African Americans representing in Mr. Basketball awards
Nasir Whitlock (2023 Mr. Basketball, DeLaSalle) Photo by In 49 years there have been 51 Minnesota Mr. Basketball winners—co-winners were named in 1...
Nasir Whitlock (2023 Mr. Basketball, DeLaSalle) Photo by In 49 years there have been 51 Minnesota Mr. Basketball winners—co-winners were named in 1979 and 1998—since the first award was given in 1975, to Gene Glynn of Waseca. Twenty-two of the winners are African Americans, the first being Greg Downing of Duluth Central when he was co-Mr. Basketball with Randy Breuer of Prior Lake in 1979. Here are the rest of the African American Mr. Basketball winners: Redd Overton (Minneapolis North, 1981); Brett McNeal (Minneapolis North, 1985); Derek Reuben (Minneapolis North, 1988); Robert Mestas (Minneapolis Roosevelt, 1995); Khalid El-Amin , 1997); Darius Lane (Totino Grace, 1998, co-Mr.