Vermont Mr. Basketball

The Vermont Mr. Basketball honor recognizes the top high school basketball player in the state of Vermont. The award is presented annually by the Burlington Free Press, since 1991.

Award winners

Year	Player	High school	Class	College
2024	Drew Bessette[1]	Rice	Senior	Vermont
2023	Sawyer Ramey[2]	Fair Haven	Senior	Middlebury
2022	Jonah Cattaneo[3]	Montpelier	Senior	Lasell[4]
2021	Michel Ndayishimiye (2)[5]	Rice	Senior	Vermont
2020	Michel Ndayishimiye[6]	Rice	Junior	Vermont
2019	Alex Carlisle[7]	St. Johnsbury	Senior	Wheaton[8]
2018	Noah Tyson[9]	Rutland	Senior	Colby
2017	Calvin Carter[10]	Enosburg	Senior	Castleton[11]
2016	Ben Shungu (2)[12]	Rice	Senior	Vermont
2015	Ben Shungu[13]	Rice	Junior
2014	Pavin Parrish[14]	Rochester	Senior	Castleton
2013	Matt St. Amour[15]	Missisquoi	Senior	Middlebury
2012	Matt St. Amour	Missisquoi	Junior
2011	Ben Ferris[16]	Essex	Senior	Tufts
2010	Joe O'Shea[17]	Burlington	Senior	Holy Cross/Bryant
2009	Clancy Rugg[18]	Burlington	Senior	Vermont
2008	Joe O'Shea[17]	Burlington	Sophomore
2007	Tyrone Conley	Burlington	Senior	New Hampshire
2006	Matt Glass	Mount Mansfield	Senior	Massachusetts/Vermont
2005	Matt Glass	Mount Mansfield	Senior
2004	Chad Powlovich	Mount Mansfield	Senior	Vermont
2003	Kyle Cieplicki	Rice	Senior	Vermont
2002	B.J. Robertson	Burlington	Senior	St. Michael's
2001	Tim Shedd	Hazen	Senior	Norwich
2000	Taylor Coppenrath	St. Johnsbury	Senior	Vermont
1999	Matt Sheftic	Essex	Senior	Vermont
1998	Cam Robinson	Essex	Senior
1997	Tony Orciari	St. Johnsbury	Senior	Vermont
1996	Tony Orciari	St. Johnsbury	Junior
1995	Josh Albee	Bellows Falls	Senior	Green Mountain
1994	Marc Ferio	Colchester	Senior
1993	Jamie Kingsbury	Oxbow	Senior	Lyndon State
1992	Brent Kendall	Milton	Senior	St. Michael's
1991	Bernie Cieplicki	Rice	Senior	Fairfield/Vermont

Schools with multiple winners

School	Number of Awards	Years
Rice	7	1991, 2003, 2015, 2016, 2020, 2021, 2024
Burlington	5	2002, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2010
St. Johnsbury	4	1996, 1997, 2000, 2019
Essex	3	1998, 1999, 2011
Mount Mansfield	3	2004, 2005, 2006
Missisquoi	2	2012, 2013
Enosburg	1	2017
Rutland	1	2018

References

1. Abrami, Alex (April 12, 2024). "Vermont Free Press Mr. Basketball: Drew Bessette of Rice". Burlington Free Press. Retrieved May 21, 2024.
2. "Free Press Mr. Basketball: Fair Haven senior forward Sawyer Ramey". Burlington Free Press. April 10, 2023. Retrieved May 31, 2023.
3. Abrami, Alex (April 8, 2022). "Free Press announces this year's Mr. and Miss Basketball, All-State basketball teams". yahoo.com. Retrieved May 25, 2022.
4. Biggam, James (April 21, 2022). "Cattaneo sets new standard at MHS". Retrieved May 31, 2023.
5. "Burlington Free Press announces Mr. And Miss Basketball for 2021 high school season".
6. "Free Press Mr. Basketball: Rice's Michel Ndayishimiye".
7. "Free Press Mr. Basketball: St. Johnsbury's Alex Carlisle".
8. Wheaton Lyons bio
9. "Rutland's Noah Tyson is Vermont's Mr. Basketball for 2018".
10. "Enosburg's Carter named Free Press' Mr. Basketball".
11. "Calvin Carter". castletonsports.com.
12. "Mr. Basketball: Rice's Ben Shungu".
13. "Mr. Basketball: Rice's Ben Shungu".
14. "Mr. Basketball: Rochester's Pavin Parrish".
15. "Matt St. Amour is the Free Press' boys athlete of the year". 24 June 2012.
16. "New England Roundup: Vermont". 6 April 2011.
17. "Joe O'Shea".
18. "UVM Athletics".