourtneyCourtney Paris	Millennium High School	Piedmont	California	Oklahoma
2006	Moore, MayaMaya Moore	Collins Hill High School	Suwanee	Georgia	Connecticut
2007	Moore, MayaMaya Moore (2)	Collins Hill High School	Suwanee	Georgia	Connecticut
2008	Delle Donne, ElenaElena Delle Donne	Ursuline Academy	Wilmington	Delaware	Delaware
2009	Diggins, SkylarSkylar Diggins	Washington High School	South Bend	Indiana	Notre Dame
2010	Ogwumike, ChineyChiney Ogwumike	Cy-Fair High School	Cypress	Texas	Stanford
2011	Mosqueda-Lewis, KaleenaKaleena Mosqueda-Lewis	Mater Dei High School	Santa Ana	California	Connecticut

External links

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