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We want you, whether your a coach, former player, media member or a fan, to be involved in this process.  We will be accepting votes for who you feel are most worthy of All-Decade recognition.  These votes will be a part of the criteria as we try and narrow the field for each decade down to ten players.

 

To make it easier on you, we have narrowed the field down to 19 players.  It was a painstaking process, heck it was hard to even narrow down the honorable mention choices listed below.  But, at the end of the day, we feel these are the players that are most worthy of this distinction.  

 

Our criteria included on-court performance, team success, honors won and overall impact on the game.  We tried our best to limit the timeline we were evaluating these players on to only include high school basketball.  Obviously many players went on to great success in college and beyond but we did not consider that success in our judgement. 

 

Below is a brief bio on the 19 finalists.  Click here to vote for your ten as well as other elements of the 2000s.  Please not to ensure that it's only one vote per person we are requiring a login in order to vote.  It is free to sign-up for an account.  

 

 

Mike Wilkinson, Wisconsin Heights – Ended his prep career with 1,510 points and won Mr. Basketball, AP Player of the year and all-state as a senior when he averaged over 30 points per game. 

 

 

Devin Harris, Wauwatosa East – Mr. Basketball & AP POY as a senior when he tallied 582 points.  Scored 1082 points for his prep career.  

 

Travis Diener, Fond du Lac – 1515 career points including 516 as a senior when he was first team all-state.  Second team all-stater as a junior and started as a freshman on Fondy's state tournament team in 1998.  

 

 

Greg Brown, Milwaukee Vincent – Led Vincent to state titles in his sophomore and junior years and helped the Vikings compile a 72-6 record in his three years as a starter.  Was awarded Mr. Basketball and all-state honors as a senior when he compiled over 500 points and finished his career with 1123.

 

Steve Novak, Brown Deer – Tallied over 1700 points for his career, 524 as a senior when he averaged over 20 points per game and led the Falcons to state.  Earned first team all-state honors as a junior and senior and was Parkland Conference player of the year three times.

 

 

Brian Butch, Appleton West – Mr. Basketball as a senior, AP Player of the Year and first team all-stater as a junior and senior.  Led the Terrors to the state tournament as a junior and senior and holds the record for most points scored in a state tournament game (45).  McDonald's All-American who tallied 1,461 points.

 

John Krull, Marshall – Led the Cardinals to three state tournament appearances, taking home the gold ball his junior year.  Part of the 2000 point club with over 2094 points, good for 17th all-time.  Third team all-state as a freshman and sophomore, 2nd team as a junior and senior.

 

 

Greg Stiemsma, Randolph – Held down the middle for Randolph on three consecutive state title runs as a sophomore, junior and senior.  Was first team all-state as a junior but spent most of his senior season out with an injury.  Finished up with 992 career points and blocked 33 shots in six career state tournament games including a game high of 12.  

 

Dupree Fletcher, Milwaukee King – Lead guard for the Generals on their 2003 and 2004 state championship teams.  In the 2004 title game he put up 29 points to go along with six steals as he spearheaded a defense that caused 26 Madison Memorial turnovers.  AP Player of the Year as a senior, finished his career with 1144 points and was all-state in both his junior and senior years. 

 

 

Wesley Matthews, Madison Memorial – Led the Spartans to their first state title during his senior year and a trip to the title game during his junior campaign.  Scored 1,322 points in his career and was named Mr. Basketball as a senior when he was also first team all-state.  

 

Ryan Tillema, Randolph – Won four straight state titles with the Rockets, the only state player to ever do so.  His Randolph teams went 101-6 during his time there.  Finished his career with 1,516 points and was a two-time first team all-state selection. 

 

Marcus Landry, Milwaukee Vincent – Two-time first team all-state selection who led the Vikings to the state tournament as a junior and senior.   Averaged around 16 points per game his junior and seniors seasons and shot a shade over 60% from the field.

 

Walter Blount Jr, Dominican – Lead guard for Dominican's first and second WIAA state championships.  During his senior campaign the Knights went 25-0 and defeated D1 state champ Madison Memorial and D2 state champ Racine St. Cat's during the regular season.  First team all-stater as a senior and scored 1429 points in his career.  

 

 

Jerry Smith, Wauwatosa East – Holds the career scoring record at Tosa East with 1,673 points during his four year career for the Red Raiders.    Was the only person ever honored as first team all-state three times and was the AP Player of the Year in 2006. 

 

 

Keaton Nankivil, Madison Memorial – Was a fixture in the middle for a Spartan squad that made state and won conference in each of his four seasons when his teams went 91-7 overall.  First team all-state as a junior and senior and was honored with the distinction of being Co-Mr. Basketball and AP player of the year as a senior.  During his senior campaign he put up over 400 points, 250 boards and 125 blocks.

 

Tim Jarmusz, Oshkosh West – Led the Wildcats to back-to-back state titles in his junior and senior seasons, scoring 25 of their 50 points in the title game his senior year.  First team all-state as a senior and over 1000 points scored in his three year varsity career.  

 

Scott Christopherson, Melrose-Mindoro & Aquinas – Led Aquinas to a Runner-up finish during his junior season.  Spent the first two years of his career at Melrose-Mindoro and between the two schools tallied 1906 career points.  Named first team all-state and Co-Mr. Basketball as a senior and second team all-state as a junior. 

 

 

Kwamain Mitchell, Dominican – First team all-state as a senior and third-team as a junior.  A four year player with 1488 points for his career, the most in Dominican history.  Won a state title with Dominican as a freshman and took the team back to the state tournament as a senior.  

 

 

Jeronne Maymon, Madison Memorial – A four year player who made trips to state each year, lead Memorial to the state title in 2009 and runner-up finishes in 2006 & 2008.  Finished his prep career with 1,669 points, two AP Player of the year awards, Mr. Basketball as a senior, First team all-state as a Junior & Senior and third team all-state as a Sophomore.

 

Honorable Mention:  Scott Merritt, Wauwatosa East (00); Adrian Tigert, Oshkosh West (01); Matt Rohde, Weyauwega-Fremont (01); Quincy Henderson, Madison La Follette (02); Jonte Flowers, Madison La Follette (03);  Michael Nelson, Madison Memorial (04); Kyle Weaver, Beloit (04); Michael Flowers, Madison La Follette (04); Trevon Hughes, St. John's (06);  Andy Polka, Oshkosh West (06);  Dan Tillema, Randolph (07); James Haarsma, St. Cats (07); Diante Garrett, Milwaukee Vincent (07); Korie Lucious, Pius / King (08); Demarcus Phillips, Milwaukee Washington (08); Jamil Wilson, Racine Horlick (09).