Duke-bound Winter Park (Fla.) High School senior Austin Rivers has been named the 2011 Naismith National High School Basketball Player of the Year, the Atlanta Tipoff Club announced today. Rivers, the son of Boston Celtics head coach and former NBA point guard Doc Rivers, is ranked as the No. 1 rated boy’s high school recruit by ESPN. Winners of these prized trophies were selected by the Atlanta Tipoff Club’s Board of Selectors, a collection of leading basketball journalists from around the country, based on their on-court performances over the course of the season.
The Naismith Prep Player of the Year award, named for Canadian basketball inventor James Naismith, is given annually by the Atlanta Tipoff Club to high school basketball's top male and female player. The inaugural
trophies were given to Dennis Scott and Lynne Lorenzen in 1987. Past recipients include such great names as Kobe Bryant, LeBron James and Dwight Howard.
Rivers will be honored at the Atlanta Tipoff Club’s Naismith Awards banquet presented by AT&T on March 21 at the Georgia International Convention Center in Atlanta. Among those also being honored that evening are Cheryl Miller, Dick Enberg and Dominique Wilkins for their outstanding contributions to women’s and men’s basketball. The Naismith
Trophy, presented annually to the top girl’s and boy’s high school players and coaches in the country, is the most prestigious national award in high school basketball.
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