Mr. New York Basketball is an award presented to a senior high school basketball player living in the state of New York.[1] It is awarded by the Basketball Coaches Association of New York, and is considered to be very prestigious.[2]
Award winners
| Year | Player | High School | College | NBA/ABA Draft |
| 2024 | Boogie Fland[3] | Archbishop Stepinac High School | Arkansas | |
| 2023 | Brandon Gardner[4] | Christ the King | USC | |
| 2022 | Jaquan Sanders[5] | Our Saviour Lutheran School | Seton Hall | |
| 2021 | Jordan Riley | Brentwood High School | Georgetown | |
| 2020 | R. J. Davis | Archbishop Stepinac High School | North Carolina | |
| 2019 | Joseph Girard III | Glens Falls High School | Syracuse, transferred to Clemson | |
| 2018 | Savion Lewis | Half Hollow Hills East | Quinnipiac | |
| 2017 | Isaiah Washington | St. Raymond | Minnesota, transferred to Iona, then to Long Beach State | |
| 2016 | Kevin Huerter | Shenendehowa | Maryland | 2018 NBA draft: 1st Rd, 19th overall by the Atlanta Hawks |
| 2015 | Matt Ryan[6] | Iona Prep[6] | Notre Dame[6] transferred to Vanderbilt,[7] graduate transferred to Tennessee–Chattanooga[8] | 2020 NBA draft: Undrafted, signed two-way contract with the Boston Celtics in 2022 |
| 2014 | Isaiah Whitehead | Abraham Lincoln | Seton Hall | 2016 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 42nd Overall by the Utah Jazz traded to the Brooklyn Nets |
| 2013 | Jon Severe | Christ the King | Fordham transferred to Iona | |
| 2012 | DaJuan Coleman | Jamesville-Dewitt | Syracuse | |
| 2011 (tie) | Jabarie Hinds | Mount Vernon | West Virginia transferred to UMass | |
| 2011 (tie) | Achraf Yacoubou | Long Island Lutheran | Villanova | |
| 2010 | Tobias Harris | Half Hollow Hills West | Tennessee | 2011 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 19th Overall by the Charlotte Bobcats traded to the Milwaukee Bucks |
| 2009 (tie) | Brandon Triche | Jamesville-Dewitt | Syracuse | |
| 2009 (tie) | Lance Stephenson | Abraham Lincoln | Cincinnati | 2010 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 40th Overall by the Indiana Pacers |
| 2008 | Sylven Landesberg | Holy Cross | Virginia | |
| 2007 | Jonny Flynn | Niagara Falls | Syracuse | 2009 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 6th overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves |
| 2006 | Jonathan Mitchell | Mount Vernon | Florida transferred to Rutgers | |
| 2005 | Greg Paulus | Christian Brothers Academy (Syracuse) | Duke transferred to Syracuse to play football | |
| 2004 | Sebastian Telfair | Abraham Lincoln | No College | 2004 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 13th Overall by the Portland Trail Blazers |
| 2003 | Tyler Relph | McQuaid Jesuit (Rochester) | West Virginia transferred to St. Bonaventure | |
| 2002 | Jason Fraser | Amityville | Villanova | |
| 2001 | Julius Hodge | St. Raymond | North Carolina State | 2005 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 20th Overall by the Denver Nuggets |
| 2000 | Peter Mulligan | St. Raymond | Manhattan | |
| 1999 | Leonard Stokes | Turner Carroll (Buffalo) | Cincinnati | |
| 1998 | Anthony Glover | Rice | St. John's | |
| 1997 | Elton Brand | Peekskill | Duke | 1999 NBA draft 1st Rnd, 1st overall pick by the Chicago Bulls |
| 1996 | Willie Dersch | Holy Cross | Virginia | |
| 1995 | Stephon Marbury | Abraham Lincoln | Georgia Tech | 1996 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 4th overall by the Milwaukee Bucks |
| 1994 | Felipe López | Rice | St. John's | 1998 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 20th overall by the San Antonio Spurs traded to Vancouver Grizzlies |
| 1993 | Danya Abrams | Hackley | Boston College | |
| 1992 | John Wallace | Greece Athena | Syracuse | 1996 NBA draft 1st Rnd, 18th Overall by the New York Knicks |
| 1991 | Terrence Rencher | St. Raymond | Texas | 1995 NBA draft 2nd Rnd, 32nd Overall by the Washington Bullets traded to Miami Heat |
| 1990 | Jamal Mashburn | Cardinal Hayes | Kentucky | 1993 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 4th overall by the Dallas Mavericks |
| 1989 | Kenny Anderson | Archbishop Molloy | Georgia Tech | 1991 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 2nd overall by the New Jersey Nets |
| 1988 | Malik Sealy | St. Nicholas of Tolentine | St. John's | 1992 NBA draft 1st Rnd, 14th overall by the Indiana Pacers |
| 1987 (tie) | Greg Koubek | Shenendehowa | Duke | |
| 1987 (tie) | King Rice | Binghamton | North Carolina | |
| 1986 | Keith Robinson | Grover Cleveland | Notre Dame | |
Awards by school
| School | Number of Awards | Years |
| Abraham Lincoln | 4 | 1995, 2004, 2009, 2014 |
| St. Raymond | 4 | 1991, 2000, 2001, 2017 |
| Shenendehowa | 2 | 1987, 2016 |
| Holy Cross | 2 | 1996, 2008 |
| Rice | 2 | 1994, 1998 |
| Mount Vernon | 2 | 2006, 2011 |
| Jamesville-Dewitt | 2 | 2009, 2012 |
| Christ the King | 2 | 2013, 2023 |
| Archbishop Stepinac High School | 2 | 2020, 2024 |
| Our Saviour Lutheran School | 1 | 2022 |
| Brentwood High School | 1 | 2021 |
| Glens Falls High School | 1 | 2019 |
| Half Hollow Hills East | 1 | 2018 |
| Iona Prep | 1 | 2015 |
| Long Island Lutheran | 1 | 2011 |
| Half Hollow Hills West | 1 | 2010 |
| Niagara Falls | 1 | 2007 |
| Christian Brothers Academy (Syracuse) | 1 | 2005 |
| McQuaid Jesuit (Rochester) | 1 | 2003 |
| Amityville | 1 | 2002 |
| Turner Carroll (Buffalo) | 1 | 1999 |
| Peekskill | 1 | 1997 |
| Hackley | 1 | 1993 |
| Greece Athena | 1 | 1992 |
| Cardinal Hayes | 1 | 1990 |
| Archbishop Molloy | 1 | 1989 |
| St. Nicholas of Tolentine | 1 | 1988 |
| Binghamton | 1 | 1987 |
| Grover Cleveland | 1 | 1986 |
Most winners by college
| Number | Program | Years |
| 5 | Syracuse | 1992, 2007, 2009, 2012, 2019 |
| 3 | Duke | 1987, 1997, 2005 |
| 3 | St. John's | 1988, 1994, 1998 |
| 2 | Seton Hall | 2014, 2022 |
| 2 | West Virginia | 2003, 2011 |
| 2 | Villanova | 2002, 2011 |
| 2 | Cincinnati | 1999, 2009 |
| 2 | Virginia | 1996, 2008 |
| 2 | Georgia Tech | 1989, 1995 |
| 2 | North Carolina | 1987, 2020 |
| 2 | Notre Dame | 1986, 2015 |
See also
References
- ^ "Mr. New York". bcany. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
- ^ "NYSSWA reference section: Mr. Basketball awards". www.newyorksportswriters.org. Retrieved September 11, 2023.
- ^ Kristensen, Anthony (May 10, 2024). "Arkansas men's basketball signee Boogie Fland named Mr. New York Basketball". wholehogsports.com. Retrieved January 22, 2025.
- ^ Weingarten, Jake (June 2, 2023). "Breaking: USC lands pledge from four-star senior Brandon Gardner". stockrisers.com. Retrieved February 5, 2024.
- ^ Schwach, Ryan (June 17, 2022). ""Mr. New York Basketball" – Far Rock's Jaquan Sanders Has Basketball Dreams On His Mind". The Wave. Retrieved November 3, 2022.
- ^ a b c Fallor, Evan (March 19, 2015). "Iona Prep's Matt Ryan named New York's Mr. Basketball". The Journal News. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
- ^ Sparks, Adam (April 25, 2017). "Vanderbilt basketball lands Notre Dame transfer Matt Ryan". The Tennessean. Retrieved April 12, 2019.
- ^ "Chattanooga adds former Vanderbilt and ND forward Matt Ryan". USAToday.com. Associated Press. May 7, 2019. Retrieved February 12, 2020.
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