Shawnee’s Greenwood named Mr. Basketball


2015 All-Clark County Boys Basketball

Tate Robertson, Catholic Central

Jacob Whetsel, Greenon

Jordan Bailey, Kenton Ridge

Andy Elliott, Northwestern

Jaden Greenwood, Shawnee

Seth Gray, Shawnee

Jake Bertemes, Southeastern

Danny Davis, Springfield

Dae’Shawn Jackson, Springfield

Malik Quisenberry, Tecumseh

Coach of the Year: Chris McGuire, Shawnee and Todd Shuttlesworth, Greenon

Southwest Ohio Officials Association Sportsmanship Award: Quinton Howard, Catholic Central (player) and Dan Moore, Emmanuel Christian (coach)

Dan Hoyt 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, Catholic Central

1986 Andy Arnott, Tecumseh & Troy McCracken, Greenon

1987 Doug Rastatter, North

1988 Vern Lawson, Shawnee

1989 Andy Mamer, Greenon

1990 Aaron Perry, Southeastern

1991 Brian Whalen, Catholic Central

1992 Aaron Smith, Shawnee

1993 Chris Lubbders, Northwestern

1994 Justin Cox, Southeastern

1995 Jon Stafford, Tecumseh

1996 Jason Collier, Catholic 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

2003 Tyler Ford, North

2004 Ryan Short, Shawnee & Isaiah Carson, South

2005 Matt Poole, Southeastern

2006 Bret West, Northeastern

2007 Derrick Hannon, Shawnee & Adam Brown, Tecumseh

2008 Josh McKee, Tecumseh

2009 Justin Williams, Shawnee

2010 Kyle Morris, Kenton Ridge

2011 Hayden Hagerman, Catholic Central & Luke Mamer, Kenton Ridge

2012 Brian Kelly, Catholic Central

2013 Jaelin Williams, Shawnee

2014 Dalton Davis, Tecumseh

2015 Jaden Greenwood, Shawnee

When it came to coaching Shawnee’s Jaden Greenwood, Braves coach Chris McGuire knew what he was going to get from his senior standout.

On Monday night, though, Greenwood had no idea what he was going to get from his coach.

Greenwood was honored with the Dan Hoyt Mr. Basketball award at the Clark County Basketball Coaches banquet at Wittenberg University’s Shouvlin Center. Greenwood, a three-time All-Clark County team member, is Shawnee’s seventh Mr. Basketball and second in three seasons joining Jaelin Williams in 2013.

“He’s kind of that rock on the basketball team,” McGuire said prior to the banquet. “You know what you’re going to get every day in practice. You know what you’re going to get in a game. He really understands the system that we’re trying to run. He’s really an extension of the coach on the floor.”

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

Greenwood — the program’s first four-year letter winner along with senior Andrew Tincher — led the Braves with 17.3 points. He averaged 4.6 rebounds, 2.0 assists and 1.2 steals. He helped guide Shawnee to four straight Central Buckeye Conference titles, two sectional championships and a 77-22 record overall.

The Braves finished the season 20-6 and reached the Division II district final before falling to Franklin.

“He had kind of that ‘it’ factor,” McGuire said. “You can’t necessarily teach it, you can’t necessarily explain it. He did everything I asked. From that standpoint he’s a kid every coach dreams of having.”

Off the court, Greenwood is a member of the National Honor Society and Student Council.

“He really was a big-time catalyst of that success,” McGuire said. “He had a lot of support around him but he was a major part of what we were doing. Very special kid, very special player. We’re really going to miss him.”

McGuire and Greenon’s Todd Shuttleworth were named Clark County co-coaches of the year.

The Southwest Ohio Officials Association Sportsmanship Award was presented to Catholic Central’s Quinton Howard and Emmanuel Christian coach Dan Moore.

Clark County’s Miss Basketball will be announced at the girls All-County banquet tonight.

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