Male Prep Player of the Year
The Naismith Prep Player of the Year Award was established in 1987 to honor the nation’s best male and female high school players.
A nationwide poll of prep basketball analysts, key members of the media, and college and high school coaches assist the Atlanta
Tipoff Club in selecting the winner.
In 2004, Southwest Atlanta Christian Academy and the NBA Lottery’s #1 draft pick Dwight Howard was awarded the Male Prep Player
of the Year. Naperville Central High School’s Candace Parker, who is only the second high school female ever to dunk a basketball,
won the Female Prep Player of the Year Award.
FORMER NAISMITH MALE PREP PLAYERS OF THE YEAR
1987 Dennis Scott
(Flint Hill Prep, Oakton, VA)
1988 Alonzo Mourning
(Indian River High School, Chesapeake, VA)
1989 Kenny Anderson
(Archbishop Molloy High School, Jamaica, NY)
1990 Damon Bailey
(North Lawrence High School, Bedford, IN)
1991 Chris Webber
(Detroit Country Day School, Birmingham, MI)
1992 Jason Kidd
(St. Joseph Notre Dame High, Alameda, CA)
1993 Randy Livingston
(Isidore Newman School, New Orleans, LA)
1994 Jerod Ward
(Clinton High School, Clinton, MS)
1995 Ron Mercer
(Oak Hill Academy, Mouth of Wilson, VA)
1996 Kobe Bryant
(Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA)
1997 Shane Battier
(Detroit Country Day School, Beverly Hills, MI)
1998 Al Harrington
(St. Patrick High School, Elizabeth, NJ)
1999 Donnell Harvey
(Randolph-Clay High School, Cuthbert, GA)
2000 Gerald Wallace
(Childersburg High School, Childersburg, AL)
2001 Dajuan Wagner
(Camden High School, Camden, NJ)
2002 Raymond Felton
(Latta High, Latta, SC)
2003 LeBron James
(St. Vincent-St. Mary High School, Akron, OH )
2004 Dwight Howard
(Atlanta Christian Academy)
