Detroit News All-State — 1980s

 

Southwestern’s Anderson Hunt was a 1987 Detroit News All-State Dream Team selection. He then went on to earn NCAA Most Oustanding Player honors for the University of Nevada-Las Vegas when the Runnin’ Rebels won the 1990 NCAA Championship. (Allsport photo)

1989
Dream Team: Michael Talley, Cooley (1989 Mr. Basketball); Chris Webber, Detroit Country Day (NBA/1991 Mr. Basketball); Dwayne Stephens, Ferndale; Sander Scott, Northport; Lou Dawkins, Saginaw; Coach Chuck Turner, Battle Creek Central
Class A
First Team: Marc White, Battle Creek Central; Maurice Brantley, Belleville; *Lorenzo Orr, Pershing; Sam Mitchell, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix; Delano Johnson, Saginaw (*-Orr played half of next year)
Second Team: Steve Honderd, Grand Rapids Christian; Jay Greene, Flint Central; Ray Schneider, Mt. Pleasant; Sean Prude, Finney; Marte Smith, Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills
Third Team: Willie Holiday, Cody; Ramsey Nichols, Benton Harbor; Robert Harris, Flint Northern; Devin Stephenson, Battle Creek Central; William Paige, Flint Northwestern
Fourth Team: Jalen Rose, Southwestern (NBA); Derwin Good, Cooley; Daniel Lyton, Cooley; Dave Klem, Temperance-Bedford; Scott Southland, Muskegon Mona Shores
Fifth Team: Anthony “Pig” Miller, Benton Harbor (NBA/Harlem Globetrotters/1990 Mr. Basketball); Von Nickleberry, Saginaw Arthur Hill; Chris Boller, Gibralter Carlson; Kareem Washington, Lansing Sexton; Jamie Cole, Grand Rapids Creston
Sixth Team: Andy Ament, Grosse Pointe South; Derrick Hall, Mackenzie; DeJuan Sewell, Pershing; Rany Grundstrom, Charlotte; Rob Brown, Saginaw Arthur Hill
Honorable Mention: LaJuan Bell, Cass Tech; Maurice Davis, Cass Tech; Clarence Box, Southeastern; Marco Britton, Redford; Reggie Cash, Cooley; Ronald Hopkins, Cooley; Thomas Crawford, Northern; Kahlil Felder, Pershing; Sean Rambus, Pershing; Greg Ingram, Murray-Wright; Andre Johnson, Finney; Voshon Lenard, Southwestern (NBA); Elton Carter, Southwestern; Carlos Rogers, Northwestern (NBA); Andy Ayrault, Grosse Pointe South; Jesse Drain, Saginaw (Harlem Globetrotter); Rayvlon Croon, Highland Park; Arnold Wilson, Highland Park. 
Class B
Third Team: Shawn Respert, Redford Bishop Borgess (NBA); Honorable Mention: Derrick Alexander, Benedictine (NFL); Rob Fredrickson, St. Joseph (NFL).
Class D
Sixth Team: Andre Mitchell, Detroit East Catholic.

1988
Dream Team: Jon Zulauf, Port Huron; Matt Steigenga, Grand Rapids South Christian (NBA/1988 Mr. Basketball); Calvin Winfield, Kalamazoo Central; Mike Peplowski, Warren DeLaSalle (NBA); Loren Clyburn, Southwestern; Coach Tom Dykema, Grand Rapids South Christian
First Team: Greg Houston, Flint Northern; Rafeal Peterson, Cooley; Justus Thigpen, Flint Northern; David Holmes, Jackson; Steve Hall, Cass Tech
Second Team: James Hunter, Southwestern; Scott Riley, Adrian; Lou Dawkins, Saginaw; Jay Zulauf, Port Huron; Delano Johnson, Saginaw
Third Team: Derrick Groce, Northern; Kevin Krohn, Midland Dow; Sam Mitchell, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix; Mike Spicer, Grand Rapids Central; David Foster, East Kentwood
Fourth Team: DeWayne Stephens, Ferndale; Casey Cammonn, Ann Arbor Pioneer; Montay Merriman, Traverse City; James Cole, Grand Rapids Creston; Dale Blassingame, Flint Northern
Fifth Team: Dana Adams, Finney; Michael Talley, Cooley (1989 Mr. Basketball); Daniel Lyton, Cooley; Freddie Darrough, Flint Northwestern; Mike Kirksey, Okemos
Sixth Team: Jay Greene, Flint Central; Shawn Wimberly, Wayne Memorial; Steve Sheckell, Birmingham Seaholm; Pete Hoffman, Midland Dow; Robert Elam, Central
Honorable Mention: Maurice Davis, Cass Tech; Louis Flowers, Cass Tech; Derrick Hall, Mackenzie; David Fluker, Mackenzie, DuJuane Anderson, Osborn; Mussana Evans, Henry Ford; Willie Holiday, Cody; Sean Prude, Finney; Kevin Williams, Southwestern; Ty Hallock, Greenville (NFL); Steve Avery, Taylor Kennedy (MLB); Kirk Lowry, Grosse Pointe North; Carlos Lewis, Highland Park. 
Class B
Third Team: Courtney Hawkins, Flint Beecher (NFL).
Class C
First Team: Tony Tolbert, Detroit DePorres (Harlem Globetrotters); Third Team: Chris Webber, Detroit Country Day (NBA/1991 Mr. Basketball); Honorable Mention: Derrick Alexander, Benedictine (NFL).
Class D
Fifth Team: Otis Evans, Detroit East Catholic; Honorable Mention: Andre Mitchell, East Catholic.

1987
Dream Team: Mark Macon, Saginaw Buena Vista (NBA/1987 Mr. Basketball); Anderson Hunt, Southwestern; Lyman DePriest, Highland Park; Steve Smith, Pershing (NBA); Matt Steigenga, Grand Rapids South Christian (NBA/1988 Mr. Basketball); Coach Ben Kelso, Cooley
Class A
First Team: Anthony Buford, Flint Central; Tony Warren, Battle Creek Central; Darryl Reed, Saginaw; Victor Alexander, Denby (NBA); Jim Paul, East Lansing
Second Team: Doug Smith, Mackenzie (NBA/Harlem Globetrotters); Demetrius Calip, Flint Northern (NBA); Alex Doxie, Niles; Mike Davenport, Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills; Jeff Marerle, Traverse City
Third Team: Doyle Callahan, Southwestern; Earl Stark, Cooley; Jon Zulauf, Port Huron; David Holmes, Jackson; Steve Hawley, Westland John Glenn
Fourth Team: Curtis Cuthpert, Flint Nortern; Carl Thomas, Lansing Everett (NBA); Ronald Thompson, Flint Northern; David Foster, East Kentwood; Juan Street, Romulus
Fifth Team: Andre Sasser, Cody; Johnny Woodson, Mackenzie; Mark Brisker, Henry Ford; Jim Twigg, Sterling Heights; Tom Lick, Lansing Eastern
Sixth Team: Paul Morgan, Niles; Mark Judge, Berkley; Mark Robinson, Wayne Memorial; Corey Robinson, Saginaw Arthur Hill; Steve VanOss, Holland
Honorable Mention: Phenix McArthur, Western; Darnell Dickerson, King; Darian McKinney, Lansing Sexton (NFL); Mike Peplowski, Warren DeLaSalle (NBA); Erik Wilson, Henry Ford; Charles Thomas, Lansing Everett (NBA); Daniel Lyton, Cooley; Yamen Sanders, Cooley; Ed Patterson, Pershing; Joe Marion, Mumford; Derrick Vinyard, Southwestern; Steve Wise, Southwestern; James Hunter, Southwestern; Kevin Robertson, Finney; Titus Williams, Finney.
Class B
First Team: Lorenzo Neely, Northern; 6th Team: Courtney Hawkins, Flint Beecher (NFL); Honorable Mention: Jose Lewis, Northern; Derrick Groce, Northern; Robert Johnson, Renaissance.
Class C
Sixth Team: Tony Tolbert, Detroit DePorres (Harlem Globetrotters).
Class D
First Team: Richard Gamble, Detroit East Catholic; Third Team: Marion Irvin, East Catholic; Honorable Mention: Otis Evans, Detroit East Catholic.
 
1986
Dream Team: Terry Mills, Romulus (NBA/1986 Mr. Basketball); Anthony Pendleton, Flint Northwestern; Derrick Coleman, Northern (NBA); Mark Macon, Saginaw Buena Vista (NBA/1987 Mr. Basketball); Willie Burton, Detroit DePorres (NBA); Coach Perry Watson, Southwestern
Class A
First Team: Nathan Buntin, Murray-Wright; Tarence Wheeler, Southwestern; Leonard Thomas, Mt. Clemens; Lyman DePriest, Highland Park; Damon Patterson, Kalamazoo Central
Second Team: Tony Warren, Battle Creek Central; Curtis Cuthpert, Flint Northern; Kevin Rice, Flint Northwestern; Ed Whitacker, Clarkston; Herb Schoepke, Lansing Everett
Third Team: Lee Coward, Murray-Wright; Chris Brawley, Niles; Terry Reed, Saginaw; Reggie Britt, Flint Carmen-Ainsworth; Anthony Buford, Flint Central
Fourth Team: Doug Smith, Mackenzie (NBA/Harlem Globetrotters); Rick Anderson, North Farmington; Stacy Davis, Ferndale; Michael Davenport, Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills; Tony Hamilton, Pontiac Central
Fifth Team: Darnell Dickerson, King; David Foster, East Kentwood; Darryl Summers, Muskegon; Robert Neely, Mumford; Steve Glenn, Romulus
Sixth Team: Anderson Hunt, Southwestern; Bill Gibbs, Lansing Eastern; Paul Lauer, Midland Dow; Jamie Billups, Grand Rapids Central; Mike Pomeroy, Muskegon
Honorable Mention: Johnny Woodson, Mackenzie; Derrick Vinyard, Southwestern; Doyle Callahan, Southwestern; Darryl Brooks, Mumford; Joe Marion, Mumford; Jerome Taylor, Chadsey; Joe Blankenship, Murray-Wright; Connell Lewis, Cass Tech; Shoron Cooper, Osborn; Derrrick Newsome, Kettering; Lorenzo Gibbs, Kettering; Hosea Otis, Pershing; Joe Conley, Cooley; Raphael Williams, Cody; Erik Wilson, Henry Ford; Willie Green, Central; Duan Tate, Northwestern; “January” Jackie Jones (Philips), King; Derrick Jefferson, King (professional boxer); Mike Peplowski, Warren DeLaSalle (NBA); Sean Bruce, Grosse Pointe South; Tyrone Freeman, Highland Park; Lem Jones, Highland Park; Lenier Payton, Highland Park.
Class B
First Team: Matt Steigenga, Grand Rapid South Christian (NBA/1988 Mr. Basketball); Steve Scheffler, Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern (NBA); Coach Norwaine Reed, Saginaw Buena Vista (Coach Reed is a Southwestern alumnus); Third Team: Donald Buckley, Northern; Fifth Team: Johnny Williams, Northern; Honorable Mention: James Lakes, Renaissance; Jose Lewis, Northern; Lorenzo Neely, Northern; Barry Hardy, Inkster (Harlem Globetrotters); Courtney Hawkins, Flint Beecher (NFL).
Class D
First Team:Lewis Acuff, Detroit East Catholic; Third Team: Brandon “Bo” Neely, Detroit East Catholic; Sixth Team: Marlon Tinnon, Detroit East Catholic; Honorable Mention: Anthony Bell, Detroit East Catholic.
 
1985
Dream Team: Glen Rice, Flint Northwestern (NBA/1985 Mr. Basketball); Terry Mills, Romulus (NBA/1986 Mr. Basketball); Terence Greene, Flint Central; Roy Marble, Flint Beecher (NBA); B.J. Armstrong, Birminham Brother Rice (NBA); Coach Ed Rachal, Detroit DePorres
Class A
First Team: John McIntyre, Detroit Catholic Central; Andre Rison, Flint Northwestern (NFL); Loy Vaught, East Kentwood (NBA); Derrick Richmond, Mackenzie; John Jimmerman, Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills
Second Team: Jeff McCool, Sterling Heights Stevenson; Anthony Pendleton, Flint Northwestern; Maurice Poole, Jackson; Sam Sillmon, Southwestern; Darren Munson, Bloomfield Hills Lahser
Third Team: Daryl Miller, Flint Northwestern; Denell Dismuke, Lansing Eastern; Brad Sutton, Grand Rapids Union; Nathan Buntin, Murray-Wright; Curtis Kidd, Cooley
Fourth Team: Al Ament, Grosse Pointe South; Johnny Slater, Southwestern; Darryl Spinks, Finney; Terry Reed, Saginaw; Joe Gregory, Redford Bishop Borgess
Fifth Team: Leonard Thomas, Mt. Clemens; Mike Weaver, Romeo; Kevin Brown, Grand Rapids Ottawa Hills; Andy McGuire, Warren DeLaSalle; Pollis Robertson, Wayne
Sixth Team: Scooter Tropf, Holt; Eric McLaughlin, Grand Rapids Creston; Chip Rowe, Grand Haven; Amos Brown, Pontiac Northern; Reggie Britt, Flint Carmen-Ainsworth
Honorable Mention: LaMart Brown, King; Darnell Dickerson, King; “January” Jackie Jones (Philips), King; Rodney Heard, Cody;  Rodney Lewis, Kettering; Ken Rice, Kettering; Richard Legreair, Northwestern; Michael Barnett, Northwestern; Ted McCree, Mackenzie; Mario Pearson, Mackenzie; Kevin Lucas, Mackenzie; Derek Williams, Mackenzie; Lee Coward, Murray-Wright; Theodis Pearson, Murray-Wright; Darren Brown, Southeastern; Johnny Johnson, Southwestern; Adrian Robards, Southwestern; Tarence Wheeler, Southwestern; Dennis Ross, Finney; Connell Lewis, Cass Tech; Desmond Clifton, Redford; Moses Moss, Redford; Phoenix McArthur, Western; Joe Conley, Cooley; William Taylor, Henry Ford; Art “Wizard” Szymanski, Grosse Pointe North; John Smoltz, Lansing Waverly (MLB); Phil Cooper, Highland Park; Lyman DePriest, Highland Park; Roland Merchant, Highland Park.
Class B
First Team: Mark Macon, Saginaw Buena Vista (NBA/1987 Mr. Basketball); Carl Brown, Renaissance; Second Team: Derrick Coleman, Northern (NBA); Fourth Team: Steve Scheffler, Grand Rapids Forest Hills Northern (NBA); Honorable Mention: James Lake, Renaissance; Donald Buckley, Northern; Douglas Gaston, Northern.
Class C
First Team: Negele Knight, Detroit DePorres (NBA); Second Team: Willie Burton, Detroit DePorres (NBA)
Class D
Second Team: Anthony Bell, Detroit East Catholic; Brandon “Bo” Neely, Detroit East Catholic; Fourth Team: Lewis Acuff, Detroit East Catholic. 

1984
Dream Team: Demetreus Gore, Chadsey (1984 Mr. Basketball); Clarence “Bill” Jones, Southwestern (NBA); Gary Thompkins, Jackson; Glynn Blackwell, Highland Park; Terence Greene, Flint Central; Coach Grover Kirkland, Flint Northwestern
Class A
First Team: Jeff Grayer, Flint Northwestern (NBA); Michael “Pops” Sims, Grand Rapids Union; B.J. Armstrong, Brother Rice (NBA); Glen Rice, Flint Northwestern (NBA/1985 Mr. Basketball); John McIntyre, Detroit Catholic Central; Coach Perry Watson, Southwestern
Second Team: Duane Marcelis, Mackenzie; Eli Parker, Pontiac Central; James Simmons, Lansing Sexton; Daniel Williams, Muskegon; Steve Dunning, Kalamazoo Central
Third Team: Lenard Collins, Chadsey; Richard Hunter, Western; Jeff McCool, Sterling Heights Stevenson; Jeff King, Lansing Sexton; Andre Wiley, Flint Southwestern
Fourth Team: Johnny Slater, Southwestern; Loy Vaught, East Kentwood (NBA); Ricky Clark, Denby; Mike Brown, Adrian; Mark Patterson, Kalamazoo Central
Fifth Team: Darrin “Boo” Feiler, Southeastern; Terry Mills, Romulus (NBA/1986 Mr. Basketball); Anthony Pendleton, Flint Northwestern; Steve Haney, Lansing Everett; Maurice Poole, Jackson
Sixth Team: Andre Rison, Flint Northwestern (NFL); Pat Hammett, Berkley; Denell Dismuke, Lansing Eastern; Jeff Dahlstrom, Grand Haven; Mike Davis, Bloomfield Hills Lahser
Honorable Mention: Marvin “Tree” Branch, Murray-Wright; Lee Coward, Murray-Wright; Nathan Buntin, Murray-Wright; Derrick Richmond, Mackenzie; Mario Person, Mackenzie; Doug Blanchard, Mackenzie; Lynn Hardy, Cooley; Curtis Kidd, Cooley; Shawnie Anderson, Central; Victor Sharpe, Central; Eric Matthews, Cass Tech; Rodney Heard, Cody; Derek Williams, King; Clarence Jones, Denby; Derrick Barden, Denby; Cliff Peterson, Denby; Chauncey Scott, Southwestern; Sam Sillmon, Southwestern; Michael Godbolt, Kettering; Ken Rice, Kettering; Darren Brown, Southeastern; Aaron Brown, Mumford; Duan Tate, Northwestern; Lydell Lucas, Henry Ford; Johnnie Bell, Henry Ford; Lakelvert Cosby, Highland Park; Greg Battle, Highland Park; Grant Long, Romulus (NBA).
Class B
First Team: Roy Marble, Flint Beecher (NBA); Fifth Team: Mark White, Renaissance; Sixth Team: Mark Macon, Buena Vista (NBA/1987 Mr. Basketball); Honorable Mention: Carl Brown, Renaissance; Mark Macon, Saginaw Buena Vista (NBA/1987 Mr. Basketball)(also listed on the sixth team).
Class C
First Team: Negele Knight, Detroit DePorres (NBA).
Class D
First Team: Darryl Clements, Detroit East Catholic; Third Team: Anthony Bell, Detroit East Catholic.
  
1983
Dream Team: Antoine “Judge” Joubert, Southwestern (1983 Mr. Basketball); “Thunder” Dan Majerle, Traverse City (NBA); Darryl Johnson, Flint Central (NBA); Quincy Turner, Benton Harbor; Garde Thompson, East Grand Rapids; Coach Stan Gooch, Flint Central
Class A
First Team: Kevin Smith, Lansing Everett; Demetrius Gore, Chadsey (1984 Mr. Basketball); Mike McCaskill, Southfield; Andre Jackson, Saginaw; Steve Beck, Southeastern; Coach Perry Watson, Southwestern
Second Team: Bryan Doss, Benton Harbor; Gary Thompkins, Jackson; Michael “Pops” Sims, Grand Rapids Union; Tim Russell, Mackenzie; Brian Humes, Saginaw
Third Team: Jeff Grayer, Flint Northwestern (NBA); Robert Godbolt, Kettering; Clarence “Bill” Jones, Southwestern (NBA); Richard Hunter, Western; Lewis Scott, Redford Bishop Borgess
Fourth Team: Michael West, East Kentwood; Randy Bolden, Ferndale; Mike Maleske, Detroit Catholic Central; Glynn Blackwell, Highland Park; Tim Reed, Battle Creek Central
Fifth Team: Vernon Carr, Cody; Derrick Kearney, Kettering; Bonner Upshaw, Mt. Clemens; Daniel Williams, Muskegon; Terrill Stanley, Lansing Eastern
Sixth Team: Robert Alexander, Kettering; Terence Greene, Flint Central; J.P. Oosterbaum, Kalamazoo Loy Norrix; Gerald Murray, Kettering; Mike McCormick, Clarkston
Honorable Mention: Robert Johnson, Western; Terry Payne, Kettering; Jeff Nolan, Southeastern; Jamie Davis, Southwestern; Melvin Hurst, Central; Shawnie Anderson, Central; Marvin “Tree” Branch, Murray-Wright; Michael Collins, Mackenzie; Kevin Ward, Cass Tech; Grady Lowry, Cass Tech; Grant Long, Romulus (NBA); Patrick Franklin, Highland Park; Glen Rice, Flint Northwestern (NBA/1985 Mr. Basketball); B.J. Armstrong, Birmingham Brother Rice (NBA); Mark Davey, Grosse Pointe North.
Class B
Second Team: Roy Marble, Flint Beecher (NBA).
Class C
Third Team: Negele Knight, Detroit DePorres (NBA).
Class D
First Team: Anthony “Stick” Sands, Detroit East Catholic; Second Team: Clayton Hendley, Detroit East Catholic; Honorable Mention: Kevin Carter, East Catholic.

1982
Dream Team: Antoine “Judge” Joubert, Southwestern (1983 Mr. Basketball); Robert Henderson, Lansing Eastern (1982 Mr. Basketball); Paul Jokisch, Birmingham Brother Rice; Renardo Brown, Highland Park; Anthony Watson, Cooley; Coach Perry Watson, Southwestern
Class A
First Team: Patrick Ford, Cass Tech; Roy Tarpley, Cooley (NBA); Ralph Walker, Southfield; Marty Embry, Flint Central; Mark Harris, Flint Central
Second Team: Quincy Turner, Benton Harbor; Ken Kozlowski, Harper Woods Bishop Gallagher; Keith Armstrong, Ypsilanti; Kevin McAdoo, Saginaw; James “J.J.” Crawl, Highland Park
Third Team: John Shasky, Birmingham Brother Rice (NBA); Ken Webb, Romeo; Chris Coulter, Clio; Mike McCaskill, Southfield; Bobby Springer, Grand Rapids Union
Honorable Mention: Brian Arnold, Southwestern; Steve Beck, Southeastern; Gordon Bonaparte, Central; Kevin Brown, Cass Tech; Joe Spicer, Northwestern; Eric Stokes, Northwestern; James Orr, Northwestern; Darryl Johnson, Flint Central (NBA); Jeff Grayer, Flint Northwestern (NBA); Bill Winzer, Grosse Pointe South. 
Class B
Third Team: Anthony Crews, Northern; Honorable Mention: Rodney Wilson, Northern.
Class D
Third Team: Dale Foster, Detroit East Catholic; Honorable Mention: Anthony “Twig” Sands, Detroit East Catholic; Clayton Henley, Detroit East Catholic.

1981
Dream Team: Percy Cooper, Highland Park; Leslie Rockymore, Southwestern; Eric Turner, Flint Central; Sam Vincent, Lansing Eastern (NBA); Greg Wendt, Detroit Catholic Central; Coach Stan Gooch, Flint Central
Class A
First Team: Patrick Ford, Cass Tech; Derrick Gervin, King (NBA); Paul Jokisch, Birmingham Brother Rice; Desi McClung, Saginaw; Larry Polec, Sterling Heights; Coach Perry Watson, Southwestern
Second Team: Barry Stevens, Flint Northwestern (NBA); Greg Washington, Western; Chris Clouter, Clio; Chip Henry, East Kentwood; Kevin McAdoo, Pontiac Central
Third Team: Robert Henderson, Lansing Eastern (1982 Mr. Basketball); Dan Dunning, Kalamazoo Central; Brian Mattson, Grand Haven; Don Petties, Ann Arbor Huron; Anthony Welch, Grand Rapids Creston
Honorable Mention: Carl Aaron, Denby; Steve Beck, Southeastern; Gordon Bonaporte, Central; Willis Carter, Murray-Wright; Wilbur Bush, Murray-Wright; William Love, Murray-Wright; Vince Giles, Henry Ford; Eddie Gill, Cooley; Alex Hall, Cooley; Reggie Hudson, Cooley; Larry Goss, Western; Antoine “Judge” Joubert, Southwestern; (1983 Mr. Basketball); Keith Taylor, Southwestern; Eric Longmire, Mumford; Jerome Love, Osborn; Kenny Luckett, Pershing; Kevin Roundfield, Mackenzie; Greg Martin, Mackenzie; Anthony Miller, Redford; Joe Spicer, Northwestern; Charles Clary, Highland Park; Renardo Brown, Highland Park; Glenn Piche, Grosse Pointe South; John DeBoer, Grosse Pointe South.
Class B
Honorable Mention: Tommy Anderson, Northeastern; James Johnson, Northeastern; Gilvanni Johnson, Northern (part of Class B can’t be read).
Class D
First Team: Anthony Grier, Detroit East Catholic; James Ross, Detroit East Catholic; Third Team: Ethan Torrence, Detroit East Catholic; Honorable Mention: Anthony Newman, Detroit East Catholic.

1980
Dream Team: Barry Spencer, Detroit Catholic Central; Tim McCormick, Clarkston (NBA); Mike Thomas, Central; M.C. Burton, Grand Rapids Catholic Central; Eric Turner, Flint Central; Coach Gary Nustad, Clarkston
Class A
First Team: Dean Hopson, Ann Arbor Huron; Sam Vincent, Lansing Eastern (NBA/1981 Mr. Basketball); Tim Waun, Bloomfield Hills Lahser; Anthony Scott, Grand Rapids Creston; Fred Cofield, Ypsilanti (NBA); Coach Darrell Pursiful, Highland Park
Second Team: Gary Plummer, Osborn (NBA); Desi McClung, Saginaw; Dave Traylor, Mackenzie; Percy Cooper, Highland Park; Brian Brennan, Birmingham Brother Rice (NFL)
Third Team: Dave Hall, Livonia Stevenson; Tyrone Hampton, Benton Harbor; Dave Casey, Romulus; James Harris, Ferndale; Vincent Bean, Southfield
Honorable Mention: Kevin Willis, Pershing (NBA); Carl Aaron, Denby; Kevin Bond, Northern; Fred Bryant, Chadsey; Ricky Cantrell, Northern; Willis Carter, Murray-Wright; Patrick Ford, Cass; Derrick Gervin, King (NBA); Garret Grills, Kettering; Alex Hall, Cooley; Tyrone Jones, Southwestern; Terry Madison, Murray-Wright; Kim Matthews, Mumford; Myron Moss, Finney, Curtis Moore, Southwestern; Rodney Nealy, Central; Brian Pollard, Chadsey; Robert Rose, Southeastern; Kevin Roundfield, Mackenzie; John Scarber, Redford; Mark Scott, Henry Ford; Calvin Ware, Cooley; Greg Washington, Western; George Winn, Cody; Ed Womack, Northwestern; Bob Brown, Grosse Pointe North; Glenn Piche, Grosse Pointe South; Barry Stevens, Flint Northwestern (NBA).
Class B
Second Team: Carl Banks, Flint Beecher (NFL).
Class D
First Team: Anthony Grier, Detroit East Catholic; Coach Norwaine Reed, Saginaw St. Mary’s (Coach Reed is a Southwestern alumnus); Second Team: James Ross, Detroit East Catholic; Honorable Mention: Lamar Ragland, Detroit East Catholic; James Ross, Detroit East Catholic; Ethan Torrence, Detroit East Catholic.