County’s Mr. Basketball named Thursday night

Clark County Mr. Basketball winners

1978 RICK THACKER Tecumseh

1979 FRED CARSON North

1980 NEIL BROWNING South

1981 TREV WAKER South

1982 PEPPER BEGO South

1983 ELLIOT FULLEN North

1984 JASON GEE South

1985 TIM SULLIVAN Central

1986 ANDY ARNOTT Tecumseh

1986 TROY McCRACKEN Greenon

1987 DOUG RASTATTER North

1988 GREG BEALS Kenton Ridge

1988 VERN LAWSON Shawnee

1989 ANDY MAMER Greenon

1990 AARON PERRY Southeastern

1991 BRIAN WHALEN Central

1992 AARON SMITH Shawnee

1993 CHRIS LUBBERS Northwestern

1994 JUSTIN COX Southeastern

1995 JON STAFFORD Tecumseh

1996 JASON COLLIER Central

1997 ERIC THOMAS North

1998 CHARLIE DELACEY Greenon

1999 THOMAS STEPHENS South

2000 ADAM ELLIS North

2001 JORDAN COPELAND South

2002 BRIAN COOPER Southeastern

2002 TYLER FORD North

2003 MARCUS FRANCK Greenon

2004 RYAN SHORT Shawnee

2004 ISIAH CARSON South

2005 MATT POOLE Southeastern

2005 NATHANIEL MILLER South

2006 BRET WEST Northeastern

2007 DERRICK HANNON Shawnee

2007 ADAM BROWN Tecumseh

2008 JOSH McKEE Tecumseh

2009 JUSTIN WILLIAMS Shawnee

2010 KYLE MORRIS Kenton Ridge

2011 HAYDEN HAGERMAN Catholic Central

2011 LUKE MAMER Kenton Ridge

2012 BRIAN KELLY Catholic Central

2013 JAELIN WILLLIAMS Shawnee

Clark County crowned its Miss Basketball on Tuesday night. Now its the boys turn.

The 37th annual Coaches All-Clark County boys basketball team will be announced Thursday night at Wittenberg University’s Shouvlin Center. One of the 10 players on the All-County team will walk away with the Dan Hoyt Mr. Basketball award, adding his name to a list that includes Fred Carson (1979, North), Jason Gee (1984, South), Troy McCracken (1986, Greenon), Jason Collier (1996, Central), Isiah Carson (2004, South) and last year’s winner, Jaelin Williams of Shawnee.

Tecumseh’s Rick Thacker was the first Mr. Basketball in 1978.

The award is voted on by the county boys basketball coaches and, according to organizers, goes beyond the states. Leadership, classroom achievement, community leadership and respect of coaches and competitiors are also taken into consideration.

To date, 43 Clark County basketball players have won the award with co-winners in seven years.

South has a county-high eight Mr. Basketball winners and is followed by North and Shawnee with six each, Catholic Central and Tecumseh with five, Greenon and Southeastern with four, Kenton Ridge with three and Northeastern and Northwestern with one.