Alumni Make Their Mark
At NCAA Divison I Programs
and in the NBA & NFL

Mr. Basketball has made its mark with college scouts who annually make a stop in Kearney to check out the long list of college prospects. Alumni of the event have gone on to play in every major conference from coast-to-coast, as well as the NBA & NFL.

We provide scouts with the most thorough Player Info Guides they get during the summer. The PIG contains each player's address and telephone number, coaches address and phone number, as well as the player's stats, grades and awards.

Chris Duhon (Duke) helped lead the Blue Devils to the 2001 national championship. Duhon, from Slidell, Louisiana, was the Wooden Award winner for high school player of the year in 2000. Duhon averaged 10 points per game for the Louisiana Crusaders in the 1997 Mr. Basketball Invitational. He was a second round draft pick in 2004.

Chicago Bulls point guard, Kirk Hinrich (U. of Kansas), was the #7 pick overall by the Chicago Bulls in the 2003 NBA Draft. He was a 1997 Mr. Basketball All-American.

Mike Miller was named the 2001 NBA Rookie of the Year! He became the first Mr. Basketball alum drafted in the NBA's first round when he was selected 5th overall by the Orlando Magic in 2000.

Jared Reiner, a South Dakota native who played in the 1998 & 1999 Mr. Basketball tournaments with the Dakota Schoolers was a standout at the U. of Iowa and played with the Chicago Bulls in 2005.

Paul Shirley, a Kansas native, who played for Iowa St. played with 11 different professional teams, concluding with the Phoenix Suns in 2005.

Ansu Sesay (U. of Mississippi), was the SEC Player of the Year & first player taken in the 2nd Round of the 1998 NBA Draft by the Dallas Mavericks. He played for the NBA's Golden St. Warriors after two seasons with Seattle. Sesay played in the 1993 Mr. Basketball Invitational for the Houston Salukis.

Channing Frye who was picked 8th overall by the New York Knicks in the 2005 NBA Draft! Frye and teammate Terrell Suggs, of the Baltimore Ravens, helped lead the Arizona Stars to the 1999 Mr. Basketball semi-finals. Frye was named to the NBA's All-Rookie team in 2005-06.

Terrell Suggs (Arizona St. defensive end) was the 10th pick of the first round by Baltimore Ravens in 2003. He played for the Arizona Stars at Mr. Basketball along side NBA draft pick Channing Frye.

Teyo Johnson started in football & basketball for Standford University. The WR was a second round pick by the Oakland Raiders in 2003. He played for the Emerald City Pioneers from Washington.

The following lists do not include the hundreds of kids who've participated in the Mr. Basketball Invitational now playing NCAA Division II, Division III, NAIA and junior college ball in all parts of the country. We just don't have room to list all of them.  The list does include many of those who have gone on to NCAA Division I programs.

We are always trying to locate alumni who have played junior college ball the last couple of years, to see which Division I programs they have moved on to...the list keeps growing!  Coaches who have played in our tournament, if you have a player who has signed or verbally committed, please let us know and we will add them to the list. 

Here are as many alumni as we have been able to track who are, or have, played at the NCAA Division I level around the country.