I stand by my research, but I do NOT stand by this list of Mr. PSL Winners as of March 27, 2025. The following list is premature for me to put on the site without this preface. It will take further research for me to feel completely comfortable with those listed below. One very involved PSL coach told me in March of 2025 that he was not certain if the award existed before 1999. He did add that “top vote getters” for the league’s top player was collected in the 1980s. The present rendition of the PSL’s Coaches’ Association was created during the 1985-86 basketball season. Rueben Washington was the first president, and he held the role through the 2001-02 season. Washington believes Mr. PSL started his first year as president, but the “top vote getter” may have just been recognized as the PSL’s MVP or PSL’s Top Vote Getter, and not Mr. PSL. With that said, here is who I believe won Mr. PSL.
2025 Jordan Sigmon, Rennaissance (Junior/11th grade)
2024 Lance Stone, Rennaissance (Junior/11th grade) (U of Detroit-Mercy)
2023 Darius Acuff, Cass Tech (Sophomore/10th grade) (IMG Academy/University of Arkansas)
2022 Chansey Willis, Jr., King (Saginaw Valley State University/Henry Ford CC/Western Michigan University)
2021 Pierre Brooks II, Frederick Douglass (Michigan State University/Butler)
2020 Tyson Acuff, Cass Tech (Duquesne/Eastern Michigan University/Rutgers)
2019 Chandler Turner, Renaissance (Bowling Green State University)
2018 David DeJulius, East English Village (Michigan/Cincinatti)
2017 Greg Elliott, East English Village (Marquette)
2016 Brailen Neely, Western (Oakland/Wayne State University)
2015 Josh Davis, Henry Ford (Western Michigan University)
2014 Justin Tillman, Pershing (Virgina Commonwealth University)
2013 Khalil “Kay” Felder, Pershing (Oakland University)
2012 Lloyd Neely II, Crockett (Oakland University/Saginaw Valley State University)
2011 Brandan Kearney, Southeastern (Michigan State University/Arizona State University/U of D- Mercy
2010 Keith Appling, Pershing (Michigan State University)
2009 DeAngelo Hailey, Central (Kankakee Community College (KS)/Northwest Missouri State)
2008 Paul Williams, Renaissance (Dayton)
2007 Corperryale “Manny” Harris, Redford (Michigan)
2006 DeShawn Sims, Pershing (Michigan)
2005 Jabarie Currie, Pershing (DePaul)
2004 Darryl Garrett, Denby (Eastern Michigan)
2003 Dion Harris, Redford (Michigan)
2002 Joe Carr, Renaissance (Central Michigan/Abilene Christian/Wayne State University)
2001 Robert Strickland, Denby (Michigan State University)
2000 Rickey Paulding, Renaissance (Missouri)
1999 Martese Lee, Pershing
1998 Antoino Gates, Central (Eastern Michigan/College of the Sequoias (CA)/Kent State)
1997 DeJuan Williams, Pershing
1996 Winfred Walton, Pershing (Syracuse/Fresno State)
1995 Robert “Tractor” Traylor, Murray-Wright (Michigan)
1994 Willie Mitchell, Pershing (Michigan/UAB)
1993 Carlos Williams, Pershing (UAB)
1992 Larry Bolden, Cody (Cleveland State)
1991 Jalen Rose, Southwestern (Michigan)
1990 Lorenzo Orr, Pershing (USC) (*Orr ran out of eligibility mid-year his senior year at Pershing)
1986 through 1989 the PSL’s “top vote getters,” probably weren’t called Mr. PSL.
1989
1988 Steve Hall, Cass Tech (University of Washington/Virginia Tech)
1987
1986