Houston, TX – Today, the Greater Houston Basketball Committee (GHBC) announced the top boys high
school players nominated for the 2022 Guy V. Lewis Award. The winner of the award is the Greater
Houston Area Boys Basketball Player of the Year. The Greater Houston Area is defined by Harris County
and every Texas County that is immediately adjacent to Harris County.
A player will not be considered for the Award if he has been suspended from school due to disciplinary
reasons during the season.
Click here to see the List of the Top 30 Candidates
Ten finalists will be announced Tuesday, March 1; and, the finalists will be invited to attend a virtual
award reception Tuesday, March 29, or, potentially, the award reception will take place at the O’Quinn
Great Hall (3402 Cullen Blvd), on the University of Houston campus inside the UH Athletics / Alumni
Center. More information will be announced once details are finalized.
Previous winners of the Guy V. Lewis Award include inaugural winner Rasheed Sulaimon of Strake Jesuit
(2012); Aaron Harrison, Travis HS (2013); Justise Winslow, St. John’s (2014); Galen Robinson, Westbury
Christian (2015); De’Aaron Fox, Seven Lakes (2016), Nigel Hawkins, Cy Falls (2017); Quentin Grimes,
College Park (2018); Kharee “KJ” McDaniel, Klein Forest (2019); Tramon Mark, Dickinson (2020); and
Ramon Walker, Shadow Creek (2021).
The Award is in honor of College Basketball Hall of Fame Coach Guy V. Lewis (1922-2015), who led the
University of Houston program from 1956-1986. An alumnus of the University of Houston, Guy V. Lewis
led the Cougars to five Final Fours, won nearly 600 games and was a pioneer for the game. One of
Lewis’ finest ideas, the 1968 “Game of the Century” pitted his #2-ranked Houston Cougars, with All
American Elvin Hayes, against the top-ranked UCLA Bruins, with Lew Alcindor, in the Astrodome in front
of a national television audience and a regular season attendance record of more than 52,000 fans
“Guy V. Lewis had a keen eye for the local talent in the Houston area and was integral in making
Houston the new hotbed for recruiting in the country,” said GHBC Chair Rob Lopez. “Coach Lewis
revolutionized the game and the way it was perceived in the country and he really put the spotlight on
Houston. And now with Coach taking his rightful place in the Basketball Hall of Fame, the award has
even more of a spotlight.”
The announcement of the Guy V. Lewis Award occurs during Final Four week, a fitting spot for the
award, considering that only eight coaches ever took their teams to more Final Fours than Lewis.
The Greater Houston Basketball Committee is an organization whose mission is the promotion of the
game of basketball at all levels in the greater Houston area. That area is defined by Harris County and
every Texas County that is immediately adjacent to Harris County.
“We are very excited to have the cooperation and input from the Houston Area Basketball Coaches
Association, our partnership with VYPE Magazine, our great sponsor, committee and the local media
give our award the credibility it needs,” Lopez added. “The GHBC always feels like the best high school
basketball in the country is right here in the Houston area. And by honoring Coach Lewis every time we
give it out, we feel like we are carrying on the tradition of recognizing great Houston talent like he did
when he was coaching.”
Inquiries and information for GHBC can be found at info@guyvlewisaward.org