Mr. & Miss Basketball Awards
Finalists Announced
Hermitage, Tennessee, February 10, 2017 – The Mr. and Miss Basketball awards will be presented to the top girls and boys in five classifications of the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association on the floor of Murphy Center on the campus of MTSU on Tuesday, March 7 at 7:00 p.m.
A statewide committee of sportswriters selected winners based on performance during the 2016-2017 regular season. Academics and character were also taken into consideration. High school head basketball coaches and members of the media nominated the finalists.
This is the 33rd year that the Mr. and Miss Basketball Awards have been presented to Tennessee’s best high school basketball players. American General was the sponsor of the event since the inception of the awards in 1985 until 2001. The Memphis Grizzlies were sponsors of the awards from 2002-2004. From 2005-2015 the Mr. and Miss Basketball Awards were presented at the conclusion of each respective championship game as part of the post-game trophy ceremony.
The draw for the Division I boys’ state basketball tournament will be held prior to the Mr. and Miss Basketball Awards on the floor of Murphy Center at 5:00 p.m. The draw for the Division I girls’ state tournament brackets will be scheduled for 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, March 5 at the DoubleTree Hotel in Murfreesboro.
MEDIA: If you need further information concerning the 2017 Mr. and Miss Basketball awards, please contact Matthew Gillespie or Heather Carter at TSSAA (615-889-6740).
Past Mr. & Miss Basketball Winners
| Class A Mr. & Miss Basketball Finalists | ||
| Mr. Basketball Finalists | Miss Basketball Finalists | |
| Josh Conrad | Ali Golden | |
| W.E.B. Dubois High School | Huntland High School | |
| Tyreke Key | Taylor Lamb | |
| Clay County High School | South Greene High School | |
| Parker Stewart | Kara Meadows | |
| Union City High School | Clarkrange High School | |
| Class AA Mr. & Miss Basketball Finalists | ||
| Mr. Basketball Finalists | Miss Basketball Finalists | |
| Parrish Hewitt | Akira Levy | |
| Frederick Douglass High School | Upperman High School | |
| Bo Hodges | Jacobi Lynn | |
| Maplewood High School | McMinn Central High School | |
| Luke Smith | Erica Haynes-Overton | |
| Knoxville Catholic High School | East Nashville Magnet School | |
| Class AAA Mr. & Miss Basketball Finalists | ||
| Mr. Basketball Finalists | Miss Basketball Finalists | |
| Tyler Harris | Anastasia Hayes | |
| Cordova High School | Riverdale High School | |
| Tajion Jones | Jayla Hemingway | |
| Oak Ridge High School | Houston High School | |
| Alex Lomax | Rhyne Howard | |
| Memphis East High School | Bradley Central High School | |
| Division II Class A Mr. & Miss Basketball Finalists | ||
| Mr. Basketball Finalists | Miss Basketball Finalists | |
| Chase Hayden | Ashtyn Baker | |
| St. George’s Independent School | Northpoint Christian School | |
| Malik Riddle | Anna Jones | |
| Rossville Christian School | University School of Jackson | |
| Chase Ridenour | Antoinette Lewis | |
| Webb School of Knoxville | Harding Academy | |
| Division II Class AA Mr. & Miss Basketball Finalists | ||
| Mr. Basketball Finalists | Miss Basketball Finalists | |
| Jr. Clay | Jordyn Cambridge | |
| McCallie School | Ensworth High School | |
| Darius Garland | Sydni Harvey | |
| Brentwood Academy | Brentwood Academy | |
| James Wiseman | Myah LeFlore | |
| Ensworth High School | St. Benedict at Auburndale | |
