ANN ARBOR, Mich. – Michigan Wolverines signee Trey McKenney, a Flint native, has been named 2025 Michigan Mr. Basketball.
The ceremony for the five-star signee was held on Monday (March 10), where he told Local 4 that he was living his dream.
“Everything that I’ve dreamed of has come to fruition,” said McKenney. “I still have more to accomplish and more to do, but this is very big for me.”
With the award, McKenney, out of Orchard Lake St. Mary’s High School, became the 13th Wolverines player to be named Mr. Basketball.
Just in case you’re wondering who the other 12 players were:
- Robert Henderson, 1982 (Lansing Eastern High School)
- Antoine Joubert, 1983 (Detroit Southwestern High School)
- Glen Rice, 1985 (Flint Northwestern High School)
- Terry Mills, 1986 (Romulus High School)
- Michael Talley, 1989 (Detroit Cooley High School)
- Chris Webber, 1991 (Detroit Country Day High School)
- Willie Mitchell, 1994 (Detroit Pershing High School)
- Robert “Tractor” Traylor, 1995 (Detroit Murry-Wright High School)
- Dion Harris, 2003 (Detroit Redford High School)
- Manny Harris, 2007 (Detroit Redford High School)
- Isaiah Livers, 2017 (Kalamazoo Central High School)
- Phat Phat Brooks, 2024 (Grand Rapids Catholic Central High School)
- Trey McKenney, 2025 (Orchard Lake St. Mary’s High School
Ladies & gentlemen, your 2025 Michigan Mr. Basketball: Trey McKenney.
— Hobie Artigue (@HeyItsMeHobie) March 10, 2025
The Orchard Lake St. Mary’s star was selected by the Basketball Coaches Association of Michigan as the 45th recipient of the prestigious award.
Another impressive award for the McDonald’s All-American. pic.twitter.com/v8WcnBjqQJ
Prior to becoming Mr. Basketball, McKenney was named a McDonald’s All-American on Jan. 27, becoming the 24th Wolverines player in program history.
The 6′4″225-pound combo guard was chosen to play on the East team while becoming the first Wolverines player from the state of Michigan to be selected since former guard Kobe Bufkin.
McKenney also became the Wolverines’ first incoming recruit to be selected as an All-American since 2021, joining three future NBA Draft picks, Caleb Houston, Moussa Diabate, and Bufkin.
The 2021 showcase was canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic, so McKenney would be the first Wolverines signee to play in the All-Star game (April 1, 2025) since Daniel Horton in 2002.
McKenney was named the 2024 Michigan Associated Press Division 1 Basketball Player of the Year for a second consecutive year. He averaged a double-double of 22.8 points and 10 rebounds per game and led his team to the Division 1 State Championship.
In that game, he scored 32 points and 10 rebounds.
Michigan’s McDonald’s All-Americans:
- Tim McCormick (1980)
- Eric Turner (1981)
- Richard Rellford (1982)
- Antoine Joubert (1983)
- Gary Grant (1984)
- Rumeal Robinson,
- Terry Mills (1986)
- Sean Higgins (1987)
- Juwan Howard, Jimmy King, Jalen Rose, Chris Webber (1991)
- Bobby Crawford (1993)
- Willie Mitchell, Jerod Ward (1994)
- Louis Bullock, Robert Traylor, Albert White (1995)
- LaVell Blanchard (1999)
- Daniel Horton (2002)
- Kobe Bufkin, Moussa Diabate, Caleb Houstan (2021)
- Trey McKenney (2025)
Although McKenney is on a quest to help his current team win back-to-back state titles, his future team could use him now, ahead of the Big Ten Tournament. Guard play for the university has been a problem lately.
The No. 22 ranked Wolverines finished the season with a 22-9 overall, 14-6 Big Ten record under head coach Dusty May as the No. 3 seed where they will take on either the No. 6 seed Purdue Boilermakers, Rutgers Scarlet Knights for a third time this season or the USC Trojans Friday, March 14 at 9 p.m. inside Grainbridge Fieldhouse in Indianapolis.
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