Staff reports

John Petty of Huntsville’s Mae Jemison High School and Bianca Jackson of Montgomery’s Brewbaker Tech won the state’s biggest high school basketball awards Tuesday.

Petty was named Mr. Basketball for a second straight season, while Jackson won Miss Basketball. 

The awards are presented by Alfa and named by the Alabama Sports Writers Association. They were announced at a luncheon banquet at the Renaissance Montgomery Hotel & Spa at the Convention Center.

Petty led Jemison — a first-year school — to a state championship, averaging 20.7 points, 7.7 rebounds and 5.6 assists. The Jaguars, coached by Jack Doss, finished 33-4.

Petty, an Alabama signee, won Mr. Basketball last season in the final year of J.O. Johnson, which closed last summer. Jemison opened last fall.

He’s just the third to win Mr. Basketball twice. Trevor Lacey won it for since-closed Butler in 2010-11 and Ronald Steele with John Carroll in 2003-04.

Petty also is the Class 5A player of the year for a third time. He’s just the 12th player in state history to win at least three player of the year awards.

Jackson, a South Carolina signee, averaged 24.8 points per game as a senior and finished her Brewbaker Tech career with 2,177 points.

Jackson also averaged 7.8 rebounds and 5.2 assists to help the Rams reach at least 18 wins for an eighth straight season. Brewbaker Tech, coached by Cynthia Thompson, was 19-9.

Jackson recorded three triple-doubles, including one 58-point outburst that tied for fifth in AHSAA history. She had 58 points on 19-of-31 shooting with 12 rebounds and 10 assists in a January win at Greenville.

Both Petty and Jackson were four-time first-team All-State players in their careers. Petty was just the sixth boy and Jackson the 18th girl in ASWA history to be at least a four-time first-teamer.

MR. BASKETBALL

John Petty, Mae Jemison

MISS BASKETBALL

Bianca Jackson, Brewbaker Tech

SUPER 5

(top five players regardless of classification)

BOYS — 13 voters

John Petty, Mae Jemison — 65 points (13 first-place votes)

Trendon Watford, Mountain Brook — 38

Alex Reese, Pelham — 36

Herb Jones, Hale County — 27

Diante Wood, Sacred Heart — 11

GIRLS — 14 voters

Bianca Jackson, Brewbaker Tech — 65 (9)

Unique Thompson, Faith Academy — 27 (1)

Maori Davenport, Charles Henderson — 25 (2)

Ajah Wayne, Homewood — 23 (2)

Haley Troup, Gadsden City — 15

CLASS PLAYERS OF THE YEAR

7A boys: Trendon Watford, Mountain Brook

7A girls: Haley Troup, Gadsden City

6A boys: Alex Reese, Pelham

6A girls: Ajah Wayne, Homewood

5A boys: John Petty, Mae Jemison

5A girls: Bianca Jackson, Brewbaker Tech

4A boys: Herb Jones, Hale County

4A girls: Queen Ford, Sipsey Valley

3A boys: Shy Cunningham, Midfield

3A girls: Allie Craig Cruce, Lauderdale County

2A boys: Anquaevious Pollard, LaFayette

2A girls: Kirstin Brown, Tanner

1A boys: Diante Wood, Sacred Heart

1A girls: River Baldwin, Pleasant Home

AISA boys: Artavious Billups, Macon-East

AISA girls: Tazsa Garrett-Hammett, Springwood