The Mr. Basketball of Minnesota Committee announced that the winner of the Mr. Basketball Award for 2011 is Joe Coleman, a 6-foot-4 guard from Hopkins (Minnesota). Coleman recently won his third straight state championship as a member of the Hopkins Royals. Coleman is a Rivals150 recruit and a signed prospect of Tubby Smith and the Minnesota Golden Gophers.

The other Finalists were:

Lucas Brown 6-3 Roseville (Wofford)

Shelby Moats 6-8 Waconia (Vanderbilt)

Kyle Noreen 6-6 Minnesota Transitions (undecided)

Jake White 6-8 Chaska (Wichita State)

Each year, Mr. Basketball, in its 37th season, honors the top high school player in Minnesota.

For Further Information Contact:

Ken Lien - Owner/Chairman of Mr. Basketball of Minnesota

Office: 952.239.0233

Email: klien@lienmg.com

Past winners include:

2010 -Kevin Noreen - Minnesota Transitions

2009 -Royce White - Hopkins

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 & Joel Przybilla

1997 -Khalid El-Amin - Mpls. North

1996 -Mitch Ohnsted - Faribault

1995 -Robert Mestas - Mpls. Roosevelt

1994 -Sam Jacobson Park - Cottage Grove

1993 -Skipp Schaefbauer - Elk River

1992 -Brett Yonke - Eagan

1991 -Joel McDonald - Chisholm

1990 -Chad Kolander - Owatonna

1989 -Tom Conroy - DeLaSalle

1988 -Derek Reuben - Mpls. North

1987 -Kevin Lynch - Bloom. Jefferson

1986 -Steve Schlotthauer - Mounds View

1985 -Brett McNeal - Mpls. North

1984 -Tim Hanson - Prior Lake

1983 -Tom Copa - Coon Rapids

1982 -Robb Shelquist - Irondale

1981 -Redd Overton - Mpls. North

1980 -Jim Petersen - St. Louis Park

1979 -Randy Breuer & Greg Downing

1978 -Jim Jensen - Bemidji

1977 -Brian Pederson - Prior Lake

1976 -Kevin McHale - Hibbing

1975 -Gene Glynn - Waseca