Tulsa, OK (April 10th, 2025) – VYPE Magazine and Shelter Insurance are proud to announce the 2024-25 Mr. and Miss Basketball Oklahoma Award winners are Jalen Montonati from Owasso High School and McKenzie Mathurin from Broken Arrow High School.
The Shelter Insurance Mr. and Miss Basketball award recognizes the outstanding efforts Montonati, and Mathurin gave this season. Montonati and Mathurin join a distinguished list of players named to the top honor in the state of Oklahoma.
During the 2024-25 season, Montonati averaged 23.3 points, 6.0 rebounds, and 3.0 assists per game. Montonati helped the Rams to the Class 6A state tournament. Montonati is nationally ranked in the top 10 for the class of 2026. Montonati is the second player from Owasso High School to win the award and the first player since Trae Young to win back-to-back Mr. Basketball awards.
The five finalists for the 2024-25 Shelter Insurance Mr. Basketball Oklahoma award were Jalen Montonati – Owasso, Cal Furnish – Crossings Christian, Jacques Mitchell – Booker T. Washington, Jett Mueggenborg – Okarche, and Davon Scott – OKC Douglass.
“To go back-to-back and still have one season of prep basketball is amazing. Congrats to Jalen for following in the footsteps of a great player like Trae Young. Let’s go!” VYPE Publisher Austin Chadwick.
Previous Shelter Insurance Mr. and Miss Basketball Oklahoma winners include;
Boys – Stevie Clark – Douglass (2012-13), Chauncey Collins – OKC Storm (2013-14), Shake Milton – Owasso (2014-15), Trae Young – Norman North (2015-16), Trae Young – Norman North (2016-17), Kalib Boone – Tulsa Memorial (2017-18), Jett Sternberger – Kingfisher (2018-19), Bryce Thompson – Booker T. Washington (2019-20), Bijan Cortes – Kingfisher (2020-21), Jai’Von “JV” Seat – Edmond Memorial (2021-22), Dayton Forsythe – Dale (2022-23), and Jalen Montonati – Owasso (2023-24).
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This season McKenzie Mathurin was instrumental in helping Broken Arrow to the state semifinals. Mathurin averaged 23.1 points, 5.4 rebounds, 2.0 steals and 2.8 assists per game. Mathurin is committed to the University of Michigan. Mathurin is the second player from Broken Arrow High School to win the award. Toree Thompson won the award in 2013-14.
The five finalists for the 2023-24 Shelter Insurance Miss Basketball Oklahoma award were McKenzie Mathurin – Broken Arrow, Keeley Parks – Norman, Kyiah Prestridge – Westmoore, Allyssa Parker – Pocola, and Henley West – Hammon.
“It was a tough field of great players this year. Congrats to Broken Arrow’s McKenzie Mathurin on a great season. You did Tiger Nation proud. Mathurin is a great representative for the Shelter Insurance Miss Basketball Oklahoma award,” said VYPE Magazine’s Brad Heath.
Girls – Lakota Beatty – Anadarko (2012-13), Toree Thompson – Broken Arrow (2013-14), Rylie Torrey – Locust Grove (2014-15), Ana Llanusa – Choctaw (2015-16), Jaden Hobbs – Alva (2016-17), Jessi Murcer – Westmoore (2017-18), Jalei Oglesby – Howe (2018-19), Aaliyah Moore – Moore (2019-20), Kelbie Washington – Norman (2020-21), Darianna Littlepage-Buggs – Classen SAS (2021-22), Stailee Heard – Sapulpa (2022-23), and Caya Smith – Putnam City West (2023-24).
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