Bob McDonald Award Winners

In 2017, there was a controversy surrounding the leadership of the Mr Basketball award for Minnesota.  In response, the Minnesota Boys Basketball Coaches Association created the Bob McDonald Award to be awarded to the top senior player in the state.  Bob McDonald compiled a 1012-428 record in 59 years of coaching at McGregor, Barnum and mostly at Chisholm (53 years). He won 3 state titles during that time.

Czar Commentary on the 2017 Mr Basketball Controversy
2017 Creation of the Bob McDonald Award
Star Tribune article on creation of the Bob McDonald Award

Bob McDonald Award Winners
Year	Winner	The Finalists
2025	TBA	TBA
2024	Jackson McAndrew (Wayzata)	Isaac Asuma (Cherry) Casmir Chavis (Park Center) Tameron Ferguson (St. Cloud Tech) Daniel Freitag (Breck) Grayson Grove (Alexandria) Kole Hanson (Holy Family) Isaiah Johnson-Arigu (Totino-Grace) Kyle Jorgensen (Minneapolis Washburn) Jon Mekonnen (Eastview) Jaden Morgan (De La Salle) Jack Robison (Lakeville North) Andy Stefonowicz (Minnetonka) Henry Tschetter (Stewartville) Max Woods (Chanhassen) 36 Semifinalists
2023	Nasir Whitlock (De La Salle)	Patrick Bath (Totino-Grace) Matthew Bothun (St. Francis) Taison Chatman (Totino-Grace) Nate Dahl (Buffalo) Isaiah Hagen (Orono) Jack Janicki (White Bear Lake) Boden Kapke (Holy Family) Ben Kopetzki (Andover) Owen Leach (Dilworth-Glyndon-Felton) CJ O'Hara (Park Center) Max Shikenjanski (Stillwater) Hayden Tibbits (Wayzata) JJ Ware (Park Center) Nolan Winter (Lakeville North) 38 Semifinalists
2022	Eli King (Caledonia)	Prince Aligbe (Minnehaha) Kendall Blue (East Ridge) Braeden Carrington (Park Center) Tre Holloman (Cretin-Derham Hall) Jackson Loge (Morris) Ayden McDonald (Hibbing) Pharrel Payne (Park) Kenji Scales (Eastview) Demarion Watson (Totino-Grace) Willie Wilson (Minneapolis North) 26 Semifinalists
2021	Chet Holmgren (Minnehaha)	Lamar Grayson (Richfield) Trey Longstreet (Delano) Andrew Morgan (Waseca) Francis Nwaokorie (Champlin Park) Rowan Nelson (Melrose) Josh Streit (Eden Valley-Watkins) Davon Townley (Minneapolis North) Will Tschetter (Stewartville) Kooper Vaughan (St. Charles) 30 Semifinalists
2020	Jalen Suggs (Minnehaha)	Henry Abraham (Cambridge-Isanti) Ben Carlson (East Ridge) Steven Crowl (Eastview) Dain Dainja (Park Center) Drake Dobbs (Eden Prairie) Dawson Garcia (Prior Lake) Nate Heise (Lake City) Noah King (Caledonia) Gabe Madsen (Rochester Mayo) Agwa Nywesh (Austin) Kerwin Walton (Hopkins) 28 Semifinalists
2019	Matt Hurt (Rochester John Marshall)	Courtney Brown (East Ridge) Noah Christensen (Breckenridge) Isaac Fink (Springfield) Robert Jones (Prior Lake) Antwan Kimmons (Tartan) Jaeden King (Cretin-Derham Hall) Jack Middleton (Edina) Zeke Nnaji (Hopkins) David Roddy (Breck) Tyrell Terry (De La Salle) Tyler Wahl (Lakeville North) 30 Semifinalists
2018	Tre Jones (Apple Valley)	Owen King (Caledonia) Daniel Oturu (Cretin-Derham Hall) Calvin Wishart (Delano) Gabe Kalscheur (De La Salle) Noah Kannegiesser (Hancock) Javonni Bickham (Minnehaha) Matt Todd (Monticello) Jarvis Omersa (Orono) Michael Jones (Woodbury) 35 Semifinalists