Mr. Basketball USA

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Mr. Basketball USA, formerly known as the ESPN RISE National Player of the Year and EA SPORTS National Player of the Year, is an award presented annually to the best-performing United States boys' high school basketball player as determined by Hoopscooponline.com (formerly named Grassrootshoops.net). Over the years, the award has been the property of several different organizations. From 1996 to 2002, the award was presented by Student Sports and from 2003 to 2009, it was presented by EA Sports. From 2010 to 2012, the award was presented by ESPN HS and in their final year, 2012, the award was given retroactively to a player from 1955 to 1995. The official first recipient of the award was Mike Bibby in 1996 and the first retroactive winner was Wilt Chamberlain recognized for 1955. The award was also presented by Ballislife.com for a time.

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