Mr. Basketball of Michigan


Each year the Hal Schram Mr. Basketball award is given to the person chosen as the best high school senior boys basketball player in the U.S. state of Michigan. The award is named in honor of the late Hal Schram, a sports writer at the Detroit Free Press who covered high school sports for 40 years before retiring in 1983.
The award has been given since 1981 by the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan. Most of the award winners have gone on to play at the highest levels of college basketball, and many have gone on to play in the National Basketball Association.
Voting is done on a points system. Each voter selects first, second, and third-place votes. A player receives five points for each first-place vote, three points for each second-place vote, and one point for a third-place vote. The player who receives the most points receives the award. Only "actively coaching" BCAM members can vote. Beginning for the 2007 award, votes may only be cast for a predetermined group of five finalists, whereas in the past, the pool was unlimited.

Mr. Basketball winners

Retro Mr. Basketball winners

In 2010, the BCAM began a 10-year project to honor 'high school senior' boys basketball players from the period prior to the inception of the Mr. Basketball award. The initial awards were announced for players for the years ending in xxx0 - 1920, 1930, 1940, 1950, 1960, 1970 and 1980. In 2011, awards for next six corresponding 'seniors' for years ending in xxx1 - 1921, 1931, 1941, 1951, 1961, and 1971 - were named. This pattern continued through the year 2019 when the final award winners were selected for the seasons ending in xxx9.
YearWinnerHigh schoolUniversity
1980Tim McCormickClarkstonMichigan
1979Jay SmithMio AuSable High SchoolBowling Green, Saginaw Valley State
1978Trent TuckerFlint NorthwesternMinnesota
1977Earvin "Magic" JohnsonLansing EverettMichigan State
1976Stuart HouseDetroit DenbyWashington State
1975Bruce FlowersBerkleyNotre Dame
1974Tony SmithSaginawNevada-Las Vegas
1973Tom LaGardeDetroit Catholic CentralNorth Carolina
1972Larry FogleDetroit CooleyCanisius
1971Michael "Campy" RussellPontiac CentralMichigan
1970Rick DrewitzGarden City WestKentucky
1969Ernie JohnsonGrand Rapids Ottawa HillsMichigan
1968Ralph SimpsonDetroit PershingMichigan State
1967Spencer HaywoodDetroit PershingUniversity of Detroit
1966Rudy TomjanovichHamtramckMichigan
1965L. C. BowenBenton HarborBradley
1964Willie BettsRiver RougeBradley
1963Craig DillSaginaw Arthur HillMichigan
1962Ernie ThompsonSaginawBradley
1961Reggie HardingDetroit Eastern-
1960Peter GentBangorMichigan State
1959David GainesDetroit NortheasternLeMoyne–Owen College
1958Chet WalkerBenton Harbor High SchoolBradley
1957Ed BurtonMuskegon HeightsMichigan State
1956Mel PetersonStephensonWheaton
1955M. C. Burton Jr.Muskegon HeightsMichigan
1954Pete TillotsonLudingtonMichigan
1953Ron KramerEast DetroitMichigan
1952Frank TananaDetroit St. AndrewCal State-Fulerton
1951Webster KirkseySaginawEastern Michigan
1950Charlie PrimasDetroit MillerWayne State
1949Ken BurrellHamtramckLawrence Tech
1948Art McColganSaginaw SS Peter & PaulVillanova
1947Sammy GeeDetroit Miller
1946Jack ForestieriBenton HarborNotre Dame
1945Bob SwansonLansing Sexton
1944Dick RifenburgSaginaw Arthur HillMichigan
1943Don BovenKalamazoo CentralWestern Michigan
1942Larry SavageSaginawNorthwestern
1941Don OstermanDetroit St. TheresaVillanova
1940Ralph GibertFlint NorthernMichigan
1939Gene BroeneGrand Rapids ChristianCalvin College
1938John MaartensKalamazoo Central
1937Bob OstermanDetroit St. TheresaNotre Dame
1936Charles PinkDetroit NorthwesternMichigan
1935John ZwierHolland Christian
1934Earl Brown Jr.Benton HarborNotre Dame
1933Lincoln Dodson TrussFlint Northern
1932Lowell MattesonPortage
1931Edward HuttengaGrand HavenWestern Michigan
1930John TookerKalamazoo St. AugustineMichigan
1929Lou JagnowJacksonCarnegie Mellon University
1928Francis 'Dink' DoolittleDetroit Northwestern
1927Bill McCallMuskegonDartmouth
1926Roger GroveSturgisMichigan State
1925Joe TruskowskiDetroit NortheasternMichigan
1924Bennie OosterbaanMuskegonMichigan
1923Henry SchrumpfNilesWestern Michigan
1922Royal CherryGrand Rapids UnionMichigan
1921George HaggartyYpsilantiMichigan
1920Harry KipkeLansing CentralMichigan

Most winners by high school (1920-Present)