Atlanta TIPOFF Club Announces Naismith High School Watch List
The top 10 senior boys and girls playing high school basketball throughout the county have been named to the Naismith Trophy High School Player of the Year watch lists, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced today.
ATLANTA (Dec. 16, 2010) – The top 10 senior boys and girls playing high school basketball throughout the county have been named to the Naismith Trophy High School Player of the Year watch lists, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced today.
The watch list was comprised by leading basketball journalists from around the country who form the national voting academy, and identify players under consideration for this award.
In February, the voting academy will narrow the list down to five male and five female candidates, with the winners being selected and recognized by the Atlanta Tipoff Club at the end of the high school basketball season.
"When you quantify ten boys and ten girls as the pre-season Naismith Trophy watch list candidates, you've tabbed the best of the best,” said Christopher Lawlor, New York Daily News writer. “That honor alone should be duly noted because it shows commitment, selflessness and extraordinary talent. The Naismith Trophy and basketball are synonymous. To be associated with the award, a recipient has written their own chapter in the history of basketball."
2010 Naismith Boy’s High School Player of the Year Watch List
Name |
School
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Hometown
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College
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Bradley Beal
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Chaminade College Prep School
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St. Louis, Mo.
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Florida
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Kentavious Caldwell
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Greenville High School
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Greenville, Ga.
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Georgia
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Anthony Davis
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Perspectives Charter School
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Chicago, Ill.
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Kentucky
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Michael Gilchrist
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St. Patrick High School
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Elizabeth, N.J.
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Kentucky
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James McAdoo
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Norfolk Christian
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Norfolk, Va.
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North Carolina
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Quincy Miller
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Westchester County Day School
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High Point, N.C.
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Baylor
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LeBryan Nash
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Lincoln High School
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Dallas, Texas
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Oklahoma State
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Austin Rivers
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Winter Park High School
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Winter Park, Fla.
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Duke
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Marquis Teague
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Pike High School
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Indianapolis, Ind.
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Kentucky
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Adonis Thomas
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Melrose High School
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Memphis, Tenn.
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Memphis
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2010 Naismith Girl’s High School Player of the Year Watch List
Name |
School
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Hometown
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College
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Cierra Burdick
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Butler High School
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Matthews, N.C.
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Tennessee
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Briyona Canty
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Trenton Catholic Academy
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Trenton, N.J.
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Rutgers
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Temi Fagbenle
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Blair Academy
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Blairstown, N.J.
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Harvard
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Krystal Forthan
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Georgetown High School
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Austin, Texas
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LSU
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Amber Henson
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Sickles High School
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Tampa, Fla.
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Duke
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Betnijah Laney
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Smyrna High School
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Claymont, Del.
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Undecided
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Ariel Massengale
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Bolingbrook High School
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Bolingbrook, Ill.
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Tennessee
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Kaleena Mosqueda-Lewis
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Mater Dei High School
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Santa Ana, Calif.
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Connecticut
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Bria Smith
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Christ the King High School
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Middle Village, N.Y.
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Virginia
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Elizabeth Williams
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Princess Anne High School
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Virginia Beach, Va.
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Duke
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The Naismith High School Player of the Year award was first presented in 1987 to Dennis Scott of Flint Hill Prep (Oakton, Va.), who later starred at Georgia Tech and with the Orlando Magic in the NBA. Other notable winners include Jason Kidd (1992, St. Joseph Notre Dame High School, Alameda, Calif.), Kobe Bryant (1996, Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, Pa.), LeBron James (2003, St. Vincent-St. Mary, Akron, Ohio) and Derrick Favors (2009, South Atlanta High School in Atlanta, Ga.).
For more information, visit www.naismithawards.com.
ABOUT THE ATLANTA TIPOFF CLUB
The Atlanta Tipoff Club, an Atlanta Sports Council property, is committed to promoting the game of basketball and recognizing the outstanding accomplishments of those who make the game so exciting. The Atlanta Tipoff Club, founded during the 1956-57 season, has presented the Naismith Trophy every year since UCLA’s Lew Alcindor first won the award in 1969. Old Dominion’s Anne Donovan won the inaugural Women’s Naismith Trophy in 1983.
The Naismith Award has become the most prestigious award in all of college basketball, recognizing the Men’s and Women’s College Basketball Player of the Year, Men’s and Women’s College Basketball Coach of the Year, as well as awards for outstanding achievement in high school basketball, officiating, and contribution to the game.
