| Year | Player | High School | College | NBA/ABA draft |
|---|
| 2024 | Josiah Moseley | Stony Point | Villanova | |
| 2023 | Tre Johnson | Lake Highlands | Texas | |
| 2022 | PJ Haggerty | Crosby | TCU→Tulsa→Memphis | |
| 2021 | Zhuric Phelps | Duncanville | SMU→Texas A&M | |
| 2020 | Greg Brown | Vandegrift | Texas | 2021 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 43rd overall by the New Orleans Pelicans |
| 2019 | Tyrese Maxey | South Garland | Kentucky | 2020 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 21st overall by the Philadelphia 76ers |
| 2018 | Quentin Grimes | College Park | Kansas→Houston | 2021 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 25th overall by the Los Angeles Clippers |
| 2017 | Cedrick Alley Jr. | Klein Forest | Houston→UTSA | |
| 2016 | Marques Bolden | DeSoto | Duke | |
| 2015 | Tyler Davis | Plano West | Texas A&M | |
| 2014 | Justise Winslow | St. John's | Duke | 2015 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 10th overall by the Miami Heat |
| 2013 | Aaron Harrison | Travis | Kentucky | |
| 2012 | Marcus Smart | Marcus | Oklahoma State | 2014 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 6th overall by the Boston Celtics |
| 2011 | Le'Bryan Nash | Lincoln | Oklahoma State | |
| 2010 | Joe Young | Yates | Houston→Oregon | 2015 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 43rd overall by the Indiana Pacers |
| 2009 | Shawn Williams | Duncanville | Texas→SMU | |
| 2008 | Willie Warren | North Crowley | Oklahoma | 2010 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 54th overall by the Los Angeles Clippers |
| 2007 | John Roberson | Plano | Texas Tech | |
| 2006 | Nic Wise | Kingwood | Arizona | |
| Darrell Arthur | South Oak Cliff | Kansas | 2008 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 27th overall by the New Orleans Hornets |
| 2005 | C. J. Miles | Skyline | (none) | 2005 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 34th overall by the Utah Jazz |
| 2004 | Jawann McClellan | Milby | Arizona | |
| 2003 | Kendrick Perkins | Ozen | (none) | 2003 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 27th overall by the Memphis Grizzlies |
| 2002 | Chris Bosh | Lincoln | Georgia Tech | 2003 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 4th overall by the Toronto Raptors |
| 2001 | Daniel Ewing | Willowridge | Duke | 2005 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 32nd overall by the Los Angeles Clippers |
| 2000 | Field Williams | Waltrip | Cincinnati | |
| 1999 | Chris Ogden | Seminole | Texas | |
| 1998 | Rashard Lewis | Alief Elsik | (none) | 1998 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 32nd overall by the Seattle SuperSonics |
| 1997 | Chris Owens | Duncanville | Tulane→Texas | 2002 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 48th overall by the Milwaukee Bucks |
| 1996 | Jerald Brown | Aldine | Texas A&M | |
| 1995 | Stanley Bonewitz | East Central | Texas Tech | |
| 1994 | Andrae Patterson | Cooper | Indiana | 1998 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 46th overall by the Minnesota Timberwolves |
| 1993 | Jimmy Smith | Victoria | Texas A&M→Weber State | |
| 1992 | Jason Sasser | Kimball | Texas Tech | 1996 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 41st overall by the Sacramento Kings |
| 1991 | Jimmy King | Plano East | Michigan | 1995 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 35th overall by the Toronto Raptors |
| 1990 | Albert Burditt | Lanier | Texas | 1993 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 53rd overall by the Houston Rockets |
| 1989 | Shaquille O'Neal | Cole | LSU | 1992 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 1st overall by the Orlando Magic |
| 1988 | Elmer Bennett | Bellaire | Notre Dame | 1992 NBA draft: 2nd Rnd, 38th overall by the Atlanta Hawks |
| 1987 | LaBradford Smith | Bay City | Louisville | 1991 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 19th overall by the Washington Bullets |
| Larry Johnson | Skyline | Odessa College→UNLV | 1991 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 1st overall by the Charlotte Hornets |
| 1986 | Anthony Allen | Memorial | Georgetown | |
| 1985 | Lance Blanks | McCullough | Virginia→Texas | 1990 NBA draft: 1st Rnd, 26th overall by the Detroit Pistons |
| 1984 | Coyle Winborn | Pampa | SMU | |