ROYCE WHITE NAMED MR. BASKETBALL OF MINNESOTA

The Mr. Basketball of Minnesota Committee has honored Royce White as the 2009 Mr. Basketball of Minnesota.

"We felt that Royce was a very deserving winner," said Ken Lien, the chairman of the seven-member Mr. Basketball committee. "He is an intense competitor who has worked hard to be the best player. In spite of obstacles he has had to overcome, he has turned himself into a complete and talented player. I think he will do very well at the next level."

The Five Finalists were:

6-7 Mike Bruesewitz, Henry Sibley
6-4 Raymond Cowels, Hopkins
6-9 Sam Dower, Osseo
6-1 Jordair Jett, St. Bernard's
6-8 Royce White, Hopkins

PREVIOUS MR. BASKETBALL WINNERS
2008 - Jordan Taylor, Benilde-St. Margaret's
2007 - Blake Hoffarber, Hopkins
2006 - Isaiah Dahlman, Braham
2005 -Travis Busch, Mounds View
2004 - Spencer Tollackson, Chaska
2003 - Kris Humphries, Hopkins
2002 - Stephen King, Holy Angels
2001 - Rick Rickert, Duluth East
2000 - Adam Boone, Minnetonka
1999 - Nick Horvath, Mounds View
1998 - Darius Lane, Totino-Grace, and Joel Przybilla, Monticello
1997 - Khalid El-Amin, Minneapolis North
1996 - Mitch Ohnstad, Faribault
1995 - Robert Mestas, Minneapolis Roosevelt
1994 - Sam Jacobson, Park (C.G.)
1993 - Skipp Schaefbauer, Elk River
1992 - Brett Yonke, Eagan
1991 - Joel McDonald, Chisholm
1990 - Chad Kolander, Owatonna
1989 - Tom Conroy, De La Salle
1988 - Derek Reuben, Minneapolis North
1987 - Kevin Lynch, Bloomington Jefferson
1986 - Steve Schlotthauer, Mounds View
1985 - Brett McNeal, Minneapolis North
1984 - Tim Hanson, Prior Lake
1983 - Tom Copa, Coon Rapids
1982 - Rob Shelquist, Irondale
1981 - Redd Overton, Minneapolis North
1980 - Jim Petersen, St. Louis Park
1979 - Randy Breuer, Lake City, and Greg Downing, Duluth Central
1978 - Jim Jenson, Bemidji
1977 - Brian Pederson, Prior Lake
1976 - Kevin McHale, Hibbing
1975 - Gene Glynn, Waseca