Tennessee signee DeWayne Brown and highly recruited Oxford junior Jaylen Alexander headline the finalists for the Alabama Sports Writers Association’s boys basketball Player of the Year in each classification.
The ASWA prep committee selects three finalists from five first-team All-State players in each AHSAA classification and in the AISA. Each of those finalists is invited to the annual Player of the Year banquet sponsored by Alfa Insurance and the Alabama High School Athletic Directors and Coaches Association.
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This year’s banquet will be held April 17 at the Montgomery Renaissance.
Brown powered Hoover to a 35-0 record and the Class 7A state title. He averaged 14.5 points and 10.1 rebounds per game. He is the only 2025 boys finalist who has a chance to repeat as player of the year in his classification.
Alexander averaged 18.8 points, 6 assists and 5 rebounds for the Yellow Jackets. His college offers include Auburn, Samford and UAB.
The girls and boys players of the year – along with Mr. and Miss. Basketball – will be announced at the banquet. The All-State team was announced Saturday.
Here are the 2025 boys finalists:
CLASS 7A
DeWayne Brown, Hoover
J.D. Gossett, Huntsville
Jacoby Hill, Central-Phenix City
CLASS 6A
Jaylen Alexander, Oxford
Devin Barksdale, Gadsden City
Austin Coner, Pinson Valley
CLASS 5A
Zak Cain, East Limestone
EJ King, Russellville
Jayden Williams, Ramsay
CLASS 4A
Keeyun Chapman, Jackson
Milton Jones Jr., Fairfield
Junior Smith, Dale County
CLASS 3A
Emmanuel Clarton, Sumter Central
Eli Pounders, Mars Hill Bible
Skyler Stovall, Montgomery Academy
CLASS 2A
Pearce Boone, Providence Christian
Mica Merriman, Gaston
Danilo Stojakovic, Tuscaloosa Academy
CLASS 1A
Jayden Parks, Brantley
Isiah Thomas, R.C. Hatch
John Welsh, Spring Garden
AISA
Nolan Cole, Hooper
Deshawn Hall, Valiant Cross
Tylon Shine, Evangel-Montgomery
