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Press Release – Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association
For immediate release: March 20, 2024
Ottawa-Glandorf’s Colin White named Ohio’s Mr. Basketball
Senior committed to Ohio State has helped lead the Titans to the Final Four all four years of his career.
Columbus, Ohio – Ottawa-Glandorf High School senior Colin White was named Ohio’s 2024 Mr. Basketball on Wednesday by the Ohio Prep Sportswriters Association.
White has helped lead the Titans to the OHSAA state tournament all four years of his high school career. They will face Canal Winchester Harvest Prep at 5:15 pm Friday in a Division III state semifinal. He was a first-team All-Ohio selection as a sophomore and junior, and this season’s honors will be announced next week.
Cleveland Heights Lutheran East senior Jesse McCulloch was second and Garfield Heights sophomore Marcus Johnson finished third. Other finalists included Malvern senior J’Allen Barrino, Shelby senior Alex Bruskotter, Westerville South senior Kruz McClure, Cincinnati senior Tyler McKinley Winton Woods, Hayden Louisville senior Nigro and Camden Preble Shawnee senior Mason Shrout.
In the statewide voting process conducted by OPSWA members, three points were awarded for first place, two for second and one for third. White scored 81 points and McCulloch 59 points.
Now in its 37th year, the prestigious Mr. Basketball award was first awarded by the Associated Press in 1988. It has been voted on by the Ohio Prep Sports Writers Association since 2017.
Colin White added to Ohio basketball all-time list
By Jim Naveau, The Lima News
OTTAWA – Colin White knows a little about the history of the Mr. Basketball award.
Now, the 6-foot-6 Ottawa-Glandorf standout is part of that history after being voted Ohio’s 2024 Mr. Basketball by the Ohio Prep Sports Writers Association.
When asked about his knowledge of former Mr. Basketball winners not named LeBron James, White responded without hesitation: “Malaki Branham, Gabe Cupps, Devin Royal, Jamar Butler and Greg Simpson.”
White has averaged 24.9 points, 8.2 rebounds, 3.1 assists and 2.6 steals per game this season for OG (24-3) heading into its Division III state semifinal against Canal Winchester Harvest Prep on Friday at the University of Dayton Arena.
With 1,995 career points, he is five points away from becoming the first Ottawa-Glandorf player and the first Putnam County player to score 2,000 points.
He has already been selected to the Division III All-Ohio first team twice and will receive that honor for the third time when this year’s All-Ohio teams are announced next week.
Ottawa-Glandorf has reached the state boys basketball tournament all four years of White’s career. The Titans were state runners-up last season and in 2022 and have a 94-15 record over the past four seasons.
Next season, White will wear an Ohio State uniform after signing with the Buckeyes in November. He chose OSU over Butler, Northwestern, Cincinnati and TCU and recently reaffirmed his commitment to the Buckeyes after Jake Diebler was hired to replace Chris Holtmann.
Cleveland Heights Lutheran East’s Jesse McCulloch, who signed with Michigan State, came in second behind White in Mr. Basketball voting. The other finalists were J’Allen Barrino (Malvern), Alex Bruskotter (Shelby), Marcus Johnson (Garfield Heights), Kruz McClure (Westerville South), Tyler McKinney (Cincinnati Winton Woods), Hayden Nigro (Louisville) and Mason Shrout (Preble Shawnee).
He said his feeling the moment he found out he was joining the list of Mr. Basketball winners was “kind of a sense of accomplishment.”
“It’s something you heard about growing up,” White said. “You want to win. It’s something you dream of winning and hearing that I won is really cool. It’s a great feeling. “It’s one of the best feelings of the high school experience.”
White is Northwestern Ohio’s first Mr. Basketball since Lima Senior’s Xavier Simpson in 2016. This is the 14th time an Ohio State recruit has won this award in the 37 years it has been awarded.
Improving his shot in his final two seasons of high school basketball played a big role in earning his offer from Ohio State, White said.
His plans for this summer begin with “continuing to work on my body.”
“I feel like I have a pretty good structure, but I still need to fill out certain areas,” he said.
Ottawa-Glandorf coach Tyson McGlaughlin said: “I get chills running through my body just thinking about it.
“A lot of times I feel like we get overlooked here in Northwest Ohio, especially in our area. Seeing one of our own recognized at the highest level is just a feeling like I’ve never been a part of it. There are a lot of really good players. For me, he distinguished himself by giving his best on the highest stages.”
A regular on his high school’s honor roll, White played four sports (baseball, basketball, football and soccer) until his sophomore year.
His mother, Sandy White, a first-team Division III All-American at Capital University who scored 2,248 points in his college career, thought baseball, not basketball, would become her son’s sport when he was younger. .
“I never would have imagined it would be basketball,” he said. “Ever since he was little, he had a baseball mitt in his hand and he would throw a baseball over and over again. Probably around 8th grade, he really developed a love for basketball in full swing. He worked tirelessly on it and here we are.”
Colin White said: “Baseball was my favorite sport. I started getting a little taller, a little lankier, a little faster, and basketball became the sport I was best at. After the first year, it took over my life and I thought, ‘Man, I really love this sport.’ I took it and moved on from there, and now basketball is my life. It’s just something I love to do.”
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Ohio Mr. Basketball Winners
2024 – Colin White, Ottawa-Glandorf
2023 – Devin Royal, Pickerington Center
2022 – Gabe Cupps, Centerville
2021 – Malaki Branham, Akron St. Vincent-St. Maria
2020 – VonCameron Davis, Columbus Walnut Ridge
2019 – Samari Curtis, Xenia
2018 – Dane Goodwin, Upper Arlington
2017 – Kaleb Wesson, Westerville South
2016 – Xavier Simpson, Lima Senior
2015 – Luke Kennard, Franklin High School
2014 – Luke Kennard, Franklin High School
2013 – Marc Loving, Jesuit of San Juan de Toledo
2012 – Justin Fritts, mentor
2011 – Trey Burke, North Columbus Region
2010 – Jared Sullinger, North Columbus Region
2009 – Jared Sullinger, North Columbus Region
2008 – William Buford, Toledo Libbey
2007 – Jon Diebler, Upper Sandusky
2006 – DO May, North College Hill
2005 – DO May, North College Hill
2004 – Jamar Butler, Lima Shawnee
2003 – LeBron James, Akron St. Vincent-St. Maria
2002 – LeBron James, Akron St. Vincent-St. Maria
2001 – LeBron James, Akron St. Vincent-St. Maria
2000 – (tie) Tony Stockman, Medina; Chester Mason, Cleveland South
1999 – Emmanuel Smith, Euclid
1998 – William “Sonny” Johnson, Garfield Heights
1997 – Kenny Gregory, Independence
1996 – Jason Collier, Springfield Catholic
1995 – Damon Stringer, Cleveland Heights
1994 – Aaron Hutchins, Lima Central Catholic
1993 – Geno Ford, Cambridge
1992 – Greg Simpson, Lima senior
1991 – Greg Simpson, Lima senior
1990 – Bob Patton Jr., Freedom of Youngstown
1989 – Jimmy Jackson, Toledo Macomber
1988 – Jimmy Jackson, Toledo Macomber
Ohio teams announced
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