Last season, we recognized the first-ever Mr. and Miss Texas Basketball Players of the Year with Crosby's PJ Haggerty and Gruver's Bailey Maupin. This year, we plan to do the same at season's end. Here is an early list of potential candidates that we have our eyes on heading into the 2022-23 season. Please not, this is merely a preliminary list and not used to determine our finalist nominees at season's end.

Mr. Texas Basketball Watchlist

Wesley Yates – Beaumont United
Brady Wasurick – Caddo Mills
Jaylen Trester – Carter-Riverside
Gio Guitteriez - Canutillo
Jmaury Davis – Clarendon
Luke Monroe – Coldspring-Oakhurst
Joseph Tugler – Cy Falls
MJ Thomas – Denton
Ron Holland – Duncanville
KJ Lewis – Duncanville
Jaland Lowe – Fort Bend Marshall
Daniel Perez – El Paso Hanks
Josh Booth – Hedley
Keanu Dawes – Houston Stratford
Kenneth Lewis – Houston Washington
Ethan Moya – La Joya
Cooper Gracey - LaPoynor
Tre Johnson – Dallas Lake Highlands
Nazar Mahmoud – Leander Rouse
Travon McCaslin – Lorenzo
TJ Moreland – Mineola
Jadyn Toppin – Oak Cliff Faith Family
Kristopher Jones – Port Aransas
Chancellor White – Richmond Foster
Malik Presley – San Marcos
Jared Harris - Silsbee
Dre’lon Miller – Silsbee
Zayden High – Smithson Valley
Matthew Soto – Somerset
Jace Posey – Strake Jesuit
Jehmel Rice - Teague
Terry Bussey – Timpson
TJ Burch – Trinity Leadership
Finley Bizjack – Trophy Club Byron Nelson
Carson Brown – Van Alstyne
Kanon Gibson – Wink

Miss Texas Basketball

Melinda Winston – Alief Hastings
Katie Johnson – Anna
Carrah Davis – Beeville Jones
Kayanna Cox – Caddo Mills
Jules LaMendola – Coppell
Victoria Flores – Duncanville
Emma Lucio – Edinburg Vela
Jaelyn Morrison – El Paso Hanks
McKinna Brackens – Fairfield
Shadasia Brackens – Fairfield
Brooklyn Jaeger – Fayetteville
Maddie Cox – Flower Mound
Jalynn Bristow – Holliday
D’Asia Thomas – Houston Christian
Loghan Johnson – Houston Christian
Crystal Hayes – Houston Madison
Aniya Foy – Katy Cinco Ranch
Justice Carlton – Katy Seven Lakes
Cydney Newsom – Medina
Kylie Marshall – Mansfield Lake Ridge
Amarachi Kimpson – Little Elm
Aaliyah Chavez – Lubbock Monterey
Kelly Mora – Lubbock Monterey
Calyssa Sevier – Lytle
Gwen McGrew – Pasadena Memorial
Rylee Grays – Pearland
Brenom Brown - Pollok Central
Arianna Roberson – San Antonio Clark
Asia Prudhomme – San Antonio East Central
Janiah Perkins – San Antonio Highlands
Sammie Wagner – San Antonio Reagan
Annalia Cuellar – San Antonio Stevens
Elysa Martinez – Ackerly Sands
Adhel Tac – South Grand Prairie
Brinklee Dauenhauer – Springtown
Katelyn Kabrich – Tomball Memorial
Kiyah Parr – Waco La Vega
Faith Acker – Winnsboro