Carmel Christian’s Cade Tyson and Apex Friendship’s Indya Nivar are Mr. and Ms. Basketball in North Carolina for the 2021-22 high school basketball season. The Charlotte Observer has handed out the state’s top high school basketball awards since the 1984-85 season.
Tyson, a 6-foot-8 wing, averaged 23 points, 6.1 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.6 steals, leading nationally ranked Carmel Christian to the N.C. Independent Schools 4A state championship. Carmel, ranked No. 1 in the Charlotte Observer Sweet 16 and the “All-NC” poll of the state’s top teams, upset what was then the state’s highest-ranked team in the national polls, Greensboro Day, to win the crown.
Tyson had 31 points in the championship game. He has signed with Belmont. Tyson’s brother, Hunter, is a senior at Clemson.
“I think he was one of the most improved players from last year to this year,” said Rick Lewis, the founder and president of Phenom Hoop Report, a N.C. scouting service.
“He’s an efficient three-point shooter and he’s really improved with creating his shot off the bounce. And outside of being just a great basketball player, he’s an outstanding young man and has his priorities in order. He’s really grounded and could’ve gone to higher level bout went to a level where he could have the most success, at Belmont.”
PREVIOUS MR. BASKETBALL WINNERS
2020-21: Terquavion Smith (Farmville Central)
2019-20: Tristan Maxwell (North Mecklenburg)
2018-19: Wendell Moore (Cox Mill)
2017-18: Coby White (Greenfield School)
2016-17: Lavar Batts (Concord Robinson)
2015-16: Edrice Adebayo (High Point Christian)
2014-15: Brandon Ingram (Kinston)
2013-14: Theo Pinson (High Point Christian)
2012-13: Isaiah Hicks Oxford Webb
2011-: Rodney Purvis Raleigh Upper Room
2010-11: Terry Whisnant Cherryville
2009-10: Reggie Bullock Kinston
2008-09: Mason Plumlee Arden Christ School
2007-08: Ty Walker Wilmington N. Hanover
2006-07: Demontez Stitt Butler
2005-06: Will Graves Greensboro Dudley
2004-05: Kevin Swinton Greensboro Dudley
2003-04: Anthony Morrow Charlotte Latin
2002-03: Chris Paul West Forsyth
2001-02: Shavlik Randolph Raleigh Broughton
2000-01: A. Richardson Raleigh Leesville Rd.
1999-00: Scooter Sherrill West Rowan
1998-99: Jason Parker West Charlotte
1997-98: Kris Lang Gastonia Huss
1996-97: Jenis Grindstaff McDowell
1995-96: Vincent Whitt Greensboro Dudley
1994-95: Antawn Jamison Providence
1993-94: Ishua Benjamin Concord
1992-93: Jeff Capel Hope Mills South View
1991-92: Todd Fuller Charlotte Christian
1990-91: Donald Williams Garner
1989-90: Rodney Rogers Durham Hillside
1988-89: Bryant Feggins Win.-Salem Glenn
1987-88: Kenny Williams Eliz. City N’eastern
1986-87: Henrik Rodl Chapel Hill
1985-86: Robert Brickey Fayetteville Smith
1984-85: Chucky Brown North Brunswick
Tyson, a 6-foot-8 wing, averaged 23 points, 6.1 rebounds, 1.9 assists and 1.6 steals, leading nationally ranked Carmel Christian to the N.C. Independent Schools 4A state championship. Carmel, ranked No. 1 in the Charlotte Observer Sweet 16 and the “All-NC” poll of the state’s top teams, upset what was then the state’s highest-ranked team in the national polls, Greensboro Day, to win the crown.
Tyson had 31 points in the championship game. He has signed with Belmont. Tyson’s brother, Hunter, is a senior at Clemson.
“I think he was one of the most improved players from last year to this year,” said Rick Lewis, the founder and president of Phenom Hoop Report, a N.C. scouting service.
“He’s an efficient three-point shooter and he’s really improved with creating his shot off the bounce. And outside of being just a great basketball player, he’s an outstanding young man and has his priorities in order. He’s really grounded and could’ve gone to higher level bout went to a level where he could have the most success, at Belmont.”
PREVIOUS MR. BASKETBALL WINNERS
2020-21: Terquavion Smith (Farmville Central)
2019-20: Tristan Maxwell (North Mecklenburg)
2018-19: Wendell Moore (Cox Mill)
2017-18: Coby White (Greenfield School)
2016-17: Lavar Batts (Concord Robinson)
2015-16: Edrice Adebayo (High Point Christian)
2014-15: Brandon Ingram (Kinston)
2013-14: Theo Pinson (High Point Christian)
2012-13: Isaiah Hicks Oxford Webb
2011-: Rodney Purvis Raleigh Upper Room
2010-11: Terry Whisnant Cherryville
2009-10: Reggie Bullock Kinston
2008-09: Mason Plumlee Arden Christ School
2007-08: Ty Walker Wilmington N. Hanover
2006-07: Demontez Stitt Butler
2005-06: Will Graves Greensboro Dudley
2004-05: Kevin Swinton Greensboro Dudley
2003-04: Anthony Morrow Charlotte Latin
2002-03: Chris Paul West Forsyth
2001-02: Shavlik Randolph Raleigh Broughton
2000-01: A. Richardson Raleigh Leesville Rd.
1999-00: Scooter Sherrill West Rowan
1998-99: Jason Parker West Charlotte
1997-98: Kris Lang Gastonia Huss
1996-97: Jenis Grindstaff McDowell
1995-96: Vincent Whitt Greensboro Dudley
1994-95: Antawn Jamison Providence
1993-94: Ishua Benjamin Concord
1992-93: Jeff Capel Hope Mills South View
1991-92: Todd Fuller Charlotte Christian
1990-91: Donald Williams Garner
1989-90: Rodney Rogers Durham Hillside
1988-89: Bryant Feggins Win.-Salem Glenn
1987-88: Kenny Williams Eliz. City N’eastern
1986-87: Henrik Rodl Chapel Hill
1985-86: Robert Brickey Fayetteville Smith
1984-85: Chucky Brown North Brunswick
